There are now nearly 500 of you who follow UDEF developments through the UDEF Interested Parties mail list. In conjunction with The Open Group conference in San Diego, we are holding a UDEF Web Conference for the UDEF Interested Parties. This is an opportunity for you to gain a deeper understanding of the UDEF and how it is developing.

The Web Conference is this Friday morning (US Pacific time) from 09:00-12:30. If you would like to participate, please e-mail to c.harding(at)opengroup.org - and I will send you connection details.

The event will be structured to allow plenty of input and questions from participants. Here's the outline agenda.

• 09:00 Welcome and Introductions
• 09:15 The Current State and Future Directions of the UDEF.
  Presentation and discussion moderated by Chris Harding, The Open Group Forum Director for Semantic Interoperability.
• 10:30 Break
• 11:00 Using the UDEF in Your Enterprise.
  Presentation and discussion moderated by Ron Schuldt, UDEF Project Leader
• 12:30 Close