AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 West is the world’s leading Web 2.0 and Rich Internet Application (RIA) event. AJAXWorld, this year, is expected to attract more than 2,000 i-technology developers, technology evangelists, architects, project managers and C-level executives. In less than 18 months, AJAXWorld has grown from a single track, one-day seminar into a four-day international conference & expo, with more than 150 sessions delivered in 10 simultaneous tracks, by more than 120 faculty members.
 
This most exciting i-technology conference of the year now offers education opportunities, including the world-famous AJAXWorld University's AJAX Developer Bootcamp, OpenLaszlo Track and Adobe Flex 3 Developer Bootcamp. This year’s AJAXWorld Expo Floor is expected to display bleeding-edge RIA technologies from more than 75 leading AJAX vendors.

How is AJAX being deployed in enterprise IT today? What are the most popular AJAX-compatible RIAs? Most popular frameworks and toolkits? How are savvy companies integrating AJAX-based mashups in this Web 2.0 age? What are the challenges in AJAX security? In server-side AJAX? Bottom line: How soon can you be monetizing AJAX? AJAXWorld Conference & Expo answers these questions and more!

Great Keynotes • Ted Farrell is chief architect for Tools and Middleware at Oracle. Mr. Farrell is responsible for the technical and strategic direction of Oracle's frameworks and development tools products, including Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), Oracle Metadata Services (MDS) and Oracle WebCenter Framework. He also oversees the building and aligning various middleware technologies with a vision that allows Oracle to become a leader in J2EE and service-oriented development and frameworks. • Joe Stagner is a Senior Program Manager in Microsoft Corporation?s Developer Tools and Platform Group and has been with Microsoft since 2001 focusing on highly scalable and performant web application architectures, multiplatform interoperability and software security. Joe brings 30 years technical and business strategy experience to Microsoft which affords him a unique experiential perspective. • Robert Brewin is a Sun Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Sun Microsystems. His responsibilities include technical leadership for developer products and application platforms, including the Java platform, mobility, enterprise software and business integration products. Within this role, some of his key areas of responsibility include Sun's expanding role in the development of Web 2.0 technologies, improving the developer experience, and alignment and integration of our platforms, technologies and tools. Bob brings his extensive customer and developer-focused experience to bear as prior to taking on this new role, he was the chief architect for Sun's developer tools portfolio, where he was a principal driver behind a number of key initiatives and projects, including Sun's rich internet applications platform, JavaFX. These included strategic enhancements to the award-winning NetBeans IDE, architectural changes and alignment of the Studio family of tools and add-ons with NetBeans and as the visionary behind the design, creation and delivery of the revolutionary Java Studio Creator product.

Letter from the Technical Chair

As manager of operations for the OpenAJAX Alliance, I am pleased to serve as Technical Chair of the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 West.

Members of the OpenAJAX Alliance have a prime objective of accelerating customer success with AJAX by promoting customers' ability to mix and match solutions from AJAX technology providers and by helping to drive the future of the AJAX ecosystem.

In this spirit, AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 West recognizes that AJAX has moved well past its initial stage as simply a topic of interest among developers and architects, and is now firmly positioned as an essential ingredient in the creation of 21st century Web 2.0 Websites and Web environments.

Whether you are a developer, IT manager, or corporate decisionmaker, the program you will experience during the four days of this tremendous event will provide you with comprehensive information and insight into the biggest paradigm shift in web site design, development, and deployment since the invention of the World Wide Web.

With 10 simultaneous education tracks spread over four information-packed days, including the special day-long AJAXWorld University Bootcamp, delegates will be also be able to explore AJAX and RIAs in the greater context of the overall Web 2.0 spectrum. AJAXWorld features a faculty of more than 120 distinguished speakers, presenting more than 150 sessions, keynotes, and power panel discussions.

I am sure you will enjoy the four days of AJAXWorld tremendously, and I look forward to seeing you at the show!

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The World's Largest Rich Internet Application (RIA),
Web 2.0, and AJAX Program
The Main Conference at AJAXWorld Conference & Expo West 2007 includes:

• 150+ conference sessions running on ten tracks, with the world's most comprehensive list of speakers selected from the world's leading AJAX technologists and practitioners, including high-level IT executives, industry thought leaders, and analysts. The AJAXWorld conference program includes such key AJAX figures as Douglas Crockford, John Crupi, Kevin Hakman, Christophe Coenraets, Coach Wei, Bill Scott, David Linthicum, Brad Abrams, Dean Allemang, Joshua Gertzen, Eric Miraglia, Eric Newcome, Jouk Pleiter, Mike Potter, David Temkin, Joe Walker, Bob Buffone, Jonas Jacobi, John Fallows, and more than 100 others.

• Topical, interactive "Power Panels" simulcast on SYS-CON.TV. The Power Panels bring together the best commentators and thought leaders in the AJAX universe for interactive discussions of the leading topics of the day. The Power Panels are available to all delegates, and are viewed live by a worldwide audience of AJAX developers, architects, entrepreneurs, and executives.

• Demos from an expected 75 vendors, both in General Sessions and in the Exhibit Hall/AJAX Showcase. Led by Diamond Sponsor Laszlo Systems, Platinum Sponsor IBM, and Gold Sponsors Backbase and Nexaweb, the Expo Hall presents the world's largest exhibition of AJAX technologies in the world. The AJAXWorld exhibitor list also includes Adobe, Cynergy, JackBe, TIBCO, Google, Helmi, ICESoft, JetBrains, Kapow Technologies, Oracle, Etelos, Parasoft, Quasar, Servoy, Sun Microsystems, Dynamic Toolbar, Farata Systems, Froglogic, ILOG, IT Mill, Microsoft, Passport, Open Spot, Lightstreamer, SmartClient, ThinWire, Universal Mind, OASIS, and an estimated 40+ other companies.

Ten Content-Rich Tracks
As always, delegates will be able to stay strictly on one track or mix-and-match their hand-picked session choices. They have more choice than ever before at AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 West, with the following tracks from which to choose:

• RIAs in Action. There is tremendous momentum behind the development of all flavors of AJAX. Witness the growth of the OpenAJAX Alliance to 70+ members, and major AJAX-compatible platforms from Adobe, and more recently, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems. Developers and architects each have their preferences, yet are also working with multiple technologies to integrate AJAX into individual Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) as well as service-oriented architectures (SOAs).

• Web 2.0 Enterprise Mash-ups. The mash-up is not just a cool thing that draws raves from the leading edge, but rather, a practical approach to combining applications full of data and graphical elements into new environments that are larger and more significant than the sum of their parts. In the Web 2.0, it is increasingly essential to consider community, true interactivity, flexibility, and sheer user enjoyment when designing, deploying, and maintaining the software that is driving today's Worldwide Web.

• Enterprise AJAX. Now that AJAX has grown far beyond its initial infancy, enterprises in all major markets on a worldwide basis as integrating AJAX-y features into their front ends. They are doing so to improve their customers' experience generally, and to reap the benefits of providing richer, faster, more effective user interfaces in particular. There is no longer simply a trend toward AJAX, but rather, a global adoption by the smartest, most sophisticated companies in the world.

• RIA Frameworks & Toolkits. A wealth of widgets, frameworks, toolkits, and accompanying software has helped create the AJAX movement. Whether single-vendor solutions, multi-vendor collaborations, organizational efforts, or community-oriented open-source software, the world of Frameworks and Toolkits has never been richer. Developers, architects, and organizations face a wide-open panoply of choices and the accompanying decisions they need to make to utilize the most effective software for their particular environments and requirements.

• Security & Performance. The inevitable questions about security have started to arise as JavaScript and AJAX has become more significant in serious application and architecture development. Security issues involving front-end vulnerabilities, data integrity throughout the lifetime of processes, and solid end-to-end security planning and execution while maintaining reliability, availability, and scalability are now

• Hot Topics. The wonders being accomplished at the front end with AJAX and components such as The Dom, CSS, and XMLHttpRequestObject have effects on the server side, and it's critical that developers and architects from both sides engage in a continuous dialog. Server-side handlers, functions, transformations, languages, and frameworks all come into play when constructing end-to-end solutions that take advantage of the world of AJAX at the front end.

• iPhone AJAX Applications. Apple's iPhone has been one of the most eagerly awaited consumer electronics items in years. It has also created tremendous excitement within the developer community, who see its potential to receive AJAX-oriented applications as a unique opportunity. Given Apple's estimates of 10 million units sold over the coming year, the iPhone will be one of the top topics of conversation this year and beyond.

• Advanced AJAX/Platform Choices. Adobe has captured a large share of front-end developers with its power Flex environment, which integrates well with other Adobe and third-party technologies. Microsoft decided to join this party earlier in the year with its Silverlight platform, and then Sun Microsystems announced that it will be developing its own JavaFX technology to compete in this space. This track provides the opportunity for developers to witness these competing platforms on the same stage throughout the conference.

• Real-World AJAX. Change is the only constant, and there will always be a bleeding edge. What is poised on the cusp of change this year? What new technologies, approaches, breakthroughs, upgrades, incremental and quantum leaps are affecting what's going on with the world of AJAX now and into the near future?

• Laszlo Diamond Track. Special presentations form this track. Learn about the latest technologies and solutions, and how they are being put to practical and profitable use, through a series of product overviews and demos, customer success stories, and interactive Q&A; sessions.

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