So is James Gosling, creator of Java [?] And the Spec Lead of Java EE 6, Roberto also withdrew his participation.
The only non-US Individual JCP Executive Committee Member (SE/EE) being me is also not able to come, as I work in India till arond Christmas. However, Google EC-member Josh Bloch and Juergen Hoeller (not in the EC, but he's the 'true founder' of Spring Framework although he tends to be a little more in the background[?]) seem to be there. And Stephen Colebourne. So a few people trying to get Java EE going should be there. And Oracle even touts it to be a "Great European Java Event" despite earlier lawsuits aginst it when it was still called JavaPolis[?] -- Werner Keil | Agile Coach, Principal Consultant | *emergn* limited 590 Madison Avenue. New York. NY 10022 | 68 Lombard Street. London EC3V 9LJ UK Skype: werner.keil US Toll Free: +1-877.964.1981 | Worldwide Toll Free: +800.225.53482 www.emergn.com success is a planned event... * Eclipse DemoCamps: 1-30 November, Europe, India. Werner Keil, Agile Coach and Principal Consultant, will be presenting "Eclipse UOMo", "Babel" and "STEM" * AgilePalooza: November 11, New York, NY. Brian Hanly, GM EMEA, will be presenting “Learning Agility” and “Intro to Agile Estimating and Planning” * XP Days Benelux: November 25-26, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Portia Tung, VP Learning and Development and consultant-coach, will be co-presenting “The Emperor’s New Clothes – Meaningful Interactions in Stressful Situations” with Jenni Jepsen