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Conference Program

The JA-SIG "uPortal: Open Architecture for the Enterprise" Conference program has three main tracks: Implementations, Open Applications and Technical. The content will be delivered in a variety of formats including: half-day seminars, one-hour lecture style presentations, roundtable discussions, informal "birds of a feather" discussions and show-and-tell style kiosk demonstrations. For more details on the individual sessions included in the JA-SIG Program Schedule, click on the title of the presentation.

NOTE: Sunday pre-conference seminars require registration and additional fees. See registration form for details.

Tracks for Breakout Sessions:

Sunday, June 20, 2004
8:30AM-12:00PM Pre-Conference Seminar

Pre-Conference Seminar
Introduction to Java
Jim Gallentine
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Pre-Conference Seminar
Custom Java Channel Development
Mark Boyd
SunGard SCT

Pre-Conference Seminar
Introduction to XSLT
Justin Tilton
instructional media + magic, inc.

1:00PM-4:30PM Pre-Conference Seminar

Pre-Conference Seminar
Developing Java Web Applications
Stephen Stelting
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Pre-Conference Seminar
Web Publishing with HyperContent
Alex Vigdor
Columbia University

Pre-Conference Seminar
uPortal 2.3 Implementation and Configuration
Michael Erdely
UNICON, Inc.

7:00PM-9:00PM Reception

 
Monday, June 21, 2004
7:00AM-7:00PM Registration

7:30AM-8:30AM Breakfast

8:30AM-9:30AM General Session Keynote Address

Keynote Presentation
uPortal: Past, Present and Future
Carl Jacobson
University of Delaware

9:45AM-10:15AM Refreshment Break

10:15AM-11:15AM Technical Track
Architecting a single sign-on environment with uPortal and the YaleCentral Authentication Service (CAS)
Drew Mazurek
Yale University

Implementations Track
They said "Go for it!" Now What?
Paula Vaughan
University of Colorado/Boulder
Malinda Miller-Huey
University of Colorado at Boulder
Gary Pollock
University of Colorado/Boulder

Track Presentations

Open Applications Track
The JA-SIG Clearinghouse - We're Ready for You!
Patty Gertz
Princeton University

11:30AM-12:30PM Open Applications Track
The Open Source Portfolio 2.0: 'Spring'ing into uPortal
Randall Embry
Indiana University
John Bush
The R-Smart Group

Technical Track
Channel Development Strategies
Steve Barrett
Cornell University

Track Presentations

Implementations Track
Extending the Campus IT Infrastructure Through Portal Services
Per Wising
Stockholm University

12:30PM-2:00PM Lunch

2:00PM-3:00PM Track Presentations

Technical Track
CWebProxy
Sarah Arnott
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Open Applications Track
An institute wide open-source Java events calendar
Michael Douglass
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Implementations Track
All together now - 1, 2, 3,...
Natalie Alexander
University of California/Irvine
Sonja Elson
University of California/Irvine

3:00PM-3:30PM Refreshment Break

3:30PM-4:30PM Technical Track
Introduction to Java Server Faces
Deepak Goyal
Sun Microsystems
Vikas Varma
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Track Presentations

Implementations Track
Thin, thick, mini and meta ¿ some lessons from UK uPortal implementations
Paul Browning
University of Bristol
Ian Dolphin
University of Hull

4:45PM-5:45PM Birds of a Feather

6:00PM-7:00PM Reception

7:00PM-9:00PM Dinner

 
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
7:00AM-3:00PM Registration

7:30AM-8:30AM Breakfast

8:30AM-9:30AM Keynote Presentation
Sakai and uPortal: Taking Collaboration to the Next Level
Charles Severence
University of Michigan / Sakai Project

General Session Keynote Address

9:45AM-10:15AM Refreshment Break

10:15AM-11:15AM Open Applications Track
RSS: The Open Standards for Timely Content, Distributed Authoring
Jonathan Allen
instructional media+magic

Track Presentations

Technical Track
Portlets in uPortal
Ken Weiner
UNICON, Inc.

Implementations Track
uPortal Management Round Table
Ted Dodds
University of British Columbia

11:30AM-12:30PM Technical Track
Developing and Deploying Self-Service Portlets Without Programming
Tony Holderith
UNICON
Steve Barrett
Cornell University

Track Presentations

Technical Track
Best Practices for Channel Development
Al Wold
Arizona State University

Implementations Track
A uPortal Implementation Project -- What You Need to Know
Paul Zablosky
University of British Columbia

12:30PM-2:00PM Lunch

2:00PM-3:00PM Implementations Track
More than a Robust and Scalable LDAP Group Store
Matthew Ling
University of Calgary

Technical Track
Simplifiying the Development of Custom Channels
Pete Boysen
Iowa State University
Freddy Lopez
UNICON

Track Presentations

Open Applications Track
Integrating uPortal, ERP, LMS, and Other Campus Systems with Open Source EAI
Steve Wheat
University of Illinois
Tod Jackson
University of Illinois

3:30PM-4:30PM Technical Track
Becoming a Channel ARchive Master, It's as easy as 'abc'
Mark Boyd
Sungard SCT

Open Applications Track
Seshat: Meta Content Management
Robey Holderith
Denison University

Track Presentations

Implementations Track
Learning From Our Experiences - Dealing with High Demand
Robert Sherratt
University of Hull
Nigel Kavanagh
University of Hull

4:30PM-5:00PM Closing Session

 

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