Eric Ries, formerly the co-founder CTO of  IMVU, is running a special Agile Vancouver workshop on the Lean Startup which he promises will involve more than just the usual slideshow and Q & A.

Whats makes Eric and the IMVU story so interesting (certainly to me) is that they are unique in having developed their business and taken some highly recognisable Agile practices and pushed those to new extremes, the like of which most would dare not emulate. They have courted many a raised eyebrow given their strategy of deploying every nine minutes, they aren’t afraid to throw away working code, the minimum viable product is a concept which companies could do well to observe and they’re even so brazenly open and honest they open board meetings to the entire company.

Additional speakers include Corey Ladas and Katherine Radeka who are speaking on Kanban and Lean respectively.

Numbers are limited and the $25 registration fee sounds like a steal to me!