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First Annual AJAXWorld Conference & Expo
SYS-CON Events (www.events.sys-con.com) announced today that the first international "AJAXWorld(TM) Conference & Expo" (www.ajaxworldexpo.com), taking place on October 3-4, 2006, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, California, will offer AJAXWorld University - Developer Bootcamp program. The AJAX Developer Bootcamp will take place on Monday, October 2, 2006, one day before the conference opens.
Early bird registration for the AJAX Developer Bootcamp opened today at the AJAXWorld Conference Website: https://www3.sys-con.com/oct06/registernew.cfm
AJAXWorld University's AJAX Developer Bootcamp is an intensive, one-day, hands-on training program that will teach Web developers and designers how to build high-quality AJAX applications from beginning to end.
Available as part of or separately from the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, October 3-4, 2006, the AJAX Developer Bootcamp is an in-depth, highly practical crash course that takes students rapidly through the paces of developing AJAX using the latest techniques, libraries/frameworks, and best practices.
Held on October 2, the day before the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo begins, the AJAX Developer Bootcamp is intended to be the premier AJAX instructional program presently available anywhere. The AJAX Developer Bootcamp curriculum is carefully designed to be the most efficient way to "fit all of AJAX in your head" using a structured and well-organized approach to learning about this significant new paradigm shift in Web development.
The AJAX Developer Bootcamp will be taught by AJAXWorld University instructor, Dion Hinchcliffe, renowned AJAX architect, developer, author, and speaker, who is also the founding editor and editor-in-chief of AJAXWorld Magazine and editor of SYS-CON Book's upcoming bestseller, "Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters."
Attendees of the AJAX Developer Bootcamp will gain a deep understanding of the underlying principles of AJAX including DHTML, JavaScript, XMLHttpRequest, how to build AJAX-friendly Web services including JSON, AJAX application structure, and useful tips for debugging, troubleshooting, and tuning AJAX applications. Knowledge of and ability to work with HTML and CSS are a bootcamp prerequisite, as well as basic JavaScript skills.
The AJAX method of designing Web-based software has taken the industry by storm over the last year. Internet companies like Google have shown what is possible (Gmail and Google Maps), and the future of Web development now seems closely intertwined with mastery of the AJAX technique, which results in online software that is as rich and expressive as desktop software.
AJAXWorld University Certification:
Attendees successfully completing the bootcamp will get a certificate of completion from AJAXWorld University.
Who Should Attend:
Attendees with prior limited knowledge of AJAX are encouraged to attend AJAX Developer Bootcamp if they will be involved in the design or building of AJAX software.
AJAXWorld Conference & Expo:
The world-beating conference program will provide developers, IT managers, and corporate decision makers with comprehensive information and insight into the biggest paradigm shift in Website design, development, and deployment since the invention of the World Wide Web a decade ago.
The next-generation user-centric Web is hurtling toward us and it is a rich-media future in which AJAX, the most talked about of all the Rich Internet technologies, is positioned firmly at center stage.
Burton Group defines "Rich" Internet Applications as those that offer functionality beyond standard HTML frames and hyperlinks, the most famous examples of such functionality on the Web to date being the AJAX-based Google Maps and Gmail.
AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2006 recognizes that, while on the one hand Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) as a category is wider and broader than just AJAX, on the other it is indisputably AJAX that has acted as the tipping point.
"Over the two information-packed days, delegates will receive four days' worth of education, as speaker after speaker explores AJAX and RIAs in the greater context of the overall Web 2.0 spectrum," said Jeremy Geelan, conference chair and group publisher of SYS-CON Media. "Delegates will also receive all conference sessions on SYS-CON.TV's 'very popular' Webcast DVDs, thus, not missing a single session of this ground-breaking event of the year."
AJAXWorld will feature a faculty of the world's most distinguished speakers, including Jesse James Garrett, the father of the term "AJAX" who will be delivering the opening keynote. The speakers will present more than 96 sessions, keynotes, and televised power panel discussions, in six simultaneous tracks for two days.
The call for papers for "AJAXWorld" will remain open through June 30, 2006, at www.ajaxworldexpo.com.
Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities:
AJAXWorld will be sponsored by eight leading AJAX and Rich Internet technology vendors. The conference will offer exhibit opportunities to other vendors in addition to the eight main event sponsors, including five charter sponsors: Adobe (www.adobe.com), Backbase (www.backbase.com), ComponentArt (www.componentart.com), Laszlo Systems (www.laszlosystems.com) and Nexaweb (www.nexaweb.com).
Additional information on sponsorship and exhibit opportunities can be obtained by e-mail at events(at)sys-con.com or by phone at 201 802-3021.
AJAXWorld Europe to Take Place on May 7-8, 2007 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
SYS-CON Events also announced today that the first international AJAXWorld(TM) Europe Conference & Expo will take place on May 7-8, 2007, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The details of AJAXWorld Europe will be made available on Monday, July 10, 2006.
About SYS-CON Media
SYS-CON Media, listed in Inc. 500 three years in a row as the fastest-growing, privately held publishing company in America, is the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets.
SYS-CON's well-known and highly respected magazines web portals include: AJAXWorld Magazine (www.ajax.sys-con.com); Java Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com); NET Developer's Journal (www.DotNETDevelopersJournal.com); Enterprise Open Source Magazine (www.opensource.sys-con.com); Linux.SYS-CON.com (www.linux.sys-con.com); SOA Web Services Journal (www.WSJ2.com); Wireless Business & Technology (www.WBT2.com); XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com); WebLogic Developer's Journal (www.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com); WebSphere Journal (www.WebSphereJournal.com); Web Developer's & Designer's Journal (www.webddj.sys-con.com); ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com); PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com); IT Solutions Guide (www.itsolutions.sys-con.com); Information Storage & Security Journal (www.issjournal.com); Eclipse Developer's Journal (www.eclipsedevelopersjournal.com); Symbian Developer's Journal (www.symbian.sys-con.com); Web Hosting Journal (www.webhosting.sys-con.com); and Web 2.0 Journal (www.web2.sys-con.com).
Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over two million i-technology professionals through its specialty journals, magazines, conferences, education programs (www.education.sys-con.com), SYS-CON.TV (www.SYS-CON.TV), the world's first branded blog community (www.blog-n-play.com), live and on-demand Webcasts (www.webcast.sys-con.com), and the SYS-CON interactive portal with more than 100 websites at www.sys-con.com.
About SYS-CON Events, Inc.
SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.events.sys-con.com) is the world's leading producer of i-technology conferences, seminars and expos, including SOA Web Services Edge - International SOA Web Services Conference, Enterprise Open Source Conference, "Real-World AJAX" Seminar Series (www.ajaxseminar.com), "Real-World Flex" Seminar Series (www.events.sys-con.com), iTVcon - Internet TV Conference & Expo 2006 (www.itvcon.com) and International AJAXWorld Conference & Expo (www.ajaxworldexpo.com).
Convention center lands biggest show yet - Tech expo in April set to draw 30,000
The Boston Convention & Exhibition Center has landed its biggest event yet: an information-technology trade show that is expected to draw about 30,000 people in April.
The Questex AIIM/On Demand Expos -- a convention that brings two technology fields together -- is the latest in a string of big gets for the South Boston convention hall, which opened in June 2004. Heart Rhythm Society convention this week is expected to draw a total of about 10,000. Lions Clubs International is expected to bring 12,000 attendees to the BCEC in early July, and Microsoft Corp. has scheduled events next month and in July, each expected to bring more than 10,000 people.
Prior to the Questex show pact, which is to be unveiled today, the biggest shows booked at the BCEC were the 28,000-attendee Yankee Dental Congress set for 2008, 2009, and 2010, and the 22,382-person Heart Rhythm Society convention set for 2012.
With solid bookings momentum, the BCEC is expected this year, for the first time, to generate more hotel business than the smaller John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in the Back Bay.
Convention centers measure their effect on business by ''hotel room-nights," or how many night stays their shows generate. One person staying three nights, or three people staying in separate rooms for one night, count as three room-nights.
This year, the BCEC is expected to generate 356,000 local hotel room-nights, up from 108,000 last year, according to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. The Hynes hotel room-night measure is expected to dip slightly, to 277,500 from 284,000, but authority officials say the overall 61 percent increase in room-nights generated by the two centers shows Boston can attract enough business to justify having two public convention halls.
Kerry Gumas, chief executive of Questex Media Group Inc., the Newton company that produces the AIIM/On Demand Expos, said, ''We could not have done it without the new convention center." The Hynes is not big enough or configured appropriately for the shows, Gumas said, but the Southie site is ideal for the trade show and associated meetings and presentations. AIIM/On Demand Expos attract people who work in a range of technologies used for producing and distributing documents and online data.
James E. Rooney, MCCA executive director, called the AIIM/On Demand Expos ''one of largest technology trade shows in the world."
''Winning it is further evidence of the BCEC's rising prominence as a venue for major technology events, Rooney said. ''Booking a high-profile event like this, that attracts IT company leaders from around the world, is a testament to the attractiveness of the region and the BCEC's strength in this very competitive market."
What helped persuade the three-day show to come to Boston next April the fact that it will start the day after the Boston Marathon. The timing allows conventioneers to arrive the weekend before to check out Marathon and Patriots Day festivities.
''We think the weekend component can be a big draw," Gumas said. It has been held in recent years in Philadelphia and New York.
Angele Boyd, a group vice president with Framingham technology research firm International Data Corp., which specializes in the technologies the show features, called AIIM/On Demand ''a very big deal" for corporate and institutional information-technology executives who deal with document-production and information-delivery technology.
The technologies the show features are especially relevant to two key industry sectors in Boston: healthcare and financial services firms, many of which are constantly dealing with issues such as how to best transfer paper-based data into a digital format.
Although huge by Boston standards, AIIM/On Demand ranks as only the 100th biggest US event, according to industry publication Tradeshow Week, which compiles a list of the 200 biggest shows ranked according to how much square footage they book.
The largest trade show is ConExpo-Con/AGG 2005, a construction equipment and technologies trade show held this year in Las Vegas in March. It booked 1.83 million square feet of space, more than six times as much as AIIM/On Demand. The Southie convention center has about 520,000 square feet of exhibition space. AIIM/On Demand is expected to take up at least 300,000 square feet of space.
The biggest Boston event on the Tradeshow Week list, ranked 171st, is the March International Seafood Show, which booked 158,950 square feet of space. New England Grows!, a February garden show, is the only other Boston event on the list, at number 174, with 152,400 square feet.
Women's Health Week begins May 14
Women across the country will celebrate Mother's Day with flowers and brunch - and by starting a virtual trek across the country or preparing for check-ups.
Mother's Day kicks off National Women's Health Week, during which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other organizations nationwide encourage all women to "Reconnect to Your Health."
"One of the best gifts you can give your mother or yourself is to schedule a check-up visit with a health care provider," said Dr. Wanda Jones, Director of HHS' Office on Women's Health, as she announced the seventh annual National Women's Health Week.
In addition to participating in National Women's Check-up Day on May 15, women nationwide will attend health fairs and expos, run 5K races, participate in healthy eating potlucks, join fitness classes and just take time to stop and focus on their health. More than 1,000 events will occur in workplaces, community centers, churches, and homes across the country - and online.
Locally, a Mind, Body and Soul - Reconnecting to Your Health event is scheduled for Monday, May 15, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Morton Plant Hospital's Heart and Vascular Pavillion, 300 Pinellas St., Clearwater.
The event will include a free lunch, a proclamation ceremony with Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard and three speakers who will talk about connecting the mind, body and soul for excellent women's health.
Registration is required. Call 467-2456.
"This national effort calls upon the country's 150 million women to overcome the barriers that have prevented them from visiting a health care professional," Jones said. "We want to tell our mothers, our sisters, our daughters, our aunts and friends: Take some time for yourself. Get a check-up."
Last year, Juliette Rizzo, Ms. Wheelchair America 2005, helped spread the word about the importance of women getting preventative screenings and check-ups. She now credits her role as a spokesperson for National Women's Health Week 2005 as a potential life-saver. She made an appointment with a gynecologist, something she hadn't done for several years, and learned that she had abnormal precancerous cells that required further testing.
Visiting a health care professional once a year is just one of the five keys to healthy living that the Office on Women's Health promotes during National Women's Health Week - and throughout the year. The others are: eating well, exercising, not smoking, and following basic safety rules.
A new national walking program for women will begin during this year's National Women's Health Week. Women On the Move Across the Nation (the WOMAN Challenge) invites women to take part in a free eight-week walking and physical activity program that encourages participants to get 10,000 steps or 30 minutes of physical activity a day.
To participate in the WOMAN Challenge or other National Women's Health Week activities, log on to www.womenshealth.gov/whw.
"I love the Web site and I really stick to the program. I tried to be physically active on a regular basis before joining this program, and I've found that wearing a pedometer encourages me to do more than I might do otherwise," said Jan Winslow, a walking challenge participant from New Mexico. "I see my efforts and record them. I'll take that evening walk more readily since it will show up on my chart. I've shed pounds without really changing, it's great!"
Organizations large and small have signed on to help spread the word about the week or host an event. Organizations, such as Estee Lauder's Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Citigroup, the National Association of Women Business Owners, and Kaiser Permanente are participating. A full list of participating partners is online at www.womenshealth.gov/whw.
Governors and mayors have issued proclamations recognizing the importance of National Women's Health Week in their state or city. The proclamations are also listed online.
The Office on Women's Health was established in 1991 within HHS. OWH coordinates the efforts of all HHS agencies and offices involved in women's health. OWH works to improve the health and well-being of women and girls in the United States through its innovative programs, by educating health professionals, and motivating behavior change in consumers through the dissemination of health information.
Additional information on a variety of women's health topics can be found at www.PinellasHealth.com or www.PinellasWellness.com.
Auto Dealers Must Change to Tackle Online Sales, says Leadpile
Automobile Dealerships are finally making changes to serve the Online Buying habits of the online auto buyer,says Leadpile.com. Leadpile.com says many Automobile shoppers will move to buying their cars 100% online in the future, and many dealerships are making changes to capture this growing marketplace.
Leadpile, who offers the Auto Dealership space the first ever, secure, online centralized location to engage in an efficient lead marketplace, says that many auto dealerships must start thinking about how to separate themselves from the “pack” by offering a different kind of buying experience for the online luxury auto buyer.
Leadpile says that the luxury buyer will be more demanding of the Dealership because the Internet makes more options readily available to them. The Dealership who “wins” will be the one who offers value added buying services like delivering cars for test drives to consumers place of business or homes, says leadpile.com. Leadpile says that the power of the Internet allows luxury buyers to shop in a way that was never before possible.
Andrew Jacob, CEO of Leadpile, says “The Online Auto Space will become more and more competitive in the future. The buyers of the future will have totally different demands than what dealerships have become accustomed too.” Jacob says, “The buyer in the future will have to be serviced at unprecedented levels. I see a day, very soon, when auto buyer may not even come into the dealership to buy the car. The dealership will have to come to them.”
“In other words”, Jacob says, “The buyer is becoming so accustomed to speed through the Internet that dealerships may have to bring the cars to the buyers in order to make the transaction.”
Leadpile.com is known as the business man’s “Holy Grail” for its online lead generation services. Leadpile is the leader in the Internet Lead Generation industry. And, with over 2.4 million leads produced and delivered, Leadpile is the World’s Largest Online Lead Marketplace.
For more information on the news that is the subject of this release or to interview Andrew Jacob, CEO of Leadpile, visit http://www.Leadpile.com, or call 877-LEAD-PILE.
