Save the Date: OMG Announces Fourth Annual BPM Think Tank 2008.

Business Process Management (BPM) event to be held October 6-7, 2008

NEEDHAM, Mass. -- The Object Management Group[TM] (OMG[TM]), in partnership with BPTrends, today announced that the BPM Think Tank 2008 event will be held October 6-7, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare in Chicago, IL, USA. For more information, visit http://www.omg.org/think-tank-pr.

This popular annual business-oriented event will once again involve attendees in interactive roundtables moderated by leading BPM experts. At BPM Think Tank 2008, experts and practitioners alike will gather to discuss the use of BPM to achieve successful business results. Our unique format combining roundtable discussions, case study presentations, a panel session, as well as BPM tools demonstrations, will allow participants to gain uncommon insight into BPM in the real world and in the process owner's office.

Conference Overview

BPM Think Tank 2008 participants will participate in at least three unique, highly interactive BPM Roundtables over the course of two days. These roundtables are small, interactive group sessions moderated by subject matter experts who will introduce the topic and move on to the group discussion that uniquely characterizes BPM Think Tank. These BPM Roundtables have been a highly acclaimed feature of the BPM Think Tank in the past and clearly differentiate this event from others in the BPM marketplace. Presentations before and after the roundtable sessions will focus on business case studies presented by end users with real-world experience.

BPM Think Tank 2008 is especially relevant to the business-oriented BPM practitioner. This includes practitioners at all levels who are responsible for running, managing, analyzing and executing business processes, in addition to BP architects and consultants, and vendors and users of BPM tools.

Additional Information

BPM Think Tank 2008 is produced by the Object Management Group in partnership with BPTrends (www.bptrends.com) and is sponsored by Lombardi Software. OMG is the custodian of the Business Process Modeling Notation[TM] (BPMN[TM]), the industry standard graphic language for modeling business processes, and its members have developed a full suite of BPM standards. BPTrends is the primary source of business intelligence for business executives and process change practitioners around the globe.

For more information about BPM Think Tank 2008, visit http://www.omg.org/think-tank-pr. Exhibit space is available; for more information contact Kevin Loughry at [e-mail], [phone]. Sponsorship opportunities are available; contact Ken Berk at [e-mail], [phone].

About BPTrends

BPTrends (www.bptrends.com) is the primary source of business intelligence for business executives and process change practitioners around the globe. Industry thought leaders provide analysis and opinion on trends, directions and best practices relating to all aspects of business process management. BPTrends is the most comprehensive, in-depth business process management resource devoted to educating and informing the market. The BPTrends BP Tools Reports are the most widely read reports on BP software tools available. With over 20,000 members, BPTrends is the largest community of BP Professionals in the world. BPTrends Associates, a BPM professional services company, provides executive education, training, mentoring and consulting services and has partnered with Boston University to deliver the BU BPM Curriculum and Certificate Program.

About the Object Management Group

OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies, including: Real-time, Embedded and Specialized Systems, Analysis & Design, Architecture-Driven Modernization and Middleware and an even wider range of industries, including: Business Modeling and Integration, C4I, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Insurance, Legal Compliance, Life Sciences Research, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics, Software-Based Communications and Space.

OMG's modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language[TM] (UML[R]) and Model Driven Architecture[R] (MDA[R]), enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes, including IT Systems Modeling and Business Process Management. OMG's middleware standards and profiles are based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA[R]) and support a wide variety of industries.

More information about OMG can be found at www.omg.org. OMG is headquartered in Needham, MA, USA.

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