Lotusphere 2011: Lotusphere Idol details announced

January 10 2011

I'm excited to announce the details for the Lotusphere Idol! session at Lotusphere 2011!

For those who don't know, Lotusphere Idol is an opportunity for new voices to obtain their very own Lotusphere session.  Five contestants give five-minute auditions and are judged on quality, speaking ability, technical knowledge, and relevance.  The winner of the Tuesday session receives their very own breakout slot on Thursday morning -- and a leg up for future Lotuspheres where they could again join the speaker circuit.

For Lotusphere 2011, Lotusphere Idol auditions will be held on Tuesday, February 1 at 1:30 PM in the Dolphin Southern IV-V room.  The contestants for 2011 are:

Contestant Topic
Mike McGarel "Be Our Guest" and Other Approaches to Enhancing the User Experience
René Winkelmeyer Deployment and administration considerations for IBM Lotus Traveler
Peter Presnell I Smell A RAT -- Rapid Application Testing
Jennifer Stevenson 10 Tips to Wooing the Perfect Architecture
Mark Myers "the horror of losing agent manager"



We have a great judging panel in place this year as well -- Returning judges Paul Mooney and Gabriella Davis, with new judges Tom Duff, Wes Morgan, and Susan Bulloch.  I am Mr. Rourke, your host.

The winner's session is on Thursday, February 3, at 10 AM in the same room.

We're less than three weeks away!

Ed Brill | Highland Park, IL USA Category:  Lotusphere 2011  Add/View Comments [9]

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  1. 1  Thomas Duff http://www.duffbert.com | 1/10/2011 10:35:47 AM

    I'm already starting to practice my Simon-esque commentary and input... :)

  1. 2  Wes Morgan http://wesmorgan.blogspot.com | 1/10/2011 10:47:35 AM

    Yes, I am Tattoo..."but, Boss"...

  1. 3  Jim Casale http://www.jimcasale.net | 1/10/2011 11:15:03 AM

    Congratulations to everyone picked for Lotusphere Idol 2011 and also to the new judges this year.

    For contestants who have never presented before I would suggest you approach it like a cold swimming pool - you just gotta jump in head first.

    Seriously, give your best shot and have fun...

    See you there!

  1. 4  Pius  | 1/10/2011 12:17:16 PM

    Hi good people. I'm new to Lotus Domino I'm trying to learn this technology as fast as I can. I have set up a small lab at home to practice all I can. I'll be most grateful if anyone could give me a download access to "Lotus foundation Core" so I can practice at home. You know the "Lotus Foundations Start Addons feature". For strange reasons, I'm unable to download a trial version from IBM. It always comes with an error code on a page when I try to download. Thank you so much in advance. This is my email address pius1919@gmail.com. Thanks.

  1. 5  Martin Meijer http://www.yellow2010.nl | 1/11/2011 3:58:37 AM

    I wish all contestants good luck, try to relax, donn't be nervous, just enjoy it. It was realy fun to participate last year and it gave me the opportunity to present at the NLLUG (Netherlands) and the DNUG (Germany).

  1. 6  Mark Feinman  | 1/11/2011 8:33:17 AM

    >> I am Mr. Rourke, your host.

    Smiles, everybody, smiles! And you won't try to sell us a Cordoba, will you? :)

  1. 7  Kathy Brown http://www.runningnotes.net | 1/11/2011 8:07:43 PM

    So if Tom is Simon, does that make Susan, Paula and Wes is Randy? ;-)

  1. 8  yao  | 1/13/2011 2:30:57 AM

    hi, I am very interested in this meeting. Can I call in it?

    I am an IBMer in CDL.

    Thanks