The Open Group Conference Architecting to the Edge in Washington, DC in the week of 24 April 2006 included:

• An open meeting on Developments in SOA. This meeting delivered presentations from organizations using SOA, companies providing SOA solutions, and industry experts, on:
  • Business-Driven SOA,
  • SOA in Government,
  • SOA Modelling, and
  • SOA Development in The Open Group
  in order to help participants to understand the latest trends in the complex evolution of the SOA concept, and to make them aware of SOA activities in The Open Group.
• A meeting of the SOA Working Group, in which the Group:
  • Reviewed progress on its initial deliverables,
  • Agreed extensions to its work program, and
  • Started its new work items.