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Heart Pounding Drama

The 2006 JavaOne Conference was my very first one. I joined the team just prior to the launch of the Call for Papers, in early November. I was warned to "hold on". I had no idea what to expect, it was a pulse racing couple of days.

And this year is shaping up in very much the same way, it's JavaOne Conference Call for Papers, The Sequel!

I just checked our database and at 6pm on 12/13 I found 315 submissions. May sound pretty good to an outsider, but it gets my blood pressure up. Will we have enough good content to select from? Where is everyone? As the suspense builds over the next 48 hours, the plot is (hopefully) predictable. As in JavaOne Conference Call for Papers, The Original, I experienced the hockey stick effect like I never have before - over 1000 submissions came in over a 24 hour period. For The Sequel, the suspense is killing me, but like all good action/dramas, I am waiting for that strong, climactic ending.

That climactic ending is in your hands! GO now! Submit your paper for 2007 JavaOne Conference.. Tick, tick and at 6:10 the count is up to 319...

A JavaOne Wish List?

It's official, the 2007 JavaOne Call for Papers is open. Now is your chance to submit a proposal for a technical session or birds-of-a-feather. Be sure to read the information on the new areas we will be including, under the Topics tag at the top of the call for papers site. The deadline for submitting a paper is December 15, 2006.

While submissions come in over the course of the next two weeks, the Program Committee is working on designing each track: what talks should be in this track, who is the right speaker for these talks. We start with these ideas and build the track content from the best of the submissions.

I'm going to offer you a unique opportunity - if you were in a position to lay the foundation for one of the tracks for JavaOne, what talks would you include and who would give them? What's on your wish list for talks at JavaOne?

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