Conference Agenda

DAY ONE
Monday, September 29
7:00 - 7:55 am Registration and welcome refreshments
8:00 - 9:30 am Tutorial: Introduction to Ajax

Ben Galbraith & Dion Almaer






Ajaxian Framework Summit:

Dojo








Ajaxian Framework Summit:

jQuery






Ajaxian Framework Summit:

Prototype
9:45 - 11:15 am Tutorial: JavaScript Library Overview

John Resig
11:30 - 1:00 pm Tutorial: Practical Design for Ajax Development

David Verba
1:00 - 1:50 pm Lunch and networking
2:00 - 2:45 pm Keynote: 'The Ajax Universe' with Ajaxian.com co-founders, Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer
2:45 - 3:00 pm Afternoon refreshment break, peer and vendor networking
3:00 - 4:30 pm Dojo Fundamentals

Alex Russell
Ajax Testing Tool Review

Ted Husted
Even Faster Web Sites

Steve Souders
JavaScript: The Good Parts

Douglas Crockford
4:30 - 6:00 pm Keynote panel: 'Top 10 Cross Browser Issues' moderated by Peter-Paul Koch of Quirksmode.org, featuring representatives from jQuery, Dojo and Prototype
DAY TWO
Tuesday, September 30
7:30 - 8:00 am Registration and welcome refreshments
8:00 - 8:10 am Morning announcements: Ajaxian.com co-founders, Ben Galbraith & Dion Almaer
8:10 - 8:55 am Keynote presentation with Brendan Eich, Mozilla
9:00 - 10:00 am Intro to jQuery

John Resig
Secure and Interoperable Mashups

Jon Ferraiolo
Progressive Enhancement on the Mobile Web

Champ Bennett
Struts on Ajax: Retrofitting Struts with Ajax Taglibs

Ted Husted
10:00 - 10:10 am Morning refreshment break, peer and vendor networking
10:15 - 10:20 am Image Optimization: How Many of These 7 Mistakes are you Making?
Stoyan Stefanov
10:25 - 10:30 am Comet Overview
Greg Wilkins
10:35 - 10:40 am The Grand Convergence: Web + RIA + Widgets + Client/Server
Richard Monson-Haefel
10:45 - 10:50 am Interviewing for JavaScript Gurus
Gavin Doughtie
10:55 - 11:00 am ShiftSpace and the Open Metaweb
Dan Phiffer
& David Nolen
11:05 - 11:10 am Using Milescript to Build JavaScript Applications
Joshua Harrison
11:20 - 12:00 pm Luncheon Keynote
12:00 - 12:50 pm Lunch and networking
1:00 - 1:20 pm Tech demos
1:25 - 2:55 pm Rich Interactivity, Simplified, with jQuery UI

Richard Worth
State of the Browsers


Peter-Paul Koch
Deploying and Scaling Ajax Comet Applications

Greg Wilkins
Advanced Web Application Security

Joe Walker
2:55 - 3:00 pm Afternoon refreshment break, peer and vendor networking
3:00 - 4:00 pm Advanced jQuery

John Resig
Test Driven Development with YUI Test

Nicholas Zakas
JSON SAO-based Client/Server Application Development

Kris Zyp
Experience Design & Rapid Prototyping - From Concept to Pitch

Max Zabramny
4:05 - 5:35 pm jQuery on Rails (The Real Ones)

Jonathan Sharp
JavaScript 2

John Resig
Saving Your Investment: Transforming J2EE Applications into Web 2.0 Using GWT

Dietrich Kappe
UX Design for Ajax Applications

Glen Lipka
5:35 - 6:35 pm Ask the Experts Panel, moderated by Ajaxian.com co-founders, Ben Galbraith & Dion Almaer, featuring Brendan Eich and Douglas Crockford
DAY THREE
Wednesday, October 1
7:30 - 8:00 am Registration and welcome refreshments
8:00 - 8:10 am Morning announcements: Ajaxian.com co-founders, Ben Galbraith & Dion Almaer
8:10 - 9:40 am Mootools: An Overview

Aaron Newton
Dojo Grid and Charting

Alex Russell
Connection Patterns

Oliver Steele
Making Friends with the Browser: Ajax, Back buttons and Bookmarks

Brian Dillard
9:45 - 10:45 am New Features in DWR Version 3

Joe Walker
How to Design Great Forms

Joshua Fraser
The 7 Habits for Exceptional Performance

Stoyan Stefanov
Enterprise JavaScript Error Handling

Nicholas Zakas
10:45 - 10:55 am Morning refreshment break, peer and vendor networking
10:55 - 11:55 am What's up with Prototype and script.aculo.us?

Christophe Porteneuve
Enterprise Rich Internet Application Tools: JSF, Flex and JavaFX

Max Katz
Beyond the Standards: Advanced Animation and Physics in JavaScript

Paul Bakaus
Creating a Client-side Search Engine with Google Gears

Brad Neuberg
12:00 - 12:15 pm Tech demos
12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch and networking
1:00 - 1:40 pm Lunch Keynote
1:50 - 2:50 pm Defensive, Cross-Browser Coding with Prototype

Andrew Dupont
Fun UI: Lessons Learned From Building a Consumer-Oriented Media Product

Neil Mix
JavaScript UI Programming in the Large

Gavin Doughtie
Ajax on Struts: Coding an Ajax Application with Struts 2

Ted Husted
2:50 - 3:00 pm Afternoon refreshment break, peer and vendor networking
3:00 - 4:00 pm YUI for Control Freaks

Christian Heilmann
Making Your jQuery Code Modular

Yehuda Katz
Highly Interactive Web Sites: Implementing Comet

Joe Walker
Applied JSON: HTTP REST, Ajax Databases and Beyond

Kris Zyp
4:00 - 4:15 Closing remarks: Ajaxian.com co-founders, Ben Galbraith & Dion Almaer