2008 JavaOne Conference Rock Stars

They are here! The 2008 JavaOne Rockstars have been finalized and we are pleased to induct the following presenters into the Rock Star program. These are the speakers from the Top sessions at the 2008 JavaOne conference. 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 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 ID Session Title Honored Speakers Track TS-5572 Groovy, the Red Pill: Metaprogramming--How to Blow the Mind of Developers on the Java Platform Scott Davis Davisworld Consulting, Inc. Tools and Languages TS-6929 Creating a Compelling User Experience Ben Galbraith Mediabank Desktop TS-6623 More "Effective Java" Joshua Bloch Google, Inc. Java SE TS-6807 What's New in Ajax Dion Almaer Ajaxian, Inc. Ben Galbraith MediaBank Next Generation Web TS-5263 Jamming with Java Technology: Making Music with JFugue and JFrets David Koelle Charles River Analytics Inc. Matt Warman STAR BASE Consulting, Inc. Cool Stuff Consumer Technologies TS-6050 Comparing JRuby and Groovy Neal Ford ThoughtWorks Inc. Tools and Languages TS-6145 Using DTrace with Java Technology-Based Applications: Bridging the Observability Gap Jonathan Haslam Sun Microsystems, Inc. Simon Ritter Sun Microsystems, Inc. Tools and Languages TS-5711 Creating Games on the Java Platform with the jMonkeyEngine Rikard Herlitz jMonkeyEngine Joshua Slack jMonkeyEngine Desktop Cool Stuff TS-5523 Putting 3-D Earth into Your Applications and Web Pages Rick Brownrigg Raytheon/NASA Tom Gaskins NASA Desktop Cool Stuff Open Source TS-6537 Applications for the Masses by the Masses: Why Engineers Are an Endangered Species Girish Balachandran Sun Microsystems, Inc. Todd Fast Sun Microsystems, Inc. Next Generation Web TS-6421 Mylyn: Code at the Speed of Thought Mik Kersten Tasktop Technologies Tools and Languages Cool Stuff TS-5211 Integrated Web Testing With Selenium Dan Fabulich Redfin Patrick Lightbody Gomez Tools and Languages Open Source TS-6578 It's High Time: A New Date and Time API for the Java Platform Stephen Colebourne SITA ATS Ltd Michael Santos Summa Technologies do Brasil Java SE TS-6589 Defective Java Code: Turning WTF Code into a Learning Experience William Pugh Univ. of Maryland Java SE TS-6072 Advanced Enterprise Debugging Techniques Neal Ford ThoughtWorks Inc. Java EE TS-6339 Top 10 Patterns for Scaling Out Java Technology-Based Applications Cameron Purdy Oracle Corporation Java EE TS-6206 JVM Challenges and Directions in the Multicore Era Cliff Click Azul Systems Brian Goetz Sun Microsystems, Inc. Tools and Languages TS-6656 Extreme GUI Makeover: In the Real World Ben Galbraith MediaBank Desktop TS-5515 Let's Resync: What's New for Concurrency on the Java Platform, Standard Brian Goetz Sun Microsystems, Inc. Java SE TS-5027 The Minion Search Engine: Search, Text Similarity And Tag Gardening Jeffrey Alexander Sun Microsystems, Inc. Stephen Green Sun Microsystems, Inc. Cool Stuff Next Generation Web TS-5502 Ten Ways to Destroy Your Community Josh Berkus Sun Microsystems, Inc. Open Source Cool Stuff TS-4928 Creating Simple to Advanced Swing and SWT Layouts Easily with MiG Layout Mikael Grev MiG InfoCom AB Desktop TS-6611 Filthy-Rich Clients: Filthier, Richer, Clientier Romain Guy Google Chet Haase Adobe Desktop TS-5425 JAX-RS: The Java API for RESTful Web Services Marc Hadley Sun Microsystems, Inc. Paul Sandoz Sun Microsystems, Inc. Next Generation Web SOA and Enterprise Integration TS-6590 Using FindBugs in Anger William Pugh Univ. of Maryland Tools and Languages TS-6609 Using JavaFX Script To Build Swing Applications Amy Fowler Sun Microsystems, Inc. Shannon Hickey Sun Microsystems, Inc. Desktop Also Related: JavaOne Conference Rock Star Wall of Fame 2007 JavaOne Conference Rock Stars 2006 JavaOne Conference Rock Stars 2005 JavaOne Conference Rock Stars