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2005 JavaOne Conference Speaker Awards Announced

We are pleased to honor the presenters from the Top 20 sessions at the 2005 JavaOne conference in terms of overall quality as rated by 2005 attendees. You, their peers, have spoken. These speakers were recognized in conference attendee surveys for outstanding session content and speaking ability. We applaud their contributions to JavaOne conference education, and their commitment to the Java™ technology community.

You can experience these outstanding sessions in multimedia format by clicking on the session links below. Please note that access to the sessions requires a one-time registration to join the Sun Developer Network (SDN).

Session Title Honored Speakers
Yet More Programming Puzzlers Joshua Bloch, Principal Engineer, Google

Neal Gafter, Software Engineer, Google
Nine Ways to Hack a Web Application Martin Nystrom, Security Architect, Cisco
Architecting Complex JFC/Swing Applications Ben Galbraith, CTO, Amirsys
High-Performance Java™ Foundation Classes/Swing Technology in the Real World: Lessons Learned While Developing Yahoo! SiteBuilder Daniel Lopez, Engineering Manager, Yahoo! Inc.

Ethan Nicholas, Senior Software Engineer, Yahoo! Inc.
Simpler, Faster, Better: Concurrency Utilities in JDK™ Software Version 5.0 David Holmes, Director and Chief Scientist, DLTeCH Pty Ltd.

Brian Goetz, Principal Consultant, Quiotix Corp.
XQuery for the Java™ Technology Geek Ron Hitchens, Senior Engineer, Mark Logic Corp.

Jason Hunter, Lead Applications Engineer, Mark Logic Corp.
Extreme GUI Makeover, Episode 1: Lookin' Good Romain Guy, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Shannon Hickey, Technical Lead-JFC/Swing, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Scott Violet, Senior Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Omniscient Debugging Bil Lewis, Professor, Tufts University
Java™ Technology Performance Myths Exposed Cliff Click, Senior Staff Engineer, Azul Systems

Michael Wolf, Senior Software Engineer, Azul Systems
Groovy = Java™ Technology + Ruby + Python for the JVM™ Rod Cope, CTO, OpenLogic, Inc.
Concurrency Utilities in Practice Joe Bowbeer, Software Architect, Vizrea Corporation

David Holmes, Director and Chief Scientist, DLteCH Pty Ltd.
The Spring Framework: Introduction to Lightweight J2EE™ Architecture Juergen Hoeller, CTO, Interface21

Rod Johnson, CEO, Interface21
What's Happening With JMX™ Technology Eamonn McManus, JMX Spec Lead, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Advanced Web Services Interoperability Simon Guest, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Raghavan Srinivas, Senior Staff Engineer and Technology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Layout Roundup and Futures Scott Violet, Senior Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Kathy Walrath, Software Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Evolving the Java™ Language Gilad Bracha, Computational Theologist, Sun Microsystems,Inc.

Graham Hamilton, VP and Fellow, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Mark Reinhold, J2SE Chief Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Coding Across Continents: Technologies for Remote, Real-Time, Collaborative Software Development Todd Fast, Architect, Enterprise Java Tools, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Extreme Reuse in JavaServer™ Faces Christian Straub, Software Design Engineer, Oracle Corporation

Adam Winer, Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Oracle Corporation
Shale: The Next Struts? David Geary, Author/Speaker/Consultant, Sabreware, Inc.

Craig McClanahan, Senior Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Rich Web Applications With the J2EE™ Platform and AJAX Gregory Murray, Servlet Specification Lead, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Tor Norbye, Senior Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.