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You are invited to attend a 3-day Interop Workshop covering the WS-Policy and WS-PolicyAttachment specifications from April 25-27, 2006 at SAP's Walldorf offices from 9am to 5pm with breakfast available from 8am.

To attend this event, the attached feedback agreement MUST be reviewed and signed by each attendee - either before or at the workshop event. The purpose of the feedback agreement is to ensure that everyone involved in influencing the specifications is committed to keeping the specification royalty free. Also, as this is an Interop Workshop, participants will need to bring an implementation based on the specifications below.

The 3-day interop workshop is an ad-hoc, open forum for companies who have WS-Policy and WS-PolicyAttachment implementations based on the specifications published March 2006, and who want to test their implementations with other companies' implementations. Attendees bring their own laptops, their implementations and any other tools they feel would be needed; testing among all attendees will occur throughout the day.  A scenario document for use in the Interop Workshop is provided in this invitation. Progress of interoperating implementations will be tracked throughout the event.

This workshop will be held at SAP AG in Walldorf, Germany, see below for location details.

An internet connection will be available during the workshop.

Breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks will be served, but participants will be responsible for their own dinner arrangements. Please make any special dietary requirements known in advance, and every effort will be made to accommodate them.

As with previous workshops, these events are open to anyone who desires to participate and who can bring an implementation based on the specifications listed above.

If you are interested in participating, please reply to Claus von Riegen, claus.von.riegen@..., +49 6227 742589.

A signed feedback agreement must be faxed to Claus von Riegen, fax +49 6227 7819953.

Feel free to pass this invitation along, either in your company or elsewhere.
This is an open forum. No invitation is required, but an RSVP is appreciated by the event hosts to facilitate accurate logistics planning. The list of attendees and general workshop results will be made public after the workshop.

Thank you and we look forward to your participation.

BEA Systems, IBM, Microsoft, SAP AG, Sonic Software, VeriSign

Workshop Location Details
Building 1, Room Biel, 6th floor
Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16
69190 Walldorf, Germany

Maps, public transportation information, driving directions, hotel recommendations and other useful visitor information can be obtained from the attached document.

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