Gartner Event Processing Summit (and EPTS Meeting), Sept 2008
Many folks have been sending me email, inquiring if I will be attending the Gartner Event Processing Summit, September 15-16 or the 4th Event Processing Symposium, September 17-19, 2008 (the EPTS meeting). I regret not attending either event this year and will miss getting together with everyone. In addition, I would like to thank Opher and the EPTS team for inviting me.
As we get closer to the conference dates, I wish that I had made plans to fly back to the US to meet everyone. However, I have been cutting back on public speaking, taking a break since May. In addition, Gartner did not ask me to speak at their Event Processing Summit this year, I assume because they did not want to pay airfare for my flight from Thailand to the US. Also, Gartner always likes to fill their conference speaking slots with as many Gartner speakers as they can, unless you are a paid sponsor; and I noticed a number of Gartner employees speaking in multiple slots.
(Editorial Note) Then again, maybe I complained to much about the lack of organization and conference problems when I was invited at be a Gartner keynote speaker last time - reservations not made propertly, problems with the guest speaker registration list at sign-in, rooms shifted without notifying the speakers and panelists. Admittedly, I was not happy with the conference organizers at the last get together. This was my fault, as I am accustomed to better conference execution and am probally too “picky” about details these days - my bad. Anyway, the Gartner organizers apologized numerous times, saying they had too many conferences going on at the same time and not enough people to cover them all.
One of the problems with spending so much time in Asia, especially in Thailand, is that guest speakers are really treated as VIPs. There are usually special comfy couches set up for the speakers and the conference staff really treat you very nice, taking care of you every step of the way. In fact, there is an entire very nice culture around how guest speakers are treated in Thailand. Often, they pin flowers on the VIP speakers and take your photos like you are a star. Very nice culture.
I absolutely look forward to speaking on event processing or CEP at a future venue and meeting everyone face-to-face instead of over the net. My sincere and deepest apologies for not attending either the Gartner or the EPTS event this year.
PS: If you take up a collection and send me a RT business class air ticket, I might change my mind 
Filed under: CEP News and Events, Complex Event Processing, EPTS, Event Processing Technical Society
The best part of being in Thailand has got to be the food! Especially thai curries, tom yum soup and the vast variety of excellent dishes. I imagine being a VIP, they pull out all the stops and serve you some outrageously excellent food.
Hi Tim. The 4th event processing symposium and the EPTS meeting are the same event, you probably meant the Gartner Event Processing Summit.
I indeed invited you to take active part in the symposium, however, since you notified that you’ll not be able to come, we did not discuss the exact role, I intended to offer you toparticipate in the business oriented panel, entitled: : “Is event processing a hype or the best invention since sliced bread ?
Event processing market from business perspective”, I am confident you could add (Thai) spice to the discussion…
EPTS does not charge money for its meetings, and does not pay anybody to participate.
Another comment:
in the previous EPTS meetings we have not designated any talk as a keynote talk.
In the coming meeting, we’ll have a structure of four half-days each starting by a keynote talk, so we’ll have four keynotes - VC keynote, customer keynote, senior researcher keynote and standards expert keynote.
Hi Opher,
Thanks for pointing out that I was confusing the various conferences and conference names/sponsors.
I think I have corrected everything. Please let me know if I still have some errors!
Dear Peter,
Absolutely! Thailand is a food paradise. I plan to write a post soon on “high tech business in Thailand”, so stay tuned. I will reveal some secrets and lessons learned over the past 9 months
Yours sincerely, Tim