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Day One - 15th March

1000-1100	BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
	Cloud computing in 2010 and beyond
	The impact of economic realities
	Is cloud different from existing computing?
	Challenges to consider in moving to cloud models?
	Secruity in the Cloud
	How is the model different for security?
	What new risks and threats might be faced?
	What can be done to deliver security in the cloud?
	What will the challenges be for assurance?
	Nick Coleman, Strategic Panel Member
1100-1130	Magic Software
	Introduction to Cloud Application Platform Development
	Connecting to different data sources on and off premise
	Developing business logic on and off premise
	Empowering end users
	Adding rich elements to your cloud solution
	Richard Runds Senior Technical Architect & Zeev Khazhdan Senior Technical Architect
1130- 1215	CA
	Building a Private Cloud
	The idea of Cloud Computing is not new. But the required bandwidth and other key technologies such as virtualisation and data center automation have only recently become available at somewhat affordable cost. In the session we look at Cloud Building Blocks, the key components enabling Could Computing. Key among these is of course virtualisation and automation. In this session we will not go too deep into the technical side of the story. We are trying to look at how the Cloud works, in order to be able to organise, manage and automate it.
	Chris Rae, EMEA Director - Automation Solutions & Tim Norman, Senior Principal Consultant
1215- 1300	Huddle
	Getting the best out of the cloud
	Andy McLoughlin, Co-Founder
1300-1330	Netbiscuits - 'Mobile Cloud Computing'
	Why Mobile & Cloud Computing is a perfect fit
	High-efficiency mobile Web and App development
	Choosing the right strategy for your mobilization
	Creating next generation mobile experiences
	Successful monetization: ads & transactions rule!
	Tools & tips to take development in-house
	Steffen Schlimmer, Head of Sales Europe
1330-1400	Siteforum
	Build a website with social networking for customers, employees and more
	Dirk Schlenzig , CEO
1400-1430	Surevine
	Discover how a joined-up approach to the deployment of Social Tools on your Intranet can increase innovation through unplanned collaboration, reduce the burden of chaotic e-mail communication, and enable the people in your organisation to connect faster and more accurately to the knowledge and people they need to in order to get the job done.
	Stuart Murdoch, Founder & Director
1430-1445	MangoSpring
	Bringing the social communication revolution to business
	The facebook imperative – How is your enterprise taking advantage of these profound changes?
	What are specific business problems?
	How do social networking paradigms solve these business problems?
	Experience Engage’s offering, benefits and differentiation
	Anup Kejriwal, CEO/Founder
	Paul Hanson, V.P. Product Marketing
1530-1730	CloudStorm @ Cloud Computing Congress
	The popular Cloud Summit 'CloudStorm' will be held again in London on the 15th March, co-located at the Cloud Computing Congress. At CloudStorm, you will receive in 100 minutes an update of the latest trends and products in Cloud Computing, followed by a expo and networking opportunity @ the Cloud Computing Congress.

	5 minutes Cloud Vendor presentations on the newest trends in Cloud Computing
	Showing the real solutions and products
	An optimal mix on vendors: Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Platform, Load Balancers, etc
	Drinks and light snacks during and after the presentations
	Networking, the key in this event!

Day Two - 16th March

9.30-10.00	Mimecast
	The cost impact of moving email management to the cloud
	Discover the seven ways of saving on email infrastructure by avoiding the costs of on premise archiving. This session will review the essential facts from Forrester Consulting research conducted on behalf of Mimecast. The “Total Economic Impact” research on Mimecast's Unified Email Management solution examines the return on investment of moving email management to the cloud
	Tim Pickard, Chief Marketing Officer, Mimecast
1100-1130	Microsoft
	Cloud Computing with Windows Azure
	The Windows Azure PaaS offering from Microsoft enables applications built in .NET, Java, Ruby, PhP, SQL Server, MySQL and more to be run on Microsoft Data Centers. Learn what Azure is capable of doing and why, how and when you should adopt it.
	Eric Nelson - Cloud Evangelist
12.00-12.30	CohesiveFT
	How to move your applications to the cloud with ease and confidence.
	The issues and concerns with cloud computing and how CohesiveFT have helped organisations large and small adopt public, private and hybrid clouds.
	What is slowing the adopting of cloud computing today.
	How can you resolved these issues.
	Chris Purrington, VP International
12.30-13.00	GenieDB
	Workshop Title: "Scaling Your Web App: Work with your database. Don't work around it."
	Common roadblocks to database scaling for web services inside or outside of the cloud & Different approaches to resolve them
	John Rainey, President (Europe) & Priya Chandran, Software Engineer
13.00-13.30	Rackspace
	Cup of Tea and a slice of Cloud!
	You have heard of the hype, but what’s the cloud like in real life?
	To test how quickly the cloud can really work, Rackspace will build a cloud website in the time it takes to make a cup of tea!
	In this workshop you will get to see a demonstration of Rackspace Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Storage as a Service offerings
	Matthew Johns, Product Marketing & Russell Clark, Cloud Evangelist
1330-1400	Magic Software
	Freedom - A Practical Demonstration for hybrid & mobile cloud computing
	Develop once for any deployment mode
	Expand core functionality to mobile devices for the cloud
	Collaborate between on-premise, off-premise and mobile users
	Richard Runds Senior Technical Architect & Zeev Khazhdan Senior Technical Architect
1400-1430	Surevine
	Discover how a joined-up approach to the deployment of Social Tools on your Intranet can increase innovation through unplanned collaboration, reduce the burden of chaotic e-mail communication, and enable the people in your organisation to connect faster and more accurately to the knowledge and people they need to in order to get the job done.
	Stuart Murdoch, Founder & Director, Surevine
14.30-15.00	Informatica
	Integration: The Key Ingredient to Success in the Cloud
	Gartner has called cloud computing the #1 strategic technology initiative in 2010. But as adoption of applications, platforms and infrastructure as a service grows, IT organizations are increasingly focusing on integration as the key ingredient to success in the cloud. This interactive session will provide an overview of the Informatica Cloud and outline a number of use cases, customer success stories and best practices for data integration delivered as a cloud-based service
	Andy Bromley, Sales Manager - Informatica Cloud EMEA
15.00-15.30	CA
	The results are in! Where do you stand with the current thinking on Virtualisation, Automation and the Cloud?
	Join CA to examine and discuss recent UK survey results which put the adoption of virtualisation and associated IT processes in the spotlight. Compare yourself to your peers and discuss the inhibitors and challenges to growth in this area, IT maturity and expectations as well as the business use cases which are driving take-up. How do you fare in your preparation for the internal cloud – how relevant is it to your business and how can you progress successfully?
	Chris Rae, EMEA Director - Automation Solutions & Tim Norman, Senior Principal Consultant
1530-1600	Mimecast
	A brief History of the Future - Entering the Cloud Computing Era
	How innovation has historically helped organisations progress and how a new wave of innovation in the cloud will impact business growth globally. Why businesses need to embrace the cloud computing era – or get left behind, and illustrations of the benefits of this new on-demand approach and the flexibility it brings to businesses.
	Ken Greene, Director – Technical Consultancy EMEA