With Rich Internet Application credits that include Watson and Spring for Mac OS X, Robb Beal has directed user experience design in projects ranging from rich business intelligence to consumer stock trading to consumer news and entertainment portals. Currently he is the principal systems engineer at Laszlo Systems, where he works closely with customers to match Laszlo¹s products and technologies with their user experience and technical needs.

At AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2008 East in New York City later this month he will be introducing Laszlo Webtop 1.2, a framework built on OpenLaszlo for delivering multiple RIA/AJAX-based communications and collaboration applications.

"I'll be showing attendees at my session a live Webtop demo, showcasing applications including an address book, a mail client, IM, and photo viewing - all with breakthrough integration via drag and drop of Smart Objects," says Beal.

Coupled with Webtop's breakthrough cinematic user interface, Beal notes, is a corresponding server-based SOA framework that provides advanced data management APIs, manages authentication and single-sign on, and includes other features that make an extensible, performant desktop-in-a browser a reality.

His session is just of the 90+ sessions, presentations, discussion panels, and keynotes that together make up the 3-day conference program of this month's 5th International AJAXWorld.

The March event features six content-rich tracks:

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AJAXWorld 2008 West Call for Papers Is Open! Submissions deadline: May 31, 2008 Next October's Conference is already receiving higher-caliber submissions from all over the Rich Internet Applications ecosphere. The theme of this October's AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2008 West is 'Beyond AJAX to the RIA Era' and the Call for Papers, which is now open, specifically encourages submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases of the fast-emerging RIA alternatives. Submissions featuring such use cases as well as on dozens of other RIA topics have already begun streaming in to AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2008 West, being held in San Jose, CA, on October 20-22, 2008. Click here to submit your speaking proposal today !

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