General Sessions

In daily general session presentations, visionary speakers from industry leading companies AMD, Intel Corporation, Motorola, Oracle Corporation, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. offer compelling visions of the technology future in terms of trends, challenges, and opportunities. These forward-looking sessions offer Conference attendees a roadmap to new advancements and what the industry will be doing with the technology.

General Sessions Host: John Gage Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Sun General Session

Rich Green Executive Vice President, Software Sun Microsystems, Inc. Java + YOU Tuesday, May 6th 8:30 am - 10:30 am Halls B & C

CommunityOne General Session Monday, May 5th 9:30am - 10:45am See the featured videos

Time Magazine already declared that the Person of the Year was You, stating "It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before." You are at the center of a digital revolution, creating and consuming media, information, and services at home and work, whether in front of a notebook, mobile phone, television, or your car's in-dash information center. Sun EVP Rich Green and special guests will show how Java technology is evolving to empower the next generation of Rich Internet Applications imagined, developed, and enjoyed by You.

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Sun General Session

Robert Brewin Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer, Software Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Java-Centricity: Leveraging Java Technology at the hub of your Digital Life
Tuesday, May 6th
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Halls B & C

The world revolves around the network and what it can deliver, and Java technology is at the center of this rapidly evolving digital lifestyle. This session will look at how developers can leverage innovative technology built into and on the Java platform to create blended experiences across the multiple screens of your life. It will also explore how that technology applies to both client and consumer experiences, and how such technology integrates seamlessly with Java-based Enterprise and Services software.

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Sun General Session

Jeet Kaul Vice President, Client Software Group Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Java Wherever you Are
Tuesday, May 6th
3:20 pm - 4:20 pm Halls B & C

Java technology permeates the world around us enabling a rich, personalized experience from an infinite number of services across a vast number of devices. This session will focus on the evolution of the Java platform targeting mobile, interactive video entertainment, and embedded devices. It will highlight how developers can leverage tools and resources to build compelling offerings for these markets and how individualized, contextual network based services can be delivered across the four screens of your life.

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Oracle General Session

Thomas Kurian Senior Vice President Oracle Server Technologies Development Oracle Corporation

Enterprise Application Platform
Wednesday, May 7th
8:30 am - 9:15 am Halls B & C

Emerging trends for Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Complex Event Processing (CEP), and Grid Computing are redefining how Java applications are developed and deployed for the enterprise. Today's business conditions demand applications to be light weight, flexible, and scalable. In addition, users are demanding faster access to relevant information across the enterprise. This session presents Oracle's vision of an enterprise application platform that enables developers to build user friendly, agile, and scalable business applications to support extreme transaction volumes and real-time information access.

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AMD General Session

Leendert vanDoorn Senior AMD Fellow AMD

The Role of the Microprocessor in the Evolution of Java Technology
Wednesday, May 7th
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm Halls B & C

As a trusted member, supporter and contributor to the Java community, AMD has seen first hand how Java continues to drive innovation within the enterprise, consumer electronics and mobile device markets. As our every day life continues to move toward web-based management and application portability becomes a priority-education, banking, commerce and more-we know applications must be able to respond in Internet time. In this session, AMD will offer its vision for Java technology, address the importance of industry-wide support of the technology and offer insight into the key role hardware plays in Java's proliferation and the impact on the end customer.

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Intel General Session

Douglas W. Fisher Vice President, Software and Solutions Group General Manager, Systems Software Division Intel Corporation

Innovations through Software
Thursday, May 8th
8:30 am - 9:15 am Halls B & C

This the era of abstraction, open source, cloud computing and social networking. Intel?'s Doug Fisher will share insights on how hardware meets software in advancing Technologies such as Virtualization, Mobile Internet, Java and more to meet the requirements of new era of computing. Learn how Java developers can take advantage of new opportunities across the computing spectrum from enterprise to consumer software.

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Motorola General Session

Christy Wyatt Vice President, Software Platforms and Ecosystem Motorola, Inc.

Dial in, Drive Deep: Using Motorola's Platforms to Reach Consumer and Enterprise Markets
Thursday, May 8th
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm Halls B & C

From enterprise to entertainment, mobile applications have one thing in common: the human connection. As mobile devices become more integrated into peoples' lives, user expectations play an increasing role in the development, marketing, and adoption of applications and devices. The stage is set: user expectations are driving innovation, and exponential global mobile market growth is fueling opportunity. Along with these new market opportunities comes the need for open and flexible development platforms and supporting tools that will help bring innovations to market faster. Learn how Motorola is making it easier and more cost-effective for developers to work in their preferred application framework environment to deliver richer user experiences.

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Sun General Session

James Gosling Vice President and Sun Fellow Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Extreme Innovation
Friday, May 9th
8:30 am - 10:30 am Halls B & C

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Office stationery, game consoles, TV interactivity, ecology, and more - get an extreme makeover with Java technology. The sky is the limit - quite literally. Come and see for yourself.