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                             ColoradOS/2 Summary

About ColoradOS/2
     The Second International Colorado OS/2 Developers Conference
(ColoradOS/2) will be held October 31 through November 5, 1993 in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.  This conference is devoted exclusively to OS/2
programming, and it provides a rare opportunity to meet and learn from the
top OS/2 technical experts -- many of whom have been responsible for the
architecture or design of major OS/2 features.  Other speakers include
technical experts who are among the emerging leaders in developing commercial
OS/2 applications.  You'll be mingling with these OS/2 experts at the
Cheyenne Mountain Conference Resort, tucked into the beautiful scenic
foothills of Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

Who Should Attend?
     If you are a software engineer, consultant, software architect,
independent developer, technical manager, technical educator or hobbyist
programmer who designs and writes OS/2 applications -- or plans to do so --
then ColoradOS/2 was designed with you in mind.  Attendees should be
moderately experienced programmers who are comfortable with at least one of
the following languages:  C or C++, Smalltalk, Pascal, PL/1 or assembly
language for the 80x86 family.

     Technical sessions range from introductory for intermediate-level
programmers, to highly advanced.  During this week, even the most experienced
OS/2 programmers will benefit from valuable tips, hints and tricks that will
bring new power to their own applications, while programmers who are new to
OS/2 can learn during this single week what would have required months of
tedious trial and error on their own.

Conference Topics
     ColoradOS/2 provides the most extensive technical coverage of OS/2 ever
brought together in a single conference.  Some sessions focus on the
transition from DOS or Windows programming to OS/2, while others focus on the
transition from 16-bit to 32-bit programming.  Many sessions are of
particular interest to Presentation Manager programmers, as we provide
detailed information on programming the new PM controls introduced with OS/2
version 2.x.  Object programming sessions cover topics on Workplace Shell
(WPS) and System Object Model (SOM) programming, C Set++ and the User
Interface Class Library, and Smalltalk/V PM.  Other topics include REXX, OS/2
Device Driver development, multithreaded programming techniques for both PM
and VIO programs, client/server programming, Extended Services and
Communications Manager.  You will customize your own participation in this
conference, selecting the topics that address your areas of greatest
interest.

Featured Speakers.
     ColoradOS/2's keynote speaker is John Soyring, Director of Software
Development Programs in IBM's Personal Systems division, who is well known in
OS/2 circles for his tireless efforts to assist OS/2 developers.  Additional
featured speakers include Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs, the creator of
C++; Paul Giangarra, lead architect for Workplace OS; Scott Kliger, technical
lead for WordPerfect for OS/2; Mike Kogan, co-author of "The Design of OS/2";
Richard Hoffman, IBM's liaison to Taligent; and many others.

Special Opportunity to Tour NORAD/Cheyenne Mountain
     The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has granted
permission to have 35 ColoradOS/2 participants tour its Cheyenne Mountain
facility.  Tour participants will be selected at the end of September and
will be notified shortly afterward.  Additional details may be found in the
final pages of this brochure, where you will also find detailed conference
registration information.

Where Is It Held?
     ColoradOS/2 will be held at the Cheyenne Mountain Conference Resort in
Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Cheyenne is devoted exclusively to hosting
conferences, rather than being primarily a hotel, but if it were a hotel, it
would be a five-star hotel.  Nestled near Cheyenne Mountain just west of
Colorado Springs, Cheyenne is a beautiful place to stay, with mountain views
from every room.  Daily lunches and coffee breaks (included in the conference
costs) are a cause for celebration -- best to work on your diet before you
arrive, and forget about it while you are here!

How Much Does It Cost?
     Early registration (prior to August 30, 1993) is $995/person, while
standard registration on or after August 30, 1993, is $1295/person.  Three or
more standard registrations received from the same corporate location at the
same time receive a $100/person discount, to $1195/person.  Room rates at
Cheyenne are $75/night, with no additional room charge for family members.

How Can I Register?:
     You can call to register immediately, at [phone]; International
callers can call [phone].  Tell the telephone receptionist you want to
register for ColoradOS/2 in November.  Hours are Monday-Friday, 9:30 AM to
7:00 PM Eastern Time.  Credit cards accepted are American Express,
MasterCard, VISA, Diners Club, Discover, and Carte Blanche.  Checks or money
orders (no purchase orders), payable in U.S. funds, are also acceptable.
Actual receipt of payment, not date of telephoned registration, will
determine whether discounts apply.  You may also register via FAX, at
719-576-2105, or by mail; in either case, provide your full name and address,
telephone number, payment method, and provide your signature exactly as it
appears on your credit card if registering via credit card.  If registering
by mail, the address is:

          The Cheyenne Mountain Conference Resort
          Attn:  Amy Seymour - ColoradOS/2
          3225 Broadmoor Valley Road
          Colorado Springs, Colorado  80906

How Can I Find Out More?
     If you are a subscriber to "OS/2 Professional" magazine, you will
automatically receive a brochure in the mail with complete details,
approximately mid-July.  The full text of that brochure will be uploaded to
CompuServe's OS2DF1 forum, to library 15 (Open Forum), approximately early
July.  Look for a file named COLOS2.ZIP, which will contain both an
encapsulated PostScript file that can be printed only on a PostScript
printer, and an ordinary text file that can be viewed with any text editor or
printed on just about any printer.  Finally, if you are not a subscriber to
"OS/2 Professional", you can request that you be put on the mailing list to
receive a brochure by sending your name and address to Wayne Kovsky
[76711,1221] on Compuserve (or to [e-mail] via Internet), or
by calling [phone], Monday-Friday, 10:30 AM to 7:00 PM Eastern Time.


                 Planned Speakers/Topics (Subject to Change)

Ian Ameline (IBM Toronto)
  "C Set/2 Optimizations"
  "Writing High Performance OS/2 Applications"

Tim Andrews (Chief Technical Officer of Ontos)
  "Object Databases, OS/2 and MIS:  The Next Three Years"
  "Scalable Objects:  A New Perspective on Information Architectures"
  "Introducing New Technology to an Organization:  Cultural Transformation"

Noel Bergman (DevTech, of DeskMan/2 fame)
  "Object Programming and OS/2"
  "Distributed Object Programming"

Ivan Biddles (Vice President of CI Software and Graphic Arts Inc.)
  "Events, Messages and Hooks -- Today and Tomorrow"

Charles Daney (Quercus Systems)
  "Adding a REXX Interface to Your Application"
  "Advanced REXX Programming"

Paul Duncanson (Vice President, Iconisys)
  "PM Programming in Smalltalk"
  "Programming OS/2 PM Vector Graphics"

Rick Fishman (President, Code Blazers, Inc.)
  "Programming Notebook Controls"
  "Advanced Container Programming"
  "Adding Drag and Drop to Your Application"

Brady Flowers (Oberon Software)
  "Basics of Asynch Programming under OS/2 2.x"

Paul Giangarra (IBM Boca)
  "The Workplace OS"

Dave Hock (President, HockWare, of VisPro/REXX fame)
  "SOM's CORBA-Compliant Interface Respository"

Richard Hoffman (IBM Austin)
  "Taligent and OS/2"

Ian Holland (IBM Boca)
  "Internationalization"

Aidon Jennery (Independent Consultant)
  "OS/2 Multi-Threaded Programming"
  "OS/2 Inter-Process Communication"

Scott Kliger (WordPerfect Corporation)
  "Writing Industrial-Strength Commercial OS/2 Applications"

Mike Kogan (Independent Consultant)
  "OS/2:  Platform for the 1990s"
  "Comparing and Contrasting OS/2 and Windows"
  "DOS and Windows Compatibility"

Alex Lane (Independent Consultant)
  "Introduction to SOM, with C++"

William Law (IBM Cary)
  "OS/2 Direct Manipulation Using the IBM C/C++ Tools"

Kelvin Lawrence (IBM Boca)
  "Power Programming with the OS/2 GPI"
  "Exploiting Fonts in an OS/2 PM Application"
  "Writing Well-Behaved PM Applications"

Kevin Leong (IBM San Jose)
  "The IBM User Interface Class Library"

Steve Mastrianni (President, Personal Systems Software)
  "Introduction to OS/2 Device Drivers"
  "OS/2 2.0 Device Drivers:  Advanced Topics"
  "Emerging Technology in OS/2 Devices"

David Moskowitz (President, Productivity Solutions)
  "Introduction to the PM API"
  "Designing Applications for OS/2"
  "Getting the Most Out of OS/2"
  "What Does It Take to Succeed as an OS/2 Consultant?"

Kathleen Panov (MaxServ)
  "Value Sets, Sliders, and Font/File Dialogs"
  "Multi-Threading in Presentation Manager"

Toby Pennycuff (American Airlines)
  "Dr. Comm Manager:  Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PU Type 2.1"
  "3270 Support and the CM/2 Gateway"
  "APPC/APPN Support:  I Can Do ALL THAT?"
  "VTAM/NCP Considerations:  What is a MODE Table Anyway?"
  "CM/2 Productivity Aids:   Some Really Great Tools, For FREE!"

Guy Scharf (President, Software Architects)
  "Programming OS/2 Presentation Manager with Style"
  "Creating Your Own Controls with Subclassing"

Roger Sessions (IBM Austin)
  "Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and C++"
  "Object-Oriented Programming on OS/2:  The SOM Model"
  "Advanced SOM Programming"
  "The Frameworks of the SOMobjects Toolkit"

Vince Stanford (IBM)
  "The IBM Continuous Speech Series"

John Soyring (IBM Austin)
  "Keynote"

Bjarne Stroustrup (AT&T Bell Labs)
  "C++ as a General-Purpose Programming Language"

James Taylor (IBM Boca)
  "Past, Present, and Future of The Workplace Shell (WPS)"

Hiroshi Tsuji (IBM Cary)
  "Using the Advanced Layout Controls of the IBM C/C++ Tools"

Greg White (Lotus cc:Mail Division)
  "Writing Industrial-Strength Commercial OS/2 Applications"

                 (c) 1993 Kovsky Conference Productions Inc.