I have been working as a software consultant for more than 11 years. Because of that I am an eager supporter of lean principles and agile methods.
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JAOO, october 1-6, Aarhus DK
Non-commercial and non-academic conference with lots of interesting tracks and speakers. Recommended!
Lund Software Days 2006, october 16-18, Lund
LUCAS is the Center for Applied Software Research at Lund University and they ususally have a conference once a year, lately together with Spin-Syd in the joint venture Lund Software Days.
SERPS 2006, october 18-19, Umeå
SERPS is an academic conference on software engineering research and practice.
Øredev 2006, november 15-16, Malmö
Øredev is a developer’s conference focused on java and .NET, and has also tracks for methods & tools, test, project management and embedded systems. Their main attraction is the key note by Martin Fowler.