Users, vendors, governments, and researchers from Europe and around the world will come together to examine and discuss advances in open standards at the OASIS Adoption Forum. Hosted by the international, not-for-profit consortium that's home to standards such as ebXML, SAML, UDDI, WS-Security, and others, the event will feature presentations that profoundly affect government, healthcare, and commerce, delivering insight and updates on work in Web services, tax, business process, and localisation.

This event will provide:

• a single, plenary track for maximum benefit in a comprehensive format
• first-hand implementation stories from governments and healthcare agencies
• opportunity to network with other delegates facing similar challenges
• access to the pioneers in open standards development

OASIS Adoption Forum program committee include:

John Borras - CEO of the UK's Local e-Government Standards Body

John Borras is the CEO of the UK's Local e-Government Standards Body. He has been a civil servant working for the UK Government for over 35 years working in the Inland Revenue developing Data, Information and IS/IT Strategies and supporting technical frameworks. In 2001, he transferred to the Office of e-Envoy, now the e-Government Unit, and was responsible as Director of Technology Policy for the UK Government's ICT technical and architectural frameworks, including its e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) and Open Source Software Policy. A key part of the UK's e-GIF is the adoption of open, international standards, including XML for data integration. He moved to his current post at the end of 2004 where his focus is now on e-government standards for local government in the UK (see www.lesgb.gov.uk). He has represented the UK Government on various European and International technical groups and projects, and has chaired many cross-government working groups in the UK. John served on the OASIS Board of Directors from 2002-2005 and currently chairs the OASIS Election & Voter Services Technical Committee.

James Bryce Clark - Director of Standards Development for OASIS

James Bryce Clark is responsible for managing the consortium's industry standards efforts. He is an e-commerce and information technology attorney who began his practice as a financing and corporate restructuring lawyer with Shearman & Sterling at 53 Wall Street in New York. He represented high technology companies in their banking, trade finance, acquisitions and securities transactions throughout the 1990's, and served two terms as chairman of the American Bar Association's business law subcommittee on electronic commerce. While a practicing attorney, he was a contributor to the original ebXML project (now ISO 15000), co-editor of its business process standards in 2001, and chairman of the ebXML Joint Coordinating Committee. Prior to joining OASIS, he was vice president and general counsel of a healthcare e-commerce company, and corporate partner in a Los Angeles law firm. He is a U.S. delegate to the e-commerce working group of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and an expert adviser on automated contracting and Internet law for the U.S. State Department. He is a frequent speaker and author in e-commerce and information security law as well as complex finance transactions. Jamie holds JD and BSc degrees from the University of Minnesota.

Patrick J. Gannon - President and CEO of OASIS

Patrick J. Gannon is President and CEO of OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards); an international not-for-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to drive the development, convergence and adoption of e-Business standards. He has served on the OASIS Board of Directors since July 2000. Patrick has also served since 2000 with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), as Chairman of the Team of Specialists for Internet Enterprise Development, which advises governments in transitional economies on best practices for electronic business. He has worked for BEA Systems, as Senior Vice President in the eCommerce Integration Division. Patrick also served as Vice President of Marketing and Industry Programs at Netfish Technologies and as Vice President of Strategic Programs for the CommerceNet Consortium, directing research and development efforts in new Internet commerce standards such as XML. While at CommerceNet, he was the first Project Leader for RosettaNet and served as Executive Director for the Open Buying on the Internet (OBI) initiative. Patrick is co-author of the book: Building Database-Driven Web Catalogs, and is an international speaker on electronic business and Web Services standards.

Harm Jan van Burg - Netherlands Ministry of Finance

Harm Jan van Burg works for the Netherlands Ministry of Finance/ directorate-general of the tax- and customs administration in The Hague since 1983. During his whole career, Harm Jan was involved in electronic communication. He was responsible for early days videotext services, the first tax administration website (1995), involved in electronic tax filing and presently the electronic government in the Netherlands.. In 2003 he was rewarded the Dutch XML award for his efforts. Presently, Harm Jan is project leader for the national XBRL taxonomy project and chair of the OASIS Tax XML Technical Committee.

Pim van der Eijk - OASIS European Representative

Pim van der Eijk serves as the OASIS European Representative, supporting and expanding OASIS membership in Europe by organizing activities and promoting involvement in technical work. He speaks on behalf of the Consortium at many European conferences and seminars. Pim's extensive experience in SGML, XML and e-business includes technology positions at Excelon, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Digital Equipment Corporation, as well as active participation in the Dutch SGML/XML User Group.