celvin@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK (Chris Elvin) (09/11/90)
X -- INTO THE FUTURE European X User Group CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 24 -- 26 September 1990 University of Surrey, Guildford, England Three-day Conference, Vendor Exhibition, and ``Connectathon''. Speakers include some of originators and principal architects of the X system: Jim Gettys of Digital -- has worked on X and Project Athena since 1984, played a major part in the design of X11: - "Keynote Speech Chris Peterson of ICS and formerly of the X Consortium - "editres - interactive resouce editing system" Paul Asente of Adobe -- designed and implemented the X toolkit: - "The X Extension Mechanism" Jim Fulton of NCD and formerly of the X Consortium - "A Bestiary of X Boxes" (or what to choose, and why). Keith Packard MIT X Consortium - "Using the Selections mechanism" Todd Newman DEC Western Research Labs; worked on implementing the first X server. - "Implementing X for accelerated graphics" Don More BP Research - "Motif GUIded Laboratory Monitoring" Niels Mayer HP Labs, Palo Alto - "WINTERP - a Widget Interpreter" Danny Ross Uniplex - "XSPY - Serious development tool, or nasty snooper?" Tim Glauert Olivetti - "SEX - Synchronisation Entension to X" Vincent Bouthors INRIA, France - "The GWM Generic, Programmable, Window Manager, and the EGERIA Interface Design Tool" Jeremy Purches Rolls Royce - "Experience building graphics applications in X" Steve Witten Hewlett Packard Industrial Applications Center - "The IVI Interactive Visual Interface" Andrew Peebles MIPS - "Motif 'do it yourself' Application Kits" Ian Benest University of York - "New forms of user interface" Melanie Barclay FEGS - "User Experience with X" Gilberto Camara European Weather Centre - "GKX - a tool for integrating GKS and X" J. Barnes, Dr. M.J.Clark, Roy Weaver University of Essex - "Automatic Generation of X Menus" John F. Roden Procyon Informatics Ltd, Dublin - "OES -- a User Interface Editor" David Smyth Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena - "Widget Set Independent applications programming" Michael Speight University of Edinburgh - "XODUS: A Tool to assist the modelling of Neural Systems" Nick Maclaren Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge - "User Experiences with the X Window System" Tutorials --------- Paul Asente Adobe Inc. - "Programming with the X Toolkit" Berry Kercheval Lawrence Livermore Labs - "Introduction to X Window System Concepts" TIMETABLE Tutorials 24 Sept. Conference 24--26 Sept. Exhibition 25--26 Sept. Connectathon 24 -- Sept BOF's 24,25 Sept EXUG'90 EXHIBITION A major Exhibition is being held in conjunction with the conference. This gives vendors the opportunity to show and sell their products and services, and allow users to keep up to date with the commercial market. For further information: Tom Yeates EXUG'90 Exhibition Coordinator phone +44 256 843 333 (DEC, Basingstoke) CONNECTATHON The connectathon is held in parallel to the main exhibition. The emphasis is on the networking and connectivity aspects of X. It demonstrates what can be achieved with X and how it can play an important role in providing a consistent environment across machines of many different types, sizes and power. FURTHER INFORMATION The Secretary EXUG 185 High St Cottenham Cambridge CB4 4RX England tel: +44 954 51727 fax: +44 954 211 244 email: exug@unipalm.co.uk ============================== EXUG - European X User Group Membership Information Summary Benefits 1. Quarterly newsletter free to members. 2. Reduced fees for EXUG shows and conferences. 3. Email list for technical discussions, and general X info. 4. Opportunities to meet and talk with others working in the same field. 5. For corporate members, regular forums for display of products and services. Membership Costs (to end '90) (All amounts in pounds, Sterling) Individual membership 25.00 Corporate membership 230.00, or special rate of 200.00 if cheque payment enclosed with membership application Corporate membership entitles the institution to nominate six people who enjoy all the privileges of individual members. (Corporate membership applies only to a single institution at one geographical site). Individual student membership 5.00 for those engaged in full-time academic study Academic corporate membership 50.00 As normal corporate membership, but for polytechs, universities, etc. This special academic rate applies only if cheque payment enclosed with application. Methods of Payment Individuals Please enclose a cheque with your membership application. We cannot accept purchase orders for individual memberships. If you need a receipt, please ask. Corporates Send a purchase order or cheque with your application. 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Name: Company: Address: Town: Telephone: Membership number: Payment Residential, members: #250.00 ________ Residential, non-members #300.00 ________ Non-residential, member #220.00 ________ Non-residential, non-member #270.00 ________ Extra night, Sunday #30.00 ________ Extra night, Wednesday #30.00 ________ VAT: please add 15% ________ Total enclosed ________ Return this form, with your payment, to The Secretary EXUG, 185 High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge CB4 4RX, England. -- Chris Elvin C.Elvin@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK "Beware of low flying butterflies!" Dept of Elec. Eng, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH. England. PHONE: +44 483 509104 FAX: +44 483 34139