Skills Matter is pleased to support SPA 2012, - the annual BCS Software Practice Advancement conference which brings together experts and practitioners to share the latest thinking in software development and takes place in London on July 1-4 2012!

Now in it's 16th year, the conference has a tradition of active participation. The organisers encourage conference sessions that bring people together to work and learn and in most cases, many sessions are highly interactive, involving participants and session leaders on an equal footing. This results in a conference like no other and consistently excellent feedback from all those who attend.

PROGRAMME
The programme is likely to change, but this should give you a good idea of what's in store:

Building Fast Search Application In a Day: James Atherton, Greg Sochanik & Goncalo Pereira, 7digital Effective architecture sketches: Simon Brown, Coding the Architecture & Marcin Floryan, Energized Work / Emergn
• Hands-On: Continuous Deployment: Robert Chatley, Develogical Ltd
• TDD and Non-Functionals: Keith Braithwaite, Zuhlke Ltd
• Game On: From Game-Zero to Gaming in No Time: Ryan Haney, Redgate & Mark Dalgarno, Software Acumen
• Introduction to ClojureScript: Jon Paul, Caplin Systems Ltd
• Effect Mapping: Gojko Adzic, Neuri Limited & David Evans
• Business Process Management and Agile: Andy Longshaw, Barclays Bank & Chris Cooper-Bland, Endava (UK) Ltd
• Exploring parallel programming in Java: Wolf Schlegel, ThoughtWorks & Fabian Koehler, ThoughtWorks
• Lessons Learned Migrating a Codebase to Scala: Duncan McGregor, Independent & Richard Care, Octave Associates
• The Butterfly flaps its wings. Is TDD complex or simple?: Steve Freeman, HIgher Order Logic, James Dobson, Ugly Duckling & Romilly Cocking, Independent Consultant
• Exploring parallel programming in Java: Wolf Schlegel, ThoughtWorks & Fabian Koehler, ThoughtWorks

In addition to the main conference programme, there will be the opportunity to organise your own “Birds Of a Feather” meetup at SPA2012 plus dinner and the evening activities will take place in the meeting rooms of the Strand Palace hotel, next door to the main conference venue. Check out the SPA2012 website for more details.

TICKETS & REGISTRATION
Registration is open! Ticket prices are as follows:
Full standard rate..............£450.00
Student rate…...................£120.00

Want to get involved in the discussion? Join the conversation using the official SPA2012 Wiki. or follow @spaconference on Twitter.

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