COMMON Europe Congress 2012 - Vienna

1. Common Europe® - welcome
User community of IBM based solutions
COMMON Europe ®
EDUCATION ● EXPERIENCE-SHARING ● INFLUENCE ● NETWORKING ● SAVINGS & EFFICIENCIES
User community of
IBM based solutions
POWERful future in a mobile world
Jan Leth-Kjaer
President
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2. Common Europe® Congress (CEC)
User community of IBM based solutions
• 1975 Lyon • 1994 Granada
• 1977 Luzern • 1995 Copenhagen
• 1978 Barcelona • 1996 Jerusalem
• 1979 Vienna • 1997 Strasbourg
• 1980 Amsterdam • 1998 Dublin
• 1981 Paris • 1999 Helsinki
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EDUCATION ● EXPERIENCE-SHARING ● INFLUENCE ● NETWORKING ● SAVINGS & EFFICIENCIES
1982 Sonthofen 2000 Bremen
• 1983 Helsinki • 2001 London
• 1984 Sevilla • 2002 Brussels
• 1985 Eilat • 2003 Warsaw
• 1986 Davos • 2004 Cardiff
• 1987 Stavanger • 2005 Scheveningen
• 1988 Wiesbaden • 2006 Stockholm
• 1989 Luxembourg • 2007 London
• 1990 Salzburg • 2008 Barcelona
• 1991 Brighton • 2009 Krakow
• 1992 Antwerpen • 2010 Stratford on Avon
• 1993 Rotterdam • 2011 Milano
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3. CEC – to remember..
User community of IBM based solutions
• One-one sessions.
• 6 streams.
• More than 75 sessions.
EDUCATION ● EXPERIENCE-SHARING ● INFLUENCE ● NETWORKING ● SAVINGS & EFFICIENCIES
• CEAC – sent you request.
• CEAC - become a member.
• Galla dinner – Monday evening.
• Visit the expo area – go talk and network.
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4. CE and CEC thanks to...
User community of IBM based solutions
We can only have this high-value CEC because of:
• Our CEC organization team
• Alexander Schaefer and Common Austria
• Ranga Deshpande
• Joost Festen
EDUCATION ● EXPERIENCE-SHARING ● INFLUENCE ● NETWORKING ● SAVINGS & EFFICIENCIES
• Jesper Hemmet Omer
• Jean-Paul Lescat
• IBM Internationally IBM Austria
• Dave R Nelson • Andreas Stepanek
• Alison Butterill • Karin Ortner
• Steve Will • Franz Dornig
• Tim Rowe • Karl Prisching
• Gottfried Schimunek
• Dawn May
• Simon Porstendorfer
• Wolfgang Kugler
• Klaus Rutsch
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5. CEC welcome and thanks to...
User community of IBM based solutions
• To you - all delegates Name Country
Agnieszka Klys AUT
• Special guests from sister user groups Christian Taborsky AUT
Maciej Piec AUT
– Common CZ: Igor Novotny
Milo Komarek AUT
– Common North America: Patrick Bestenlehner AUT
EDUCATION ● EXPERIENCE-SHARING ● INFLUENCE ● NETWORKING ● SAVINGS & EFFICIENCIES
Patrik Kernstock AUT
Randy Dufault Qiong Lu AUT
Ralph Gervasi Samuel Palkovics AUT
Stephan Maier AUT
Pete Massiello Tomasz Miksa AUT
Daan Volcke BEL
• Students – friends here – colleagues tomorrow.
Jasper Commeijne BEL
• Speakers Pavlos Syngelakis BEL
Sascha Staes BEL
• IBM BP’s and ISV’s Christian Kaddatz DEU
Jonathan Sielhorst DEU
• Vendors Daniela Pokusa POL
Michal Remiszewski POL
Robert Pajac POL
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6. CEC sponsors and supporters
User community of IBM based solutions
Premium sponsors
• IBM Internationally (worldwide)
• IBM Austria
Exhibitor Type
VISION Solution Silver Sponsor
IMTECH Technology Sponsor
EDUCATION ● EXPERIENCE-SHARING ● INFLUENCE ● NETWORKING ● SAVINGS & EFFICIENCIES
Toolmaker Exhib.+Advert Partner
Wolfgang M. Roser SW Support Exhibition Partner
ARCAD Software Exhibition Partner
AVENUM Technolgie GmbH Exhibition Partner
CilaSoft Exhibition Partner
LANSA Exhibition Partner
Pro Data Exhibition Partner
RAZ-LEE Security Exhibition Partner
Resolution X-CASE Exhibition Partner
ZEND Technologies Exhibition Partner
Avnet Advertisement Partner
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7. Common Europe® area
User community of IBM based solutions
MISSION STATEMENT:
Austria
The vision of Common Europe is Belgium
to share and bind together Czech rep./Slovakia
valuable information and sources, Denmark
Finland
that IBM Power professionals and France
associates have in common. Germany
EDUCATION ● EXPERIENCE-SHARING ● INFLUENCE ● NETWORKING ● SAVINGS & EFFICIENCIES
Great Britain
Israel
Core market values Ireland !
• Networking. Italy
Luxembourg
• Education. Netherlands
• Experience-sharing. Norway
Poland
• Savings & efficiencies. Portugal
• Influence. Romandie (CH)
Switzerland
Spain
Sweden
 Membership of 8.000 companies and professionals around Europe.
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8. Common Europe® 
User community of IBM based solutions
Jan Leth-Kjaer
President
EDUCATION ● EXPERIENCE-SHARING ● INFLUENCE ● NETWORKING ● SAVINGS & EFFICIENCIES
Common Europe®
Email: jan@comeur.org
THANK YOU !
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