Stephan Janssen, Parleys.com and Javapolis Founder

Stephan Janssen is a serial entrepreneur that has founded several successful organizations such as the Belgian Java User Group (BeJUG) in 1996, JCS Int. in 1998, JavaPolis in 2002 and now Parleys.com in 2006.

He has been using Java since its early releases in 1995 with experience of developing and implementing real world Java solutions in the finance and manufacturing industries. Today Stephan is the CTO of the Java Competence Center at RealDolmen.

He was selected by BEA Systems as the first European (independent) BEA Technical Director.

He has also been recognized by the Server Side as one of the 54 Who is Who in Enterprise Java 2004.

Sun has recognized in 2005 his efforts for the Java Community and has engaged me in the Java Champion project.

He has spoken at numerous Java and JUG conferences around the world.

Presentation: "Open Standards Development: Opportunity or Constraint?"

Track: Solutions Track - Wednesday

Time: Wednesday 14:15 - 15:15

Location: Concordia

Abstract:

Is the open standards movement as significant a development as open source? Does it translate in opportunities for you, or is standards work a barrier to free software development? Are standards-development bodies the right places to engage in software development? Should you get involved, or are standards forums a waste of time, slow and bureaucratic, and a distraction from open source development opportunities?

The participants on this panel will share with you their diverse practical experience with open standards and open source development, and they will welcome an animated exchange of opinions. Bring your questions and comments, engage with the experts, and judge for yourself how open standards can help to move technology forward.

Presentation: "Parleys.com: A RIA Case Study using JavaFX, Flex/AIR etc."

Track: RIA in the real world: The Evolution of the Client

Time: Wednesday 15:45 - 16:45

Location: Cornell

Abstract:

Rich Internet Applications (RIA) have become a mainstream buzzword - But what does it mean for Enterprise Java developers? Based on the Parleys.com case study (a next generation RIA e-learning platform) this presentation takes a closer look at which Java technology-based APIs and frameworks are available for developing such a project, addressing the technical opportunities on both the server- and client-side.

Stephan will walk you through the RIA landscape: Companies like Sun Microsystems, Google and Adobe offer you all kinds of solutions, but how do you stitch them together? Which communication strategy should you use? How do you prepare your Java server code so it can address different multi-channel clients? These, and more RIA-related questions, will get answered during this presentation.