• Wed. May 16th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Chicago
• Address: Union League Club 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $ 95 - $ 150
• Contact Maria Tuthill: 847-837-3900 x 1

How can converting application environments help you gain greater access and systems integration? New application development technologies hold big promise for data integration, virtualization, measurement and security. Join leading development teams and industry experts and discover how you can take advantage of these new tools and strategies.

Questions? Contact: Celine Seaback the Member Services Associate: phone # 847-837-3900 x4 or cseaback@technologyexecutivesclub.com

• Wed. May 16th, 2007 @ 8:00am - Fri. May 18th, 2007 @ 6:00pm
• php | architect
• Hyatt Regency O’Hare hotel, located approximately 2 miles north-west of O’Hare
• Fee: varies
• buy tickets and register online

Would you like three days of incredible PHP learning and fun - plus an extra day dedicated to in-depth tutorials and seminars?

Last year’s edition of php|tek sold out over a month before the start date. Don’t miss out on this year’s event.

Look forward to:
* 3 days of pure PHP
* over 35 talks
* top-notch speakers
* in-depth tutorials
* networking parties
* and much more

• Wed. May 9th, 2007 @ 9:00am - 1:00pm
• eZ Systems
• Downtown Chicago
• Address: Downtown Chicago
• Fee: Free
• Open Online Registration for RSVP

eZ Systems is organizing a free seminar in Chicago on May 9th with focus on Content Management, online Business and

Why attend?

• Learn about the eZ Publish Open Source Content Management System
• Understand how the eZ Publish model can fit in with your business model and needs
• Get first-hand information from eZ Systems
• Learn about eZ Partners in the Chicago area
• Discover how your business can benefit from technologies like blogging, wikis, tagging and e-commerce
• Meet co-founder of eZ Systems

• Tue. May 8th, 2007 @ 9:00am - 11:00am
• Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
• Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
• Address: 200 E. Randolph Street, Suite 2200
• Fee: $20 for Chamber Members, $30 for Non-Members
• Sign Up Online by 12pm on 5/7

Great customer service is one of the most important ways that you can distinguish your business from your competition. Although it definitely takes effort, providing excellent service is within your reach. Allow yourself the opportunity to set your business apart by joining us for an overview of how to offer a service that will keep customers knocking on your door. Speaker is Dr. Stephen Harap, President of Partners for Productivity, Inc, a Leadership Development firm focused on Talent Management and Business Growth.

Questions? Contact: Event Hot line, 312-494-6709

• Mon. May 7, 6-8pm
• Chicago Central ColdFusion and Flex User Group
• International Academy of Design and Technology
• Address: One North State Street between Madison & Washington
• Fee: Free, Prizes & Pizza will be provided. win a copy of CF Server Professional
• For security reasons, you MUST rsvp on our web site and bring ID.

Ever wonder why some companies pay good money to develop apps on the ColdFusion platform when there are free robust options available? Well, Adobe’s Senior Technical Evangelist is coming to Chicago to tell you why his company charges $ 1K-$ 6K for a single server license (and developers are still buying them like hotcakes). We will also get a sneak peek into the next release of CF, codenamed Scorpio.

Think CF is lame, too expensive, uncool, unscaleable? We invite you to attend this free event to grill the CF masters, and defend your platform of choice. Perhaps you will influence the future direction of CF, or even find new supporters for your platform.

Even before the release of CFMX 7 two years ago, the ColdFusion team was already hard at work planning the 8th major ColdFusion edition. Building on top of the powerful platform introduced in ColdFusion MX, and the solid feature set of ColdFusion MX 7, “Scorpio” piles on new features and technologies for developers, administrators, technical decision makers, and more. The official “Scorpio” release is scheduled for mid-2007, but you don’t have to wait until then to see it for yourself. Ben Forta will be demoing lots of Scorpio throughout a user group tour, where attendees will get to see “Scorpio” in action, as well as gain access to the pre-release beta, and get the chance to win Adobe software. And since our user group is part of the Scorpio tour, plan on coming out for this special event!!

Ben Forta is Adobe Inc.’s Senior Technical Evangelist, and has over two decades of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and marketing. Ben is the author of the best-selling ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, Regular Expressions, JavaServer Pages, WAP, Windows development, and more. Over 1/2 million Ben Forta books have been printed in a dozen languages worldwide. Ben co-authored the official ColdFusion training material, as well as the certification tests and official study guides for those tests, writes regular columns on ColdFusion and Internet development, and now spends a considerable amount of time lecturing and speaking on application development worldwide.

Questions? Contact: Igor Ilyinsky - manager {AT} cccfug [DOT] org

• Fri. May 4th, 2007 @ 7:30am - 9:30am
• BIG Frontier
• The Merchandise Mart Conference Center: Second floor of the Merchandise Mart, across the pedway
• Fee: Free, with RSVP
• Must RSVP

In Seduced by Success, Robert J. Herbold shows you how to avoid the nine traps of success-the legacy practices that almost felled such giants as General Motors, Kodak and Sony. Herbold, a 26-year-veteran of Procter & Gamble who lived through each trap, gives you proven tactics for preventing arrogance, bloat, and neglect while capitalizing on your accomplishments, sustaining your momentum, and retaining your position in the marketplace.

The nine traps every successful organization must avoid are:

* Neglect: Sticking with Yesterdays Business Model
* Pride: Allowing Your Products to Become Outdated
* Boredom: Clinging to Your Once-Successful Branding
* Complexity: Ignoring Your Business Processes
* Bloat: Rationalizing Your Loss of Speed and Agility
* Mediocrity: Letting Your Star Employees Languish
* Lethargy: Getting Lulled into a Culture of Comfort
* Timidity: Not Confronting Turf Wars and Obstructionists
* Confusion: Unwittingly Conducting Schizophrenic Communications

Bob Herbold gets to the heart of why successful organizations and individuals often go into a tailspin, and how this can be avoided. His thorough reviews of specific companies we all know make this a very useful book, and I highly recommend it.-Indra K.Nooyi, President & CEO, PepsiCo, Inc.

“This book rings painfully true… Bob Herbold demonstrates with clinical precision that a company’s fall from grace can frequently be traced back to its time of greatest achievement. Before you get too depressed, however, take heart-he also gives you all the tools you need to avoid that ignominious fate.”-Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer, WPP Group PLC

About the author:
Robert J. (Bob) Herbold, retired COO of Microsoft Corporation, is the author of Fiefdom Syndrome: The Turf Battles That Undermine Careers and Companies and How to Overcome Them (Currency/Doubleday, September 2004). He is currently Managing Director of Herbold Group, LLC, a consulting business focused on profitability. Herbold serves on the Board of Directors of Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Agilent Technologies, First Mutual Bank, and Cintas Corporation. Also, in 2001 he was appointed to the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology where he serves as the chair of the Workforce/Education Subcommittee.

Doors open: Registration/Continental Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Meet the author: 7:45-8:15 AM
Presentation 8:15-9:30 AM