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People standing up to share their experiences during the day at the closing session. Everyone learned a lot!

2009-10-21T05:11:31Z

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People standing up to share their experiences during the day at the closing session. Everyone learned a lot!

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Yves Hanoulle's session on "How to Make Retrospectives the Heart of Your Agile Process" was inspiring. He's a funny and powerful presenter.

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Yves Hanoulle's session on "How to Make Retrospectives the Heart of Your Agile Process" was inspiring. He's a funny and powerful presenter.

View of the main hall from the back during lunch.

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View of the main hall from the back during lunch.

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Tnanou's first presentation at a conference (Large Scale Testing in Agile Time--an Experience Report) was a success, and he was encouraged to return as a speaker again next year!

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Tnanou's first presentation at a conference (Large Scale Testing in Agile Time--an Experience Report) was a success, and he was encouraged to return as a speaker again next year!

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An Open Space session on "How to describe Agile in 30 seconds."

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An Open Space session on "How to describe Agile in 30 seconds."

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This is how things looked in Michael's room (A Gentle Introduction to Agile).

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This is how things looked in Michael's room (A Gentle Introduction to Agile).

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Alistair ran Open Space--a place where you could have a discussion about anything you want (your own private conference!).

2009-10-21T05:16:18Z

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Alistair ran Open Space--a place where you could have a discussion about anything you want (your own private conference!).

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Mark Levison, session presenter, Code Smells: Refactoring, Unit Tests

2009-10-21T05:14:14Z

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Mark Levison, session presenter, Code Smells: Refactoring, Unit Tests

Declan Whelan, session presenter, Building a Learning Culture on Your Agile Team

2009-10-21T05:13:20Z

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Declan Whelan, session presenter, Building a Learning Culture on Your Agile Team

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Joseph Little, presenter, An Introduction to Business Value Engineering

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Joseph Little, presenter, An Introduction to Business Value Engineering

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Session presenters: Brandon Byars and Michelle D'Souza

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Session presenters: Brandon Byars and Michelle D'Souza

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Thanou running somewhere...

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Thanou running somewhere...

Lawrence is also an organizer, and greatly contributed with his awesome meticulous mind for detail (and keeping things real).

2009-10-21T04:27:38Z

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Lawrence is also an organizer, and greatly contributed with his awesome meticulous mind for detail (and keeping things real).

Gino--an organizer who had experience running Agile conferences in Belgium--his knowledge (and passion) helped us a lot.

2009-10-21T04:27:38Z

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Gino--an organizer who had experience running Agile conferences in Belgium--his knowledge (and passion) helped us a lot.

Here are some of our presenters lining up--notice Thanou's in there! (sorry, but I have to say it, he's my husband)

2009-10-21T04:28:53Z

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Here are some of our presenters lining up--notice Thanou's in there! (sorry, but I have to say it, he's my husband)

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2009-10-21T04:27:38Z

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Michael, presenter and organizer--who proved very talented at (what I call) speed planning (Scrum) during our final meetings before the conference.

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Michael, presenter and organizer--who proved very talented at (what I call) speed planning (Scrum) during our final meetings before the conference.

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In the morning each presenter spoke for less than one minute about their sessions. It was a fun approach that created lots of buzz.

2009-10-21T04:29:12Z

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In the morning each presenter spoke for less than one minute about their sessions. It was a fun approach that created lots of buzz.

Lots of people in there, hey? That's Scott up there.

2009-10-21T04:17:25Z

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Lots of people in there, hey? That's Scott up there.

D-Zone videotaped all of the sessions. Check them out on the D-Zone website. Thanks guys!

2009-10-21T04:27:38Z

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D-Zone videotaped all of the sessions. Check them out on the D-Zone website. Thanks guys!

Another shot of a packed room!

2009-10-21T04:17:25Z

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Another shot of a packed room!

Scott Ambler, IBM, explaining one of his points.

2009-10-21T03:57:38Z

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Scott Ambler, IBM, explaining one of his points.

Scott Ambler, Chief Methodologist/Agile at IBM, was a fantastic keynote speaker. His topic was Agility at Scale: Agile Software Development in the Real World.

2009-10-21T03:56:28Z

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Scott Ambler, Chief Methodologist/Agile at IBM, was a fantastic keynote speaker. His topic was Agility at Scale: Agile Software Development in the Real World.

Ah, the joyful feeling of a packed room after months of planning the conference!

2009-10-21T03:54:22Z

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Ah, the joyful feeling of a packed room after months of planning the conference!

Sorry, couldn't help myself--more group pics. It was just so exciting having so many people come together to learn about Agile (and that we were part of making it happen!).

2009-10-21T04:18:53Z

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Sorry, couldn't help myself--more group pics. It was just so exciting having so many people come together to learn about Agile (and that we were part of making it happen!).

Michael, explaining Open Space to conference attendees.

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Michael, explaining Open Space to conference attendees.

Kept this one for the screen shot of our logo.

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Kept this one for the screen shot of our logo.

Here's our gold sponsors slide...with Lawrence's head in the middle as a bonus. That's our keynote speaker, Scott Ambler, on the right.

2009-10-21T03:53:42Z

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Here's our gold sponsors slide...with Lawrence's head in the middle as a bonus. That's our keynote speaker, Scott Ambler, on the right.

Here's a shot of our Silver sponsors screen shown on all breaks throughout the event (along with slides of our gold sponsors, of course). Thanks for the support.

2009-10-21T03:52:38Z

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Here's a shot of our Silver sponsors screen shown on all breaks throughout the event (along with slides of our gold sponsors, of course). Thanks for the support.

Thanou grabbing a quick breakfast before the event--6:30 am.

2009-10-21T03:41:28Z

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Thanou grabbing a quick breakfast before the event--6:30 am.

Lawrence (organizer/Intelliware) was in charge of most of the A/V set up. Awesome job, Lawrence.

2009-10-21T03:50:37Z

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Lawrence (organizer/Intelliware) was in charge of most of the A/V set up. Awesome job, Lawrence.

All set up for individual sessions. Thanks A/V team!

2009-10-21T03:49:44Z

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All set up for individual sessions. Thanks A/V team!

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2009-10-21T02:54:11Z

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Reception--check out all the goody bags for conference guests and our cool sign!

2009-10-21T03:34:19Z

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Reception--check out all the goody bags for conference guests and our cool sign!

And thanks to our awesome sponsors! It wouldn't have happened without you.

2009-10-21T03:44:47Z

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And thanks to our awesome sponsors! It wouldn't have happened without you.

I just loved the signs/logo ! Thanks Maria (Intelliware designer/volunteer), Dawn (organizer/Intelliware volunteer) for the design and Tom and Gino for making up the signs.

2009-10-21T05:17:17Z

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I just loved the signs/logo ! Thanks Maria (Intelliware designer/volunteer), Dawn (organizer/Intelliware volunteer) for the design and Tom and Gino for making up the signs.

Sergiu--playing doorman (organizer)

2009-10-21T03:39:46Z

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Sergiu--playing doorman (organizer)

Gina (volunteer from Intelliware) helping at registration. (Thanks for the chocolate bar, Gina!)

2009-10-21T03:40:36Z

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Gina (volunteer from Intelliware) helping at registration. (Thanks for the chocolate bar, Gina!)

Look all those attendee cards!

2009-10-21T03:41:58Z

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Look all those attendee cards!

One of two banners that lined the main hall of our conference.

2009-10-21T03:47:43Z

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One of two banners that lined the main hall of our conference.

The KanBan table--one for each time slot. This is a way of managing how many people attend each session, to make sure there's always enough seats/space and that all sessions are well attende ...

2009-10-21T03:47:00Z

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The KanBan table--one for each time slot. This is a way of managing how many people attend each session, to make sure there's always enough seats/space and that all sessions are well attende ...

More pics of the KanBan tables (one for each time slot)

2009-10-21T03:48:16Z

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More pics of the KanBan tables (one for each time slot)

This is the organizing device for Open Space. You create the topics and the time periods--then hope someone shows up to talk about it.

2009-10-21T05:11:31Z

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This is the organizing device for Open Space. You create the topics and the time periods--then hope someone shows up to talk about it.

Thanks to the Hyatt for this wonderful space--this is the main room (later split into 3 rooms) in the early morning.

2009-10-21T03:49:16Z

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Thanks to the Hyatt for this wonderful space--this is the main room (later split into 3 rooms) in the early morning.

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2009-10-21T02:50:41Z

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Dawn taking care of the registration desk (on almost no sleep--she flew in from Texas that morning).

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Dawn taking care of the registration desk (on almost no sleep--she flew in from Texas that morning).

Here's Thanou hamming it up, as usual!

2009-10-21T03:38:23Z

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Here's Thanou hamming it up, as usual!

This is what our sign would look like with a black background.

2009-10-21T03:37:55Z

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This is what our sign would look like with a black background.

Organizers in their blue shirts--the smiling one is Tom.

2009-10-21T03:33:36Z

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Organizers in their blue shirts--the smiling one is Tom.

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2009-01-21T21:14:17Z

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Thanou swimming in the (cold!) pool at our hotel. Everyone else at the hotel was Scandinavian (Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian).

2009-01-21T21:14:24Z

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Thanou swimming in the (cold!) pool at our hotel. Everyone else at the hotel was Scandinavian (Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian).

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2009-01-21T21:12:35Z

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Cheers! Drinking my favourite banana-pineapple shake on the beach at Khao Takiab.

2009-01-21T21:13:10Z

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Cheers! Drinking my favourite banana-pineapple shake on the beach at Khao Takiab.

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Also at the home improvement store we fell in love with the way they created this closet. The design in Asia rocks!

2009-01-21T21:13:55Z

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Also at the home improvement store we fell in love with the way they created this closet. The design in Asia rocks!

Visiting a local home improvement store. We fell in love with this stove. Cool!

2009-01-21T21:15:40Z

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Visiting a local home improvement store. We fell in love with this stove. Cool!

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2009-01-21T21:18:13Z

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This is Willy and Lisa from Sweden. We spent a lovely New Year's with them and their daughter and her boyfriend on the beach watching the locals send up paper lanterns and shooting off firew ...

2009-01-21T21:17:53Z

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This is Willy and Lisa from Sweden. We spent a lovely New Year's with them and their daughter and her boyfriend on the beach watching the locals send up paper lanterns and shooting off firew ...

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2009-01-21T21:20:02Z

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Ah a warm windy day on the 17th floor of the Hilton (can you tell we liked it up there?).

2009-01-21T21:19:02Z

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Ah a warm windy day on the 17th floor of the Hilton (can you tell we liked it up there?).

View of the north side of Hua Hin Beach taken from the 17th floor of the Hilton. These are fishing piers and some of them have seafood restaurants in them.

2009-01-21T21:18:28Z

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View of the north side of Hua Hin Beach taken from the 17th floor of the Hilton. These are fishing piers and some of them have seafood restaurants in them.

View of Hua Hin Beach and the Sofitel Villa (private houses that cost a fortune) from the 17th floor of the Hilton.

2009-01-21T21:21:20Z

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View of Hua Hin Beach and the Sofitel Villa (private houses that cost a fortune) from the 17th floor of the Hilton.

View of the famous Sofitel Hotel from the 17th floor of the Hilton.

2009-01-21T21:22:04Z

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View of the famous Sofitel Hotel from the 17th floor of the Hilton.

White Lotus Restaurant on the 17th floor of the HIlton and as near to a heavenly restaurant as I have ever experienced. We broke our vegetarian vows to eat fresh sea bass and prawns, sending ...

2009-01-21T21:22:10Z

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White Lotus Restaurant on the 17th floor of the HIlton and as near to a heavenly restaurant as I have ever experienced. We broke our vegetarian vows to eat fresh sea bass and prawns, sending ...

Fireworks on the beach on New Year's Eve. The locals were shooting them everywhere! We had to watch to make sure we didn't get hit with falling embers.

2009-01-21T21:22:20Z

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Fireworks on the beach on New Year's Eve. The locals were shooting them everywhere! We had to watch to make sure we didn't get hit with falling embers.

A birds-eye view of the set up for our New Year's Eve party at the Napalai Resort. I kept wondering if some drunk soul would fall into the pool, but they never did. We ended up leaving to go ...

2009-01-21T21:21:14Z

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A birds-eye view of the set up for our New Year's Eve party at the Napalai Resort. I kept wondering if some drunk soul would fall into the pool, but they never did. We ended up leaving to go ...

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2009-01-21T21:23:57Z

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This is the pool at the Hilton Hotel where I originally wanted to stay but it was really $$$. So we just went and had lunch there instead.

2009-01-21T21:26:21Z

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This is the pool at the Hilton Hotel where I originally wanted to stay but it was really $$$. So we just went and had lunch there instead.