RWS@zermatt.lcs.mit.edu (Robert Scheifler) (11/03/87)
- - Announcing plans for the Second Annual X Window System Conference! (X-II should not be confused with X-11. :-) The tentative date is January 14-15, 1988 (the intention is to devote two full days this time). The place is MIT, in Cambridge, MA. The price will hopefully be "free". This is to be an educational, technically-oriented conference; it is not for hyping commercial products. The focus will be V11 and beyond. The idea is to have both talks and BOFS (birds of a feather sessions). Whether there will be concurrent sessions, etc. will depend on how many speakers we get and how many BOFS get organized. Exactly how speakers will be selected, whether written "papers" will be required, and whether "proceedings" will be published, is still somewhat open. The desire is to keep this rather informal, but high in quality. If you would like to give a talk, contact me before Nov. 20; this is not an absolute cutoff, but your chances will diminish after that. I would like to know who you are, what you do, what the talk will be about in reasonable detail, how long you think you need and what you live with, your A/V needs, and whether you will provide a paper or other written materials (and their length) for possible inclusion in a proceedings. Any written materials provided before Nov. 20 will certainly help the selection process. If you would like to be a member of the "Program Committee" for selecting talks and BOFS, etc., please contact me before Nov. 1. If you would like to organize a BOF, send me details. If there are particular talks or BOFS you would like to see happen, send me details. Bob Scheifler Laboratory for Computer Science 545 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-0628 rws@zermatt.lcs.mit.edu - --