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
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)
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)
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.
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SATURN 2012 Plenary Talk: Hans Gyllstrom, Architecture-Based Transformation of a Large Enterprise
SATURN 2012 Keynote: Michael Stal, Win-Win With Agile Architecture
Rapid Lifecycle Development in an Agile Context
Tutorial on Technical Debt Added to SATURN 2012 Program
Exploring Technical Tracks at SATURN 2012
Press Release: Three Internationally Celebrated Leaders to Keynote SATURN 2012 Conference
Real-Time Scheduling on Heterogeneous Multicore Processors
Webinar, Architecting Software the SEI Way: Now Available on Demand
IEEE Software Special Issue on Technical Debt
IEEE Software and the SEI Collaborate on SATURN 2012 to Build a Community of Practice
SATURN 2012 Tutorial Highlights from tutorial chair Olaf Zimmermann
The Collaboration Theme at SATURN 2012
New SEI Advanced Software Architecture Workshop to be Offered at SATURN 2012
Record Number of Abstract Submissions for SATURN 2012
Join the SEI Architecture Team
Interview and Book Review: Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond, 2nd Edition (InfoQ)
George Fairbanks of Rhino Research will serve as the SATURN 2012 technical program chair
Blog post on submitting an abstract for SATURN 2012
Learn about the theme for SATURN 2012, "Architecture: Catalyst for Collaboration"
Read full coverage of SATURN 2011 on the SATURN Network blog
Theme leader Olaf Zimmermann talks about Architectural Knowledge Management
Intuit executive Jan Bosch will keynote SATURN 2011
IEEE Software publishing articles on the best presentations from SATURN 2010
CNN/Money named software architect as the #1 job in the nation
Paul Clements on "Architecture is not just for architects"