Registration options for NEXTWARE ($50 for WebServices.org members)

The deadline for discount registration for NEXTWARE Spring 2002 is April 30.
http://www.nextwareexpo.com/spring2002/attend-reg.asp

NEXTWARE is endorsed by OASIS, UDDI, Web Services Interoperability
Organization (WS-I) and WebServices.org. If you're a WebServices.org member,
there is a HUGE discount on the registration fee. Registration for the
complete conference program is $50.

Who is speaking?

-- 31 authors (book signing schedule below)
-- some of the best minds from industry and academia
-- key participants in the W3C
-  co-designer of XQuery, editor of the SQL standard
-- architects of the UDDI specifications
-- innovators from IBM, Microsoft, Sun, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, BEA, Cape
Clear, EDS, IONA, Sonic Software, XML Global and other organizations.

Keynote speakers include: Dr. Jean-François Abramatic (W3C Chairman Emeritus
and Senior VP, iLOG), Dr. Robert Sutor (Director, eBusiness Standards
Strategy, IBM), Bob Bickel (GM, Hewlett-Packard Middleware Division) and
Mark Hapner (Lead J2EE Architect, Sun Microsystems). The keynote panel also
includes Adam Bosworth (VP Engineering, BEA), Dr. Richard Soley (CEO of
Object Management Group), and Dr. Peter Chen (Distinguished Professor,
Louisiana State University).

Registration is free for a Special Events and Exhibits Pass. That entitles
you to attend the keynotes, the May 22 XML/edi meeting ("Implementing ebXML
Systems"), the book signings and receptions.

May 21 Book signing schedule:

11:30am - 12:30pm
Madhu Siddalingaiah - XML and Web Service Unleashed
Molly E. Holzschlag - Special Edition Using HTML and XHTML, Special Edition
XHTML
Adrienne Tannenbaum - Metadata Solutions: Using Metamodels, Repositories,
XML and Enterprise Portals to Generate Information on Demand

12:45pm - 1:45pm
Vijay Kanabar - Dreamweaver 4.0 with UltraDev, XML for the True Beginner
David Linthicum - B2B Application Integration, e-Business-Enable Your
Enterprise
Jason Garbis - Enterprise Corba

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Joe Celko - SQL for Smarties, SQL Puzzles & Answers, Data & Databases
Shelley Powers - Developing ASP Components 2nd Edition, Unix Power Tools 3rd
Edition, Practical RDF
Brian Loesgen - Professional ASP.NET Web Services

May 22 Book signing schedule:

11:30am - 12:30pm
Aaron Skonnard - Essential XML Quick Reference, Essential XML
Richard Hackathorn - Enterprise Database Connectivity, Using the Data
Warehouse, Web Farming for the Data Warehouse

12:45pm - 1:45pm
Kurt Cagle - SVG Programming
Roger Grimes - Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows
David RR Webber & Alan Kotok - ebXML - The New Global Standard for Doing
Business on the Internet

3:15pm - 4:15pm
Bruce Peat & Betty Harvey - Professional ebXML Foundations