OOPS in the next five years - the hot topics

Panellists: Judith Bishop (Chair - University of Pretoria), Bernd Mahr (Chair and moderator - TU Berlin), Tiziana Margaria, (University of Potsdam), Martin Odersky (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Michael Stal (Siemens Corporate Technology), Dave Thomas (AITO)

Abstract

Why are we still discussing OOPS? Is it not a solved problem, and what comes next? Our panel of experts will present their views, including coverage of patterns, frameworks, components, services, aspects, and models. How do these all inter-relate, and where, in 2007, do objects fit in? What is the influence of the web and distributed and mobile technologies on the relative importance of objects per se? Join this lively session and express your own views. There will be ample time for audience participation.