Chris Ferris, IBM
Chris is a Senior Technical Staff Member with IBM's Emerging Technology group. He has been involved in the architecture, design, and engineering of distributed systems for most of his 25+ year career in IT. He has been actively engaged in the development of open standards for XML and Web services since 1999. Currently, he is IBM's technical lead for activities related to WS-I where he chairs the Basic Profiles Working Group which is responsible for the development of the WS-I Basic Profile. He is an elected member of the OASIS Technical Advisory Board and he is also a co-author and editor of the WS-Reliable Messaging specification. Prior to joining IBM, Chris was with Sun Microsystems for 12 1/2 years where he served as chair and editor of the W3C Web Services Architecture WG and as Sun's representative on the W3C XML Protocols WG, the OASIS ebXML Messaging TC, and the OASIS Security Services TC. |
Presentation: "Overview and status of web service specifications, part I"
Track:
Web Services
Time: Wednesday 10:15 - 10:45 Location: Conference Hall 1 Presentation: "Overview and status of web service specifications, part 2"
Track:
Web Services
Time: Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 Location: Conference Hall 1
Abstract: In this presentation, Chris will provide an in-depth update on the current state of the various Web services specifications working their way towards adoption as open standards. He will provide a brief technical overview of a few of the key (and more mature) specifications and outline where each of the proposed standards fits into the overall architecture and roadmap for Web services. The presentation will also cover the roles of the various vendor groups and organizations that are contributing to the development of the Web services including W3C, OASIS and WS-I.
Presentation: "The Future of Web Services"
Track:
Web Services
Time: Wednesday 15:45 - 16:30 Location: Conference Hall 1
Abstract: In this presentation, Chris will share his thoughts on how he envisages Web services will evolve over time:
From a predominantly API-centric model to a more message oriented model that lies at the heart of the Service Oriented Architecture; from standalone services to collaborative service aggregations. He will discuss the key motivating factors for this envisaged evolution such as loosely coupled versioning, interoperability, and extensibility. Additionally, he will share his thoughts on the increased role that scripting languages such as Perl and Python will likely play in this future. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of some of the key challenges that need to be addressed in order to realize this future vision.
Presentation: "Panel WS"
Track:
Web Services
Time: Wednesday 16:45 - 17:30 Location: Conference Hall 1 |
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