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| Industry Giants Gather for European ISV Convention IT Europa has announced a strong line-up of speakers and sponsors for the European ISV Convention 2007 which will be staged in Brussels next week. The convention will bring together senior executives from many of Europe's leading Independent Software Vendors to address some of the key issues impacting the development of the IT Industry in Europe. The Convention conference sessions will address the critical success factors for Europe, technology trends, the impact of new business models and financing growth. A strong list of speakers includes: • Jeremy Roche - Chairman of the European Software Association - Chief Executive Officer, CODA Group; • Eilert Hanoa - Vice Chairman of the European Software Association - CEO of Mamut ASA; • Pierre Duval - Vice President of the NovaScale Business Unit, Groupe Bull; • J?rgen Pfeifer - Microsoft Certified Architect; • Chris Wong - Vice President, Marketing and Strategy - IBM ISV and Developer Relations; • John Campbell – OEM Director, EMEA, Business Objects; • Miro P. Parizek - Managing Director - Corum Group International; • John Chapman – Editorial Director – IT Europa. The increasing importance of ISVs in driving sales is reflected by the number of major organisations that are backing the European ISV Convention as sponsors. This week Business Objects has joined the ranks of major sponsors which includes Microsoft, IBM, the European Software Association and the Itanium Solutions Alliance (which lists Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Hitachi, HP, Intel and Unisys amongst its founding members). The European ISV Convention 2007 will take place at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel on 21st and 22nd February 2007. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |