BCS SPA Mailing Google Group

CMSG change and release management in Games Development, 17 Nov 2009 6pm London, FREE

2009-11-06T20:37:15Z

Posted on behalf of Robert Cowham, BCS Configuration Management SG
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Dear All
A reminder of our upcoming free evening event on this topic. This
presentation was originally scheduled for our 22 October event, but had to
be postponed for personal reasons. We are very pleased to be able to

SPA-234 - Engineering Practice Advancement through Beacon Architecture, London Thu 5 Nov 2009

2009-10-22T19:07:16Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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PLEASE NOTE:
The closing date for submitting session proposals for the SPA2010 conference
is 26 October 2009. We are looking for sessions that are interactive and
leading edge, possibly even experimental. They can be about technology or

No evening meeting on 7th October

2009-10-06T22:41:28Z

Hello everyone,
In case you were unsure - there is no meeting this month as I was unable to
find a suitable presenter.
On 5th November (Thursday!) Amit Bhagwat will lead a session on Beacon
Architecture. More details will be circulated in a week or two, once a
synopsis is available so that I can prepare a sign-up sheet on the SPA wiki.

Call for Participation - SPA2010, London 16-19 May

2009-09-08T21:44:23Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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Call for Participation - SPA2010 - [link]
16th - 19th May 2010 - British Computer Society, London, UK.
Submissions Deadline: Monday, 26th October 2009
To submit a proposal, visit [link]

WICSA & ECSA conference 14-17 September, Cambridge, UK

2009-08-23T17:30:43Z

Dear SPA member / friend,
I am forwarding the following announcement on behalf of Andy Longshaw.
Various SPA luminaries are involved in organising and running this joint
conference, so it appears to me to be of interest to SPA members. Please
accept my apologies if you consider it SPAM.
Best regards,

SPA-233 - Does REAL software practice advancement need yet another manifesto, London Wed 2 Sep 2009

2009-08-22T21:12:39Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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SPA-233 - Does REAL software practice advancement need yet another
manifesto?
Tom Gilb, independent consultant ([link])
18:30-20:00, Wednesday 2nd September 2009
(Complimentary sandwiches and refreshments from 6pm)

SPA-232 - An Alternative Approach to Reduce Project Risk, London Wed 8 July 2009

2009-06-16T18:56:25Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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SPA-232 - An Alternative Approach to Reduce Project Risk
Graham Oakes, Principal, Graham Oakes Ltd. ([link])
18:30-20:00, Wednesday 8th July 2009
(Complimentary sandwiches and refreshments from 6pm)

miniSPA2009 - the best sessions from SPA2009 for free

2009-05-22T08:43:50Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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Experience some of the most popular sessions from the recent SPA2009
conference, for free, at miniSPA2009 on Wednesday July 15th at BCS London
(near Covent Garden).
The miniSPA2009 one-day programme features six sessions, in two streams,

SPA-231 - Your Internet Privacy, going, going, gone, London Wed 3 Jun 2009

2009-05-14T13:26:05Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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SPA-231 - Your Internet Privacy, going, going, gone!
David Misell
18:45-20:00, Wednesday 3rd June 2009
(Complimentary sandwiches and refreshments from 6pm)
Venue: BCS Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA

SPA-230 - Professional Networking in Difficult Times, London Wed 6 May 2009

2009-04-16T21:43:04Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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SPA-230 - Professional Networking in Difficult Times
Thomas Power, Co-Founder and Chairman, Ecademy ([link])
18:30-20:00, Wednesday 6th May 2009
(Complimentary sandwiches and refreshments from 6pm)

SPA 2009 Conference

2009-03-03T09:45:44Z

Dear SPA Mailing Member

We're making the final arrangements for SPA 2009 (5-8 April, 2009),
and are pleased to announce that we have two keynote speakers who will
both inform and challenge us. In keeping with SPA tradition, they come
from very different backgrounds and will speak on correspondingly

SPA-229 - When Good Architecture Goes Bad, London Wed 4 Mar 2009

2009-02-18T15:58:30Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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SPA-229 - When Good Architecture Goes Bad
Mark Dalgarno (Software Acumen)
18:30-20:00, Wednesday 4th March 2009
(Complimentary sandwiches and refreshments from 6pm)
Venue: BCS Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA

4th Feb 2009 - BCS SPA SG meeting cancelled

2009-02-03T07:55:07Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement Specialist Group
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I am very sorry to have to tell you that the meeting of BCS SPA SG scheduled
for 4th February has had to be cancelled, due to the unavailability of our
speaker, Jean-Marc Prieur of Microsoft. He's been detained in France by the

BCS SPA Conference, 5-8 April 2009

2009-01-21T20:56:54Z

Dear software practitioner,
We would like to update you on the SPA2009, the annual conference of the
Software Practice Advancement Specialist Group of the British Computer
Society, and to remind you that we have special discounts available by
booking early. Book before 31 January to get our early-bird discount.

SPA-228 - VisualStudio Extensibility Platform (VSX), Wed 4 Feb 2009

2009-01-02T21:23:15Z

BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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SPA-228 - Building on VisualStudio's Extensibility Platform (VSX)
Jean-Marc Prieur (Microsoft)
18:30-20:00, Wednesday 4th February 2009
(Complimentary sandwiches and refreshments from 6pm)
Venue: BCS Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA