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Virtualization Conference & Expo 2007 West
Reaching Beyond Physical IT: Explore the Power of Virtualization in Enterprise Computing

Call for Papers for Virtualization Conference Expo Europe Open
Through June 30, 2008

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Virtualization Conference &
Expo 2009 Europe
5th International Virtualization
Conference & Expo

  • Virtualization is becoming an increasingly important concept, not only to IT staffs, but to CIOs and line-of-business managers as well.
  • Virtualization technologies are shifting from point products to solution portfolios, delivering applications to the desktop, moving beyond server consolidation to enable more dynamic datacenters and serving as the foundation for some forms of cloud computing.
  • Virtualization is quickly becoming an important technology across all parts of the IT environment. The technology is rapidly being deployed in server, storage, networking, as well as client environments

The theme of the 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo, to be held in London, England, January 26-27, 2009, is 'Deploying Virtualization in the Enterprise.' The Call for Papers, which is now open, welcomes submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases not only of how virtualization maximizes the use of resources and thus saves companies money, but also of how it is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run IT.

Topics covered will include

  • Server Virtualization
  • Desktop Virtualization
  • Application Virtualization
  • File Virtualization
  • The Future of the Virtual Enterprise
  • Hosted Virtualization
  • Para-virtualization
  • Virtualization Hardware Support
  • Virtual Security
  • Hardware-level Virtualization
  • Storage Virtualization
  • I/O Virtualization
  • Service-Oriented Virtualization
  • Embedded Virtualization
  • Virtualization for Server Consolidation and Containment
  • Windows Virtualization
  • Utility Computing
  • State of the Virtualization Services Market
  • Virtualization-based Malware
  • Cloud Computing
  • Middleware Virtualization

Conference Faculty - A Who's Who of Virtualization Technology Rock Stars!


International Virtualization Conference & Expo faculty alumni include such notable speakers as: Brian Stevens, CTO of Red Hat; Stephen Herrod, CTO of VMware; Vern Brownell, founder and CEO of Egenera; Simon Crosby, founder and CTO of Citrix XenSource; Hubert Yoshida, vice president and CTO of Hitachi Data Systems; Jeffrey Nick, CTO of EMC; David Greschler, director of Virtualization Strategy for Microsoft; Hal Stern, vice president and distinguished engineer for Sun Microsystems; Andrew Hillier, founder and CTO of CiRBA; Alex Vasilevsky, founder and CEO of Virtual Iron; Jack Zubarev, founder and COO of SWsoft; Stephen Pollack, founder and CEO of PlateSpin; Brett Adam, founder and CEO of rPath; Kevin Brown, founder and CEO of Kidaro; Bob Lozano, founder and CEO of Appistry; and Harry Ruda, founder and CEO of Desktone.

Speaker Candidates

Ideal candidates are Virtualization experts who have first-hand experience in the deployment or implementation of all aspects of virtualization solutions in the entreprise.

If you have something substantive, challenging, and original to offer, you are encouraged to submit a proposal. In the proposal, please highlight previous speaking engagements including classroom or course work. Please provide at least three references with respect to speaking ability, as well as contact information that will allow us to reach you to evaluate presentation skills. Past speakers at SYS-CON Events conferences do not need to provide references.

Benefits of Being a Member of the International
Virtualization Conference Faculty


Speakers will receive unprecedented visibility in pre-conference promotion in print and online. They will also receive exposure via the accompanying Virtualization Conference & Expo conference portal for many months prior to and following the conference. Sessions may be recorded and made available via the Internet to a wider audience (at the discretion of SYS-CON Events). Speakers will have the benefit of attending the entire conference as our guest.

Guidelines for Submitting a Proposal

  • All submissions become the property of SYS-CON Events.
  • All conference sessions are vendor-neutral. Proprietary or confidential material should not be included.

Virtualization Conference & Expo is acknowledged to be the industry's most relevant conference program addressing the challenges and technology needs of today's business environment.

SYS-CON Events has a strong policy against using speaking opportunities for product pitching and undisclosed marketing goals. For marketing opportunities please email events@sys-con.com. All presentations must be submitted for review prior to the event. Be advised presentations that do not adhere to the above constraints will be removed from the line up.

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