From: xhibit@ics.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.announce
Subject: Xhibition 93 Call for Participation
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:38:14 GMT
Distribution: inet


WHAT:   Xhibition 93 Call for Participation

WHEN:   June 7-11

WHERE:  San Jose Convention Center

WHO:  You. Or maybe a colleague.  If you know someone who would 
like to speak, pass a copy of this call for participation onto 
others or let us know.

WHAT:  Xhibition is more than a Technical Conference and trade 
show to see and to hear about X and Distributed Computing.  It 
is the place where technology meets the industry.  X has matured
and so has our audience.  The attendees are looking to you, the 
technology leaders, to lead them into the right direction.  X, 
formerly interesting only to developers, is expanding into different
markets and combining with different technologies.  With Xhibition 
at the focal point, our technical conference covers a broad base of 
technologies and solutions utilizing those technologies.  Some 
suggested topics include:  

	X Window System
		7 R5-compatibility issues, customization, ... 
		7 X, xdm, and security
		7 X and non-UNIX operating systems-VMS, NeXT, NT, OS/2, MVS
		7 Object oriented programming and X
		7 Internationalization
		7 GAIA-Data Interchange
		7 Extending OSF/Motif and OPEN LOOK
		7 Cross-platform and cross window system development
		  PC's and X
		  Performance Tuning

	Multimedia
		7 Multimedia Display Systems
		7 Video and Audio
		7 Multimedia and X, Macintosh, and Windows
		7 Imaging 		 
		7 Multimedia Objects
	 	7 Portability
		7 Scalability	

	Object oriented technology
		7 C++
		7 specifications
		7 re-usable software components
		7 migrating to object oriented technology
		7 Language bindings
		
	Graphic User Interfaces
		7 Motif, OPEN LOOK, Macintosh, and Windows
		7 Programming tools
		7 Widgets and gadgets
 		7 Human factors considerations
		7 Designing a better interface
		7 Event driven, iterative models
		
	Databases
		7 Database tools
		7 SQL-going from SQL2 to SQL3
		7 OODBMS and RDBMS
		7 Visual query systems
		7 Distributed databases

	Distributed Computing
		7 DCE/DME/ATLAS
		7 Distributed Object Development and Management 
		7 Security
		7 CORBA
		7 Distributed Objects Everywhere
		  Developing Distributed Applications

	Case Studies
		7 Development issues
		7 End-user issues
		7 Migration-developer/end-user

HOW?

Proposals for paper presentations and panels should be 300 words.  
Paper presentations will be from 20 minutes in length.  
Written papers are not required but the conference proceedings 
will be published.  Please note all deadlines below.

Panel presentations will be from 60-90 minutes in length.  Panel
chairpeople are responsible for coordinating and for disseminating
information to their panel members as well as gathering presentations 
for publication.

This year, we are increasing our emphasis on advanced tutorials.  
Proposals for tutorials require a 3 hour course outline. Comprehensive 
tutorial notes for attendees are required and must be delivered by the 
deadline below.  Tutorials are strictly technical and should not contain
sales or marketing information.

For Papers, Panels, and Tutorials:
Since we attract a diverse set of developers and end-users with varying
skill sets and experience, we ask that you specify who your audience 
should be.  Please include any prerequisites, degree and type of 
programming experience (if any), and the general level of the 
presentation (i.e. novice, intermediate, advanced, or expert).
	
If proposals are being made through a PR agency or speaker's bureau,
the speaker(s) information (name, company, title, address, phone #, fax #, 
e-mail address) as well as complete information from the contact 
person are required.

For submission, e-mail is preferred (xhibit@ics.com).  However, you 
can mail your submissions to:
		Xhibition 93 Technical Program
		201 Broadway
		Cambridge, MA 02139   or 
		call us at 617.621.0060   or 
		fax us at 617.621.9555.  
Please be sure to include:  speaker(s) name(s), company, title, address, 
phone#, fax #, e-mail address. 

WHEN:

			DEADLINES
	TUTORIALS			PAPERS/PANELS

Submissions due
	Oct. 16, 1992			Nov. 20, 1992	

Notification of Acceptance
	Oct. 23-Nov. 30, 1992		Nov. 30-Dec. 31, 1992

Show program description due
	Dec. 4, 1992			Jan. 8, 1993

Draft tutorial notes due		Draft papers due	
	Dec. 20, 1992			Jan. 29, 1993

Completed tutorial notes		Completed papers		
	Feb. 1, 1993			March 19, 1993

					Completed panel notes	
					March 19, 1993