Disclaimer – I have no insider knowledge on this topic, these are just my personal thoughts
There has been a fair bit of discussion regarding what might happen to IBM Connect (the conference previously known as ‘Lotusphere’) in the near future…
IBM announced in 2008 that they had signed a contract with the Swan and Dolphin hotels to host the conference in Orlando until 2015, and as far as has been publicly stated, no extension has been signed.  Therefore the consensus seems to be that there will need to be a decision made by IBM as to what they might do with the conference beyond the next event.  Here’s my thoughts on what might happen next…
1) At Connect 2014, IBM announced that Connect 2015 will take place from 25-29 January 2015. Â Given that this was such a public proclamation, I cannot believe that IBM would change this plan now. Â Therefore we are looking at what might happen post-January 2015.