DITA 2006 Conference Boasts Big Speakers, Sponsors

Don’t miss the upcoming DITA 2006 conference—a global gathering for those who want to learn about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). The three-day conference is being presented by Bright Path Solutions and is co-sponsored by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).

The roster of presenters for this first-time event reads like a who’s who of technical communication. The headliners include IBM DITA experts Dave Schell, Don Day, Michael Priestley, and Susan Carpenter. The all-star line-up also includes DocBook Technical Committee Chair and XML evangelist, Norman Walsh, XML technical publications guru Bernard Aschwanden, early DITA adopter and documentation architect France Baril, and content management consultant and DITA educator, Steve Manning.

The sponsor list includes superstar vendors IBM, PTC, SiberLogic, and EMC. The exhibition area will showcase sponsor products and services as well as those from Astoria Software, Antenna House, Blast Radius, DocZone, IXIASOFT, Xyenterprise and Vasont Systems.

The orgnizers are offering an optional pre-conference workshop Introduction to DITA, taught by IBM’s Michael Priestley, that aims get beginning DITA users up-to-speed quickly.

DITA 2006 presenters will demystify DITA, explore its usefulness, expose its limitations, describe its components, reveal its flexibility, and showcase its success. Hands-on workshops and real-world case studies will demonstrate the strength and usefulness of DITA, reveal valuable tips and tricks, and help attendees avoid costly mistakes made by others.

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