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Description
This page contains wiki content for the 2009 Java Mobile, Media & eMbedded Developer Days conference.
Updated:
-- Main.terrencebarr - 19 Jan 2009
About the Conference
This is a community-driven developer conference. It is laid-back but deep in technical content and brings people from the mobile, embedded, and entertainment-related sectors of the industry together to meet, learn, and share and growth and strengthen the community. The conference is unique in that it is the only dedicated Java-centric developer conference in it's space.
Registration
Where to Stay
If you are coming from out of town there are numerous hotels in the Santa Clara area.
Due to the tight resources and budget for the conference we have not reserved any room blocks or negotiated special rates at any hotels. Below is a list of hotels close to the Sun campus for your convenience. Please contact the hotel directly for inquiries and reservations. We do not endorse any particular hotel.
- Kayak.com travel and hotel search engine - Type in "Santa Clara, CA" as your location and your dates
Information on Live Broadcast
The Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days are about learning, sharing, and networking - of course, the best way to take part is to attend the conference in person.
But we realize many folks may not be able to travel to California so in an effort to make the conference accessible to the worldwide community we are planning to stream the entire conference live and worldwide for free.
Broadcast Set-Up Information, Schedule, and Channels
For all the details see the conference broadcast page.
Broadcast technology
For last year's conference we used ustream.tv. It worked very well, was easy to set up, and is free for both the organizers (us) and the attendees (you).
However, ustream uses proprietary video encoding and playback technology (Adobe Flash). Some of our viewers criticized that and asked why we aren't using open video formats and Java-based playback. Good point and we fully agree that this is the direction that should be taken.
However, after further research into the topic it appears that all hosted, live, low-cost video streaming solutions use proprietary technologies (at least as far as we know). JavaFX, with it's design for media-driven applications and cross-platform media support will make the creation of such streaming solutions much easier but it is still quite early in the game as JavaFX was released just a few weeks ago. Until then our options for live broadcasting solutions are, unfortunately, limited.
In summary: We'd love to switch away from proprietary technologies and we believe there will be Java-based solutions available in 2009 but right now we plan to stick with ustream because of it's availability, ease of use, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. If you have questions or suggestions please email us at interest@developerdays.dev.java.net.
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