[rules-users] [DUG] ORF 2009 Keynote Speaker Announcement

[James Owen]

[With Permission, of course]

Greetings:

This will be our penultimate email about October Rules Fest 2009 -  
but, even though it follows closely on the heels of the previous  
email, it's necessary.  And it's a goodie.

Our Keynote Speaker for ORF 2009 is Tom Cooper, co-author of "Rule- 
Based Programming in OPS5" by Tom Cooper and Nancy Wogrin.  (Thanks to  
Luke Voss and Andrew Waterman for making a last-minute agenda shuffle  
possible.)  The book is long since out-of-print but is still available  
in slightly used condition by many of Amazon's associated book  
resellers.   (I saw only four "used but in good condition" copies at  
Amazon itself.)  When Dr. Forgy and I were working on our first  
project together back in 1998, I asked him what would be the one book  
that a person might buy to get a good foundation on rulebased  
programming.  This was it and I have used it many times in my classes  
that I teach on the subject.

Side note:  I also use Gary Riley's book - still in publication -  to  
teach CLIPS (and Jess) and many others for reference; such as "Jess In  
Action" by Dr. Ernest Friedman-Hill or the Buchanan-Shortliffe magnum  
opus on the MYCIN project.  You can see my comlete list at http://www.kbsc.com/aibooks.html 
  for more of them.  Even though some (most?) of the books are out-of- 
print none are really out-of-date.

FULL-TIME STUDENTS can now register for ORF 2009 for only $150 per  
person WITH a valid photo ID and a CURRENT student photo ID card.   
Last year we priced the whole thing at student rates and did not get a  
single student registeration from the USA.  (We had one from the UK.)   
We have had several inquiries this year, some from as far away as  
California, and decided to put the student rate back online.  Just  
click on the regular ORF registration link and it will give you the  
instructions for the special student registration process.

We have two (yep, 2 of them) BOOT CAMPS that are co-located with ORF  
in The Adolphus Hotel.  There will be the Jess Boot Camp (taught by  
Jason Morris) and the Drools Boot Camp (taught by Mark Proctor and  
Edson Tirelli).  Even though both boot camps are headed by their  
individual instructors, we are posting the curriculum of both on-line  
with the ORF agenda.  (Topics are subject to change.)  Both camps have  
done a lot of work the past few days one defining what to expect from  
each of them.  If you like, you really CAN attend just one of the boot  
camps (for a small fee to cover the cost of the meeting room and  
catered coffee) and not attend ORF - but why???  ORF attendees can  
attend either one of the boot camps free of charge.

I will try and send another email before the 15th but in case that I  
don't, remember that the special $129 / night room rate for October  
Rules Fest 2009 attendees at The Adolphus will EXPIRE on the 16th !!   
So I urge that if you have not already registered for ORF as well as  
reserved a room at The Adolphus, please do so this week if possible.

BTW, thanks to ALL of you who have already signed up and/or have  
registered at The Adolphus.  The rooms are filling up.  Boot Camps are  
filling up.  And, thankfully, October Rules Fest is filling up with  
some great folks looking for answers to some really perplexing  
problems.  So, if you have NOT registered, do so now.  If you know of  
some students who want to attend, put them in touch with Chelanie who  
can get them registered.  If all you want is one of the two greatest  
boot camps in the world, you can sign up just for that.  But you need  
to sign up now!!

SDG
James Owen
Founder October Rules Fest
Senior Consultant / Architect KBSC
http://www.kbsc.com
http://www.OctoberRulesFest.org
Twitter: OctRulesFest
Blogs:
http://JavaRules.blogspot.com [Rulebased Systems Blog]
http://ORF2009.blogspot.com [October Rules Fest Blog]
http://exscg.blogspot.com/ [Expert Systems Consulting Group Blog]

"If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of  
giants."
Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke, 5 Feb 1676

Come to October Rules Fest and stand on the shoulders of the Giants of  
the industry; if only for a week.


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