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Join us for Europe's largest Lean and Kanban - The next wave for software and systems process - conference. The conference, which will be held over two days from 23 through to 24 September brings together the leading innovators, practitioners, and influential thought leaders in Lean software and systems management. The conference will assist organizations that depend on software - from start-ups to those that build complex, software intensive products, systems & services - with the application of Lean Thinking throughout the enterprise.

Registration is now open for Software Craftsmanship 2010, which will be on Oct 7th at Bletchley Park (UK).

This year's conference will focus on the technical disciplines, and every session will involve live coding. There'll be no talks or keynote speeches, just 120 enthusiastic software craftsmen sharing and learning from each other in the most practical way possible.

Coding Dojos are inspired by the Socratic Circle, a learning method that involves questions and debate between participants and teacher, illuminating different points of views.

Come learn and practice Test-Driven Development with FitNesse, an acceptance testing framework that enables you to communicate progress with business and customers, while improving your programming skills.

You are welcomed to join us on Friday evening, June 18, in the Amsterdam Public Library (Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam) - next to Amsterdam Central Station - for a coding dojo with a focus on TDD with FitNesse.

XP Day Benelux is an international conference about Agile development, intended for people from all walks of life who want to uncover better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. XP Days Benelux is made for, and made by, the Agile Community. Now you can be a contributor too.

XP Day Benelux will have something for everyone. Sessions for people who are new to Agile, sessions for experienced people, a good mix of technical, experience, management and process sessions. We’ll have sessions on Agile in real life, stories of success and horror, hands on workshops, and sessions that will completely surprise you!

We are looking for enthusiastic people who want to lead these sessions. People who work with Agile in any role, business or form. People who are willing to share, and are prepared to learn. Reflective practitioners who are not only interested in quality work but also want to know why things work as they do.

We are in particular looking for new, even crazy, topics and ideas!

Agile Open Holland is the conference by and for you! Organized by Agile Holland, it is an Open Space conference, where the program is made by the participants at the start of each conference day. You can propose discussions, workshops, simulations, games, coding dojos, whatever topics and formats you are passionate about and want to take responsibility for.

Since the conference is what you make it, you'll come back to work re-energized, filled with fresh ideas to make your work more fun, more productive and more profitable.

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Join us for the next Agile Open Belgium on 21 and 22 of May 2010!

The Agile Open conference has no predetermined program. Instead, we follow Open Space principles. The participants determine the actual program together at the start of the conference. Anyone who participates can propose a session during the opening of the conference and put it in a timeslot of the conference schedule.

The SPA2010 conference is less than seven weeks away! We're writing to bring you up-to-date with news of speakers, sponsors and diversions.

We're delighted to welcome two distinguished invited speakers. On Monday, architect Maurice Mitchell will talk about Complexity and the Human Dimension. He's a leading figure in the Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources, and has worked in areas such as the Sudan, Ghana, Kosovo and Vietnam. And on Wednesday, Harvey Wheaton, Studio Director at Supermassive Games, will talk about introducing agile development to the dynamic and competitive world of console games development.

Missed XP Days 2009? Do you want to catch up with the sessions you missed because there were other interesting sessions in the same timeslot? Do you want to send your colleagues to those great sessions you attended?

Mini XP Day 2010 (26 April 2010) gives you the opportunity to see eight of the favourite sessions of XP Days 2009 in the beautiful surroundings of Kapellerput in Heeze, near Eindhoven.

Don't be fooled about the name, this is not an event just for testers!

Ever heard about Executable Requirements?
What about Behavior Driven Development?
Agile Acceptance Testing perhaps?

Are you an Agile Tester or Analysts and ready for the next level?
Are you an Agile Developer and ready to start collaborating with testers and analysts?
Are you an Agile Coach or Scrum Master and figuring out the best way for the team to work together?
Are you a ... and just really interested in Agile Acceptance Testing techniques?
Are you already familiar with all of this but willing to share your experience?

Join us on at:

Agile Acceptance Testing Days
Bridging the communication gap | March 25-26 | Belgium

On 23 and 24 November the XP Days Benelux conference will take place in Mechelen, Belgium. XP Days Benelux is the leading agile conference in the Benelux.

The program has more than 35 sessions on all aspects of software development: experience reports, hands-on development workshops, sessions about scrum, testing, lean, coaching, retrospectives, politics... You'll come back from the conference with techniques you can apply immediately and ideas that will change the way you work.