I don't know about you, but I find conference program guides and websites somewhat difficult to use. There are just so many sessions in so many different areas that it's tough to wade through the universe of possibilities and figure out where I'm actually supposed to be at any given time (besides looking for a good cup o' coffee, of course).

To that end, we wanted to give you a condensed guide to the Desktop sessions at the conference. For those that have PDA's that can import .vcs files (my Pilot can, for one), here's a link to the desktop sessions that you can just import and go with. For everyone else, here's a table of all of the Desktop sessions, listed chronologically.

By the way, we will also have a flyer at the pods with all relevant Desktop information on it; these were handy last year for quickly finding the session/event you needed. Stop by the desktop pods and grab one before you start your crazy week.

Day & Time	Location	ID	Title
Monday 4:45 PM	Hall E 135	TS-3133	Desktop Javaâ„¢ Technology in Project Mustang and Beyond
Monday 6 PM	Hall E 135	TS-7904	Ease of Deployment in Project Tiger and Project Mustang
Tuesday 9:45 AM	Hall E 135	TS-3214	Advanced Java 2Dâ„¢ API Topics for Desktop Applications
Tuesday 11 AM	Hall E 135	TS-1861	Creating a Desktop Javaâ„¢ Technology Application Leveraging Open Source: End to End
Tuesday 12:15 PM	Hall E 135	TS-7749	Simplifying Javaâ„¢ Technology Desktop Client Construction Using JDesktop Network Components (JDNC)
Tuesday 1:30 PM	Hall E 135	TS-3605	Extreme GUI Makeover, Episode 1: Lookin' Good
Tuesday 2:45 PM	Hall E 135	TS-3902	Extreme GUI Makeover, Episode 2: Runnin' Fast
Tuesday 4 PM	Hall E 135	TS-7122	Defining JFC/Swing GUIs Declaratively: A Survey
Wednesday 9:45 AM	Hall E 135	TS-1319	High-Performance Javaâ„¢ Foundation Classes/Swing Technology in the Real World: Lessons Learned While Developing Yahoo! SiteBuilder
Wednesday 11 AM	Hall E 135	TS-1906	Large-Scale Client Deployment Using Javaâ„¢ Web Start Software
Wednesday 12:15 PM	Hall E 135	TS-3603	Layout Roundup and Futures
Wednesday 1:30 PM	Hall E 135	TS-7992	Project Looking Glass: Cool LG3D Apps and How to Write Them
Wednesday 2:45 PM	Hall E 135	TS-3340	Architecting Complex JFC/Swing Applications
Wednesday 4 PM	Hall E 135	TS-3005	Swing Hacks
Wednesday 4 PM	Esplanade 304/6	TS-4181	How to Build Rich Desktop Client Applications Using NB Platform 4.0
Thursday 10:45 AM	Hall E 135	TS-3843	GUI Puzzlers
Thursday 12:00 PM	Hall E 135	TS-5979	Introduction to Eclipse's Rich Client Platform
Thursday 1:15 PM	Hall E 135	TS-2623	A Success Story for the Development of a Large-Scale, Document-Based Javaâ„¢ Technology Desktop Application
Thursday 2:30 PM	Hall E 135	TS-1453	Desktop Javaâ„¢ Technology on a Massive Scale: Brazil's JFC/Swing-Based Income Tax Application

And here are the BOFs:

Day & Time	Location	ID	Title
Monday 6:30 PM	Lunch area near Pavilion	(no id)	Ask the Sun Experts
Monday 7:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9166	Meet the Javaâ„¢ Deployment Team
Monday 8:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF 9189	Using Javaâ„¢ Web Start for One-Click, On-Demand Deployment of J2EEâ„¢ App Clients
Monday 9:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9277	Javaâ„¢ Application Deployment on Linux: Improved Packaging and Desktop Integration
Tuesday 7:30 PM	Hall E 135	BOF-9101	Meet the Javaâ„¢ Foundation Classes/Swing Technology and AWT Teams: Part 1
Tuesday 7:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9723	The Java 3Dâ„¢ API
Tuesday 8:30 PM	Hall E 135	BOF-9102	Meet the Javaâ„¢ Foundation Classes/Swing Technology and AWT Teams: Part 2
Tuesday 8:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9877	Javaâ„¢ Bindings for OpenGL® and Sunâ„¢ OpenGL® for Solarisâ„¢
Tuesday 9:30 PM	Hall E 135	BOF-9103	Meet the Java2Dâ„¢ Team
Tuesday 9:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9824	Mac OS X and the Javaâ„¢ Technology Forum
Tuesday 10:30 PM	Hall E 135	BOF-9159	Time Turner Javaâ„¢ Sound
Tuesday 10:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9992	Making the Most of Project Tiger on Tiger
Wednesday 7:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9871	JDesktop Integration Components (JDIC): Desktop Integration for Javaâ„¢ Desktop Applications
Wednesday 7:30 PM	Hall E 135	BOF-9208	Drag and Drop With the Javaâ„¢ Foundation Classes (JFC/Swing)
Wednesday 7:30 PM	Marriott Pacific I	BOF-9787	Meet the Internationalization Team
Wednesday 8:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9269	Exciting New Developments in the Javaâ„¢ Advanced Imaging API and JAI-Image I/O Tools Package
Wednesday 8:30 PM	Hall E 135	BOF-9174	SwingWorker Returns
Wednesday 9:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9346	Smarter Rich Clients Through Middleware Services
Wednesday 9:30 PM	Hall E 135	BOF-9792	User Interface Issues for Desktop Javaâ„¢ Technologies
Wednesday 10:30 PM	Marriot G Gate A1	BOF-9136	Internationalization with Javaâ„¢ Foundation Classes/Swing Technology Look and Feels

What are my favorites? Well, apart from the ones I'm speaking in (Tuesday's "Advanced 2D" talk, Thursday's "GUI Puzzlers" talk, and Tuesday's 2D BOF), I have to say they're all good. Every one of them.

Of course, since I helped choose the topics and sessions, what would you expect me to say? But I think we did a pretty good job with the Desktop track this year; we made a serious effort to recruite ideas, sessions, and speakers from outside of Sun, to get both a balanced view of Java Desktop development as well as talks that would interest the community. Let's see how you feel about it after next week, but I'm feeling very good about it. Although I should really try to finish my slides and demos soon...