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September 24, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sys-Con Events (sys-con.com) announced that its two East Coast “Edge” events – JDJEdge 2001 International Java Developer Conference & Expo and Web Services Edge 2001 International Web Services Conference & Expo East – will be held as planned. The dual conference and expo will be held Sept. 23-26 at the Hilton New York.
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The Conference education tracks began on Sunday, Sept. 23. The first JDJEdge
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2001 keynote will be delivered by James Gosling, VP and fellow, Sun
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Microsystems and the “father” of Java, on Monday, Sept. 24, at 10 a.m. The
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Expo floor will remain open on Monday, from 12 p.m.-7 p.m. and on Tuesday
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from 10:30-6:00. Detailed information on JDJEdge 2001 and Web Services Edge
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2001 East can be obtained from the conference Web sites at sys-con.com.
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The Sys-Con Events team issued the following statement to its conference
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attendees on Sept. 13:
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“The tragedies that occurred in New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania
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continue to reverberate around the world. Today we are still reeling from
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the pain, and it will never be forgotten. The famous New York City skyline,
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now destroyed, will remain a constant reminder of everyone and everything
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that’s been lost. However, the terrorists have failed to destroy the
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American spirit. This has been clear in the past 48 hours as the people of
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New York continue to show their heroic bravery.
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“After careful and heartfelt consideration and consultations with government
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officials, as well as our key partners in the events, we have decided to go
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ahead with all conference activities scheduled for Web Services Edge 2001
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East and JDJEdge 2001. The conferences will be held as planned at the Hilton
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New York, Sept. 23-26. The Hilton New York is located in upper midtown at
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1335 Avenue of the Americas, between W.53rd and W.54th Streets, several
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miles north of the World Trade Center.
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“In making this decision, we took into account the message that our
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political, spiritual, and industry leaders have stressed: we can’t let a
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vicious act committed by a few evil people change our way of life. We also
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took into account that over a year of planning has gone into this event.
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Thousands of people and companies are involved. The presentations on both
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exhibitor and speaker fronts represent the very finest state-of-the-art
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technology available – to be shared by all those who want to advance in
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their fields.”
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As of today, more than 150 leading Java, XML and Web Services companies will
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participate in this year’s Web Services Edge (East and West) conference
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programs, as faculty, sponsors, and exhibitors.
