[comp.lang.eiffel] 8th International Eiffel User Conference

darcyh@eiffel.UUCP (Darcy Harrison) (02/01/91)

             EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EIFFEL USER CONFERENCE

                       CNIT, PARIS, LA DEFENSE

                            March 8, 1991

                     (During the TOOLS'91 week)

            Call for participation and registration form


The eighth International Eiffel User Conference will be held in Paris
during  the week of TOOLS'91 (Technology of Object-Oriented Languages
and Systems) on March 4-8.

As with the past seven  conferences,  the  March  1991  meeting  will
provide  a  forum  for  users  to share experiences and interact with
implementors.

The conference will be held in Paris, France, on March 8.  The  venue
is  the  CNIT, La De'fense, Azorin room.  The conference will proceed
from  9am  to  5:00pm,  followed  by  a  reception.  (The   Nonprofit
International Consortium for Eiffel will meet from 6 to 9 at the same
place; for any information on the Consortium meeting, which  is  open
to Consortium members only, please contact darcyh@eiffel.com.)

The  meeting  will  be  devoted  to  user  presentations  and   panel
discussions.   Representatives  of  Interactive  Software Engineering
will give a preview of future developments  of  their  implementation
and tools.

The conference is open to Eiffel users and to  anyone  maintaining  a
serious  interest  in  Eiffel.   Participants  are  invited to submit
contributions on Eiffel-related topics; contributions may be  in  the
form  of  technical presentations, or proposals for working groups or
panels.  Authors of accepted contributions will  attend  the  meeting
free of charge.

Technical presentations may be submitted as either complete papers or
one-page abstracts.  Examples include:

     + Reports on experiences with Eiffel.

     + Description of current or future projects.

     + Interfaces with other tools and  systems  (graphics  packages,
       database management systems, expert systems, etc.).

     + Presentations of reusable components written in Eiffel.

     + Role of Eiffel for teaching software engineering and  computer
       science.

Abstracts,  including  those  for  incomplete  or  ongoing  work,  are
acceptable.  Presentations should be made in English.

Possible topics for working groups or panels are:

     + Procedures for sharing reusable classes between users.

     + Language standardization.

     + Using Eiffel for teaching.

     + User views  on  the  evolution  of  the  language,  tools  and
       library.

     + User Group Activities.

For any information on the format of the meeting,  or  to  discuss  a
possible  contribution,  you  may  contact  either  of  the following
persons:


Marthe Magnier                   Darcy Harrison
SOL                              Interactive Software Engineering
14 rue Jean Rey                  270 Storke Road, Suite 7
75015 Paris, France              Goleta, CA 93117 USA
Telephone (+33) 1 40 56 03 58    Telephone (805)685-1006
Fax (+33) 1 40 56 05 81          Fax (805)685-6869
email: marthe@eiffel.fr          email: darcyh@eiffel.com


Registration and submissions

All prospective participants, whether or not they wish  to  submit  a
presentation,  should  return  the  form  below  to  one  of  the two
addresses above, attention Eiffel User Conference.

Please use one copy of the form per participant.  The form should  be
mailed  as  soon  as  possible to ensure space in the conference.  It
should be accompanied by the registration fee of FF 250 or US$ 50 for
Eiffel  users  with an up-to-date maintenance contract, FF 900 or US$
180 for others.  The fee includes conference material, lunch and  the
evening  reception.   Any  proceeds from the registration fee will be
transferred  to  the  Eiffel  User  Group.    Practical   information
(schedule etc.) will be mailed to registered participants.

_______________________________________________________________________


Please  register  the  following  person  to the Eighth International
Eiffel User Group Conference
   NAME: ___________________________________________ 
ADDRESS: ___________________________________________
         ___________________________________________
         ___________________________________________
         TEL: __________ FAX: __________ EMAIL: ______

/ / I am submitting a presentation. (Please enclose title
and abstract on a separate sheet)


/ / I would like to chair     
               / / a working group / / a panel
on the following topic:


Fee enclosed, amount:
     ____________________________
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-- Darcy Harrison
darcyh@eiffel.com