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World's Largest SOA Event
for SOA Practitioners

The First Annual International SOA Symposium is the world's largest and most comprehensive SOA event for practitioners, providing a combination of expert speakers from around the world and a series of SOA training and certification workshops.

The theme of the SOA Symposium is "substance only" and the conference planning committee is dedicated to ensuring that each session provides in-depth coverage and true educational value for the most important SOA-related topics for SOA practitioners.

This event will be filled with extra-curricular activities, including contests, giveaways, and tours.

Meet the world’s leading SOA experts, get the latest insights on SOA technologies, techniques, and trends, get formal training and certification, win prizes, and tour Amsterdam while you're here!

Tracks and Events

Register for the conference and visit and switch between as many tracks as you like.

There will also be a variety of ancillary events, including

  • Expert Panels
  • Vendor Exhibits
  • Workshops
  • Contests
  • Book Launches




Conference Agenda

The conference agenda consists of 70 speaker sessions across the following 11 tracks:

  • SOA Architecture & Design
  • Service Modeling & BPM
  • SOA & Business
  • SOA & REST
  • SOA & Web 2.0
  • SOA Governance
  • SOA Programming
  • SOA Innovations
  • SOA Infrastructure & Technology
  • SOA Project Delivery & Methodology
  • SOA Industry

View the conference agenda and the conference track descriptions.


Certification Workshops

The first two conference days are followed by three five-day certification workshops:

  • Certified SOA Consultant
  • Certified SOA Architect
  • Certified SOA Analyst

These workshops are part of the SOA Certified Professional program (soacp.com).

Registrants will have the opportunity to attain any one of these three certifications by attending credit courses and taking advantage of optional on-site testing.

Conference and Workshop Package Price

Receive a 10% discount when registering for both the conference and any one of the certification workshops.

The 'Top Gun' Contest

The registrant receiving the top score in each of the workshops will receive a special "Top Gun" designation and will further win the following prizes:

  • The registrant's name and company name will be broadcast to all conference attendees and over 3,000 SOA professionals and organizations world-wide as part of a special international announcement.
  • The registrant and company name will be published on the SOAMag.com homepage for one month.
  • Each winning registrant will receive a €1,000.- gift certificate for additional SOA Certification Courses.

Note that you must register separately for workshops.

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Conference Agenda Available for Download

The most current conference agenda has been published in PDF format, complete with room locations. Please note that this may still be subject to change. download .

Anne Thomas Manes Added as Speaker

Breaking news: Author and analyst Anne Thomas Manes of the Burton Group has just been added as a last-minute speaker and will be delivering three breakout sessions as a substitute for Chris Howard.

Thomas Erl, David Chappell, Sandy Carter to Deliver Opening Keynotes

Best-selling authors Thomas Erl, David Chappell and Sandy Carter will kick-off the first and second conference days respectively with opening keynotes.

Amsterdam Arena Tours

The SOA Symposium is being held at the new Amsterdam Arena, a modern stadium for sporting events and concerts. Free tours of the stadium are being arranged for all conference attendees.

Amsterdam Travel Packages

As a registrant for the conference or any one of the certification workshops, you will be entitled to a discount for a variety of sightseeing tours in beautiful Amsterdam.

SOA Authors

Many of the speakers are published SOA authors. In fact, among the speakers there are over 40 SOA books that have been published or are in development.

Book Launches

The SOA Symposium is proud to be the official event to launch the release of the following new books:

book design patterns
Launch Ceremony & Contest Oct. 7

book webservice contracts
Launch Ceremony & Contest Oct. 8

book soa next phase
Launch Ceremony Oct. 7

Free copies of the books and galleys will be given away at the official launch ceremonies. Learn More.

Book Giveaway Contests

A variety of contests will be held throughout the conference, during which over 300 books will be given away to attendees.

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