We’re pleased to announce the formation of the TSSJS Advisory Board. 

TheServerSide Java Symposium was established by the community for the community. The Advisory Board ensures that TSSJS retains its status as the community’s premier event, serving its needs and anticipating the future of the Java platform.

When establishing the Board, we sought out professionals in the Java trenches, willing to share their strong opinions on how to make a Java conference valuable to you, the community. Their assistance ensures that we reveal up-and-coming topics and avoid those that need no further explanation. From advice on venues, to opinions on the use of slides in a BOF, the TSSJS Advisory Board has helped us make 2007 the best TSSJS yet.

Meet the members of the TSSJS Advisory Board:

Karl Avedal - Karl Avedal is a co-founder of Ironflare AB, the makers of the Orion Application Server. Karl has also served on several expert groups within the scope of J2EE, including the expert groups defining J2EE 1.3 and J2EE 1.4, and he has co-authored books like Professional JSP and Professional Java Server Programming - J2EE Edition.

Bela Ban - Bela completed his PhD at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. After some time at IBM Research, he did a post-doc at Cornell. Then he worked at Fujitsu Network Communications in San Jose, California. In 2003, Bela joined JBoss Inc to work full-time on open source. He currently leads the JGroups and JBossCache projects. Bela's interests include network protocols, performance, group communication, trail running, biking and beerathlon. If not hacking code, he spends time with his family.

Doug Clarke - Doug is a Principal Product Manager for Oracle TopLink within the Oracle Application Server group. Prior to his current role as product manager Doug has worked as a lead developer, trainer, and professional consultant. Over the past decade his primary focus has been on helping the global Fortune 1000 customers integrate relational and non-relational data into their object-oriented Java and J2EE applications. Doug has spoken at numerous conferences including Java One, Oracle World, JAOO, JAX.DE, and many Java forums and user groups.

Stephan Janssen - Stephan is founder and chairman of the Belgian Java User Group since 1996. He's also founder and managing director of BeJUG:JCS Int. a Sun authorized Java Center with an exclusive focus on J2ME, J2SE and J2EE since 1997. Stephan was recently selected by BEA Systems as the first European (independant) BEA Technical Director. He was also recognized by TheServerSide.com as one of the 54 Who is Who in Enterprise Java 2004.Stephan has already spoken at numerous Java and JUG conferences including JAOO, JavaDays, TMAB, JavaPolis, and JavaOne.

Heinz Kabutz - Heinz is part-owner of Maximum Solutions, a company specialising in Java software development and Java specialist training. Kabutz has worked on several large Java applications since 1997 (ranging from ½ to 1 million lines of Java code). He uses the experience gained “in the field” to write articles in his publication “The Java™ Specialists' Newsletter”, which is read by thousands of Java Specialists in over 100 countries. In the newsletter, Kabutz explored topics such as reflection, Swing, patterns, dynamic proxies and the new features of JDK 5.0. (see http://www.javaspecialists.co.za)

Ted Neward - Ted is an independent consultant specializing in high-scale enterprise systems, working with clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to small 10-person shops. He is an authority in Java and .NET technologies, particularly in the areas of Java/.NET integration (both in-process and via integration tools like Web services), back-end enterprise software systems, and virtual machine/execution engine plumbing. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Effective Enterprise Java, C# In a Nutshell, SSCLI Essentials, Server-Based Java Programming, and a contributor to several technology journals. Ted is also a Microsoft MVP for Architecture, BEA Technical Director, INETA speaker, frequent conference speaker, and a member of various JSRs. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two sons, two cats, and eight PCs. Reach him at ted@tedneward.com or visit blogs.tedneward.com.

Cameron Purdy - Cameron Purdy is president of Tangosol and has eight years of experience with Java and Java-related technology. He is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and has received a number of awards in recognition of his contribution to the Java community. Cameron regularly participates in industry standards development and is the specification lead for JSR 107 (jCache).

Hani Suleiman - Hani is the CTO of Formicary, a company that produces EPIX, the portal server, as well as financial consulting services. Hani is also involved in a number of open source projects, and has recently been elected onto the JCP Executive Committee.

Interested in joining the Advisory Board?

In the Spring of 2007, we will be inviting TSSJS attendees to participate in the Advisory Board. Are you interested in guiding the development of future Java Symposiums? Please contact Kelli Talbot.