What will this conference cover? Attend the IBM WebSphere® Portal

Conference 2009 at the Sheraton San

Diego Hotel & Marina. Learn from the

industry experts at the largest annual

event dedicated to WebSphere Portal

business solutions and technical strate-

gies. Meet with product developers and

explore the innovations delivered with

IBM WebSphere Portal Version 6.X and

IBM accelerator releases. Don’t miss this

opportunity to hear from industry experts

on trends, tips and techniques to unleash

the rich collaborative power of IBM

WebSphere Portal.

Receive technically advanced product

detail and directions, hands-on expert

training, product certifi cations, customer

case studies, and best practices from

IBM product architects and developers,

and customers.

Key benefi ts for IBM Business Partners:Business Partners can participate as

exhibitors and sponsors:

• Take advantage of exclusive access

to WebSphere Portal customers,

practice leaders, IBM sales leaders

and technical teams; promote your

expertise and demonstrate your portal

solutions in the Event Solutions Expo.

• Event Sponsorship benefi t options

include your own presentation session,

product literature distribution, company

bag inserts for all attendees, and more.

• Gain insight into key business issues

and emerging technologies, including

new Web 2.0 services and solutions

designed to provide executives,

business and IT managers with

strategies to successfully deliver Portal

platforms and expansions to support

current and future growth.

• Take advantage of onsite certifi cation

testing (New in 2009: fi rst Lotus test is

free, second test is discounted 50%)

• Get up to speed on the latest platform

technologies, advantages and

technical strategy; interact directly with

product, partner and customer experts.

• Discounted conference registration

rate (25% off full conference fee) is

available for validated IBM Business

Partners via the event registration page.

Featured programs at this year’s event include: Business Development (Sunday,

October 11, 2009): Exclusively for

IBM Business Partners. This special

session will focus on providing the

business skills needed to identify new

revenue opportunities for product

sales and services, best practices to

maximize marketing efforts, product

plans, competitive landscape, strategies

for selling into industry-specifi c market

sectors, and ways to expand your

business offerings to emerging markets.

No additional fee, but pre-registration

is required.

Participate in theIBM WebSphere Portal Conference 2009

October 12-15San Diego, California

October 12-15San Diego, California

IBM Business Partners – you’re invited!

Don’t miss the Business Partner Development Day on Sunday, October 11th!

Gain exclusive access to WebSphere Portal product experts, customer IT and business managers, and technical strategists.

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Business Impact: In addition to

the great technical sessions of the

conference, we will offer a non-technical

"Business Impact" Track. In both the

opening session and the dedicated

track, you'll learn how to make your portal

implementations more successful This

track is for the non-technical audience

whose job is to maximize the business

value of a portal implementation.

Technical Roundtable Discussion

Sessions: For many attendees, one

of the conference highlights is the

opportunity to participate in topic-based

discussions with fellow attendees and

customers, IBM Business Partners and

product team experts. To facilitate this,

the conference is organizing technical

roundtable discussion sessions to be

held throughout the week.

Portal Technical Zone: Introduced

last year and held each afternoon,

the technical zone provides an open

forum setting for discussion of technical

strategy with IBM Portal product and

services architects.

Plan to participate in this key WebSphere Portal event.Select from a variety of technical and

business value sessions, hands-on-labs,

Meet the Architects developer panel,

Technical Roundtables, Portal Technical

Zone, and birds-of-a-feather sessions

designed to provide the information you

need to successfully communicate your

innovative solutions and business plans

to the WebSphere Portal attending techni-

cal and business leaders.

Session tracks:The following session tracks are

organized to provide you the detailed

knowledge you need to attain your

business objectives effectively:

> Business Development Day (Sunday,

October Oct. 11th)

> What’s New in WebSphere Portal

> WebSphere Portal Basics

> WebSphere Portal Development

> WebSphere Portal Administration

> Customer Case Studies and Industry

Solutions

> Business Impact

To learn more about the event, Solutions Expo and sponsorship opportunities (and to enroll) for the

IBM WebSphere Portal Conference 2009—

ibm.com /training/us/conf/portal

We look forward to your participation at the event!