ALL NEW FOR 2008 - Open Web Developer Summit

Learn How to Leverage the Engineering Muscle of Google
in Your Own Code, on Your Own Web Sites, and
in Your Own Business

Are you up to speed on Google Gears? What exactly is Google Mashup Editor? Have you started building mini-apps with Google Gadgets? Or OpenSocial, the set of common APIs for building social applications across many websites? Do you use GWT to build AJAX aps in Java? How about Android, the software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications? Will the Android SDK change the wireless world?

That world, and indeed the world in general, is one in which Google APIs now play a steadily increasing role. The inaugural Open Web Developer Summit - devoted to Google APIs, open source and all things code, from Android to the YouTube Data API - is designed to help developers with learning how best to leverage the engineering muscle of Google in their own code, on their own web sites, and in their own businesses.

In the 2-day Summit (April 21-22, 2008), delegates will hear from leading developers and industry experts about the impact Google's multifaceted initiatives are having on the world of Internet technologies today and on what the future is likely to bring from Google tomorrow. Technical sessions will explore a world of web development and application-building opportunities.

Topics covered will include:

   •   Google Gears / Offline Access
   •   Google Data APIs / Mashups
   •   Mapping Meaning / Semantic Web
   •   Enterprise Search APIs
   •   Algorithms: Theory & Practice
   •   Getting Started with Google Gadgets
   •   Human-Computer Interaction
   •   Google's AJAX APIs
   •   Geo Search / Google Maps API
   •   Google Mapplets
   •   Leveraging GData
   •   Google Web Toolkit
   •   Google Calendar & Spreadsheets
   •   Using the Android SDK
   •   OpenSocial API
   •   Web Security & Google APIs

If you have something substantive, challenging, and original to offer, you are encouraged to submit a proposal. In the proposal, please highlight previous speaking engagements including classroom or course work. Please provide references with respect to speaking ability, as well as contact information that will allow us to reach you if necessary to corroborate presentation skills. Past SYS-CON Events speakers do not need to provide references.

Benefits of Being a Member of the Open Web Developer Summit Faculty

Speakers will receive unprecedented visibility in pre-conference promotion in print and online. They will also receive exposure via the accompanying Summit conference portal for many months prior to and following the conference. Sessions may be recorded and made available via the Internet to a wider audience (at the discretion of SYS-CON Events). Speakers will have the benefit of attending the entire conference and any co-located event as our VIP guest on a full Golden Pass.

Guidelines for Submitting a Proposal

   •   All submissions become the property of SYS-CON Events.
   •   All conference sessions are vendor-neutral. Proprietary or confidential material
       should not be included.

Adam Sah (Santa Clara - September 23-26, 2007)
Creator of Google Gadgets
Google Gadgets for the Enterprise
Adam Sah is the architect of Google Gadgets and the Gadget Content Directory. Prior to Google, he was a founding engineer at several startups, among them Inktomi and Sensage, where he is a member of the board. He holds several patents in databases and Web systems.

Paul Rademacher (New York - April 24, 2006)
Google, Creator of HousingMaps.com
How Do You Get Started with AJAX?
Paul Rademacher is the creator of HousingMaps.com, which combined Craigslist and Google Maps for the first web mashup. Paul holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UNC-Chapel Hill, and worked as an R&D Engineer at Dreamworks Animation on such movies as Shrek 2 and Madagascar. Since creating HousingMaps, Paul is now at Google.

Bret Taylor (New York, March 2007)
Original Author of the Google Maps JavaScript Front End
AJAX development with Google Web Toolkit
Senior Product Manager for Developer Programs at Google, Bret Taylor - who also created "Ajax Cookbook" at www.ajaxcookbook.org, because he saw a void in the information about AJAX programming available on the web - joined Google in early 2003, where he has been responsible for over 25 product launches, including Google Maps, the Google Maps API, and Google Local.

Scott Blum (New York, March 2007)
Software Engineer, Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
Google Web Toolkit: For Quick Relief of AJAX Pain
Scott Blum has been a software engineer on the Google Web Toolkit team since 2005. He focuses on the Java-to-JavaScript compiler and hosted mode browser integration. He's also a big fan of Java and a bigger fan of Eclipse, the leading cause of dust gathering on his C++ books. Before coming to Google, Scott worked for several years on mobile software development tools. His work included compilers, virtual machines, object frameworks, and all manner of hackery.

Chris Schalk (New York, March 2007)
Developer Advocate, Google
Will AJAX Always Exist?
Chris Schalk, a member of the Developer API Evangelism group at Google, is also one of the original members of the OpenAjax Alliance. Prior to Google, he was a Principal Product Manager and Java Evangelist for Oracle's application server and development tools division.