JavaSoft busy designing May technical conference
With Java conferences and mini-shows sprouting up all over, Sun’s JavaSoft business unit has announced its first official worldwide Java developer conference for May 29-31 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Dubbed JavaOne to suggest that it intends to be the premier Java-centric developer conference, the three-day event is expected to hit what JavaSoft’s marketing group sees as the three main interest areas: technical issues, design issues, and business and strategy issues. Three conference tracks, one for each interest area, will be joined by hands-on demonstration areas, tutorial sessions, and a third-party developer technology fair. The developer conference is being managed by Softbank Exposition and Conference Company, owners of the Comdex show. Many conference sessions will be presented by technical engineers at JavaSoft who are developing Java and its components.
JavaSoft provides information and a registration form at the Web site http://www.JavaSoft.com/JavaOne. The site also contains the press release announcing the event and the opportunity to put yourself on a mailing list for the event.
The conference costs ,195 (on-site registration); until April 15, JavaWorld subscribers registering by phone get a 00 discount.
One of the (no doubt many) highlights of the conference should be the announcement and showcasing of the winners of the Java Cup International, the contest in which Sun has offered a million dollars in prizes to the best publicly available Java applets. JavaSoft says more than 2,000 applets have been submitted to the contest so far. (JavaWorld Editor-in-Chief Michael O’Connell is one of the contest judges.) Developers who plan to submit an entry to the Java Cup must register by March 1 at http://javacontest.sun.com/.
Sun promises numerous Java luminaries, especially members of the core Java development team, will be at JavaOne to speak and to rub shoulders with attending Java developers. Parts of the conference are expected to be broadcast through the World Wide Web. JavaWorld will cover the conference in depth.
