Event e = new Event();
      e.setEventId(1);
      this.getHibernateTemplate().save(e);      
      
      Speaker s1 = new Speaker();
      s1.setSpeakerId(1);
      s1.setSpeakerName("s1");
      this.getHibernateTemplate().save(s1);      
      
      Speaker s2 = new Speaker();
      s2.setSpeakerId(2);
      s2.setSpeakerName("s2");
      this.getHibernateTemplate().save(s2);      
      
      List<Speaker> list = new ArrayList<Speaker>();
      list.add(s1);
      list.add(s2);
      e.setSpeakerList(list);
      this.getHibernateTemplate().update(e);
      
      DetachedCriteria criteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(Speaker.class); 
      criteria.add(Restrictions.eq("speakerId", new Long(1)));
      
      List results = this.getHibernateTemplate().findByCriteria(criteria);
      Speaker g = (Speaker)results.get(0);
      System.out.println(g);

/////////////
<class name="data.Event" table="mts_event" >
       <cache usage="read-write"/>       
<id name="eventId" column="eventId" unsaved-value="-1">
            <generator class="assigned"/>
        </id>       
        <property name="eventName"/>        
        <list name="speakerList" table="mts_event_speaker">
           <key column="eventId"/>
           <index column="idx"/>
           <many-to-many column="speakerId" class="data.Speaker"/>
        </list>
    </class>
   
    <class name="data.Speaker" table="mts_speaker" >
       <cache usage="read-write"/>       
        <id name="speakerId" column="speakerId" unsaved-value="-1">
            <generator class="assigned"/>
        </id>       
        <property name="speakerName"/>        
        <list name="eventList" table="mts_event_speaker">
           <key column="speakerId"/>
           <index column="idx"/>
           <many-to-many column="eventId" class="data.Event"/>
        </list>
    </class>

Hibernate: insert into mts_event_speaker (eventId, idx, speakerId) values (?, ?, ?)
2007-07-13 14:16:03,027 DEBUG [org.hibernate.type.LongType] - binding '1' to parameter: 1
2007-07-13 14:16:03,027 DEBUG [org.hibernate.type.IntegerType] - binding '1' to parameter: 2
2007-07-13 14:16:03,027 DEBUG [org.hibernate.type.LongType] - binding '2' to parameter: 3
2007-07-13 14:16:03,027 DEBUG [org.hibernate.persister.collection.AbstractCollectionPersister] - done inserting collection: 2 rows inserted
2007-07-13 14:16:03,027 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - Executing batch size: 2
2007-07-13 14:16:03,043 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.Expectations] - success of batch update unknown: 0
2007-07-13 14:16:03,043 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.Expectations] - success of batch update unknown: 1
2007-07-13 14:16:03,043 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - about to close PreparedStatement (open PreparedStatements: 1, globally: 1)
2007-07-13 14:16:03,043 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - closing statement
2007-07-13 14:16:03,043 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager] - registering flush end
2007-07-13 14:16:03,043 DEBUG [org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener] - post flush
2007-07-13 14:16:03,058 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - about to open PreparedStatement (open PreparedStatements: 0, globally: 0)
2007-07-13 14:16:03,058 DEBUG [org.hibernate.SQL] - select this_.speakerId as speakerId8_0_, this_.speakerName as speakerN2_8_0_ from mts_speaker this_ where this_.speakerId=?
Hibernate: select this_.speakerId as speakerId8_0_, this_.speakerName as speakerN2_8_0_ from mts_speaker this_ where this_.speakerId=?
2007-07-13 14:16:03,058 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - preparing statement
2007-07-13 14:16:03,058 DEBUG [org.hibernate.type.LongType] - binding '1' to parameter: 1
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - about to open ResultSet (open ResultSets: 0, globally: 0)
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.loader.Loader] - processing result set
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.loader.Loader] - result set row: 0
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.type.LongType] - returning '1' as column: speakerId8_0_
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.loader.Loader] - result row: EntityKey[data.Speaker#1]
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.loader.Loader] - done processing result set (1 rows)
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - about to close ResultSet (open ResultSets: 1, globally: 1)
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - about to close PreparedStatement (open PreparedStatements: 1, globally: 1)
2007-07-13 14:16:03,105 DEBUG [org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher] - closing statement
2007-07-13 14:16:03,121 DEBUG [org.hibernate.loader.Loader] - total objects hydrated: 0
2007-07-13 14:16:03,121 DEBUG [org.hibernate.engine.StatefulPersistenceContext] - initializing non-lazy collections
2007-07-13 14:16:03,121 DEBUG [org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate] - Not closing pre-bound Hibernate Session after HibernateTemplate
data.Speaker@dab859[speakerId=1,speakerName=s1,eventList=<null>]