Agile Roots is back! “Agile Roots: The competitive edge” will be an engaging opportunity to explore how Agile processes help businesses create software that meets real customer needs, fulfills profitable business strategies, and remains technically sustainable long-term. Speakers, technical professionals, and business professionals mingle freely at Agile Roots to share ideas, experiences, and concerns.

The conference will be held June 14-15, 2010, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Confirmed speakers include Luke Hohmann, Alistair Cockburn, and Jeff Patton.

Agile Roots is accepting proposals for sessions. We’re interested in talks, experience reports, and interactive tutorials, but don’t let that constrain you, surprise us! Sessions can be for beginners, intermediate or advanced Agilists. We’re particularly interested in sessions that have multiple functional groups and business/executive roles interacting with each other.

Topics of interest include:

• Product management and marketing
• Connecting with users
• Customer feedback loop
• Technical practices/craftsmanship
• Long term technical architecture
• Business strategy

Each accepted session will receive complimentary hotel (for out of town speakers) and one free registration at the conference.

Email your proposals to submissions@agileroots.com.

Submission deadline: April 20