yedwest@PLUTO.CLSC.TORONTO.EDU ("Dr. Edmund West") (12/21/89)
[The following document contains information about the Toronto meeting of the Cray Users' Group. The conference program is not yet available. An information packet will be mailed in the near future. Anyone interested in attending the conference who has not received the packet by the end of January should contact me then.] An Invitation to TORONTO CUG '90 I am pleased to announce that the next meeting of the Cray User's Group will be hosted by the Ontario Centre for Large Scale Computation at the University of Toronto. At this time I would like to share with you the following advance information about the conference and its location. The meeting will be held on April 9-13, 1990, at the Harbour Castle Westin Hotel in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The conference theme is "Network Supercomputing". Here is the tentative schedule of events: Date Morning Afternoon Evening Sun, 8-Apr Executive/Registration Mon, 9-Apr Reg./SICs Reg./SICs/BOFs/Tutorials Reception Tue, 10-Apr CUG meetings CUG meetings Optional event Wed, 11-Apr CUG meetings CUG meetings Banquet Thu, 12-Apr CUG meetings CUG meetings Optional event Fri, 13-Apr CUG meetings Niagara Falls Excursion The conference hotel is in Toronto's Harbourfront area overlooking Lake Ontario and the Toronto Islands to the south and downtown Toronto to the north. The hotel is located at the foot of Yonge Street, Toronto's main thoroughfare. It is only a short walk to most of the city's major attractions. The best known of these attractions is certainly the CN Tower, which lays claim to being "the world's tallest free-standing structure". On a clear day the view from the observation deck is spectacular. The main shopping areas are on or near Yonge Street. The famous Eaton Centre shopping mall (with more than 300 shops) is at the center of it all, but only a short distance away there are hundreds of other establishments waiting to welcome the dedicated shopper. There is certainly no danger of having nothing to do. Toronto has more than its share of first rate restaurants, many of which take their cue from the city's numerous ethnic communities. (Toronto's Chinatown is the second largest in North America to site one example.) Top quality American, European, Asian and Carribean cuisine can be found in abundance. There are also many theatres and concert halls. The Royal Alexandre is showing "Les Miserables" and "The Phantom of the Opera" recently opened at the new Pantages Theatre. Roy Thompson Hall is the scene of many world class concert performances. And the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team will be playing their home games in the fabulous SkyDome, Toronto's new stadium with a retractable roof. If there is sufficient interest, we will attempt to obtain tickets for CUG attendees to one or more of these "optional events". Although arrangements for the Wednesday night banquet are not yet complete, we hope to make it a memorable evening. If our plans come to fruition, the night will be musical and mysterious, and a very entertaining night for all. On Friday afternoon after the meetings have been adjourned Cray Canada will host an excursion to Niagara Falls. I recommend that you plan to stay in Toronto long enough to take the trip. The Falls are only about 90 minutes away, and seeing them is well worth the journey. The Harbour Castle Westin is a large hotel and I am sure you will find that its conference facilities are excellent. A large contingent of rooms has been set aside for CUG attendees at a special rate of $130-145 (Canadian dollars) per room per night. For the benefit of government employees who are subject to travel expense restrictions we have reserved a few less expensive rooms at a small mid-town hotel. Note that hotel rooms in Toronto are subject to a 5% room tax. Additional information about TORONTO CUG '90 will be distributed in January. In the meantime feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the conference. Toronto is an exciting, vibrant, modern city and there is no doubt you will enjoy your visit. I hope to see you there next April. Dr. Edmund West, Chairman, Local Arrangments Committee Toronto CUG '90 255 Huron St. (MP345) Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7 Telephone: 416-978-4085 (voice), 416-978-6110 (fax) E-mail: yedwest@pluto.clsc.utoronto.ca, YEDWEST@UTORSCS.BITNET