Lotusphere in Scotland; Norwegian user group

April 2 2009

Yay, stars aligning...

Darren Adams announced earlier today:

the announcement of Lotusphere Comes To You in Edinburgh. The event will be held on Thursday 28th May at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. The plan is to have the same agenda as the London and Manchester events.
I will be there!  I've not spent a single night in Scotland before, so I'm excited for this stop on this year's world tour.  

I'll be coming in to Edinburgh from the Norwegian Lotus Software Brukergruppe meeting in Tønsberg, where I'll be speaking on May 27th.  Also a new spot, and as Darren says, in both places the sun is going to be out until late in the evening...oh and I see Paul Mooney is the other keynote speaker at this event.  Very cool.

So if I add this up, I think by the end of May, I'll have spoken at events to somewhere around 3000 IBM Lotus customers and business partners.  Me myself alone.  Sign of a healthy marketplace.

Ed Brill Highland Park, IL USA Category:  Lotusphere2009  Add/View Comments [3]

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  1. 1  Stuart McIntyre http://blog.collaborationmatters.com | 4/3/2009 4:11:09 AM

    This is great news - well done to Darren, Warren, Paul and everyone involved in getting this session organised. Glad you can make it to the UK again this year, Ed.

    The Calendonian is a lovely traditional venue right in the centre of Edinburgh which should help to ensure an excellent turnout - it was the location of the first ever IBM technical conference I attended way back in 1996 (something like the AIX Technical University).

    The other UK LCTY news is that the keynote and guest speakers have been announced for the London and Manchester events. All the details are on the Lotusphere Blog... { Link }

  1. 2  Darren http://www.dadams.co.uk | 4/3/2009 6:31:51 PM

    @1 - I really can't take any credit, it was our Marketing team who pushed and secured the funding and support... and of course an eminent keynote speaker, who I've heard is quite good ;o)

    I'm very happy that we can take something to Scotland, we have a great number of loyal and valuable customers there and they deserve a local event. Very much looking forward to it.

  1. 3  Ian Scott  | 4/3/2009 9:19:19 PM

    Jings, crivven's, help ma boab! I'm going to have to miss it which is a real pity. The town I was born, raised and live in too. Getting sent on a Java course that week. LOL.