Getting ready for JavaOne 2008 conference

I will be attending JavaOne 2008 conference in San Francisco next week. I was there back in 2006, it was a great experience to expand IT professional network and also learn about all new and advanced technologies and frameworks in Java EE/ME/SE, SOA, Web 2.0 categories. JavaOne organizers have also posted a Conference Preview page on their site with details of session tracks and categories which is informative.

I will try to attend more sessions in SOA & Enterprise Integration track this year to see what all is happening in this area especially in the areas of SCA, ESB, and SOA Security. I am looking forward to conference.

Here is my tentative schedule:

Time	Session ID/Title	Speaker/Company
Tuesday , May 06
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Sun General Session Java + YOU
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM	TS-6887 Service-Oriented Architecture and Java™ Technology: Level-Setting Standards, Architecture, and Code	Steve Jones; Duane Nickull
11:30 AM - 8:00 PM	Tuesday Pavilion Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM	Break between sessions
11:50 AM - 11:50 AM	Lunch Served from 11:50 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM	TS-4871 SOA and 35 Million Transactions per Day: Mission Impossible?	Matthias Schorer
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Sun General Session Java-Centricity: Leveraging Java Technology at the hub of your Digital Life
3:20 PM - 4:20 PM	TS-5870 The Best of Both Worlds with Java™ Business Integration and Service Component Architecture	Jos Dirksen; Tijs Rademakers
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM	Break between sessions
4:40 PM - 5:40 PM	TS-6297 Migrating Intel IT to an Enterprise Service Bus-Based Service-Oriented Architecture	David Johnston; CJ Newburn; Kumar Shiv
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM	Break between sessions
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	TS-5850 SCA: Flexible and Agile Comp! osition of Distributed Service-Oriented Architecture Applications	Mike Edwards
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Evening Break
7:30 PM - 8:20 PM	BOF-5150 Event-Driven Service-Oriented Architecture on the Java™ Platform with OSGi and Spring	Balamurali Kothandaraman; Takyiu Liu
8:30 PM - 9:20 PM	BOF-5613 Jersey: RESTful Web Services Made Easy	Jakub Podlesak; Paul Sandoz
9:30 PM - 10:20 PM	BOF-5205 All About the Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA) Exam	Mark Cade; Humphrey Sheil
W! ednesday , May 07
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Oracle General Session Enterprise Application Platform
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	TS-5250 Asynchronous Ajax for Revolutionary Web Applications	Jean-François Arcand; Ted Goddard
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM	Break between sessions
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM	TS-5918 Open-Source Service-Oriented Architecture with Service Component Architecture and Apache Tuscany	Mario Antollini; Jean-Sebastien Delfino
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Wednesday Pavilion Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
11:50 AM - 11:50 AM	Lunch Served from 11:50 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	TS-6029 It’s All About the SOA: RESTful Service-Oriented Architecture at Overstock.com	Sean Landis; Ian Robertson
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Break between sessions
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM	TS-5318 Dealing with Asynchronicity in Java™ Technology-Based Web Services	Gerard Davison; Manoj Kumar
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM	Break between sessions
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM	TS-5616 JSR 303: From a World of Constraints to Constrain the World	Emmanuel Bernard
5:10 PM - 6:30 PM	Evening Break
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM	AMD General Session The Role of the Microprocessor in the Evolution of Java Technology
6:30 PM - 7:20 PM	BOF-5501 Java™ Champions BOF: The Latest Buzz, Highlights, and Panel Discussion	Calvin Austin; Harshad Oak; Manfred Riem
7:30 PM - 8:20 PM	BOF-6211 Transactions and Java™ Business Integration (JBI): More Than Java Message Service (JMS)	Frank Kieviet; Murali Pottlapelli
Thursday , May 08
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Intel General Session Innovations through Software
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	TS-6339 Top 10 Patterns for Scaling Out Java™ Technology-Based Applications	Cameron Purdy
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM	Break between sessions
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM	TS-6421 Mylyn: Code at the Speed of Thought	Mik Kersten
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Thurdsay Pavilion Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
11:50 AM - 11:50 AM	Lunch Served from 11:50 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	TS-5706 Service Component Architecture (SCA) and Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE Platform): Integration Inside	Ron Barack; Peter Peshev
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Break between sessions
2:50 PM - 4:50 PM	LAB-5500 Dynamic Service Composition with OpenESB: Compose a JavaOne&#8480 Conference Survey/Poll Application, Analyze Live Data, and Generate Real-Time Poll Reports	Tuhin Kumar; Rupesh Ramachandran
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM	Break between sessions
5:10 PM - 6:30 PM	Evening Break
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM	Motorola General Session Dial in, Drive Deep: Using Motorola's Platforms to Reach Consumer and Enterprise Markets
6:30 PM - 7:20 PM	BOF-5846 Developing Service-Oriented Architecture Applications with OSGi	Keith Babo ; Kevin Conner; Mark Little
8:30 PM - 9:20 PM	BOF-5495 Untangling the Asynchronous Web	Tim Kimmet; Sangjin Lee
Friday , May 09
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Sun General Session Extreme Innovation
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM	TS-6048 Complex Event Processing at Orbitz	Doug Barth; Matthew O'Keefe
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM	Break between sessions
11:50 AM - 11:50 AM	Lunch Served from 11:50 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	Break between sessions
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	TS-6050 Comparing JRuby and Groovy	Neal Ford
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Break between sessions
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM	Break between sessions
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM	TS-6169 Spring Framework 2.5: New and Notable	Rod Johnson