@DataModelSelection | @In(required = false, create = false) | @Out(required = false) | private Category currentCategory; Having both @DataModelSelection and @In on the same variable isn't advisable - how does Seam know which one to jnject from? Also, you would probably have more luck if you actually outjected to the SESSION scope, rather than the CONVERSATION scope (by default you it outjects to the scope of it's parent). And, a hint about posting - exclude irrelevant information - I don't need to see your imports, your named queries, all your getters and setters - you've provided so much information to trawl through! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4053192#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...