From: converse@excess.lcs.mit.edu (Donna Converse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Call for Participation: 7th Annual X Technical Conference
Keywords: conference
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:02:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: mintaka.1992Jul24.160214.24783
Organization: X Consortium, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science


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 a
special 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 the near future.

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.