Practitioner Reports demonstrate how OO languages, systems, middleware, methods, and tools are used in practice. Some of these reports describe what it is like to adopt a new language, use a new methodology, or depend on a new tool. Others distill the experience of a number of projects. The reports describe both benefits and drawbacks of the approaches used on the projects. Poster sessions present technical contributions in a more informal setting.
Poster sessions contain some of the newest research, often still in progress.
In many cases, demos show the software discussed in technical sessions, tutorials, and other presentations. Panel sessions offer interactive presentations and discussions of controversial topics by expert panelists. The DesignFest is our most hands- on event. Participants working in teams design and implement solutions to an assigned design problem, and present their work at the DesignFest Wrap-up session at the end of the conference. The XPO Symposium offers technical presentations on the convergence of XML, workflow, objects, and e-business applications.