The theme for LISA '97 is Professional Development. As UNIX continues to move more into mainstream business applications, people skills are becoming as important as technical skills for system administrators. The conference will focus on career and business professional development and technical skills. Whether you are a novice or senior system administrator, you will be able to find a tutorial at your level. There will be up to 20 tutorials over three days.
Presentations addressing other areas of general interest are equally welcome.
An extended abstract of two to five pages is required for the paper selection process. Include references to establish that you are familiar with related work, and, where possible, provide detailed performance data to establish that you have a working implementation or measurement tool. Submissions will be judged on the quality of the written submission, and whether or not the work advances the state of the art of system administration. Note that LISA, like most conferences and journals, requires that papers not be submitted simultaneously to more than one conference or publication, and that submitted papers not be previously or subsequently published elsewhere. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and will be returned unread.