JavaOne is an annual conference (since 1996) put on by Sun Microsystems to discuss Java technologies, primarily among Java developers. JavaOne is held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California usually between April and June and typically runs from Sunday to Friday. Technical sessions on a variety of topics are held during the day. In the evening, Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions are held at the Moscone Center and surrounding hotels. BOF sessions allow people to focus in on a particular aspect of Java technology.

Access to the technical sessions, keynote presentations, exhibits and BOF sessions requires a conference pass which usually costs between $1795 to $1995 USD.

In 1999, the JavaOne conference played host to an event called the Hackathon, this event was a challenge set by John Gage. Attendees were to write a program in Java for the new Palm V using the infrared port to communicate with other Palm users and register it on the Internet.

During the 2008 conference, 67 staff members and three attendees were sickened by an outbreak of norovirus.

CommunityOne

In 2007, an associated one-day event, CommunityOne, was initiated, for the broader free and open source developer community. In 2008, the second annual CommunityOne event was held on May 5th at Moscone Center.

Show device

Each year at the conference there is a hardware device highlighted, available to attendees, typically before sold to the general public or at a steep discount.

• 1998: Java ring
• 1999: Palm V
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002: Sharp Zaurus
• 2003
• 2004: Homepod, a wireless MP3 device from Gloolabs
• 2005
• 2006: SavaJe Jasper S20 phone
• 2007: RS Media programmable robot
• 2008: Sentilla Perk Kit, Pulse Smartpen, Sony Ericsson K850i

External links

• JavaOne Web Site
• CommunityOne Web Site
• Moscone Center