From: phiggins@crux.acs.uci.edu (Paul Higgins)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: CFP: 1993 Convex User Group Worldwide Conference
Date: 20 Nov 92 01:00:18 GMT
Expires: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 08:00:00 GMT
Organization: (none)


                 1993 Convex User Group Worldwide Conference
                              Call For Papers

The Convex User Group's eighth worldwide conference will take place
March 21-25, 1993 in Richardson, Texas.  We invite you to submit abstracts
for presentations related to this year's theme:  Sharing Resources Around
the World.

Tell us about your experiences with sharing files, graphics, data bases,
peripherals, processors, or memory.  Share your successes with networking
between dissimilar types of hardware and software systems, between binary
compatible Convex systems, or between distant computing sites.  Tell us about
code sharing, concurrent processing, or disk-to-tape data migration.  Describe
how your are using your Convex system to share information with others in your
field to address an issue of worldwide scope such as macroeconomics,
population studies, medical imaging, global warming or human gene sequencing.
With users coming from around the world, we want to make this year's
conference a true forum of international exchange.

As the computer industry moves toward interoperability, standards such as
FDDI, HIPPI, UNIX and PEX are blurring distinctions between computing
platforms and providing highways for information exchange.  Emerging
technologies, such as metacomputing, massively parallel processing (MPP),
shared and distributed memory, and high-speed digital transmission are
enlarging our information base and shrinking our world.

Transparent sharing of information requires technology independence that
can only come through open systems and open supercomputing.  This year,
Convex and Hewlett Packard exchanged core technologies including PA-RISC and
supercomputer compilers.  In addition, Convex announced that its MPP
initiative would use the HP chip as its fundamental processing base.  Convex
speakers will share more about this vision for the future at the conference.
We invite you to attend and to take an active role as a speaker.

Formats

Your presentations may take any of these forms:
  -  20 minute presentation
  -  45 minute presentation
  -  poster session
  -  panel session chair
  -  video presentation

You may include 35mm slides, overhead transparencies, videotapes, or other
audio-visual support.

Those who prefer to present ideas informally may choose to do poster sessions.
If accepted, you will have space reserved to display your overhead
transparencies or posters describing your topic, and be given an opportunity
to speak to other interested parties about your work.  Speakers who give
formal presentations may want to schedule poster sessions to permit extended
discussion.

Submission of Papers

Abstracts should be in English, one page long and must be received by
December 15, 1992.  You may also submit abstracts by electronic mail, in
ASCII format.  The board will send acceptances by January 15, 1993.

If you need additional lead time in making travel and/or budget plans to
attend the conference, the board can accept a limited number of papers
before the Call For Papers deadline.  This way you will receive your
invitation to present as early as possible to assist in making plans to
attend the conference.

Historically, over 50 percent of the user presentations have been from users
outside of the United States.  This diversity of participants and ideas
contributes enormously to the success of the conference.  The board both
encourages and appreciates continued worldwide participation.

Users whose topics are selected for presentation receive a discounted
conference fee.


Direct paper submissions or questions to either:
  Karen Birkelbach
  President-elect, Convex User Group
  Southwest Research Institute
  6220 Culebra Road
  P. O. Drawer 28510
  San Antonio, Texas  78228-0510
  Telephone:  512 522 5322
  FAX:  512 647 4325
  Email:  karen@pemrac.space.swri.edu

  Mary Kay Havens
  Marketing Services Manager, User Group
  Convex Computer Corporation
  3000 Waterview Parkway
  P.O. Box 833851  M.S. MAR
  Richardson, Texas 75083-3851  USA
  Telephone:  214 497 4584
  FAX:  214 497 4848
  Email:  havens@.convex.com

Conference location
is the Ramada Renaissance Hotel, Richardson, Texas USA.  Richardson is north
of Dallas and is the location of Convex Computer Corporation headquarters.
Meeting close to the headquarters office provides attendees an excellent
opportunity to interact with Convex employees, including officers, developers,
support, systems integration and support, and marketing.

_________________
Convex User Group Worldwide Conference Speaker Registration Form

Direct paper submissions to either Karen Birkelbach or Mary Kay Havens at
the addresses listed.  Complete this form and include it with your abstract.

Deadline:  December 15, 1992

Name:
Business title:
Company:
Address:

Country:
Telephone:
FAX:
Electronic mail address:

Topic:

Attach a one-page abstract describing your topic.

Format
Check the form of your presentation
___ 20 minute presentation
___ 45 minute presentation
___ poster session
___ panel session chair
___ video presentation

Audio/Visual Support
Each session room will have an overhead projector, screen, podium, white
board or flip chart, markers and pointer.  Please designate other display
system(s) you will need for your presentation:

___ 35mm Slide Projector
___ Video tape player:
    ___VHS  ___Beta   ___3/4"  ___1/2"  ___8mm
___ Other (describe)