As I wait for my next contract to start, I was given the opportunity to attend the Toronto version of the Impact Comes to You held at the IBM Toronto Lab (where I used to commute daily when employed by IBM).

My goal today is to blog any interesting points or developments that occur throughout the day.

Today’s agenda:

8:30 AM 	Registration and Coffee
9:00 AM 	Welcome and Introduction
9:15 AM 	Keynote Presentation: A Smart SOA Approach in Any Economic Climate
10:00 AM 	Lower Operational Costs and Improving Quality of Service Using Application Virtualization
11:00 AM 	Refreshment Break
11:15 AM 	IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
12:15 PM 	Lunch and Demonstrations
1:15 PM 	SOA Success Story
2:00 PM 	Improve Business Agility Through End-To-End Process Visibility
3:00 PM 	Refreshment Break
3:15 PM 	Help IT Executives Make and Execute the Right SOA Governance Decisions
4:15 PM 	Closing Remarks