in a fast-moving formatmoderated by SYS-CON group publisher and editorial director Jeremy Geelan-- will dissect fundamental issues. The high-powered participants willinform, stimulate, and inspire with their personal and professional passionfor technology.


The Most Distinguished Conference Faculty of the Year


This year's conference will feature more than 100 distinguished facultymembers who are the world's top celebrity experts in their fields,presenting more than 96 sessions and power panels in three distinct themes;SOA Web Services, Enterprise Open Source, and Real-World AJAX. Theconference offers seven simultaneous tracks in two information-packed days.


The conference faculty includes Andy Astor, co-founder and CEO ofEnterpriseDB; Jeff Barr, SOA program manager of Amazon.com; BrianBehlendorf, founder of Collabnet; Steve Benfield, CTO of Agentis Software;Dave Chappell, SOA expert and chief technology evangelist of SonicSoftware; Si Chen, founder of Open Source Strategies; Christophe Coenraets,Ajax-Flex Integration guru of Adobe; Shaun Connolly, product managementvice president of JBoss; Dr. Mark M. Davydov, internationally known expertof SOA and Web Services; Christian Donner, senior technical architect ofMolecular; Jean-Jacques Dubray, NetWeaver architect of SAP; Yakov Fain,editor of Java Developer's Journal and the co-author of the upcoming book"Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java: Secrets of theMasters"; John Fallows, author and Ajax evangelist of Oracle; Dan Foody,CTO of Actional; Zak Greant, leading Free Software and Open Sourceevangelist; Kevin Hakman, co-founder of Tibco's General Interface; DionHinchcliffe, editor of Web 2.0 Journal and the upcoming book "Real-WorldAjax: Secrets of the Masters"; Simon Horwith, editor of ColdFusionDeveloper's Journal; Jonas Jacobi, author and Java evangelist of Oracle;Ajit Jaokar, leading Web 2.0 evangelist; Werner Keil, software architectspecializing in Java and Microsoft technologies; Mike Kochanik, vicepresident of CollabNet; Eugene Kuznetsov, leading SOA and XML pioneer;Jason Levitt, technical evangelist of Yahoo Developer Network; JoeLichtenberg, vice president of Bowstreet; Morgan Lim, co-founder of opensource company RaptorHead; David S. Linthicum, a well-known author and SOAexpert; Paul Lipton, well-known SOA evangelist and senior architect at CA;James McGovern, an industry thought leader in SOA; Aaron Mulder, CTO ofChariot Solutions; Eric Newcomer, CTO of Iona Technologies; Duane Nickull,chair of OASIS SOA RM Technical Committee; Jim Phalen, Flash and richclient expert and vice president of Stream57; Eric Pulier, CEO of DigitalEvolution; Victor Rasputnis, well-known speaker and expert on SOAtechnologies; Anil Saldhana, chair of Apache Scout Project and top trainerat JBoss; James Schweitzer, open source specialist of IBM; Alan Shimel, amember of Open Source Snort Rules Consortium Board of Directors; BruceSnyder, a founding member of Apache Geronimo and SOA expert; AnatoleTartakovsky, CTO of Computer Technology, Inc. and Ajax/Flex expert; EeroTeerikorpi, CEO of Emic Networks; Jason Van Zyl, chair of Apache Maven PMC;Shaun Walker, founder and president of Perpetual Motion Interactive Systemsand ASP.NET expert; Tony Wasserman, executive director of the Center forOpen Source Investigation and professor at Carnegie Mellon West; Coach Wei,founder and CTO of Nexaweb; Michael Wheaton, SOA expert of SunMicrosystems; Chip Wilson, CTO of Geniant; Peter Yared, founder and CEO ofActive Grid; Michael Juntao Yuan, SOA and Java expert of JBoss, Inc.


The conference on-site delegate registrations are limited to 500 attendees,and is expected to sell-out. In addition to the live audience, more than20,000 simulcast viewers are expected to tune into keynotes and generalsessions live on SYS-CON.TV.


Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities


SOA Web Services Conference, co-located with the Enterprise Open SourceConference will be sponsored by a total of eight leading SOA and EnterpriseOpen Source technology vendors. The conference will offer exhibitopportunities to other vendors in addition to main event sponsors.Additional information on sponsorship and exhibit opportunities can beobtained by email at events(at)sys-con.com or by phone at 201 802-3021.


About SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media, listed in Inc 500 three years in a row as thefastest-growing, privately held publishing company in America, is theworld's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets.


SYS-CON's well-known and respected magazine titles include: JavaDeveloper's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), .NET Developer'sJournal (www.DotNETDevelopersJournal.com), Enterprise Open Source Magazine(www.opensource.sys-con.com), LinuxWorld Magazine (www.linuxworld.com), SOAWeb Services Journal (www.WSJ2.com), Wireless Business & Technology(www.WBT2.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), WLDJ-WebLogicDeveloper's Journal (www.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com), SymbianDeveloper's Journal (www.symbian.sys-con.com), WebSphere Journal(www.WebSphereJournal.com), Adobe Developer's Journal(www.mx.sys-con.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal(www.ColdFusionJournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal(www.PowerBuilderJournal.com), IT Solutions Guide(www.itsolutions.sys-con.com), ISSJ - Information Storage & SecurityJournal (www.issjournal.com), Eclipse Developer's Journal(www.eclipsedevelopersjournal.com); AJAX Developer's Journal(www.ajax.sys-con.com), Web Hosting Journal (www.webhosting.sys-con.com),and Web 2.0 Journal (http://web2.sys-con.com).


Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over two million i-technologyprofessionals through its specialty journals, magazines, conferences,education programs (www.education.sys-con.com), SYS-CON.TV(www.SYS-CON.TV), the world's first branded blog community(www.blog-n-play.com), live and on-demand Webcasts(www.webcast.sys-con.com), and the SYS-CON interactive portal with morethan 100 websites at www.sys-con.com.


About SYS-CON Events, Inc.


SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.events.sys-con.com) is the world's leadingproducer of i-technology conferences, seminars and expos, including SOA WebServices Edge - International Web Services Conference, Enterprise OpenSource Conference, "Real-World AJAX" Seminar Series (www.ajaxseminar.com),and iTVcon - Internet TV Conference & Expo 2006 (www.itvcon.com) andAjaxWorld Conference & Expo (www.ajaxworldconference.com).


Contact:Jeremy Geelan (conference program)SYS-CON Events, Inc.Email Contact201 802-3051


Carmen Gonzalez (sponsorship and exhibit opportunities)SYS-CON Events, Inc.Email Contact201 802-3021


SOURCE:  SYS-CON Events