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- From: rws@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
- Subject: Call for Participation: 7th Annual X Technical Conference
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:45:28 GMT
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- The 7th annual X Technical Conference will be held on January 18-20, 1993 at
- the Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers in Boston, MA. The conference is
- sponsored by the MIT X Consortium. There is no set theme for the conference;
- we are interested in submissions covering all aspects of X. Presentations on
- both research and commercial developments are encouraged.
-
- The first day of the conference will be devoted to tutorials. We are
- particularly interested in tutorial topics which have not been given before
- or have had only limited exposure. Proposals for tutorials that might draw
- only a small audience are quite welcome. Tutorials are usually half-day (3
- hours) or all-day (6 hours). We do not pay tutorial speakers a fee. We do
- cover the cost of printing tutorial notes. We can within reason provide
- projection equipment for computers, but you need to provide the computer.
-
- The final two days will be devoted to talks, in a single track.
- Presentations can range anywhere from 5 to 50 minutes, and video tape is
- welcome (but live computer projection is not available). Written papers are
- not required; however, the conference proceedings will be published as an
- issue of the X Resource journal, by arrangement with O'Reilly & Associates,
- Inc. The issue will be available both at and after the conference. So,
- this is an ideal opportunity to reach a large X community, with rapid
- publication.
-
- On all three days, there will be "Birds of a Feather" sessions for general
- discussion of areas of specific interest to the attendees. If there are
- particular BOFs you would like to see or run, please let us know.
-
- There will no trade show or vendor exhibits associated with this conference.
-
- If you would like to give a tutorial, make a presentation, run a BOF, or have
- some other creative proposal, send details to:
-
- xconference@expo.lcs.mit.edu
- or
- Bob Scheifler
- Laboratory for Computer Science
- 545 Technology Square
- Cambridge, MA 02139
-
- Network mail is preferred. Please be sure to include your name, net and
- postal address, phone number, affiliation, a detailed description of the
- presentation, what your relationship is to the work (e.g. project manager,
- principal designer, lead engineer, me-myself-and-I), how much time you need
- for the presentation, and what A/V facilities you need. Generally the more
- information you supply the program committee, the better. Rough drafts and
- outlines are encouraged.
-
- The deadline for submissions is October 25; receipt will be acknowledged.
-
- Please be aware that the deadline for camera-ready copy of final papers for
- accepted talks will be December 4. Notification of acceptance will happen
- around November 9.
-
- An $85 registration fee covers the entire conference including tutorials.
- The registration fee is waived for speakers. Information on registration
- will be sent to this mailing list in a separate message.
-
- The program committee this year:
-
- Paul Calder, Flinders University, South Australia
- Joseph Coco, TASC
- Donna Converse, X Consortium
- Betty Dall, UNIX System Laboratories
- Steve Evans, SunSoft, Inc.
- Vania Joloboff, Open Software Foundation
- Oliver Jones, PictureTel Corp.
- Mike McDonald, Harris Corp.
- Bob Scheifler, X Consortium
- Joseph Stewart, Liant Software Corp.
- Jeff Weinstein, MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc.
- Li Yuhong, OMRON Shanghai Computer Corp.
-