George Farr George has a specialized honors degree in  computer science from York University in  Toronto.  He joined the IBM Toronto Laboratory  in May 1985 and worked with the RPG  development team for seven years where he  developed many functions.  After spending a year  with the AS/ 400 languages architecture and  planning team, he joined the visual  development organization as the Compiler   development team leader for the first release  of VARPG.  Since the start of the second  release of VARPG (V3R6) he moved on to become  the Visual RPG development manager.  He is a frequent speaker at COMMON, other conferences  and user groups worldwide.  He has published  numerous articles on the subject of AS/ 400  languages and environments.  He authored many   books including ILE-A First Look, RPG IV  By Example, Java For The RPG Programmer, Java For The COBOL Programmer. Sessions by George Farr : 21MM 500105 IBM's AD Strategy for RPG and COBOL Languages, WDSc and RSE 22MK 480208 IBM's Investment in RPGIV Past, Present and Future 31MJ 408243 WDSc: WebSphere Development Studio and WDSc 32MH 450152 WDSc: RPG and COBOL Tools in WDSC: The Remote Systems Explorer 41LC 430247 OPEN LAB: Application Development with WDSc 42LC 430247 OPEN LAB: Application Development with WDSc 43LC 430247 OPEN LAB: Application Development with WDSc 44LC 430247 OPEN LAB: Application Development with WDSc 45LC 430247 OPEN LAB: Application Development with WDSc 46LC 430247 OPEN LAB: Application Development with WDSc