The Regina Technology Community welcomes Brent Watson!

Topic: New concurrency features in Java 5 & 6
Concurrent programming is tough. Before Java 5, programmers only had low-level APIs for dealing with difficult concurrency problems. Enter the java.util.concurrent package!

During this session, we will cover new concurrency features added to Java 5 and 6. These features simplify multi-threaded application development by providing higher-level classes and functions.

We'll cover:

• Concurrent Collections
• Queues
• Executors
• Locks
• Atomic classes

Still using "synchronized"? Be sure to join us!

Speaker: Brent Watson
Brent Watson is the newest member of the Regina Technology Community team of facilitators. His goal is to revive the long running conversation about Java in Regina. This will be our first-ever Java event!

Brent has worked for companies such as SaskTel, GE Healthcare, and his own technology company Brent Watson Technologies Inc. He is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and has been developing software for over 10 years.

Location: Royal Saskatchewan Museum
2445 Albert Street, Regina
Map

Date: Wednesday Evening, November 24th, 2010

Cost: Free

Schedule:
5:30 pm Food and social - please register if you are joining us for dinner
6:00 pm Welcome
6:05 pm Part I
6:45 pm Break
6:55 pm Part II
7:35 pm Closing

Registration:
We need to know how much food to order! :)

If you're joining us for dinner, please register through the Regina Technology Community website.

If you've registered and are unable to attend, please let us know through the Unregister page.

Registration deadline is Wednesday, November 24th at 12:00 pm.

Sponsors:
A big thank you to our sponsors!!

Gold Sponsors
Prairie Developer Conference
Solvera Solutions
Greystone Managed Investments Inc.
SaskTel
Telerik Inc.
Conexus

Silver Sponsor
Sutherland Consulting Inc.
JCC Computer Sales and Services

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