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     OUCC * OCUTINA * OCCCCD '93                       CALL FOR PAPERS


     McMaster University, May 30 - June 2, 1993


     "Piecing It Together:  People, Information and  Technology", the theme  for
     the conference, emphasizes the  spectrum of services required for  the many
     disparate groups  within our organizations, the  widely varied requirements
     for access to information and the elusive  promise that technology holds to
     give both  better service and more  ready access. In spite  of the dizzying
     progress made by technology, its promise to both save money and appreciably
     improve  the work lives and  educational experiences of  faculty, staff and
     students has not been satisfactorily realized.

     The  24'th   annual  Ontario  Universities   Computing  Conference  (OUCC),
     sponsored by the  Association of Computing Services  Directors (ACSD), will
     be conjoined with the  ninth annual conference of the  Ontario Colleges and
     Universities   Telecommunications   and  Information   Network  Association
     (OCUTINA)  and, for  the  first time,  with the  annual  conference of  the
     Ontario Community  College Computing Centre  Directors (OCCCCD) to  meet at
     McMaster University,  May 30 through  June 2,  1993.   This conjunction  of
     groups  is indicative of the ever-growing  cooperation between Colleges and
     Universities, seeking cost-effective shared solutions to common problems.


                                   CALL FOR PAPERS

     We invite your  participation and encourage you to submit  a proposal for a
     presentation  or panel  discussion.  Please share  with  us your  practical
     experiences  with projects, whatever their scope.   We tend to think of our
     problems as particular to  our own situations, only to find  at conferences
     such as  this, that similar  problems are  encountered many  times over  in
     various institutions of  widely differing sizes, and that  we wish we could
     have shared  the thinking and  effort that went  into their solution.   The
     presentations, discussion and contacts made at OUCC * OCUTINA * OCCCCD will
     hopefully  foster  exactly  these  sorts  of  joint  activities  and shared
     solutions.

     We welcome presentations from  people involved in any aspect  of computing,
     networking or telecommunications in  a post-secondary educational setting -
     managers, support  personnel,  teachers, researchers,  administrators,  and
     vendors.  (Please  note that  vendor  presentations  must  have  a  general
     technology rather than a  specific marketing focus.) The following  list is
     meant only to evoke thoughts about possible topics, not to restrict them in
     any way:

      * Doing more with less
      * Client/Server or Fileserver?
      * Security - Tell us about it!  Forget it with distributed computing?
      * Voice Response - what's YOUR response?  What about VoiceMail?
      * Bringing Together Student, Classroom and World: Distance Education
      * From the Essay to the Transcript: Electronic Grade Keeping
      * Clean Computing in a Virus-Laden World















      * Multimedia Education - Better and 'Take-Home' too?
      * Help for the Helpdesk
      * Campus Wide Information System (CWIS) - issues and technology
      *  The  customer  mosaic:  What  do you  mean  faculty  and  students  are
     customers?
      * Neither sleet, nor snow, nor wind ... nor networks ... can stop eMail
      * Plastic Money and Plastic Security - student services & profit centres?
      * "Let your Fingers Do the Walking" ... the Internet Way
      * ONet, CA*Net, Internet and beyond: evolution of global networks
      * Network Management is Fun!
      * Electronic Authentication - did I sign that?!
      * Electronic Data Interchange (does EDI stand for 'Ever Do It'?)
      * Virtual Reality - an educator's ultimate tool to make material relevant?
      * Unix and its Successors
      * Object Oriented Programming Languages (OOPLS) - Oui ou Non?
      * Outsourcing services and/or Resale of service
      * The Internet and the Law: Issues of Copyright and Censorship
      * Cordless networks and PBX's

     Each  presentation should be limited to 45 minutes. A supplementary written
     paper (or possibly  hard-copy of your slides)  should also be prepared  for
     distribution to attendees during  the conference (the proceedings  will not
     be published).  Detailed instructions will be provided when your submission
     is accepted for presentation at OUCC * OCUTINA * OCCCCD '93.


                                  CALL FOR TUTORIALS

     Tutorial sessions  are invited, ranging from practical introductions to new
     technology of common  interest to 'birds of a feather' working sessions and
     problem-sharing meetings.  These will be  accommodated within the scheduled
     programme or  at other times, depending  on the nature of  the material and
     its  audience. The number  of sessions and  format of the  tutorial are the
     choice  of  the  organizer,  whether seminar,  round-table,  or  'hands-on'
     workshop.  Each session should be  limited to 90  minutes. Some suggestions
     are:

      * management of hard-disk based software in student labs

      * scientific visualization in practice

      * CASE tools for application development - a CASE study

      * particular OOPLs - C++

      * Client/Server application design

      * disaster recovery & system security planning issues

      * Reseller of services: panel discussion

      * Unix-based mail - client/server or host-based: POP, Elm, Pine, etc.

      * providing special-purpose computing labs (eg. CAD, GIS, etc.)















      * Telemanagement software experience


                                     SUBMISSIONS

     To propose a session for OUCC * OCUTINA * OCCCCD '93, complete the attached
     form. Include a short presentation abstract or tutorial outline and a brief
     biography  of the  presenter.  Forward it  to  the programme  committee  by
     January 31,  1992, via any  of the  methods of communication  listed below.
     Presenters  will  be   notified  of  acceptance   by  February  28,   1993.
     Registration   for  the   conference  and   all  other  expenses   are  the
     responsibility of the presenter.



                                   CONTACT METHODS

     Please direct any inquiries or submissions to the programme committee via:

        Phone:      (416) 525-9140 extension 4702

        FAX:        (416) 528-3773

        E-Mail:     oucc93@McMaster.CA

        Mail:       OUCC * OCUTINA * OCCCCD '93
                    c/o  Robin Griffin
                    McMaster University,
                    Computing and Information Services,
                    1280 Main Street West, ABB-131D,
                    Hamilton, Ontario
                    L8S 4M1

     A copy  of this  Call  For Papers  is available  via  electronic mail  from
     oucc93@McMaster.CA upon request.



                                   IMPORTANT DATES

       Abstracts/Outlines due:               January 31, 1993

       Notification of Acceptance:           February 28, 1993

       Conference Dates:                     May 30 - June 2, 1993
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