Store@theZone (located in Hilton Hotel Lobby) -  Stop by and pick up some books, 20% to all attendees and 25% to alumni! You can also get one of your favorite programming books signed by one of your favorite authors.  See below for hours and book signing schedule.

Store@theZone - Hours of Operation:
Sunday, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Monday, 10:30am - 6:00pm
Tuesday, 10:30am - 7:30pm
Wednesday, 9:00am - 7:00pm
Thursday, 9:00am - 4:00pm

JavaOne 2010 Book Signing Schedule
Monday Sept. 20th               
12:30pm-1:00pm    Andrew Lee Rubinger & Bill Burke    Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1 O'Reilly
3:00pm-3:30pm    Randy Stafford, Einar Landre & Burk Hufnagel    97 Things Every Programmer Should Know    O'Reilly

Tuesday Sept. 21st               
3:00pm to 3:30pm    Jim Clarke & Jim Conners    JavaFX: Developing Rich Internet Applications    Addison Wesley

Thursday Sept. 23rd               
12:30pm to 1:00pm    Abhay Bhargav & B.V. Kumar    Secure Java: For Web Application Development    CRC Press

While you are at Moscone listening to Keynotes check out the Oracle OpenWorld Bookstore at Moscone West, 2nd floor lobby.

OpenWorld Bookstore Hours of Operation:
Sunday, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Monday, 9:45am - 6:00pm
Tuesday, 9:45am - 7:30pm
Wednesday, 9:00am - 7:00pm
Thursday, 9:00am - 4:00pm

See you all in a few days!

You will only find this flair in the Mason St. tent. Come and get it!

Originally posted by Justin Kestelyn on the Oracle Technology Network  Blog - got permission to reuse : )

You'll be really busy at JavaOne, but you've got to sample a bit of the City by the Bay. Here are some recommendations:

1) Get culture-fied
If you get to town early enough, check out  J-Pop, Japantown's pop culture festival on Saturday. Get your Tokyo Mew Mew fix. Eat sushi. September 18 at 11am; Free. Japantown Peace Plaza, at Geary and Webster Streets.

2) Ride a bike across the GG bridge.
It's been said in other blogs, but this is a must-do. Rent a bike at Fisherman's Wharf. It's a bit a of steep incline to the bridge, but it's a great ride across the bridge and then down into Sausalito. There, you can have a beer (or ice cream [or both]) with a fantastic view of the Bay. Take the ferry back to the city.

3) Eat Crab!
Hop on the Powell street cable car go to Fisherman's Wharf. Get some some crab from a street vendor or sit down and have lunch at Alioto's. Stroll around a bit. Now get out of there before it gets full of (other) tourists. Take the Muni F line back to the Ferry Building.

4) Check out the SF Ferry building.
If you haven't been there in a while, they've done a great job of restoring it and filling it with shops and restaurants. Hog Island Oyster Co is a fav of ours.

5) Stroll over to Chinatown.
Late in the week, here's the place to get souvenirs. Find a run down (but full of people) Dim Sum joint on Jackson street for lunch.

6) Enjoy an ocean view.
For a view of the ocean, go to Geary Street and take the 38 Muni bus west all the way to the Pacific. You can have a drink at the swank Cliff House, or check out the Beach Chalet for a microbrew with a view.

Now get back to the Mason Street tent! You are missing stuff!

Apolo Ohno will drop in on OTN Night at JavaOne. We caught up with him and asked him a few questions in anticipation of his visit.

JavaOne Blog: Everyone remembers the image of you at the 2010 Olympics jumping over other skaters that were crashing. How did you keep your cool?

Apolo Ohno: For me - reacting to situations required years and years of preparation.  The countless hours in pursuit of leaving no stones unturned - allowed my body/mind connection to be strong during each competition.  Mental training, physical prep work all came together in 2010.

JavaOne Blog: High tech is a high-pressure business. How can people in high tech keep their cool in tense situations?

Apolo Ohno: I'm a firm believer in preparation and belief/confidence.  These elements give us the ability to react differently than the norm in high tension.  Having a calm mind but assertive in nature gives us the chance to fully understand the obstacles or challenges at hand.  High tech people and the business has a lot to do with efficiency - how quickly and effectively can one overcome challenges and turn them into opportunities for us to grow.....clears minds=quality decisions.

JavaOne Blog: JavaOne is well-known for having intense sessions (lots of brain work) and lots of activities (great networking and parties), it's sort of an endurance test. What can you recommend attendees do to keep their energy up for five long days of conference attendance?

Apolo Ohno: Eat frequently! Healthy choices, staying hydrated and of course sufficient sleep.  You wouldn't believe the studies we have seen both with athletics and the business world - regarding and how it can improve ones ability to better function.

JavaOne Blog: Do you have favorite places in San Francisco you are going to visit while you are here?

Apolo Ohno: Oh I love San Fran!  I'll let you guys take me out?  I'm a huge foodie, and so I welcome the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of China Town!   Being half Japanese, I love Asian food and culture...

JavaOne Blog: Do you consider yourself a wired kind of guy? If so, what technologies do you use?

Apolo Ohno: I'm wired!!!! iPad, iPhone, MacBook, etc technology has always played a role in my athletic career and outside....business ventures as well.

JavaOne Blog: Got to ask, what was the best part of being on Dancing with the Stars?

Apolo Ohno:The entire experience.....learned how to dance, and of course was surrounded beautiful women the entire show didn't hurt either :-)

JavaOne Blog: And the worst?

Apolo Ohno: The outfits.

JavaOne Blog: Do you skateboard? Is there any way we can get you on the half-pipe in front of Moscone Center?

Apolo Ohno:I don't skateboard but I'm down for any challenge.  If I can skate down a bobsled track and come out unscathed - I'm ready!

JavaOne Blog: We're all excited about the future of Java. What's in your future?

Apolo Ohno: Just finished writing a book - October 26th is the release date - "Zero Regrets," I launched a nutritional supplement company, and am partnered on other ventures as well.  Opportunity abound and I'm now focusing attention on the entertainment industry as well as film!

JavaOne Blog: Thank for your time. We look forward to seeing you at JavaOne.

Apolo Ohno: See you at OTN Night!

From Boxboro, Massachusetts to Pune, India, developers are standing up to proclaim "I am the Future of Java." These are outstanding developers who are passionate about Java technology and the Java community. They are sharing their insights about the future of Java and why they're excited about attending JavaOne 2010. Here are a few things they are saying:

"Java has become more than just a language, it is a programming culture."

"Every day, I am overwhelmed by the sheer number of talented people who help each other through forums, blog posts and open source code."

"Java enables me to make programs work just about anywhere."

"JavaOne is always that moment of the year when you recharge your energy, get lots of new ideas, meet new friends, find new opportunities."

"The brilliance of Java is due to its passionate community. The creativity, engagement, intelligence, and openness of the people that crafted what Java is today will certainly also foster the future of Java."

We recognize and appreciate their commitment to the language and their many valuable contributions to the industry. Check out these developers who are excited about JavaOne and are saying "I am the Future of Java."

The JavaOne and Oracle Develop Community is the official social networking tool for JavaOne and Oracle Develop. Once you've built your conference schedule in Schedule Builder, you can share it, post messages, comment on sessions, interact with other attendees, and more. All JavaOne/Oracle Develop registered attendees were mailed their personal invitation yesterday, look for the mail with your personal invitation. Click the link, register and share!

In the community, you will be able to:

• Find and network with friends and contacts
• Build a custom schedule
• Post messages and comment on sessions
• Setup private meetings
• Once you are registered, you can visit the community with your iPhone or other mobile device

Want to learn more? Here's the FAQ or check out this super cool screencast. 

If you did not receive your invite and are a registered full conference pass attendee of JavaOne and Oracle Develop please email us at -  javaone_develop_us@oracle.com.

See you in a few days!!

As if the technical sessions weren't inspiring enough for your brain, how about a JavaOne keynotes that include Ray Kurzweil and a chance to party with Apolo Ohno? You've got it!

Special Keynote: Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil, one of the leading inventors and futurists of our time, will be giving a special Keynote at Thursday morning's Java Frontier Keynote. Don't miss it!

Ray Kurzweil has been described as "the restless genius" by the Wall Street Journal, and "the ultimate thinking machine" by Forbes.   Inc. magazine ranked him #8 among entrepreneurs in the United States, calling him the "rightful heir to Thomas Edison," and PBS included Ray as one of 16 "revolutionaries who made America," along with other inventors of the past two centuries.

As one of the leading inventors of our time, Ray was the principal developer of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition. Ray's web site KurzweilAI.net has over one million readers.

Ray will share his latest ideas about the future of technology. Come stretch your mind and be inspired by the projects your colleagues are undertaking at the farthest reaches of the Java frontier.

Fast and Cool: Apolo Ohno

Also Apolo Ohno, the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time, will appear at JavaOne! Apolo will come to party with us at OTN night (Monday night, Yerba Buena Gardens).

Apolo is an athlete (eight-time medalist [two gold, two silver, four bronze]), dancer (he won Dancing with the Stars with Julianne Hough in 2007), and all around good guy. He knows about being fast and keeping his cool when others around him lose theirs.

Keep an eye for Apolo at the OTN party.  He may even give you some pointers on training and endurance (which you will need for JavaOne).

The Duke's Choice Awards celebrate extreme innovation in the world of Java technology and are granted to the most innovative projects using the Java platform. The 2010 Duke's Choice Award winners have been announced, and winners include a remote telemedicine server that connects doctors, patients and care facilities, a laser system used to measure a truck's weight while in motion, wireless silicon modules that implement Java ME, and an interactive graphics visualization platform used to visualize and manipulate very large network data. These people and companies continue to amaze us with their creative and effective use of Java. Congratulations! The full list of winners and projects is here. Find out more about the Duke's Choice Awards on java.com/en/dukeschoice.

If you will be at JavaOne go check out demo's of the Duke's Choice winners at the Mason Street Tent.

See you in 9 days!!!

What's your favorite open source software related to Java development? At JavaOne (register), you can learn more about your favorite open source project or learn about software you hadn't heard of before. For example, did you know CDI (Contexts and Dependency Injection in Java EE 6) already has three independent open source implementations? Check out session S313932: Implementing CDI: Goals, Milestones, and Perspectives to learn more! (OK, I won't make you look, they are Resin CanDI, Apache OpenWebBeans, and JBoss Weld.)

This year's JavaOne offers at least 100 sessions, BOFs and Hands-on Labs related to Open Source projects and products including but not limited to Atmosphere, Eclipse, GlassFish, Grails, Groovy, Hadoop, Harmony, Hibernate, Hudson, Jersey, Jigsaw, JBoss, JUnit, Jython, Lift, Maven, Mule, MySQL, MyFaces, NetBeans, OpenJDK, Play, Resin, Seam, Spring, Struts, Tapestry and Tomcat. See the list of examples below and then find more details on individual sessions including times and location (all subject to change) in the content catalog.

ID	Title	Type	Presenter(s)	Company
S313337	Advanced Monitoring and Troubleshooting with VisualVM	BOF	Jaroslav Bachorik; Tomas Hurka; Jiri Sedlacek	Oracle; Oracle; Oracle
S313726	Performance and Debugging Advancements in OpenJDK	BOF	Eric Caspole; Tom  Deneau; Vladimir Kozlov	Advanced Micro Devices; Advanced Micro Devices; Oracle
S313782	Apache Harmony: An Open Innovation	BOF	Tim Ellison	Apache Software Foundation
S314141	Patterns for Modularity	BOF	Anton Epple; Zoran Sevarac; Jaroslav Tulach	Eppleton; University of Belgrade ; Oracle
S314288	Project Jigsaw	BOF	Dalibor Topic	Oracle
S314364	Standard Dependency Injection (DI) with @Inject and JSR 330	BOF	Costin Leau	SpringSource
S314377	Performance Tuning with Cheap Drink and Poor Tools	BOF	Kirk Pepperdine	Kodewerk Ltd.
S314450	Great Thundering Rhinos: Tuning a JavaScript Implementation	BOF	John Rose	Oracle
S313904	Comparing Apache CXF and Axis2 Web Service Frameworks	BOF	Thomas Liou; Jim Smith	PDX; PDX
S314196	A New Era for In-Memory Data Grids	BOF	Manik Surtani	Red Hat, Inc.
S313916	JAX-WS.Next: Future Directions and Community Input	BOF	Jitendra Kotamraju; Rama Pulavarthi	Oracle; Oracle
S314120	What's New in Jersey: Production-Ready RESTful Framework That Implements JAX-RS	BOF	Pavel Bucek; Jakub Podlesak	Oracle; Oracle
S314190	The Better RESTful Web Services Framework: Jersey or Spring Framework	BOF	Hien Luu	Netflix
S314196	A New Era for In-Memory Data Grids	BOF	Manik Surtani	Red Hat, Inc.
S314323	Implementing an Enterprise Service Bus Solution Using Mule	BOF	Ross Mason	MuleSoft
S314563	Hadoop vs. Relational Database: Shout-out Between a Java Guy and a Database Guy	BOF	Karthik Shyamsunder; Chethan Thippeswamy	VeriSign Inc.; VeriSign
S314715	Nonblocking Lightweight Web Services with Grizzly	BOF	Marek Potociar; Oleksiy Stashok	Oracle; Oracle
S314776	Neo4j: A NoSQL Graph Database for the Java Virtual Machine	BOF	Emil Eifrem	Neo Technology
S313050	The Play Framework: The Revolution in the Java EE World	BOF	Guillaume Bort; Nicolas Leroux	Zenexity; Lunatech Research
S313430	Chillin' with ICEfaces	BOF	Ted Goddard	ICEsoft Technologies
S313925	Embedded GlassFish	BOF	Muhammad Ghaffar; Nazrul Islam; Marina Vatkina	Oracle; Oracle; Oracle
S313932	Implementing CDI: Goals, Milestones, and Perspectives	BOF	Dan Allen; David Blevins	JBoss by Red Hat; Apache
S313988	The Groovy and Grails BOF, with Live Grails Podcast Recording	BOF	Glen Smith	Bytecode Pty Ltd
S314131	Security in GlassFish v3 and v3.next	BOF	V B Kumar Jayanti; Nithya Subramanian	Oracle; Oracle
S314360	Dependency Injection (DI) Flavors in Spring 3	BOF	Costin Leau	SpringSource
S314540	Apache Tapestry State of the Union	BOF	Howard Lewis Ship	TWD Consulting
S314648	Give Me a Proper Visual JavaServer Faces Editor or Else . . .	BOF	David Konecny	Oracle
S314737	GlassFish Roadmap and Strategy	BOF	Erik Bergenholtz; John Clingan; Adam Leftik; Harpreet Singh	Oracle ; Oracle; Oracle; Oracle
S314184	Java Mobile & Embedded Community: Meetup and What's New	BOF	Terrence Barr; Roger Brinkley	Oracle; Oracle
S312972	JEDI: Dissecting Java and Taking Technology Where It Matters Most	BOF	John Paul Petines	JEDI
S313677	Program Lego Mindstorms NXT Robots with the Java Programming Language	BOF	David Delabassee; Sebastien Stormacq	Oracle; Oracle
S312958	JUnit Kung Fu: Getting More Out of Your Unit Tests	Conference Session	John Smart	Wakaleo Consulting Ltd
S312959	Surviving as a Quant on Pure Java and an Open Source Diet	Conference Session	Argyn Kuketayev	Primatics Financial
S316922	Saving Time with AppXRay and Eclipse	Conference Session	Pieter Humphrey	Oracle
S313005	Domain-Specific Language Versus Library API Shootout	Conference Session	Rich Unger; Jaroslav Tulach	Salesforce.com; Oracle
S313338	Getting More Out of Your Hudson	Conference Session	Kohsuke Kawaguchi
S313773	Going Beyond Memory Leaks: Debugging Java from Dumps, Using Memory Analyzer	Conference Session	Chris Bailey; Trent Gray-Donald	IBM; IBM
S313977	Functional Programming in Java: Lessons Learned by GridGain	Conference Session	Nikita Ivanov	GridGain, Inc.
S314432	Multiple Languages, One Virtual Machine	Conference Session	Brian Goetz; John Rose	Oracle; Oracle
S314557	The Modular Java Platform and Project Jigsaw	Conference Session	Mark Reinhold	Oracle
S314711	Building Software with Rich Client Platforms (NetBeans RCP and Eclipse RCP)	Conference Session	Rikard Thulin	squeed.com
S313667	Swing OSGi Modular Desktop Application Framework	Conference Session	Anton Epple; Jaroslav Tulach	Eppleton; Oracle
S314359	Remote Compiling and Performance Analysis Using the NetBeans IDE	Conference Session	Uros Nedic	Supercomputing Agency
S314363	Efficient Development of Large NetBeans Platform Applications with Maven	Conference Session	Fabrizio Giudici	Tidalwave s.a.s.
S314711	Building Software with Rich Client Platforms (NetBeans RCP and Eclipse RCP)	Conference Session	Rikard Thulin	squeed.com
S313223	Practical Big Data Processing with MapReduce and Hadoop	Conference Session	Shevek M	Karmasphere, Inc.
S313909	Building an Order Checkout JAX-WS Web Service with JBoss Drools BRE Integration	Conference Session	Paul Evans; David Read	Blue Slate Solutions; Blue Slate Solutions
S314011	Developing Composite Applications for the Cloud with Apache Tuscany	Conference Session	Jean-Sebastien Delfino; Luciano Resende	IBM; Shutterfly Inc.
S314192	Measuring Performance and Looking for Bottlenecks in Java-Based Data Grids	Conference Session	Manik Surtani	Red Hat, Inc.
S314235	The Cassandra Distributed Database	Conference Session	Jonathan Ellis	Rackspace Hosting
S314491	Effective XML: Leveraging JAXB and SDO	Conference Session	Doug Clarke; Blaise Doughan; Shaun Smith	Oracle; Oracle ; Oracle
S314496	Top 10 Lessons Learned from Deploying Hadoop in a Private Cloud	Conference Session	Rod Cope	OpenLogic, Inc.
S312977	Getting More from Your CI Server: Taking Hudson to the Next Level	Conference Session	John Smart	Wakaleo Consulting Ltd
S313035	Building Powerful WebSocket, Comet, and RESTful Applications Using Atmosphere	Conference Session	Jean-Francois Arcand; Paul Sandoz	Sonatype; Oracle
S313036	Resin: A Light-footed Java EE 6 Web Profile Platform	Conference Session	Emil Ong; Reza Rahman	Caucho Technology, Inc.; Caucho Technology, Inc.
S313189	Complete Tools Coverage for the Java EE 6 Platform	Conference Session	Ludovic Champenois; Shreedhar Ganapathy	Oracle; Oracle
S313521	OSGi and Java EE: A Hybrid Approach to Enterprise Java Application Development	Conference Session	Sanjeeb Sahoo; Sivakumar Thyagarajan	Oracle; Oracle
S313637	What's New in Grails 1.3~	Conference Session	Graeme Rocher	SpringSource
S313705	A Peek at the Future: Going Beyond JavaServer Faces 2.0 with RichFaces 4	Conference Session	Jay Balunas; Alexander Smirnov	Red Hat Inc.; Exadel, Inc.
S313724	What's Cool in Apache MyFaces	Conference Session	Ali Ok; Matthias Wessendorf	Prime Technology; Oracle
S313866	Creating Modular Applications with Apache Aries and OSGi	Conference Session	Alasdair Nottingham	IBM
S313876	JSR 299 (CDI), Weld, and the Future of Seam	Conference Session	Dan Allen	JBoss by Red Hat
S314066	Throwing Complexity over the Wall: Rapid Development for Enterprise Java	Conference Session	Dan Allen; Andrew Rubinger	JBoss by Red Hat; JBoss by Red Hat
S314079	Building Enterprise Web Applications with Spring 3.0 and Spring 3.0 MVC	Conference Session	Abdelmonaim Remani	Overstock.com
S314388	Maven 3.x: The Evolution of Enterprise Java Build Infrastructures	Conference Session	Jason van Zyl	Sonatype
S314404	A Lean, RESTful Java Architecture for Building Rich HTML5 Web Applications	Conference Session	Keith Donald; Jeremy Grelle	VMware; VMware
S314445	Scale Java Persistence API Applications with OpenJPA Slice	Conference Session	Pinaki Poddar	IBM
S314492	Java Persistence API (JPA) 2.0 with EclipseLink	Conference Session	Doug Clarke; Shaun Smith; Gordon Yorke	Oracle; Oracle; Oracle
S314588	Java Context Dependency Injection and OSGi to Help with Modularity	Conference Session	Jerome Dochez	Oracle
S313825	Live Streaming in Real Time with Java and JVLC	Conference Session	Matthias Braeger	CERN
S313823	Advanced Tools for Debugging Your Mobile Java Application on Your Device	Conference Session	Hinkmond Wong	Oracle
S313952	Developing Applications with Oracle Berkeley DB for Java and Java ME Smartphones	Conference Session	Hinkmond Wong	Oracle
S314227	Examining FOSS Java Implementations for ARM Systems	Conference Session	Ken Gilmer	Bug Labs, Inc.
S319370	JavaFX Your Way: Building JavaFX Applications with Alternative Languages	Conference Session	Stephen Chin; Jonathan Giles; Marilyn Good	Inovis; Oracle; Oracle
S319360	FOR STUDENTS: Teaching Java to Beginning Programmers--BlueJ/Greenfoot	Conference Session	John Rosenberg	University of Kent
S319362	FOR STUDENTS: Teaching Java to Beginning Programmers--BlueJ/Greenfoot	Conference Session	Ian Utting	University of Kent
S319363	FOR STUDENTS: Smartstat--An Open Source, Embedded-Java, Web-Enabled Thermostat	Conference Session	Bruce Boyes; Drew Mason	Systronix Inc.; Mills College
S312989	Comparing Groovy and JRuby	Conference Session	Neal Ford	ThoughtWorks Inc.
S312998	NoSQL Alternatives: Principles and Patterns for Building Scalable Applications	Conference Session	Nati Shalom	GigaSpaces, Inc
S313507	Hands-on JRuby: Making Your Job Easy	Conference Session	Thomas Enebo; Charles Nutter	Engine Yard; Engine Yard, Inc
S313520	Funky Java, Objective Scala	Conference Session	Dick Wall	Navigenics, Inc.
S313577	100% Java Virtual Worlds: How to Deploy Innovation in the Virtual Enterprise	Conference Session	Nina Nussbaum-Jones	Lockheed-Martin
S313596	Building Real-Time Web Applications with Lift	Conference Session	David Pollak	Lift Web Framework
S313681	Crossing the Java Frontier: How to Interact with Physical Worlds, Using Arduino	Conference Session	David Delabassee; Sebastien Stormacq	Oracle; Oracle
S314002	No More Loops with Lambdaj	Conference Session	Mario Fusco	Ex Machina Sagl
S314142	Groovy and Concurrency	Conference Session	Paul King	ASERT
S314144	A Brief Introduction to Scala	Conference Session	Steven Reynolds	INT
S314154	Writing Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs), Using Groovy	Conference Session	Paul King	ASERT
S314226	SomeSQL: Combining NoSQL Technologies with Existing RDBMS Architectures	Conference Session	Joshua Tuberville	eHarmony, Inc.
S314273	Groovy: To Infinity and Beyond	Conference Session	Guillaume Laforge	SpringSource
S314424	Polyglot Programming in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)	Conference Session	Andres Almiray	Canoo Engineering AG
S314782	Choosing the Right NoSQL Database	Conference Session	Tobias Ivarsson	Neo Technology
S314053	Caching in the Clouds	Conference Session	Greg Luck	Terracotta, Inc.
S314403	Java Transaction API Caching: Consistent, Distributed, and Coherent	Conference Session	Ludovic Orban and Alex Snaps	Bitronix Software and Terracotta, Inc.
S313187	Quickly and Efficiently Build CRUD Applications with Rich Client Platform and JPA	Hands-on Lab	Lukas Hasik; Jiri Rechtacek; Geertjan Wielenga	Avast Software; Oracle; Oracle
S313522	Developing OSGi-Enabled Java EE Applications	Hands-on Lab	Saythan Catari; Arun Gupta; Carla Mott; Sanjeeb Sahoo	Oracle; Oracle; Oracle; Oracle
S314126	Where My Friends Are: Java ME Location API in Practice	Hands-on Lab	Karol Harezlak	Oracle
S313674	Building a JavaFX-Based Monitoring App, Using the GlassFish REST Monitoring API	Hands-on Lab	David Delabassee; Sebastien Stormacq	Oracle; Oracle
S313803	NetBeans JavaFX Composer in Action: Creating Applications with Rich UI	Hands-on Lab	Lukas Hasik; David Kaspar; Ashwin Rao; Alexandr Scherbatiy	Avast Software; Oracle; Oracle; Oracle
S314413	Extracting Real Value from Your Data with Apache Hadoop	Hands-on Lab	Michal Bachorik; Aaron Kimball; Daniel Templeton	Oracle; Cloudera; Oracle
S314266	The Cutting Edge of Desktop Software: The NetBeans Platform in Practice	Panel	Geertjan Wielenga	Oracle
S315029	Java API for Keyhole Markup Language	Panel	Florian Bachmann; Thomas Landgraf; Kai Reinhard	Micromata; Micromata; Micromata
S313963	Script Bowl 2010: A Scripting Languages Shoot-out	Panel	Rich Hickey; Guillaume Laforge; Raghavan Srinivas; Dick Wall; Roberto Chinnici	Clojure; SpringSource; Self; Navigenics, Inc.; Oracle
S319368	GlassFish Community Event	User Group Forum (Sunday Only)	Marilyn Good; Carla Mott; Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine; Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart	Oracle; Oracle; Oracle; Oracle

Time for some quiz fun!!!  Thought this was good for a Tuesday that feels like a Monday.  Correct answers for the NetBeans IDE quiz are: 1.c, 2.a, 3.d, 4.b and 5.b.

Now lets see what you know about JavaFX -

1. What is the scripting language used for developing JavaFX applications?
2. What type of code are JavaFX applications compiled to?
3. How are the JavaFX APIs available on desktop, mobile and TV referred to?
4. What are the three graphics formats the JavaFX Production Suite can convert to the  JavaFX (FXZ) format?
5. What is the visual editor tool for form-like UI using components in JavaFX?

Make sure to register for JavaOne and Oracle Develop so that you can learn more about these technologies.

See you in two weeks!!!

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You've read the blogs, you've consumed the tweets and Facebook updates. Now how about hearing from some live humans?

Next Tuesday morning (Sept. 7, 10am PT), Oracle Technology Network offers you a JavaOne preview via a live video chat with Sharat Chandar and Tori Wieldt, two people intimately familiar with the content and community aspects of the conference. You'll get insights into the content contribution process, hear about particularly interesting technical sessions and BOFs, and get a sneak peek of the contents of the Mason St. tent, where Oracle Technology Network will host the community in all its glory.

Join this very special edition of TechCast Live on Tuesday at 10am, and bring your questions! Sharat, Tori, and Justin will answer your questions as best they can.  To ask questions either use #techcastlive in twitter or chat using your twitter, FaceBook, AOL or MySapce once you get to the TechCast Live main page - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/techcastlive/index.html.  

We'll also be doing TechCast Live interviews onsite at JavaOne so either stop by the Mason Street Tent to be in the audience or check it out online.

See you in a few weeks!!!

Students: Want to see the future of Java? Want to network with the geekiest of the geeks? JavaOne and Oracle Develop are offering Discover Passes FREE to ' qualifying students. You must be enrolled in an accredited nonprofit institutions of learning during the Fall semester/quarter of 2010, taking a minimum of six (6) units, and you must be at least 18 years old.

What Students Get: Admission to any session in the Java Frontier track for students (schedule below), JavaOne, Oracle Develop and OpenWorld keynotes, three Exhibition Halls and the Mason street tent (more info below). Space permitting, you can also attend any JavaOne and Oracle Develop technical sessions, Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs), and Hands-on-Lab (HOL) sessions.

On top of the benefits that the free Discover Pass to qualifying students offers we have organized a special Java Frontier track for students.  These sessions are designed for those with some or no programming experience. Students with no programming experience will discover tools and projects related to programming. Students with programming experience will learn tricks and tips for programming complex logic and deepen their knowledge of projects like Open Source.

We invited outstanding and diverse speakers; professors from renowned universities like Carnegie Mellon and Kent, a student sharing first hand experience about an internship, and the president of Systronix Inc., an embedded Java robotic company.  Session titles and speakers are listed below, check the Content Catalog for locations and times.

Session ID	Session Title	Speaker, Company
S319358 and S319359	Introductory 3-D Animation Programming	Donald Slater, Carnegie Mellon University, Assistant Teaching Professor
S319360	Teaching Java to Beginning Programmers--BlueJ/Greenfoot	John Rosenberg, University of Kent, Professor of Computer Science
S319361	Getting the Most Out of Your Internship	Richard Lowe, AlphaLöwe GmbH, President
S319362	Teaching Java to Beginning Programmers--BlueJ/Greenfoot	Ian Utting, University of Kent, Professor of Computer Science
S319363	Smartstat--An Open Source, Embedded-Java, Web-Enabled Thermostat	Bruce Boyes, Systronix Inc., President and Senior Engineer

At the Mason street tent, the academic booth gives you a chance to interact with professors from Carnegie Mellon University and Kent University, and Oracle Academy. Carnegie Mellon University created the Alice project, which is a 3D Java programming environment that allows users to develop 3D games. Kent University developed the Greenfoot project, a programming environment for students to use drag and drop programming elements and code with Java. The Oracle Academy will present free Oracle learning resources to learn Java and get certified. View the Academic Booth schedule. It is not all about learning; it is also about fun: free t-shirts, networking, and evening events like the Java Posse on Tuesday. Register today!

Regina Ten Bruggencate and several other Duchesses are joining JavaOne this year as Java User Group leaders, unconference presenters and TechCast interviewees.

Regina is a 12 year Java developer veteran. She is a very versatile Java consultant and has worked for a range of industries such as financial institutions, retail, government and transportation and she is now working for a large international airport in the Netherlands. She is also a board member of Duchess, a global network connecting women in Java technology and wants to grow the network with chapters in the U.S and around the world. With other Duchesses, she will be talking at the unconference about 'the roll of women in Java and IT" during JavaOne.

They will also be interviewed during the Oracle Technology Network TechCast Live interviews which will be produced live in the Mason Street Tent. To know their whereabouts during the conference, follow Regina on twitter or look out for #jduchess for updates during the event.