SYS-CON Events announced that it will launch a new online chat program called "Ask The Faculty" which will allow AJAXWorld Conference & Expo delegates to chat with conference faculty members before and after the event.

AJAXWorld 2006/2007 faculty has more than 200 distinguished members, including Aaron Mulder, Adam Sah, Adam Peller, Ajay Ramachandran, Ajit Jaokar, Ajit Sagar, Alan Lewis, Alan Shimel, Alex Barnett, Alex Bunardzic, Anatole Tartakovsky, Andi Gutmans, Andre Charland, Andrew C. Oliver, Andy Astor, Anil Hemrajani, Ash Parikh, Bill Scott, Bill Coleman, Billy Hoffman, Bob Buffone, Bob Zurek, Boris Kabisher, Boris Minkin, Brian Behlendorf, Bruce Snyder, Charles Fiesel, Chip Wilson, Chris Schalk, Christian Donner, Christophe Coenraets, Clark D. Richey Jr., Clint Oram, Coach Wei, Cory Isaacson, Craig McClanahan, Dan Theurer, Dave Hanley, Dave Hoover, Dave Johnson, Dave Wolf, Dave Chappell, David Barnes, David Temkin, David Van Couvering, David Linthicum, David McFarlane, David Boloker, David S. Linthicum, David Temkin, Dean Allemang, Dion Hinchcliffe, Douglas Crockford, Dror Matalon, Duane Nickull, Dustin Whittle, Dylan Schiemann, Eero Teerikorpi, Ely Greenfield, Emma McGrattan, Eric Hodel, Eric Miraglia, Eric Pascarello, Eric Newcomer, Florian von Kurnatowski, Francois Orsini, Geoff Cubitt, Gordon Ritter, Greg Murray, Greg Wikins, Hakon Wium Lie, Hooman Radfar, Hugh Taylor, Inderjeet Singh, Israel Hilerio, Jacob Taylor, Jake Sorofman, James Adam, James Harmon, James Ward, James McGovern, James Schweitzer, Jason Levitt, Jason Van Zyl, Jeff Maling, Jeff Barr, Jeremy Chone, Jeremy Geelan, Jesse James Garrett, Jim Phelan, Jochen Krause, Joe O'Brien, Joel Spolsky, John Eckman, John Crupi, John F. Andrews, John Fallows, Jon Ferraiolo, Jon Kern, Jonas Jacobi, Jonathan Levin, Joshua Gertzen, Juho Risku, Karl Gouverneur, Kevin Bedell, Kevin Hakman, Kris Hadlock, Kurt Cagle, Laurence Moroney, Louenas Hamdi, Luis Polanco, Luis Derechin, Luke Birdeau, Manish Jiandani, Mansour Raad, Mark Basler, Mark Piller, Martin Frid-Nielsen, Matt Mihic, Matt Quinn, Max Dolgicer, Michael Buffington, Michael Wheaton, Mike Nimer, Mike Kochanik, Milos Glisic, Morgan Lim, Nate Koechley, Nathan Jakubiak, Neil Sequiera, Patrick Grady, Paul Rademacher, Paul Lipton, Rama Gurram, Reginald Stadlbauer , Riccardo La Rosa, Rob Rusher, Rob Gonda, Robby Russell, Robert Brewin, Robert Gagne, Robert Goodman, Robert Smik, Ryan Davis, Ryan Stout, Sahil Malik, Samir Raiyani, Samisa Abeysinghe, Scott Isaacs, Sean Brydon, Shanku Niyogi, Shaun Walker, Si Chen, Simon Horwith, Stephane Bastain, Stephen Maryka, Steve Rubel, Steve Mulder, Steve Benfield, Steven Baker, Stowe Boyd, Thomas Hammell, Todd Landry, Tom Stocky, Tony Parisi, Tony Wasserman, Troy Angrignon, Victor Rasputnis, Werner Keil, Yakov Fain, Yuval Tarsi, and Zeki Mokhtarzada.

On January 8, 2007 SYS-CON Events announced the "charter sponsors" of AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 East, which included; Laszlo Systems (Diamond Sponsor), JackBe (Platinum Sponsor), Google (Gold Sponsor), Sun Microsystems (Silver Sponsor), Parasoft (Silver Sponsor), Lightstreamer (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor),  IT Mill (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor), and FrogLogic (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor).

First International AJAXWorld Conference & Expo which took place on October 1-3, 2006 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, Calfornia was sponsored by Adobe, Amazon, Apress, Backbase, ComponentArt, Cynergy Systems, Google, Helmi Technologies, IBM, ICEsoft, ILOG, Infragistics, JackBe, Laszlo Systems, Nexaweb, OASIS, Parasoft, Sun Microsystems, telerik, TIBCO, U7 Web Technologies, Visible Measures, Zapatec; including media sponsors AJAX Matters, AJAXWorld Magazine, BZ Media, ColdFusion Developer's Journal, DevtownStation.com, Eclipse Developer's Journal, Eclipse Review, Enterprise Open Source Magazine, Integration Developer News, ITtoolbox.com, Java Developer's Journal, LinuxWorld.com, Methods & Tools, Network World, Open Enterprise Trends, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal, SD Times, Software Test & Performance, SOA Web Services Journal, SYS-CON.TV, Web 2.0 Journal, and Web Developer's & Designer's Journal.

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