On my trip back to my hometown in Massachusetts I plan on stopping by Adobe Tech Comm Enterprise Summit 2011 in Waltham.  With my work as a news designer I am very familiar with Adobe's Creative Suite, but I want to learn more about the software and tools Adobe has to help technical writers.

I am interested in a presentation by Ankur Jain about managing project communities collaboratively in the enterprise. I've worked on two agile teams lately to produce document products and this is always a challenge. It can be like herding cats to get all team members on board and involved in the online workspaces we have set up. This is especially true when it comes to managing documents as the end products themselves.

Other interesting topics to be presented include DITA, role of technical communicators, and trends in today's technical communication. I hope to take away some valuable information from this event.