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I got to Coach Camp last night and met a lot of new people. There are about 50 people here from all over the US, Canada, UK, Sweden, Ukraine and even India. Friday night was for meeting people, introductions and Lightning Talks. About 20 people talked for three minutes each and I described my Refactoring Challenge idea (more on that another day).
Here are the highlights I jotted down that spoke to me:
As for luminaries, Ron Jefferies, Chet Hendrickson, Bill Wake, William Petri, Brian Merrik, Henrick ??? and Deb Hartman (conference organizer) are here. Of course, the other people are just as interesting to speak with and have very interesting persepctives.
After the Lightning Talks, we went to get some food and beer in downtown Ann Arbor (a very pretty city center with the same brick architecture found in the San Diego Gaslamp). There were SO many interesting conversations, that I spent most of my time listening and there is no way I could capture all of them. The one thing I did learn is that Agile is really beginning to get traction in big corporations. At least half the people attending are from large institutions (banks, government, large health care companies, etc.) and they are carrying the Agile torch looking for ways to transform their departments.