sunil@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Sunil Das) (10/14/87)
- - - PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS -=-=-=-=-=- EUUG SPRING '88 CONFERENCE UNIX AROUND THE WORLD London, 11-15 April, 1988 -=-=-=-=-=- Preliminary Announcement The UKUUG will host the Spring '88 European UNIX systems User Group Technical Conference in London. Technical tutorials will be held on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th April followed by the three day conference, ending on Friday 15th April. A pre-conference registration pack containing detailed information will be issued in early December 1987. Theme The conference will draw technical papers from every continent where UNIX licensees exist. The highest quality papers from as many different countries as possible will be refereed for the EUUG Conference Proceedings. Teleconferencing by Satellite may be used to stress the truely global quality of this gathering. The intention is to provide an international forum for presentation and exchange of current work on a wide variety of topics related to the UNIX system and C language. Call for Papers The EUUG invite abstracts from those wishing to present their work. All submitted papers will be refereed. They will be judged with respect to their quality, originality and relevance. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: o Programing Environments o Recent work in Standards and Tools. and Portability. o Communications. o Real-time UNIX. Submissions from Students are particularly encouraged under the EUUG Student Encouragement Scheme, details of which are available from the EUUG Secretariat. Important Dates Abstract Deadline 30th October 1987 Acceptance Notification Posted 20th November 1987 Final Paper received 15th January 1988 Method of submission Abstracts must be submitted by post to the EUUG Secretariat at the address below. All submissions will be acknowledged by return of post. Tutorial Solicitation Tutorials are an important part of the EUUG's biannual events providing detailed coverage of a number of topics. Past tutorials have been taught by leading experts. Those interested in offering a tutorial should contact the EUUG Secretariat as soon as possible. Additional Information The Programme Chair, Sunil Das, is willing to provide advice to potential speakers. He may be contacted at the address shown on the below. Useful Addresses Secretariat Programme Chair EUUG Sunil Das Owles Hall The City University Owles Lane Computer Science Dept BUNTINGFORD Northampton Square Herts SG9 9PL LONDON EC1V 0HB UK UK Phone: (+44) 763 73039 (+44) 1 253 4399 Ext 3725 Fax: (+44) 763 73255 (G2) Email: euug@inset.uucp sunil@cs.ucl.ac.uk Venue The conference will be held in the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. This venue embraces over 13 centuries of history represented by Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament and the Palace of Westminster all within the sound of Big Ben. Conveniently located close to London's theatres, St James' park and the world famous cultural complex on the South Bank.