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Sun Microsystem's James Gosling to Keynote at SD East 2002

 Other Industry Renowned Keynotes are Gregor Kiczales, Principal Scientist At
 PARC, Bob Kruger, CEO at Citrix, and John Magee, Vice President of Oracle9i
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    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP Media's SD Events
Group today announced the speaker lineup for its upcoming Software Development
Conference and Expo (SD East 2002) at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston,
November 18 - 22. SD East faculty is made up of top software development
experts including well-known authors, professors, business leaders and
visionaries from all corners of the development world. This year's keynote
lineup includes:

    -- James Gosling, the creator of the Java programming language, will
       discuss the future of end-to-end systems and how the stability of the
       Java language and the diversity of the Java platform have helped enable
       this innovation. Mr. Gosling is presenting the featured keynote,
       November 20 at 6 p.m.
    -- Gregor Kiczales, Principal Scientist at PARC and chief designer of
       AspectJ, will discuss what it is like to design and implement with
       AspectJ, and the implications for software developers in terms of
       time-to-market, software quality and product flexibility. Mr. Kiczales
       is presenting the opening keynote, November 18 at 12:15 p.m.
    -- Bob Kruger, Chief Technology Officer at Citrix Systems, will share his
       vision of the virtual workplace and how virtual access will shape the
       way business-critical applications are developed, today and tomorrow.
       Mr. Kruger is presenting a technical keynote, November 19 at 12:15 p.m.
    -- John Magee, Vice President of Oracle9i Marketing at Oracle, will
       examine the impact Web Services has on two previously distinct worlds
       -- J2EE development and EAI/B2B integration. Mr. Magee's technical
       keynote will be presented November 20 at 3 p.m.

    In concert with these dynamic keynote addresses, SD East offers more than
100 sessions designed to educate attendees about the latest trends in
programming languages, enterprise development, project management and Web
Services. "SD boasts a lineup of speakers who are the top innovators in the
software development field. They are not following the trends but are creating
the program languages, enterprise applications, and methodologies people are
talking about today," said Nicole Garbolino, SD Conference Manager. "Our close
relationship with such visionaries has enabled SD to keep pace and evolve to
meet the needs of developers."
    Richard Hale Shaw, long time Web Service implementer, will lead a special
panel discussion Friday, November 22 at 12 noon on the future of SOAP and Web
Services Panelists include open source expert, Christian Gross,
internationally respected XML author, Elliotte Rusty Harold and Josh Holmes,
.NET aficionado.
    For detailed listings of exhibitors, speakers, events and all conference
information, visit http://www.sdexpo.com. For press information visit
http://www.sdexpo.com/2002/east/press/press_reg.htm .

    About CMP Media LLC
    CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated media company
providing essential information and marketing services to the entire
technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide.
Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer
marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their
individual needs.  Its diverse products and services include newspapers,
magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education
and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing.

    CONTACT:  Kate Adams, CMP Media/SD Events Group, +1-415-947-6165, or
kadams@cmp.com.



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    CONTACT:
    Kate Adams, CMP Media/SD Events Group,
    +1-415-947-6165, or kadams@cmp.com