At JAOO Australia we have invited, among others, James Ward, who will share with us how to develop sexier software with Flex. James’ focus is that the user will enjoy the sexier software, but I can assure you, it will also be good for you.

Another hot topic at this conference is iPhone app development, where Patrick Linskey will take you through the process of building an iPhone app in 45 minutes.  Imagine building an application, that will be available to all iPhone users in the world, in only 45 minutes! This is surely democratizing the mobile development for all developers.You might even be able to quit your day job. The number of iPhone users is growing by the hour. Luckily not everybody is an iPhone user yet, otherwise, as Stacey Higginbotham says; “we’d never get anything done.”

I am an iPhone user, but not yet an iPhone developer. And you? Are you about to quit your day job to become an iPhone developer?

For the second time, JAOO Brisbane and JAOO Sydney, will take place in Australia. Last year was a success, both for the speakers who enjoyed the networking opportunities with each other and the participants, as well as for the participants, who were able to learn from gurus that do not often visit this part of the world.

The technical program is almost full now, we are waiting for the last acknowledgements from the speakers to finalize it. We also offer a number of tutorials, which bring the opportunity to delve into a subject for a half or a full day.

We cover several topics this year, such as Cloud Computing, Web as a platform, API design, Java, .NET, F#, Ruby, SAAS, development for the Enterprise, iPhone applications, Lean & Agile, Retrospectives and testing for Java, .NET and embedded systems.

The speakers are chosen for their knowledge about specific subjects, for local knowledge, and because they are good presenters. We feature both speakers who have been in the field for a while and young up-and-coming speakers we believe will become conference rock-stars.