Session Guidelines

Session Guidelines:

A session should be an in-depth technical or managerial presentation. A session should explore an issue, problem, or solution in a detailed manner.

Keys to a valuable session

• Knowledge and technical level of the speaker. A speaker must be able to field questions from a knowledgeable audience. A session with a technical speaker will be favored above sessions with speakers who have more of a sales/marketing background.
• Inclusion of in-depth technical demonstration and/or a real-life case study.
• Demonstrations that are focused from your expected audience's perspective.
• Actual presentation MUST match what you describe in the session description and abstract.
• Inclusion of in-depth technical information designed to help the target audience understand the issues at hand as well as propose multiple solutions.

Other helpful hints

• Sessions that include marketing "fluff" will not be considered for approval. There should be no sessions that pitch the sales of a product.
• Joint presentations with customers or business partners are welcome.
• Presentation descriptions should briefly describe the expected audience for the session.
• Distributing technical documents, CDs, etc. is encouraged.

Grammatical hints

• In your abstract and session description please refer to those attending your session as "participants."
• The description/abstract should refer to the session in third person rather than using "I" or "we". Use things like, "This session discusses..."
• Be sure to use the appropriate version number when stating the name of a product.
• Always spell out an acronym the first time you use it. Example: "The United Nations (UN) uses the following..." After the first time the acronym is spelled out, only the acronym should be used in the rest of the description/abstract.

New Changes to Session Proposals

Sessions at BrainShare 2010 will be organized around three focus areas (categories) and eight solutions (tracks). The three main focus areas are: Data Center, End-User Computing, Identity & Security. When submitting your session proposal, please refer to the following information to help you select the appropriate information.

Session Category: Data Center

Session Track: Virtualization & Workload Management
Session Products:

• PlateSpin Recon
• PlateSpin Migrate
• PlateSpin Orchestrate
• PlateSpin Forge
• PlateSpin Protect
• ZENworks Linux Management

Session Track: Business Service Management
Session Products:

• Business Service Manager
• myCMDB
• Business Service Level Manager
• Business Experience Manager
• myMO Dashboards
• Novell CMDB360

Session Track: Enterprise Linux Server
Session Products:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Priority Support for SAP Applications

Session Category: End-User Computing

Session Track: Collaboration
Session Products:

• Novell Conferencing/GroupWise Messenger
• Novell DataSync and Connectors
• GreenTree (Novell Storage Manager, Dynamic Storage Technology for Windows, Storage Reporting)
• Open Enterprise Server (iFolder, iPrint, File System Auditing, Migration Tools)
• Novell Teaming
• Novell GroupWise
• High Availability Clustering (Cluster Services, Business Continuity Clustering)
• NOWS (Including OpenOffice.org Novell Edition)

Session Track: Endpoint Management
Session Products:

• Novell ZENworks Asset Management
• Novell ZENworks Configuration Management
• Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management
• Novell ZENworks Handheld Management
• Novell ZENworks Network Access Control
• Novell ZENworks Patch Management
• Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization
• ZENworks Migration Assurance Program
• ZENworks Extension for Open Workgroup Suite

Session Category: Identity and Security

Session Track: Identity & Access Management
Session Products:

• Novell Roles Based Provisioning Module
• Novell Identity Manager
• Novell Access Manager
• Novell Storage Manager
• Novell SecureLogin

Session Track: Compliance Management
Session Products:

• Novell Access Governance Suite
• Novell Compliance Management Platform
• Novell Privileged User Management

Session Track: Security Management
Session Products:

• Sentinel
• Sentinel RD
• Sentinel Log Manager
• Security Event Management
• Security Audit