dtregear@cs.man.ac.uk (Daphne Tregear) (08/08/90)
4TH ANNUAL
SUN UK USER GROUP CONFERENCE
EDINBURGH CONFERENCE CENTRE
HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH
20th & 21st September 1990
The fourth annual Sun UK User Group Conference will take place on the
Heriot-Watt university campus on Thursday 20th September and Friday
21st September 1990. Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh Conference Centre is
located at Riccarton, 8 miles out of the city centre. The airport is
a few minutes drive away, as is the Royal Scot hotel for those who
would like an alternative to student accommodation. There is ample
car parking on the university campus.
There will be an exhibition of twenty third party hardware and
software vendors in parallel with the Conference.
This year's Conference special feature is a visit to Sun's new factory
at Linlithgow for a tour of the plant.
DRAFT AGENDA
DAY ONE - Thursday 20th September 1990
08 30 Registration - The Plaza, Edinburgh Conference Centre,
Heriot-Watt University
09 00 SIG - Beginners on Sun's
09 30 Welcome and Open - Steve Holden, Chairman Sun UK User Group
09 45 Keynote Speech
10 30 Coffee & Exhibition
10 30 SIG - Communications and Networking
11 00 Talk #1 - Rob Bamforth - Sun UK, Graphics Ambassador
"Graphics running under X"
11 45 Talk #2 - GS Khasla - Wind River Systems
"Sun as they were/are"
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12 30 Buffet lunch & Exhibition
12 30 SIG - Systems Administration
13 00 SIG - Graphics
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14 00 Talk #3 - Chuck McManis and Vipin Samar - Sun US Engineering
"Distributed RPC Computing"
15 30 Visit to Sun's Manufacturing Facility at Linlithgow
or sightseeing in Edinburgh City Centre
20 00 for 20 30 Conference dinner
DAY TWO - Friday 21st September 1990
09 00 Talk #5 - Steve Wolski - PCS
"Traps and Pitfalls with Third Party Peripherals"
09 45 Talk #4 - Rob Gingell - Sun US Distinguished Engineer
"System V Release 4"
10 30 Coffee & Exhibition
10 30 SIG - Small Computers Connected to Suns
11 00 Sun Management Panel Session
Bill Passmore - Vice President, UK and Nordic
Barry Jones - HQ Sales and Marketing Director
Dave Thompson - Group Regional Director, North & SouthWest
Ian White - UK Support Director
12 00 Wishlist session
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12 30 - 13 30 Lunch & Exhibition
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13 00 Talk #6 - Andy Mulholland - FOSS
"Ethernets"
13 45 Talk #7 - John Sullivan and Kevin Warrington, ESS and Ciprico
"RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives)"
14 15 Talk #8 - GS Khasla - Wind River Systems
"Getting things done UNIX style"
15 00 Talk #9 - James Bailey - Baydel
"SBus"
15 45 William Vablais - Sun UK, Business Development Specialist
"Open Windows"
16 30 Closing Address - Steve Holden, Chairman Sun UK User Group
YOU MAY ATTEND THE EXHIBITION AT ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION FORM
to be returned to Sue Crozier, Sun UK User Group, Watchmoor Park,
Riverside Way, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3YL, Tel: 0276 20980.
We would be grateful to receive your bookings by
Friday, 24th August 1990 if at all possible.
Name:_______________________________________________ Membership No.:___
Organisation:_______________________________________
Address:____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
Telephone:__________________________________________
Fax:________________________________________________
PLEASE CIRCLE THE REGISTRATION PACKAGE YOU WANT AND ENCLOSE AN
APPROPRIATE CHEQUE MADE PAYABLE TO THE SUN UK USER GROUP.
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Package Consisting of
Conference b+b b+b at
+ lunches + on Royal Scot
refreshments campus Hotel
+ Conf.Dinner
20/9/90 19/9/90 19/9/90
and and and
21/9/90 20/9/90 20/9/90
/
Non-residential A \/
/ /
Campus accommodation B \/ \/
/ /
Hotel accommodation C \/ \/
COSTS
Sun UK User non-members Sun UK User non-members
Group members of SUUG/UKUUG Group members of SUUG/UKUUG
and UKUUG members and UKUUG members
booking booking booking booking
postmarked postmarked postmarked postmarked
before 24/8/90 before 24/8/90 after 24/8/90 after 24/8/90
Package
A # 143 # 173 # 173 # 203
B # 230 # 260 # 260 # 290
C # 270 # 300 # 300 # 330
Please note that the non-members' fee includes the cost of personal
membership of the Sun UK User Group from 1/9/90 until 31/8/91.
FOOD
The cost of the conference dinner is included in the registration cost
for the conference. It will be held on the Heriot-Watt University
campus. Please assist us to serve the right balance of food by
ticking the appropriate choice:
I eat meat
I eat fish/seafood
I am vegetarian
I am vegan
TRIP TO LINLITHGOW
OR
TIME OFF IN EDINBURGH
On the afternoon of Thursday 20th September delegates who are
interested will be given a guided tour around Sun's new manufacturing
facility at nearby Linlithgow.
For those delegates who prefer, a coach will be provided to take them
to the centre of Edinburgh for the afternoon. A return coach will
also be provided to bring them back to the Heriot-Watt campus in time
for the conference dinner.
Please indicate which of the two options you prefer below. You will
not be held to them, but it will give us an idea of how many coaches
to provide.
PLEASE TICK WHICHEVER APPLIES:
I would like to visit Sun Linlithgow ______________________________
I would prefer to go to Edinburgh _________________________________
PANEL SESSIONS
There will be a Sun Management Panel taking place during the
conference. If you wish to submit any questions relating to Sun,
it would assist us to complete the form below:
Name:__________________________ Organisation:___________________________
Question: