diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b64eccb..832ff84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
 *.tli
 vc90.idb
 vc90.pdb
+**/.project
+**/.classpath
+**/.settings/
+**/target/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/com4j/DISPNAME.java b/runtime/src/main/java/com4j/DISPNAME.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..180cded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/com4j/DISPNAME.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com4j;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Dispatch NAME of the method.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Java method naming convention is to use mixed case with the first letter
+ * lowercase, with the first letter of each internal word capitalized. The com4j
+ * type library importer tool therefore camelize method names if necessary. The
+ * information of original method name is required for COM event handling to
+ * find correct Java side method. So we have to annotate that information
+ * explicitly.
+ *
+ * @author Maximilian Gerhard (mgerhard@gk-software.com)
+ */
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Target(METHOD)
+public @interface DISPNAME {
+    /**
+     * DISPNAME used by {@code EventProxy}.
+     */
+    String value();
+}
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/com4j/EventProxy.java b/runtime/src/main/java/com4j/EventProxy.java
index a4cb08e..1859f2b 100755
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/com4j/EventProxy.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/com4j/EventProxy.java
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ private static class EventInterfaceDescriptor<T> {
 
             for (Method m : eventInterface.getDeclaredMethods()) {
                 EventMethod em = new EventMethod(m);
-                methodsByName.put(m.getName(),em);
+
+                String name = em.dispname != null ? em.dispname : m.getName();
+                methodsByName.put(name, em);
                 methodsByID.put(em.dispid,em);
             }
         }
@@ -142,14 +144,19 @@ public EventMethod get(int id) {
 
     private static class EventMethod {
         private final int dispid;
+        private final String dispname;
         private final Method method;
         private final Class<?>[] params;
 
         public EventMethod(Method m) {
             DISPID a = m.getAnnotation(DISPID.class);
+            DISPNAME b = m.getAnnotation(DISPNAME.class);
             if(a==null)
                 throw new IllegalAnnotationException(m+" needs to have @DISPID");
+            if (b == null)
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, m + " should have @DISPNAME annotation");
             dispid = a.value();
+            dispname = b != null ? b.value() : null;
             method = m;
             params = m.getParameterTypes();
         }
@@ -163,8 +170,14 @@ public Object invoke(Object o, int flag, Variant[] args) throws Throwable {
                     throw new ComException("Argument length mismatch. Expected "+params.length+" but found "+args.length,DISP_E_BADPARAMCOUNT);
 
                 Object[] oargs = new Object[args.length];
-                for( int i=0; i<args.length; i++ )
-                    oargs[i] = args[i].convertTo(params[i]);
+                for( int i=0; i<args.length; i++ ) {
+                    try {
+                        oargs[i] = args[i].convertTo(params[i]);
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Unable to convert param["+ i + "] " +params[i] + " of method "+method,e);
+                        oargs[i] = null;
+                    }
+                }
                 return method.invoke(o,oargs);
             } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, method+" on "+o+" reported an exception",e.getTargetException());
diff --git a/tlbimp/src/main/java/com4j/tlbimp/EventInterfaceGenerator.java b/tlbimp/src/main/java/com4j/tlbimp/EventInterfaceGenerator.java
index ca4813e..a0890ec 100644
--- a/tlbimp/src/main/java/com4j/tlbimp/EventInterfaceGenerator.java
+++ b/tlbimp/src/main/java/com4j/tlbimp/EventInterfaceGenerator.java
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ protected void annotate(IndentingWriter o) {
             super.annotate(o);
             o.printf("@DISPID(%1d)",method.getDispId());
             o.println();
+            o.printf("@DISPNAME(\"%s\")", method.getName());
+            o.println();
         }
 
         @Override