Call for Participation - Team Software Process Symposium
Theme: Measurable Improvements in Team Performance
September 18-20, 2006
Omni Hotel, San Diego, California
Web: http://www.sei.cmu/edu/tsp/symposium.html

**** All inquiries to jsn@sei.cmu.edu ****

On-line registration is now available on the Web at
http://www.regmaster2.com/tsp2006.html

Important Deadlines:
August 15, 2006 - Last date for submission of presentations
August 28, 2006 - Last date for Hotel Registrations
August 28, 2006 - Last date for Early Bird Registration
Sept. 10, 2006 - Last date to submit final presentations

The first Team Software Process (TSP) Symposium will include all
yearly TSP activities. The conference will bring together users,
adopters, and developers of the TSP, those involved in its development
and transition, and those who are new to the technology and eager to
learn more. Attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas,
concepts, and lessons learned concerning the experiences, best practices,
and suggested introduction strategy for the TSP methods and practices.
The SEI is expanding the scope of the TSP User Group to a a symposium
forum. The TSP Symposium will include the Annual PSP/TSP Instructor
and Coach Workshop. We look forward to seeing you in September.

Symposium Schedule
.. September 18 & 19, 2006 - General Session
.. September 20, 2006 - TSP User Group Meeting (TUG)
.. September 21, 2006 - PSP/TSP Instructor & Coach Annual Workshop
(Attendance at this workshop is by invitation only.)

Presentations:
August 15: deadline for submitting draft PowerPoint presentations
to tsp@sei.cmu.edu. Final presentations will be due no later than
September 10th. Please note that no title changes will be accepted
after presentations have been submitted.

Registration fees:
By August 28, 2006 - Early bird registration, $350
After August 28, 2006 - Regular registration $400

Hotel Reservations:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Omni Hotel, 675 L Street,
San Diego, CA 92101, phone (619) 231-6664 at the special event
rate. The cut-off date for reservations is August 28, 2006.
After that date, the hotel cannot guarantee the Symposium rate
or a room at those rates. Our event code is TSP Symposium 2006.
This code works on the Web reservation system as well for the Omni.
Directions: http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/SanDiego.aspx

For More Information:
Jodie Spielvogle
TSP Team, Software Engineering Institute
4500 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412 / 268-6504, FAX: 412 / 268-5758
E-mail: jsn@sei.cmu.edu
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The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research
and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense
and operated by Carnegie Mellon University.

SEI, Team Software Process, and TSP are service marks of Carnegie
Mellon University. Copyright 2006 Carnegie Mellon University.
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