FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ivar Jacobson, Mike Milinkovich, to Keynote EclipseWorld
2008
One of the famous “Three Amigos” behind UML,
Jacobson will offer big ideas to enterprise Java developers
Huntington,
N.Y., August 8, 2008 — BZ Media LLC today announced the keynote speakers
for EclipseWorld™ 2008, the Enterprise Java Development Conference.
EclipseWorld 2008 will be held October 26-28, 2008, in Reston, Va., a
high-tech suburb of Washington, D.C.
The opening keynote, on Wednesday, October 29, is from
Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. The
Wednesday afternoon keynote is from Dr. Ivar Jacobson, a world-famous
computer scientist and one of the three creators of the Unified Modeling
Language.
Mike Milinkovich is the Executive Director of the Eclipse
Foundation. In the past, he has held key management positions with Oracle,
WebGain, The Object People, and Object Technology International Inc. (which
subsequently became a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBM), assuming
responsibility for development, product management, marketing, strategic
planning, finance and business development. He joined the Eclipse Foundation
in June 2004.
Dr. Ivar Jacobson (pictured) is a father of
components and component architecture, use cases, aspect-oriented software
development and the Rational Unified Process. Along with Grady Booch and
James Rumbaugh, he is one of the “Three Amigos” who created the Unified
Modeling Language. Lately he has focused his work on practice-based software
development, now increasing in popularity around the world. Dr. Jacobson is
the principal author of six influential and best-selling books. His latest
work, Object-Oriented Software Engineering: A Use-Case Driven Approach, 2nd
Edition, is due to be published in early 2009.
EclipseWorld 2008 will have an exhibition hall, and
sponsorship opportunities are still available. Companies interested in
sponsorships are encouraged to contact Donna Esposito, events director, at
+1-415-785-3419 or
desposito@bzmedia.com.
EclipseWorld 2008 attendees can take advantage of
significant savings with Super Early Bird discounts through August 22.
Alumni, user group, corporate group and government discounts are also
available. Register online at
www.eclipseworld.net.
