IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, today announced additions to the agenda for its ninth SOA Executive Forum taking place November 7th and 8th at New York City's Millennium Broadway Hotel. The executive-level event provides real-world guidance and best practices for dynamically managing the IT environment. November's agenda features dynamic stories from best-laid SOA plans to successful implementation from end users including keynoters Lehman Bros. and Pfizer, the American Psychological Association, Austin Energy, Comcast, GE Money, Level 3, Railinc Corp., TIAA-CREF and Wachovia Corp. Plus, the event – at a new location – will feature a full day (9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) tutorial track run concurrently with Day Two of the event. ZapThink's Managing Partner and InfoWorld's own SOA blogger David Linthicum will offer a daylong tutorial crash course on SOA, while InfoWorld contributor and Brigham Young University Professor Phillip Windley will give an intensive tutorial on SOA governance. The complete agenda is available online at: SOAExecForum.com.

In addition to the dynamic case studies, interactive panel discussions and tutorial track, the event offers new avenues for attendees to get involved both pre-event and onsite. A new Pitch the CIO Contest running on YouTube offers attendees the chance to practice their SOA sell with the opportunity to win an iPhone and valuable feedback from InfoWorld editors and their peers. InfoWorld has also launched a new Facebook community for attendees, alumni speakers and InfoWorld editors to converse on everything SOA. Plus, the sessions have been designed to maximize attendee participation onsite with room for questions to be answered throughout the agenda. For more details on these initiatives and to register, visit: SOAExecForum.com.