More Than 95 Speakers Set for California Technology Forum 2001, July 29 Through Aug. 3 in Santa Barbara.

Business Editors & High Tech Writers

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001

Event To Feature Top Keynotes, Panels and a First-of-its-Kind

Session Pitting .NET Against Java

The California Technology Forum 2001, an executive conference focusing on the convergence of technology, innovation and commerce, has set the speaking lineup for their six conferences that run from July 29 through Aug. 3 at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara.

Conferences under the California Technology Forum 2001 "umbrella" include The Wireless Technology Conference, The Voice, Video and Data Convergence Conference, The Internet and Network Security Conference, The .NET and Windows Technology Conference, The Business and Technology Conference, and The Object and Components Technology Conference.

The six conferences allow attendees to attend sessions in their primary interest area, and then add complementary conferences if their schedules permit. The overlapping schedule of the Forum promises to provide attendees more interaction, networking, plenary sessions, social events and encounters with local and world technology experts than would be possible with traditional single-track sessions.

Keynote speakers for the California Technology Forum 2001 include:

 -- Timothy Chou, president, Oracle.com  -- Alan Kay, Disney fellow and vice president of research and development, Walt Disney Imagineering  -- Don Box, co-founder, DevelopMentor, a component software think tank  -- Stuart McClure, lead author of the best-selling security book, "Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions"  -- Lisa Farr, founder, president and CEO, Occam Networks  -- Michael Stal, Director of Distributed Object and Component Computing, Siemen's AG  -- Eric Schultz, chairman and CEO, Wireless Knowledge; and  -- Bertrand Meyer, a pioneer of modern software engineering now intimately involved with Microsoft's new .NET initiatives. 

In addition, a first of its kind special session called "The Great Web Technologies Debate" pundits will "duke it out," facing off to pit Microsoft's .NET against Sun Microsystems' Java-based J2EE.

Confirmed speakers and moderators for the California Technology Forum include:

-- Dave Alberga, Active.com

-- Ali Arsanjani, Consulting I/T Architect for IBM

-- Sharmie Atwood, Fiderus

-- Raphael Auphan, ViaFone

-- Michael Barrett, Experian

-- Bart Bartolozzi, Net2Phone

-- Jean Bezivin, University of Nantes

-- Darius Blasbland

-- Luc Abom, Consultant

-- Steve Branigan, Lumeta

-- Steve Bridge, -- Frontier Technologies, Inc.

-- Michael W. Broderick, Entigo

-- Ben Brosgol

-- Kevin Butler, Compaq

-- Mark Carges, BEA Systems

-- Sandra Carter, IBM E-Commerce Software Solutions

-- Jonathan Chauvin-Blitt -- ITT Industries, Network Systems &

Services

-- Michael Christian, WebSideStory, Inc.

-- Martine Devos, EDS

-- Elfriede Dustin, BNA Software

-- Edouard Duvillier, Fresher, Inc.

-- Mark Edmead, KPMG

-- Warren Egnal, Porter Novelli Convergence Group

-- Heidi Ellis

-- Grant Evans, Identix

-- Angelo Fasulo, Research in Motion

-- Bill Ferguson, Imperito Networks

-- Jay Freeman, Eschaton

-- Jay Fudemberg, Pure Markets

-- Iain Gillott, iGillott Research

-- Frank Gocinsky, Microsoft

-- John Gough, Queensland University of Technology

-- Per Grape, Adcore

-- Roger Hart, Deloitte Consulting

-- Brian Henderson-Sellers

-- Erik Hilsdale, Xerox

-- David Holmes, Enterprise Systems Technology

-- Mark Hornbeek, Vpacket Communications, Inc.

-- Paul Hsiao, Mazu Networks

-- Doug Hutcheson, Leap Wireless

-- Michael Hyrbyk, Deloitte Consulting

-- Nayeem Islam, BEA

-- Terry Julius, Televend

-- Basim Kadhim, Fujitsu Software America

-- Diana Kelley, Safewww

-- Pim Kennis, Vigilinx

-- Alan Kirby -- Okena

-- Debra Kuhns, VCommerce

-- Troy Larson, Fiderus

-- Erik Laykin, OnlineSecurity

-- Doug Lea, U. Of New York at Oswego

-- Bernie Schroeder, Stellcom

-- Jeff Ross, Wireless Knowledge

-- Prakash Iyer, Everypath

-- Alan Gunshor, Oracle

-- Pete McBreen, Consultant

-- James McKim, Hartford Graduate Center

-- Daniel Mendez, Visto Corp.

-- Brad Merrill, Microsoft

-- Granville Miller, TogetherSoft

-- Richard Mitchell, InferData Corporation

-- Dana Moore, Roku Technologies

-- Phil Moreton, Cisco Systems

-- Jonathan R. Oakes, Thin Air Apps

-- Jeff Paine, Snydeo Corp.

-- Mark Picarello, Kewill E-Commerce

-- Paul Perry, Unisys

-- Gilda Pour, Consultant

-- Robert Powell, Baltimore Technologies

-- Dr. Parag Pruthi, NIKSUN Inc.

-- Mahmoud Qusay, Author, Distributed Programming with Java

-- Keith Raffel, Upshot

-- Dick Schulte, Voyant Technologies

-- Mary Kate Scott, McKinsey & Company

-- Magdy Serour

-- Jon Shapiro, Alliance Systems

-- Kevin Thornton, Altawave

-- Raphael Simon, ISE

-- Lex Sisney, Commission Junction

-- Roger Smith, Consultant

-- Michael Stal, Siemens

-- Emmanuel Stapf, ISE

-- Carol Thompson, Hewlett-Packard

-- Patrick Thompson, RogueWave

-- Will Tracz, Consultant

-- Mike Turner, Waveset Technologies, Inc

-- Mathew Verghese, EC Outlook

-- James White, Catapult Technologies

-- John Williams, Castek Business Group

-- Bob Worner, OpenNetwork Technologies Inc.

-- Thomas Wu, Naval Postgraduate School

The California Technology Forum 2001 is sponsored by Interactive Software Engineering and Silicon 2.0, a technology business publication, with conference sponsorships from Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Compaq, Research in Motion, VARBusiness, CRN, Borders, PCAI, Fiderus, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Lanspeed, CompuVision, BEA, Halcyon Software and Occam Networks. In addition to conference sessions, the California Technology Forum 2001 will also feature an exhibit area showcasing the latest technology from local, national and global firms.

About the California Technology Forum

The California Technology Forum 2001, an executive conference focusing on the convergence of technology, innovation and commerce, will be held July 29 through August 3, 2001, at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara. More information and conference pricing packages can be found on the California Technology Forum 2001 web site at www.ctf2001.com. Registration is available through e-mail at ctf-registrations@ctf2001.com, by calling 805-685-1006, or through the California Technology Forum 2001 web site. Last minute exhibition and sponsorship information is also available at www.ctf2001.com.