Special Anniversary Keynote Addresses: “Long View” Speakers Still Active with Ada

• Ben Brosgol Senior Technical Staff, Adacore “From Strawman to Ada 2005: a Socio-Technical Retrospective” [Ben led “Red” in 1970s, then started Alsys with Jean Ichbiah, now active in high-reliability systems in both Ada and Java]

• Joyce Tokar President, Pyrrhus Software “30 Years after Steelman: Does DoD Still Have a Software Crisis?” [Joyce worked on Gensoft (Western Digital) Ada in early 1980s, now consulting on safety-critical and embedded systems]

• Jean-Pierre Rosen President, ADALOG “The Ada Paradox(es)” [J-P worked on Ada/Ed at NYU in the early 1980s, now active in Ada training, consulting, HOOD, Ada compiler validation]