ABOUT THE SPEAKER Onno Kluyt is chair of Java Community Process (JCP) Program, Senior Director, JCP Program and Jini Program, Sun Microsystems. Onno leads the Program Office for the JCP, which oversees the process, manages its membership, guides specification leads and experts through the process, leads the Executive Committee meetings, and manages the JCP.org Web site. Onno also heads up the JINI program, including JINI technology and JINI community. SESSION DESCRIPTION Why a Java technology standard? Why technology communities? This session will explore the circle of adoption and business opportunity from an IT Manager and IT developer perspective, as well as, how Java technology fits into these circles, and the significance of conformance and the 'Write Once, Run Anywhere' promise. This session will also examine the role the Java Community Process (JCP) program plays by carefully focusing on binary compatibility and bringing together the community to agree on standards and the results of this effort - multiple implementations from many sources based on Java technology.