What is SATURN?

The SEI Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) is a professional network of software, systems, and enterprise architects from around the world, representing industry, academia, and government.

Each year the SEI sponsors the SATURN Conference, held in 2012 in St. Petersburg, Florida May 7-11.

SATURN connects architecture practitioners to

• share ways to effectively develop or acquire software and systems architecture

• enhance their skills in the development, documentation, and evaluation of software and systems architecture

• build the community’s knowledge of software and systems architecture

• find solutions, service providers, training, partners and more to help their organizations

• stay current with the latest SEI architecture technologies

• meet with other software, systems, and enterprise architecture professionals at the annual SATURN Conference

SATURN Conference

The annual SATURN Conference brings together experts from around the world to exchange best practices in developing, acquiring, and maintaining software and systems architecture.  This is the yearly event where SATURN members meet to share, network, and learn. 

Previous conference information and materials are available here:

2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012

News articles about previous SATURN conferences are available here:

SATURN 2011 theme leader Olaf Zimmermann writes about reusable design assets at InfoQ (March 2011)

The SEI's new SOA Architect Professional Certificate is available, which brings together software architecture and SOA courses

Frances Paulisch of IEEE Software writes about SATURN 2011 and the Software Experts Summit (March 2011)

Architecture Practitioners Gather to Discuss the Latest Techniques and Practices (June 2010)

SEI, IEEE Software to Present Awards at SATURN 2010 Conference (May 2010)

Board Game Gives Insights into Making Hard Choices in Architecture (April 2010)

U.S. Army Group to Discuss Software Acquisition at SATURN Conference (March 2010)

Smart Grid Innovator Wayne R. Longcore to Keynote SATURN 2010 (March 2010)

Jim Highsmith, Leader of the Agile Movement, to Keynote SATURN Conference (October 2009)

User Network for Software Architecture Technology Is Growing Steadily (February 2008)

Lessons Learned about Software Architecture (July 2007)

Workshop to Present Best Practices in Software Architecture (March 2007)

SATURN Network

Join the SATURN LinkedIn group to connect with your peers and experts in the field. And join the discussion about architecture-centric engineering at the SATURN blog.

SATURN Technology

Using effective software and systems architecture practices across the life cycle allows architects to control key product qualities such as reliability, security, modifiability, performance, and affordability.  SEI architecture technologies are proven methods and techniques designed to create, document, evaluate, and reconstruct architectures.  Learn about our  current research, tools and methods, and how the SEI can help your organization at the SEI architecture website.