The workshop will be held on June 17-18 in Pittsburgh and will focus on what architects do in the real world and how to move the profession forward. It is being run by Paul Clements a thought leader in the industry.

Christina Cooper-Bland has over 20 years experience in IT and the last seven years have been spent as an Applications Architect and Design Authority in Data Warehousing, Strategy, Architecture Management and IT Consultancy. Chris likes to specialise in technically challenging environments, working with small, high quality teams. Her Key Achievements include: architected and co-ordinated all internal and external interfaces of an OTC booking system; championed the adoption of the Rational Unified Process (RUP); co-Author of NewBACS Technical White Paper, presented at Board level and externally; jointly developed the NewBACS Component Architecture; worked with senior management to develop BACS 5 year plan; Carried out CMM gap analysis with a lead assessor.

About the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a U.S. Department of Defense federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University. The SEI helps organizations make measured improvements in their software engineering capabilities by providing technical leadership to advance the practice of software engineering. 

Further details about Software Architecture at SEI and upcoming events: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/architecture