(Montvale, NJ, August 21, 2001) ­ SYS-CON Media (http://www.sys-con.com) proudly announced its keynote speakers for the upcoming JDJ Edge and Web Services Edge East Conference & Expo, to be held September 23-26 at the Hilton New York, in New York City. James Gosling, the highly regarded "Father of Java" and a VP and Fellow of Sun Microsystems, Inc., is featured as the opening keynoter on Monday, September 24. He'll be introduced by Alan Williamson, CTO, n-ary Ltd. and editor-in-chief, Java Developer's Journal.

Alan Baratz, CEO of Zaplet, Inc., and former president of the Software Products & Platforms Division at Sun Microsystems addresses the conference on Monday afternoon. He'll be introducedcby Sean Rhody, JDJEdge Conference tech chair and editor-in-chief, Web Services Journal.

Also on Monday, Jeremy Allaire, founder of Allaire Corporation and the creator of ColdFusion, will address the ColdFusion Fast Track super session.

On Tuesday, September 25, the conference will feature a panel discussion titled "Web Services Paradigm." The keynote panel will be moderated by Rick Ross, founder and president of Java Lobby, and the panelists will include James Gosling, Alan Baratz, Kevin Lynch (president, Products,Macromedia), Greg Kiessling (CEO, Sitraka), David A. Litwack (CEO, Silver Stream), Yogesh Gupta (CTO, Computer Associates International, Inc.) and Dr. Richard Soley (Chairman and CEO of Object Management Group). Steve Benfield, Web Services Edge conference tech-chair and founding editor of Web Services Journal will introduce the keynote panel. The Tuesday afternoon keynote will be delivered by Kevin Lynch.

Finally, on Wednesday, September 26th, the featured speakers will be Scott Dietzen, chief technology officer of the BEA E-Commerce Server Division in the morning, and Yogesh Gupta in the afternoon. All keynotes will take place in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton New York, New York City.

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About SYS-CON Events, Inc.:
SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.sys-con.com.), is the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' upcoming developer conference calendar includes JavaEdge2001 International Java Developer Conference & Expo (www.JavaEdge2001.com), XMLEdge2001 International XML Conference & Expo (www.XMLEdge2001.com), WirelessEdge 2002 International Business & Technology Conference & Expo (www.WirelessEdge2002.com), WebServicesEdge Web Services International Developer Conference & Expo (www.WebServicesEdge.com) and other leading developer events.

For More Information on Conference Schedule:
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Cathy Walters,
SYS-CON Media
cathyw@sys-con.com
or 201-802-3069.

For More Information on Expo and Sponsorship Programs:
CONTACT:
Grisha Davida,
SYS-CON Media
grisha@sys-con.com
or 201-802-3004.

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