[comp.specification] Z User Meeting 1990

Joan.Arnold@prg.oxford.ac.uk (11/07/90)

Z user meeting

The fifth annual Z User Meeting
Monday and Tuesday
17th and 18th December 1990

Lady Margaret Hall Oxford

Papers include:
       fundamental theories of Z
           (including semantics)
       practical experience in using Z
       maintenance and extension
       Z standards, tools and methods
           (reports from the ZIP project)
       object-oriented approaches

Tool demonstrations, posters

  Programme committee:
     Jonathan Bowen, Oxford University PRG
     Professor David Duce, Rutherford
     Professor Pat Hall, Brunel University
     Tim Hoverd, Logica Cambridge
     Peter Lupton, Oxford University PRG/IBM Hursley
     John Nicholls, Oxford University PRG (Chairman)
     Dr Chris Sennett, RSRE Malvern
     John Wordsworth, IBM Hursley

The fifth annual Z User Meeting will be held on Monday and Tuesday the
17th-18th December 1990.  This year the meeting will be in Lady Margaret
Hall, a modern college at the end of Norham Gardens, to the north of the
University Parks (see enclosed map).  The lecture room can accommodate
about 120 people, and there is some local parking.  There will be a
dinner in the college dining hall on Monday night.  The provisional
timetable is as follows:



   Monday 17th December
    Registration:                                    9.30 a.m.
    Opening session                                  10.00 a.m.
    Close                                            5.30 p.m.

   Dinner in Lady Margaret Hall                      7.00 pm for 7.30 p.m.

    Tuesday 18th December
    First session                                    9.00 a.m.
    Close                                            5.00 p.m.



Over 28 papers have been submitted and there will be presentations on
many topics of general interest covering the theory and application of
Z.  There will also be invited speakers including Professor Cliff Jones,
Manchester University.

The proceedings of last year's meeting have been published by
Springer-Verlag in their Workshops in Computing series (ISBN
3-540-19627-7).  We also expect to publish the papers from this year's
meeting ~ details to follow.

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Z user meeting                                                                  Registration form

Please reserve a place at the Z user meeting as follows:

Registration fee: 150 pounds  (Speakers rate: 50 pounds)         _____ pounds
Accommodation in Lady Margaret Hall
(Bed/breakfast with bathroom at 22 pounds per night)
           Sunday night 16th December at 22 pounds               _____ pounds
           Monday night 17th December at 22 pounds               _____ pounds

Need for vegetarian food? _____


I enclose a cheque for                                        ________  pounds
                                                             payable to OUCL

  Note: there will be a deduction of 10 pounds for cheques received
  in Oxford by the 10th December 1990.

OR   Please send invoice to:

  Name:          . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The registration fee covers the following:
    Admission to all sessions, including refreshments and lunches
    Preprints of papers
    Special Dinner in LMH on Monday night (at approx 7.00 pm)

Details for registration:

    Full name:            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Organisation:         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Address:              . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Please complete a separate form for each participant.  Return as soon as
possible (not later than 10th December) to:
          Joan Arnold
          Oxford University
          Computing Laboratory
          11 Keble Road
          Oxford OX1 3QD
Tel: Oxford (0865) 272579
Fax: Oxford (0865) 273839
Email:  Joan.Arnold@uk.ac.oxford.prg

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Z user meeting                          Posters, tools, survey

Poster:
I intend to submit a poster for the meeting.  A poster contains details of
Z-related work, on a single A4 sheet, and must be received in Oxford (at the
address given below) by 1st December 1990, for inclusion in the preprints.

     Topic: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tool demonstration:
     I should like to demonstrate a tool at the Z user meeting.

     Name of tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


Z Survey

This year we plan to prepare two lists for publication in the
proceedings of the meeting: a list of industry projects and a list of Z
courses.

Industry project    I propose the following project for inclusion in the survey list

                       Name of project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                       Organisation    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                       Name of contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Z course            I propose the following course for inclusion in the survey list

                        Name of course  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                        Organisation    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                        Name of contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

     Full name:  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     Organisation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     Address:      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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           Postcode:  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

     Telephone:   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     Fax:         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     Email:       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Please complete and return as soon as possible (not later than 1st December) to:
     Joan Arnold
     Oxford University
     Computing Laboratory
     11 Keble Road
     Oxford OX1 3QD
Tel: Oxford (0865) 272579
Fax: Oxford (0865) 273839
Email:  Joan.Arnold@uk.ac.oxford.prg

Should anyone wish their name added to our postal Z
mailing list, please let Joan Arnold know at the above email
address.