nat@drao.nrc.ca (Natalie Prowse) (05/22/91)
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
25th Annual DECUS Canada Symposium
Calgary Convention Centre and Palliser Hotel
February 10-14, 1992
Deadline Dates At-A-Glance.......................
1. Invitation to Participate - Seminar/Session
Submission Form (completed in full) July 31, 1991
2. Original copy of Session Notes
to DECUS Canada Office January 15, 1992
3. Original copy of Seminar Notes
to DECUS Canada Office January 15, 1992
Copyright 1991 Digital Equipment of Canada Limited. All rights
reserved.
"The information in this document is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by Digital Equipment of
Canada Limited or DECUS (Digital Equipment Computer Users Society) and
DECUS assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this
document."
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VAX, VMS and the Digital logo are trademarks of Digital Equipment
Corporation.
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Company: UNIX
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Fellow DECUS Member,
Calgary has been chosen for the honour of hosting the 25th Annual
DECUS Symposium. February 10-14, mark these dates for this Silver
Anniversary Event to take place at the Calgary Convention Centre and
Palliser Hotel.
We invite you to join us in CELEBRATING A QUARTER CENTURY OF PROGRESS.
Since this is the 25th Symposium for DECUS Canada, our theme reflects
how far DECUS Canada has come, from early scepticism to having over
6,500 members across the nation. Thats Progress!
Everyone has their own reasons for attending Symposium. Some come to
take in technical sessions and seminars. Some attend for the network
of contacts in all levels of computing. Whatever the reason, we all
realize that Symposium is a uniquely valuable forum to share
information and knowledge.
Your participation has always been critical to DECUS Canada's success.
In this our silver anniversary year, we urge you to get involved by
presenting a session or seminar. Select a topic in one of the
Interest Streams, fill out the submission form enclosed and mail or
fax it to us by July 31st.
Thank you for your continuing support! We look forward to seeing you
in Calgary February 10-14, 1992 to join us in CELEBRATING A QUARTER
CENTURY OF PROGRESS.
Brian Clarke Pat Stroman
Co-Chairs
Calgary 1992 Symposium Planning Committee
(Note: If you are not a DECUS member, it is easy and costs nothing to join!
Just request a membership application from the DECUS office listed at the
end of this message.)
Session Submission Format
Session presentations may come in many different formats, from formal
papers to panel discussions, from general discussions on an
application to a question and answer session. All play an important
part in the make-up of a symposium and all are invited. Feel free to
select the method which best suits you and your topic.
Included along with this message is an application form for you to
describe your proposed session. Please fill out the form and mail or
fax it to the DECUS Canada office no later than July 31, 1991.
Submission Deadline Date
The closing date for receipt of session proposals is July 31, 1991.
Forms must reach the DECUS Canada office in Toronto by that date to be
included in the program scheduling.
Session Notes
Session notes is a pre-printed collection of presentation material
from symposium speakers. They are a useful vehicle for notes,
diagrams, outlines and other material to support a presentation.
This year, Session Notes will be sold by stream during the Symposium.
If you wish to have your notes included in these packages, please
submit an original copy of your handout to the DECUS Canada office no
later than January 15, 1992.
DECUS Canada will not provide photocopy services after this date nor
during the Symposium week.
Audio Tapes
All speakers will have the option to have their symposium session
audio-taped. These tapes will be made available for sale to symposium
attendees onsite.
Once the sessions have been scheduled, you will receive a Speaker
Confirmation Kit. Included will be an "Audio Tape Approval Form" that
should be completed and returned immediately to the DECUS Canada
office ONLY IF you wish to have your session taped.
Symposium Seminars
Seminars are a very important part of the DECUS Canada Symposium
Program. This year, we plan to provide a wide range of topics
presented as one day seminars scheduled on Monday and Friday of the
symposium week. If you are interested in providing a full day
presentation, please review the interest stream descriptions for
potential topic ideas. Presentations for topics which are not listed
are also welcome. Please complete the enclosed submission form and
return it to the DECUS Canada Office by the submission deadline date.
Seminar speakers will be reimbursed for expenses (limitations and
exceptions apply). In addition, DECUS Canada will give a $1000
(Canadian) honorarium for each seminar given.
Third Party Suppliers
Presentation on Third Party products are welcome provided the products
discussed complement or enhance Digital's products. Such
presentations must be technical in content and preferably presented by
a user of the product. Presentations are acceptable if they address
design and implementation issues, functional aspects and/or
difficulties experienced during the development of the product. As a
rule, a presentation is acceptable if it addresses technical issues of
interest to another person attempting to develop a similar capability.
All submissions are examined for content, quality and interest by
specialists from the Symposium Planning Committee, and presentations
will be be accepted if they are judged to contravene DECUS Canada
Commercialism guidelines.
Commercialism Guidelines
In preparation for your session, we bring to your attention the
following portions of the DECUS Canada Policy on Commercialism:
"A technical orientation must be maintained to ensure the continual
participation of Digital Equipment Corporation and for each of us to
gain the support of our employers. A sales presentation, promotional
advertising and product demonstration are out of place in the
symposium environment and are not permitted. Similarly open
solicitation of employment to attendees is in poor taste and is not
allowed."
DECUS Canada constantly strives to maintain a professional image. We
believe this is important to our members who support our attendance
and participation. It is also important to Digital who supplies
travel funds and time for developers, engineers, service personnel and
managers to attend our symposia.
Library Participation
The DECUS Canada Library Committee would like to invite submissions
from you, the DECUS Canada membership, to produce Symposium Library
Tapes for Calgary'92. This year, we are looking for programs that
will run under VMS, UNIX/ULTRIX or the PC/VAXmate.
It can be any piece of public domain software, utility program,
command procedure or documentation you have developed or modified.
The most common excuse for not submitting is that "its not ready".
Well, submit it anyway as long as it works! It doesn't have to be
polished or fully documented (although absence of documentation
reduces the usefulness of most software). Someone else may resubmit
it with improvements and save you loads of time and effort. Even
software which you consider of little interest except to yourself
might save someone a considerable amount of work. After all, if you
were able to get it off a DECUS tape, you wouldn't have had all the
fun of developing it! You can help others avoid "reinventing the
wheel".
As an additional incentive, the Library Committee is offering an $85
certificate to each submitter. This certificate can be redeemed for
Symposium Registration, Symposium tapes, orders from the International
Program Library, or other DECUS merchandise, including a subscription
to the DECUS U.S. SIG newsletter! Please address your submission to
the DECUS Canada office.
Social Program
Following in the Calgary and CalVAX traditions, the Yahoo'92 social
program will guarantee a great time. The keyword is "choices".
Events will include skiing, bobsled rides, NHL hockey, hot air balloon
rides and chuckwagon races. Calgary has it all, and the social
committee has organized it especially for you. Information and
recommendations will also be available for those of you who want to do
it on your own.
This "cow town" also offers great cultural events and a wide variety
of interesting restaurants. Bring your jeans, and arrive ready for
Yahoo'92!
INTEREST STREAM DESCRIPTIONS
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and its subfield of Expert Systems is
prominently emerging into the 90's. This innovative market is at the
crest of the automation wave. Today AI consists of a wide variety of
disciplines: Human Perception, Expert Systems, Knowledge Base
Technology, Advanced Computer Architectures, and Robotics. These
areas are attracting a growing number of users in Engineering, Science
and Business.
Session speakers would share their knowledge and experience in:
Natural Language Processing, Architectures and Languages for AI,
Knowledge Representation, Neural Networks, Learning and Knowledge
Acquisition, Logic Programming, Object-oriented Programming and
Databases, Principles of AI Applications, Robotics, ES Tools and
successful Expert Systems which are in production today.
Applications and Development
As computer usage becomes even more prevalent in virtually all walks
of life, new ways of developing applications faster, more easily, and
with greater flexibility is increasingly important. Also, users are
demanding applications that run faster, are easy to use, and provide
greater flexibility. The key issues for the developer are what tools
and environments are available and how good are they. Consistent user
interface standards or pre-development user-approved interfaces appear
to be the target for satisfying users.
You are invited to share your discoveries and developments in
programming, CASE, database design or management, transaction
processing, SQL, OOPS, X-windows, development tools, and any
experiences which you feel can benefit other developers like yourself.
Communication and Networks
The challenge for "Networks in the 90's" is both a continued
advancement in new technology, as well as refinement and movement
towards evolving standards. The Communications and Networks stream
will address Digital network technologies and also their connectivity
with other computers in a multivendor network environment.
Computer networks impact wide areas of computing. Submissions are
welcome on a variety of related topics. So whether you have an
international network of VAXes, or a PDP-11/44, a MicroVAX II, and a
PRO-380 tied together with baling wire...please take this opportunity
to share your knowledge and experience with fellow DECUS members at
the 1992 DECUS Canada Symposium in Calgary.
Graphics Applications
Computer Graphics is rapidly becoming an integral part of our work
environment. Whether your realm of experience is in Business,
Engineering, or Scientific computing, many standard tools in the
workplace now make extensive use of 'Visualization' techniques. The
advent of new high-powered, low-cost workstations, and X-terminals,
has generated a burgeoning graphics development environment. We are
inviting you to share your skills and experiences by participating as
a session speaker in the 'Graphics Stream'. Topics of interest
include (but are not limited to): X Windows, DECWindows, MOTIF, Image
Processing, CAD/CAM/CAE, Animation, Postscript, PHIGS, GKS, PEX, new
advances in Visualization techniques, graphics software applications,
graphics standards, hardcopy rendering, and networked graphics.
Environment tailoring, in any of the above mentioned areas, is always
of interest.
Sessions can be directed at the novice, intermediate, or technical
expert level, (or anywhere in between!). The exchange of ideas, tools,
and techniques is sure to be of benefit to both speakers and attendees
alike.
Management
The MIS department is under assault from above and below. As a
result, MIS leaders need their management skills as never before. The
management stream helps them sharpen their existing skills and acquire
new ones.
The Management Stream is for managers at all levels -- from the newly
appointed project leader still wondering what a project leader
actually does to the Vice President of Information Systems worrying
about the strategic decisions that will guide the company through the
next decade. There are general management skills sessions,
presentations on strategic issues and workshops on site management
issues.
We need sessions that help newly appointed managers cope with their
new job and build their teams. We want you to teach us negotiating
skills, creative thinking, assertiveness and how to deal with
difficult people. We want you to show DECUS members how to handle
stress and manage their time effectively. We need instruction on
finding and hiring good people. And, after they're on board, we need
to motivate them and appraise their performance.
We want you to talk to us about the implications of standards for
management. We want to know what you know about strategic systems,
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Executive Information Systems.
We want to hear how you developed your strategic plans and how things
went when you implemented them.
We need your thoughts on project management, disaster recovery and
capacity planning. And, if you have a reliable crystal ball, we'd
like you to show us what you think lies down the road for data
processing, management and business. Now's your chance to share your
knowledge and strengthen DECUS. Don't miss it!
Office Automation
Electronic offices are rapidly engulfing traditional offices. Office
automated enterprises are achieving a competitive advantage in the
market, contributing to an ever rising urgency for others to follow.
Through the use of sophisticated integrated communications and
automated office equipment processing and retrieval of information has
never been faster or more efficient.
Executives and professionals alike need a strategic plan to respond to
business challenges. They need to know what is most productive and
cost effective. What insight can we offer these individuals?
Personal Computers
"Common sense is not so common"
- Voltaire
Have PCs got you muddled? Do you want to "go for it", but you're not
sure how? Know your options and get the inside track on PC
environments!
This stream will concentrate on providing the solutions to the
challenges of PC, MAC and LAN environments.
Topics of interest include:
o Solving the PC and MAC dilemma
o Solutions available for Connectivity
o Printer Sharing
o Backups, and Data Recovery
o The benefits of LANs
o The traumas of Viral Infections
Come, let the future take shape, then race ahead for the 90's.
RSX/RSTS
RSTS and RSX are operating systems which grew up on the PDP-11 family,
and have a degree of maturity which users of other operating systems
should envy.
Presentations are especially welcomed in the following areas:
o Discussions of latest releases: OS and applications
o Comparisons with VMS, TSX, UNIX, MS-DOS, etc.
o Discussion of the areas in which these systems best
show their strengths
o Working in a mixed system environment
o Migration to/from other systems
o System management, operational, and developmental issues
o "Neat Hacks"
Security
Security is an important concern for system professionals these days.
We hear stories of break-ins and viruses more frequently than we'd
like. System managers need to hear about solutions, and about the
risks that exist.
If you know about system security we need to hear from you. If you
can enlighten us about how "hackers" break into systems, or how to
tighten the potential holes that they use, you have an audience in
Calgary.
We need your presentations on the following:
o System Security
o File Security
o Network Security
o Developing a Security Procedure
o Products available to help Secure our Systems
o What Hackers are doing to Systems
o How VIRUS, WORMS, etc. get started and how we can protect
our Systems from them
UNIX
The delivery of economical high performance computing in RISC
platforms has forced many systems professionals to confront and manage
the UNIX operating system for the first time.
Along with this operating system comes a bewildering array of issues
dealing with "open systems" and standards. However, there are as many
standards committees as there are flavours of UNIX, and a roadmap is
needed by the UNIX neophyte to navigate in this unfamiliar territory.
Digital, along with other computer manufacturers have formed groups to
help define the standards for the computer industry in the coming
years - all built around UNIX.
We invite you to participate in this exciting part of our symposium by
presenting your views on a UNIX related topic, from novice to "guru."
Some suggestions are:
o UNIX for VMS users
o UNIX system Administration/Security
o Networking UNIX
o UNIX in production/Commercial Environments
o Standards, OSF, POSIX, X, GUI (OSF/Motif, OpenLook)
o UNIX Internals/File Management
o Open Systems Futures
o UNIX Toolkits/Application Development
VAX/VMS
The 1992 DECUS Symposium hopes to attract both new and experienced VMS
users. As a result, we are looking for a wide range of VMS
presentations. You may not be an internals expert, but if you have
information valuable to new and intermediate VMS users, we need you.
On the other hand, we need speakers who are capable of providing the
tricks and intricate details of VMS to our advanced Systems Managers.
VAX/VMS Novice/Intermediate
Remember when you installed your first VMS system? Or, when you were
volunteered to step in and take over where someone left off?
If you do, and would like to pass on your experience to those that are
in that boat now, the VAX/VMS Novice stream is looking for YOU. From
beginner to intermediate, programmer to manager.
Topics might include:
o Startup command files (batch, printer & terminal setup)
o VMSINSTAL and VMSLICENSE
o Backups (full/incremental/unattended)
o Authorize
o Any other gems that you might want to pass on.
VAX/VMS Advanced
The global economy is slumping. And prospects for new systems,
storage, and software are fading. As a result, System Managers are
forced to squeeze more and more performance out of their existing VAX
systems.
You can help!
Hordes of System Managers are starving for VMS technical sessions.
With your expertise, you can serve appetizing dishes such as:
o VMS Internals a la Carte
o Nutritious VMS Updates
o Spicy Product futures
o Zesty System Performance Tuning tidbits
o RMS optimization hors d'oeuvres
o Flagons of Hardware Nouveau
o DECadent DECwindows Desserts
Your fellow DECUS members are hungry. Feed them!
Where do DEC Users Go....
For up-to-date, relevant information on Digital's products and their
use? Where can you learn from hundreds of fellow users, and a small
army of Digital's sales and technical staff. Where can you meet and
talk with Digital's product developers and managers in a better
Digital to delegate ratio? Where is there a larger exhibition of
Digital's equipment in Canada?
The answer is the 1992 DECUS Canada Symposium, February 10-14, at the
Calgary Convention Centre and Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta.
We are expecting over 1000 users and managers of Digital's products
and services to attend the Symposium. With over 200 hours of
presentations, plus authoritative educational pre- and post-symposium
seminars, plus the hands-on working exhibition reserved for delegates
only, this will be the most relevant event you and your staff can
attend.
And We Want YOU To Participate!
Plan to Register...
Later this year, you will receive the Registration Program containing
session and seminar details, accommocation information and the
Registration Application Form.
We look forward to seeing you in Calgary!
Mark it on your calendar now: February 10-14, 1992!
For all enquiries and general information contact....
Anne Murakami
Symposia Coordinator
DECUS Canada
505 University Avenue
15th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1X4
Phone: (416) 597-3462
FAX: (416) 971-5295
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INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
25th Annual DECUS Canada Symposium
Calgary Convention Centre and Palliser Hotel
February 10-14, 1992
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The Symposium Planning Committee attempts to group sessions by Special Interest
areas. Please indicate the most appropriate subject area(s) for your session.
AI __ Artificial Intelligence RX __ RSX/RSTS
AP __ Applications & Development SE __ Security
CN __ Communications & Networks UN __ UNIX
GR __ Graphics Applications
MA __ Management VAX/VMS:
OA __ Office Automation Novice/Intermediate __
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(Allow 10 minutes for introduction, questions, and travelling between
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Mail to: Anne Murakami
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Or Email to: Natalie Prowse (Graphics Stream Coordinator)
NAT@DRAO.NRC.CA