Note: I did ask permission before sending this notice to the Drools Developers and Drools Users Groups. Greetings: As both Edson Tirelli and Mark Proctor are presenting two great talks at October Rules Fest (http://www.OctoberRulesFest.org) this year, I thought it might be appropriate to let everyone know about the details. We will have no less than three presentations on CEP (Edson Tirelli, Paul Vincent of Tibco and Luke Voss ) so it should be a really great time for techies of this unique little world of rulebased programmers. Two of the talks have to do with complex implementations of a rulebased system. Dr. Forgy has promised to discuss (in addition to his parallel rulebase presentation) his new Tech algorithm that is 10 times faster than Rete 2 or Rete III. In addition we will have Dr. Forgy (Rete, Rete 2, Rete III, Tech) Gary Riley (CLIPS inventor) John Zachman (Enterprise Architecture guru) Dr. Hafedh Mili (wrote all of the early JRules tutorial manuals) Mark Proctor (Drools Inventor) Dr. Richard Hicks (Validation and Verification guru) Dr. Daniel Levine (One of the Neural Net Godfathers) Daniel Brookshier (UML -> Rules inventor) Carole Ann Berlioz-Matignon & Carlos Serrano-Morales (Advisor inventors) Dr. Jacob Feldman (Open Rules inventor) Jason Morris (Jess Answer Man) Luke Voss (former JPL guru) Remember three things: (1) The Early Bird Discount for the October Rules Fest expires at the end of July. (2) There are a limited number of hotel rooms blocked off so, unless you register early, you won't be guaranteed a hotel room. (3) There are a limited number of seats this year so unless you register early there is no guarantee that you will be able to register. Now, the good stuff: We have been blessed with three things that make for a GOOD conference. Four things that make for a GREAT conference. Five things that make for an INSANELY GREAT conference. Six things that make... I just don't have the words for the sixth and seventh thing. 1. Great Sponsors 2 Diamond (FICO, No Magic) 2 Gold (PST, KBSC) 1 Silver (Drools) 1 Bronze (BizRules) 2. Great Speakers see those above 3. Great Meeting Place The BEST Hotel in Texas, The Adolphus in Dallas Located in the middle of the restaurant district of Downtown Dallas 4. Great Attendees Uber-geeks, techies, super-nerds, CTOs, CEOs, (and all of the other terms that drive Jason up the wall) Business Analysts, Programmers, Research guys, Ph.D. Candidates, University Professors HR guys looking for rulebase engineers? 5. White Papers will be published after the conference in a collection available either bound, printed format and/or online after the conference. 6. Videos will be done properly this year by Greg Barton and Chelanie Israel such that the author will be talking at one corner of the screen and the presentation on the other side of the screen. (Very similar to what you see at parlays.com) These will be available after the conference with a password given at the conference itself or shortly thereafter. 7. Conference Presentations (PPTs or PDFs) will be available both during and after the conference with the assigned password for access during and after the conference. 8. Great Location for food! The conference is located in the middle of the restaurant district of downtown Dallas and we will have listing of some of the ones that we know about. SDG James C. Owen Co-Founder October Rules Fest http://www.kbsc.com http://www.OctoberRulesFest.org "This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." Hamlet, Act 1, Scene III http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/hamlet/hamlet.1.3.html