During April and May 2006, Sony Ericsson will be speaking at key industry events, sharing both Java ME technical expertise and 3D gaming business advice.

April 25, 2006: Multiplayer and 3D Gaming
Barcelona, Spain

Industry forecasts predict that revenue from mobile games will grow from $2.6 billion in 2006 to $11.2 billion by 2010, accounting for 23.8% of mobile entertainment global content revenues. The Multiplayer and 3D Gaming event in Barcelona, Spain will be examining how this will be done.

3.10pm: The Economy of 3D Games Development, Quantifying Development Costs and Making 3D Work on the Small Screen

Johan Klefstrom, Partner Manager from Sony Ericsson specializing in gaming, will look at the how developers can maximise the effort required to create 3D applications to ensure that they get a positive return on their investment in the market place.

Johan's primary focus at Sony Ericsson is to create and sustain relationships with professional developers who create new and original gaming content for Sony Ericsson's range of Java ME-enabled mobile phones. The objective is to establish distribution deals with key gaming partners on a global scale and channel third-party content to Sony Ericsson's own distribution channels. 

Sony Ericsson is participating in this lively debate with Superscape, Ideaworks3D and Com2uS.

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May 15, 2006: JavaOne 2006
NetBeans Software Team free companion event
San Francisco, USA

On May 15, 2006 the day before JavaOne 2006, the NetBeans Software Team will host a free companion event at The Argent Hotel near the Moscone Center in San Francisco. James Gosling, the father of Java, and other Java luminaries will discuss NetBeans and the future of Java developer tools.

Joining them at one of the technical sessions is Thomas Bailey, Sony Ericsson's Tools Product Manager. He will participate in the session "NetBeans Mobility Pack, Living up to Developers expectations". For this presentation and live demonstration of on-device debugging, Thomas is joined by Petr Suchomel and Matt Volpi from Sun Microsystems.

Here's a summary of what Thomas, Petr and Matt will be discussing:

• Stripping away the marketing hype, this presentation demonstrates how to create mobile applications with the NetBeans IDE Mobility Pack, with a focus on integration between the NetBeans IDE and the Sony Ericsson SDK for Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME).
• It also includes an in-depth look into Java ME platform-based web services and on-device debugging, with a demonstration of the interaction between the NetBeans IDE and a Sony Ericsson device during a live debugging session. The presentation also shows the use of NetBeans IDE Mobility Pack for getting web services on legacy devices, using a middleware solution.

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