This conference is a reorganization of Ron Ross’s business rules forum.

I agree, something needs to be done to create a positive environment for BPM, and Business Rules learning and discussion. Gartner has their viewpoint, and it is important for customers to listen to them. But managers and others need to listen to a number of viewpoints.

The attendance at last years’ BR forum was nightmarishly low. The few attendees that did show up, skipped the show and went out to play, I think the desperate look from all the vendors made them skittish. This was probably not entirely the fault of the organizers. The economy was tanking.

That said, many of the business rules messages are getting stale and there is a persistent gap between the viewpoints of the BR forum says is business rules and what we do in the industry to create executable business rules. I suspect that this affected a big part of the lack of attendance.

We will be there. I hope the conference is well attended. There are many, many ongoing BPM efforts in the Federal Government.

Tom