OASIS Adoption Forum -- Implementing eBusiness Open Standards for End Users and Public Administration Presented by: OASIS

Crowne Plaza Brussels City Centre Brussels, Belgium

- 6 October 2004 - OASIS Adoption Forum

- 4-5 October 2004 - OASIS Technical Committee Meetings

The leading standards organization, OASIS, is announcing the launch of a new e-business standards Forum this October to be held in Brussels, the capital of Europe during the first week of October.

The Call for Presentations is Now Open - Deadline for Submissions is 23 July 2004 --

The one-day Adoption Forum, designed for system integrators, end users and those in public administration (governments), will demonstrate the work underway in the e-business standards community. This event will feature presentations that will enable organizations to learn about the development and adoption of open standards in areas such as localization, Web services implementation, e-Government, security and reliability.

Main topics addressed at the Forum will include:

- The Importance of Open e-Business Standards - providing a forum to allow a variety of view points on why standards are important to both the end user and governmental communities. - Security and Reliability - reflecting on the Web security vulnerabilities, assessment and protection options, and how information security has become one of the most critical issues for business and government today. - Web Services Implementations - discussing real life case studies of Web service implementation projects. - Localization Industry Practices - standard compliant solutions designed to ease the exchange of localized information.

This is a "must-attend" forum for ALL management level executives, as well as consultants that are responsible for evaluating the e-Business needs of their organization.

Submit your presentations now - the deadline is 23 July 2004!

Learn more about the Forum and the other ways you may participate - http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum/