From: ishii@ntthif.NTT.JP (Hiroshi Ishii)
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Subject: IFIP WG8.4 Conference on Open Systems CFP
Date: 24 Dec 92 22:05:34 GMT
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"The Open Systems Future: Leveraging the LAN"

   IFIP Working Group 8.4 International Working Conference
         The Open Systems Future: Leveraging the LAN

                    FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

          Closing date for papers, February 12, 1993
             (please send four copies for review)

LANCONF, an IFIP WG 8.4 international working conference,
will be held in Perth, Western Australia, August 29 to
September 3, 1993.  It is co-sponsored by the Australian
Computer Society and Curtin University. The proceedings will
be published by North-Holland.  The conference has two
themes, the open system future and leveraging the LAN.

Leveraging the LAN - Many organizations have office LANs in
place.  The investment in a LAN has often been justified on
the basis of the provision of E-mail.  If one assumes  that
this investment has been made, and that the organization
possesses both skilled office workers and spare LAN
capacity, the question that can be posed is: "What
additional applications would allow such organizations to
better capitalize on their investment?"  Hence "Leveraging
the LAN" is one part of the conference title.

The Open Systems Future - What impact will the promised open
systems future have on the office LAN?  Will it lead to even
greater leverage, or has its promise been overstated?  How
close is the open systems future?  What needs to be done
to realize it?  What will it mean for the office LAN?  Hence
"The Open Systems Future" is the other part of the
conference title.

Topic areas - The conference aims to attract a mixed
audience of researchers and practitioners interested in
promoting the more effective utilisation of LAN technology.
The conference focus is on technology transfer.  While
specialised tracks will be of particular interest to one
group or the other, the main aim is to bring together
researchers, who are interested in the implementation of new
LAN-based systems and software, and inquisitive
practitioners, who are keen to explore new ways of
exploiting the LAN technology they have in place.  Topics of
interest include:

Case study applications of known and emerging LAN-based
     systems and software.
LAN's - group decision support or meeting augmentation tools
System development methods for distributed applications
Calendaring or resource and meeting scheduling
High tech, low tech or no tech meeting support
Managing distributed systems development
Office design for the electronic future
OSI - matching promise and practice
Computer mediated communication
Decision conferencing
LAN security
Work in the electronic office
LAN's - the productivity gains
OSI - its impact on office systems
Innovative uses for the data highway
How to implement group support systems
LAN support for Business Teams and TQM
EDI and other document handling systems
The impact of telecommunications on the office
Electronic bulletin boards, diaries or directories
Face to face versus computer mediated communication
Managing information streams through computer conferencing
     facilities
Linking LAN's to related technologies (eg WAN's or multi-   
     media facilities)
Technology options (eg facsimile versus graphics tablet) and
  alternate futures (eg ubiquitous computing or embodied
  virtuality)

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Conference Committee

General Chair, Alex Verrijn-Stuart,        Leiden University
Program Co-Chair, Doug Vogel,          University of Arizona
Program Co-Chair, Peter Marshall,          Curtin University
Organising Chair, Bernard Glasson,         Curtin University


Program Committee

Ron Baecker,                           University of Toronto
Ellen Baker,                 Sydney University of Technology
Mirion Bearman,                       University of Canberra
Rene' Beauclair,                    Price Waterhouse Company
Pieter Bots,                             University of Delft
Janice Burn,                           Hong Kong Polytechnic
C N G (Kit) Dampney,                    Macquarie University
Brent Gallupe,                             Queens University
Joze Gricar,                           University of Maribor
Igor Hawryszkiewycz,         Sydney University of Technology
Hiroshi Ishii,       NTT Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Yoshi Kuratani,               Tokyo International University
Gittee Lindgaard,              Telecom Research Laboratories
Hannes Lubich,                                    ETH Zurich
Carlos Scheel Mayenberger,                            ITESM
Dave Marca,                  Digital Electronics Corporation
Don McCubbrey,                          University of Denver
Jeff McKibben,                               Hewlett Packard
Anne Moffat,                   University of New South Wales
Doug Myers,                  Curtin University of Technology
Charles Newton,                University of New South Wales
Fergus O'Brien,                     University of Wollongong
Jim Park,                      Telecom Research Laboratories
Sung Joo Park,         Korea Advanced Institute of Science &
                                                  Technology
Mark Pendergast,                       University of Florida
Brad Post,                                Boeing Corporation
K. S. Raman,                National University of Singapore
Kerry Raymond,                      University of Queensland
Gail Rein,                                               MCC
Richard Watson,                        University of Georgia
George White,                           University of Ottawa


Secretariat Address for Correspondence:

IFIP WG 8.4 Conference
Information Systems School
Curtin University        Fax      +(61) 0(9) 351 3076
GPO Box U 1987           Phone  +(61) 0(9) 351 7685
Perth     6001           E-mail lanconf@BA1.curtin.edu.au
Western Australia


Registration of Interest           Now
Final Paper/Panel Proposal         February 12, 1993
(four copies please)
Acceptance                         April 15, 1993
Camera Ready Copy                  May 31, 1993


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     LANCONF - INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Please submit four copies of your paper for review by
February 12, 1993.

The first copy should include the authors full names and
addresses.  The three remaining copies should be a complete
copy of the first EXCEPT that the names and addresses of
authors should be removed.  This will ensure equity of
treatment in the "blind" reviewing process.

We only need a readable draft for reviewing purposes - hard
copy please, no e-mail of fax.  But if the paper is accepted
we will require a camera ready copy in North-Holland's
standard format.  Authors may wish to keep this in mind when
creating the original paper to avoid unnecessary editing
later on.  North-Holland's camera ready requirements can be
obtained from either

     North-Holland direct     s.smit.@elsevier.nl
     The LANCONF secretary    lanconf@BA1.curtin.edu.au
          or
     The program chair        vogel@mis.arizona.edu

Any request for advice on choice of topic, paper content etc
etc should be put direct to program chair Doug Vogel.

All indications so far are that we are in for an excellent
conference.  There has been a strong expression of interest
world-wide, the working group format will maximise the
opportunity for individuals to present and discuss their
ideas, we have some strong keynote speakers lined up and,
apart from all that, springtime in Perth is wonderful.


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