[comp.sys.sun] Sun User Group Conference & Exhibit

lugs@corp.sun.com (Miyong Byun, User Programs) (11/01/90)

		    Sun User Group Conference & Exhibit    
			San Jose Convention Center  
		           December 3 - 5, 1990  

For the past seven years the Sun User Group (SUG) has produced THE Sun
user event of the year.  The conference provides the opportunity for
engineers, scientists, third-party vendors, end-users, developers,
executives and others to listen, share experiences, and learn how to
better deal with both hardware and software decisions facing Sun users
today.   

This year's show will feature:

-Over 100 sessions in 5 major categories: Instructional, Systems
 Administration, Performance, Scientific Applications, and Commercial
 Applications.    

-Tutorials will run all day Sunday, December 2nd.  Sessions will be
 offered by Sun Educational Services and other Unix notables.

-Over 200 exhibits housed in a 43,000 square foot convention center.  See
 the latest Catalyst and third party hardware and software ported to Sun.

                            PRELIMINARY AGENDA 
         	    (subject to change/sessions to be added) 

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING:  	 
1. The Open Network Computing (ONC) Roadmap, Distributed Computing
           Platform Directions and Services-Today and Tomorrow  
2. OSI: The Latest GOSIP 
3. Building Network-Independent Distributed Applications with ONC's
           TI-RPC 
4. SunNet License:  How to Implement Floating Software Licenses in Your
           Distributed Computing Environment  
5. SunNet Manager, Rev 1.1 and Future Directions of Heterogeneous 
           Network Management    
6. The PC Distributed Computing Platform-ONC's PC-NFS: Transparent
           Integration of PCs into UNIX Environments 

EDUCATIONAL:  
Integrated Solution for Scholars  

HARDWARE: 
1. I/O Strategy for SPARCservers
2. Server Strategy for the Workgroup Computing Environment  
3. Sun's Visualization Products  

KEYNOTES:  
Wayne Rosing, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  
"The SPARC Wave" Andy Bechtolsheim
"Visualization in the '90's--Cutting Through the hype and the Snake Oil"
          James Warner

NeWSware:  
NeWSware - Information Support for the 90's  

OPEN LOOK:  
1. Development of Open Windows through DevGuide   
2. Graphic Acceleration through X-Windows  
3. Open Look - The Key to Interoperability  

PANEL DISCUSSIONS:  
1. Database - Productivity Tools for the Database  
2. Desktop Application for the Office Environment  
3. Developers Panel  
4. Document Image Management - The Trend of the 90's   
5. Electronic Publishing - A New Era Of Growth and Understanding   
6. Visual Data Analysis--Solving Real Problems 
7. System Integration: Heterogeneous Environments for Client Server
                       Applications
8. Executive Roundtable

SIGs/BOFs:  
1. Collaborative Research - BOF  
2. Educators Forum - BOF  
3. NeWS Update From Open Vistas  
4. SBus Developers
5. Object Oriented Programming in C++
6. Applications and Very High Speed Networking
7. SVR4 Developers

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT:  
1. LispView (TM),  A New Look for Sun Common Lisp  
2. An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++  
3. SPARCompiler Strategies and Directions  
4. Sun Source Browser and Open Windows Development Tools  

SPARC TECHNOLOGY:  
1. Introduction to SPARC Architecture 
2. SPARC Developers Tools  
3. SPARC MMU & Cache Tutorial  
4. SPARC Optimizing Compilers  

SPECIAL EVENTS:  
1. Sun Consulting/SE Assistance Center  
2. XGL Workshop  
3. BAYSLUG Meeting

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE: 
1. CD ROM NOW!  CD ROM Activities at Sun  
2. Directions of Ease-of-Use for the Desktop Environment  
3. System Software Future Plans and Directions  
4. Internationalization and Asian Localization  
5. Security at Sun  
6. SunOS/SVR3 for Developers 
7. System Software Enhancements for Large Systems  

USER APPLICATION TALKS:  
1. Advanced Features of Sun Make  
2. Digital Signal Processing 
3. Domain Name System Primer  
4. Introduction to LaTeX  
5. Networking with UUCP and Usenet  
6. SCCS - A Software Control System 
7. SELF:  A Fast, Dynamically Typed, Object-Oriented Programming
          Language Based on Prototypes (LIVE DEMO!!)  
8. Yellow Pages (now called NIS)  Management in 90's  

ADDITIONS:
1. Sun's Standard's Philosophy
2. DARTnet
3. Distributed Image Processing
4. Design of a Distributed Image Processing and Dissemination System
5. Audio

			TUTORIAL TOPICS   
		        December 2, 1990   

(NOTE:  Tutorials will be full day sessions)     

T1: The Internet And Its Protocols  
T2: XView  
T3: Topics In Systems Administration  
T4: UNIX Device Driver Design  

T5: Introduction To C++  
T6: Open Windows For Application Developers  
T7: SunOS 4.x Basic System Security  
T8: SunOS Release 4.1 Update Seminar  

* For more information, please call 415-336-4341 *