News

News May, 16, 2001

A shuttle service has been organized for XP2001 participants in connection with their flights. The shuttle ticket may be purchased on-board (Lit. 50,000 one-way per person).
On Saturday, May 19, there will be a hostess reception service at Cagliari Airport all the day.
The other days, an hostess will take incoming persons to the shuttle in connection with their flights.
In these days, to take advantage of the shuttle, XP2001 participants must have communicated the arrival time of their flight.
The shuttle service is operated by Focus srl., phone: 070 684288, 0348 2866419.

A new demo will be given by Jens Uwe Pipka, Daedalos Consulting, in the Demo Sessions.

May, 10, 2001

Registrations to the conference are now closed.
We announce that on Tuesday, May 22, from 16:00 to 17:30 there will be BOF session Can a Big Process be Agile?, organized by Gary Pollice, Rational Corporation.
Added description of panel XP Installed: What is the Pain? - What is the Gain?

May, 5, 2001

During the Conference (on Tuesday and Wednesday), there will be a room available for "Birds-of-a-Feather" (BOF) sessions, from 9am to 7pm. BOF sessions are informal gatherings of people who are interested in talking over issues on the same topic.
The forms to book the room and announce the BOF session will be available at the reception desk.

May, 3, 2001

All accepted papers are now online! To get the paper, click on its title in the schedule.

Tutorial 1.3 An Introduction to Unit Testing XP Style has been sold out. No further registrations will be accepted!

April, 27, 2001

The registration to the XP2001 Workshops is still open..
The workshops are a unique chance to exchange experiences and opinions with other people, to coordinate efforts and to establish collective plans of action.
To enroll in a Workshop, provide a short position paper, and send it to the Workshop organizers.
Specific instructions can be reached by clicking on the Workshop title in the schedule.

April, 26, 2001

XP2001 Web site has been renewed with a new style and a new logo. We hope you like it!

April, 21, 2001

The preliminary detailed schedule of every session is now online!

April, 14, 2001

Tutorial 1.2 User Stories and the Planning Game has been sold out. No further registrations will be accepted!

April, 1, 2001

Workshop on Customer Involvement has been shortened to half day, in the morning of Monday, 21 May.

March, 28, 2001

Added a page devoted to XP2001 Workshops.
Attendance to each Workshop is limited to 20 or 30 people and is based on acceptance of a position paper submitted to Workshop organizers.

March, 19, 2001

Added direct link for Workshop: Extreme Programming, revisiting the LEGO brick road.
Added keynote speech by Robert Martin during the conference dinner: Helping corporations to become Agile.
Now online credit card payment (VISA and MasterCard) is active in the Registration Form.
Note: you may experiment trouble with the online payment if you are using an old browser like Netscape 4.6 and the like.
In this case, you can download the payment form (PDF format), print it, fill it, and send it by fax.

March, 8, 2001

Added on-line form for conference registration and accomodation booking and payment.
The form can be reached both from Location page and from Registration page.

February, 11, 2001
Added link to eXtreme Programming Workshop , to be held on May 28-June 1, 2001, Porto, Portugal.
Added link to XP Universe Conference, to be held on July 23-25, 2001, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Added link to Frank Westphal site (in German).
Restructured Location page, with Hotel information and rates, better explanation on how to reach Villasimius and link to Map and photos of Tanka Village.
Added Program page, with the preliminary program of XP2001.
Added Registration page, with Conference pricing.
Added Organization page, with chairs and members of various committees who are helping XP2001 organization.

December, 28, 2000

Added calls for Practitioner's Reports and Demonstrations.
Added Links page.
Added page with map and photos of Tanka Village.

by M. Marchesi