SATURN 2020
Orlando, FL
SATURN 2019
171 attendees at SATURN 2019 represented 19 countries and 89 organizations. 71 participants started their conference experience by attending one of three one-day SEI courses: Essential Microservice Architecture, taught by Paulo Merson of the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts; Managing Technical Debt of Software, taught by Ipek Ozkaya of the SEI; and DevOps Practices with Architecture, taught by Hasan Yasar of the SEI.
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SATURN 2018
Plano, Texas
May 7-10, 2018
The 14th annual SATURN Conference continued its tradition of offering keynotes and sessions on both essential skills and cutting-edge methods for software architects. Talks covered topics on strong foundations in architecture as well as craftsmanship for those pushing the state of the art in the field.
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Denver, Colorado
May 1-4, 2017
In 2017, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Conference celebrated its 13th year. As the premier software architecture conference for senior engineers, SATURN 2017 offered keynotes and sessions on both essential skills and cutting-edge methods for software architects.
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San Diego, California
May 2-5, 2016
The 12th annual SATURN Conference, the premier software architecture conference for senior engineers, offered keynotes and sessions on both essential skills and cutting-edge methods for software architects. The conference named the first winner of the Linda M. Northrop Software Architecture Award.
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Baltimore, Maryland
April 27-30, 2015
The 11th Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) conference was designed for practitioners who are responsible for producing robust software architectures as well as for those who view software architecture as a critical element in the achievement of their business or organizational missions.
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Portland, Oregon
May 5-9, 2014
SATURN 2014, held in collaboration with IEEE Software magazine, had 198 participants from 20 countries and 111 organizations. Themes included evolution, architectural modeling, scalability, DevOps, and architecting in the enterprise. Attendees heard keynotes from Team Wikispeed, IBM Watson, and Netflix.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 29 - May 3, 2013
SATURN 2013 had a record 208 participants. The conference consisted of three days of tutorials and SEI architecture courses, and two days of technical presentations, including four keynotes. The program also included lightning talks, hosted table discussions, and a facilitated birds-of-a-feather session.
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St. Petersburg, Florida
May 7-11, 2012
The eighth annual SATURN Conference, held in collaboration with IEEE Software magazine, included keynote and plenary talks from luminaries at Siemens, Vanderbilt University, ABB, and an original signer of the Agile Manifesto. Two panels of distinguished panelists discussed the past 20 years of architecture.
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Burlingame, California
May 17-21, 2011
In 2011, the seventh SEI Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Conference took place in Burlingame, California. 166 attendees enjoyed tutorials, presentations, and keynote speeches on the SATURN 2011 themes of "Architecting for Change" and "7 things you need to know about the next 7 years in Architecture."
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 17-21, 2010
In 2010, the sixth Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Conference took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 160 attendees enjoyed tutorials and presentations on the theme of "Architecting for Change." Keynote talks covered organizational agility and architecture for the Smart Grid.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 4-7, 2009
SATURN 2009’s program featured presentations on everything from aligning software, system, and enterprise architectures to governance and architecture competence, design, and improvement. These were presented by practitioners who deal with these issues every day and know firsthand what works and what doesn’t.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 30 - May 1
Software architects from around the world attended the Fourth Annual Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop, where they exchanged best practices in developing and acquiring software architectures and using them to build predictable, high-quality systems.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 14-16, 2007
This SATURN workshop included four tutorials, two keynote presentations, 11 presentations on practitioner experiences in using SEI software architecture technology methods and techniques, a panel on experiences in using the SEI Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method®(ATAM®), and four working sessions.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 25-26, 2006
The second SEI Software Architecture Technology User Network Workshop (SATURN 2006) was open to anyone who had taken some of the courses in the Software Architecture Curriculum or read some of the SEI publications about architectural methods and techniques and had an interest in applying them in their organization.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 6-7, 2005
The first Software Architecture Technology User Network Workshop (SATURN 2005) attracted 48 persons from 24 organizations. In addition to the three keynotes, there were presentations from nine participants. Three working sessions focused on gaps in the methods, what to measure, and the relationship of architecture and process.
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