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AUUG '92 World Congress Centre, Melbourne, Australia, September 8-11
 1992 Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers
 
 AUUG, Inc., forum for Open Systems Users Presents:
 
 "Maintaining Control in an Open World."
 
    How do you "maintain control" with open systems?
 
 ...Stories From the Front...
 
    "I've been dealing with company 'X' since I started this business.  
    How do I move to open systems and not have to completely retool my
    office?"
 
    "I made Perth 'talk' TCP/IP to South East Asia!"
 
    "Changing Corporate EDP Strategy to Open Systems"
    "Changing Corporate EDP Strategy from Open Systems"
 
    "WAN implementation overview... who holds the key?"
 
    "Who is in control?... The Vendors?... The 'Standards' Organisations?...
     The Customers?"
 
    "Who is steering 'SS Open Systems' ?"

    "Who is driving computer PR?"
 
    "Communications with two carriers... AOTC & OPTUS... and these are my
    experiences..."
 
 Mission critical applications and environments, in particular system and 
 network management and high reliability/availability systems are at stake.  
 Everyone wants answers!
 
    The management team on,"How is our bottom line going to be affected;  
 
    The System Administrator who has just been asked to keep 10 
    'Open Systems' strung together with no down time; and 
 
    Of course, the budding "Guru" who continues to amaze everyone with 
    innovations and tools to go beyond our dreams for tomorrow.  
 
    * Quality, 
    * Impact of standards and standardization, 
    * Commercialisation of UNIX
    * Analysis of network/host security issues and 
    * Protection of current and future investments.
 
 AUUG '92 will explore "maintaining control with open systems" from all
 aspects.

Events: 

 AUUG '92 will be a four day conference, commencing September 8, 1992.  The 
 first day will be devoted to tutorial presentations, followed by three days 
 of papers, work-in-progress sessions and BOFs.
 
Tutorials:
 
 Provisions for two full-day tutorials and up to eight half-day
 tutorials have been made.  These sessions, typically in a lecture
 format, are targeted to educate the audience and arm them with new and
 innovation "how to" lessons.  The speakers selected to present the
 tutorials will receive 40% portion of the total tutorial fee their
 session draws, in addition to receiving a free conference registration.
 Please submit tutorial abstracts, along with preference for a half-
 or full-day slot to address below.
 
Papers:
 
 AUUG '92 provides a dual Technical and Commercial track for the
 afternoon presentations.

 To share your new and innovative details of implementation,  'how to',
 and similar areas submit your abstract for the technical track.  We are
 also interested in your experiences, 'why', 'so what', strategic
 issues, and the like.  If your  topic better fits these areas submit
 your abstract for the Commercial track.

 Many subjects are equally interesting and would benefit attendees being
 presented from different perspectives.  If you feel your topic has both
 technical and commercial interest value and could be presented twice
 with differing emphasis, your paper will receive priority from the
 committee and a special recognition from AUUG if it is accepted.

 The above should not, of course, discourage papers which are either
 more specifically targeted or are appropriate for both audiences at
 once.
 
Prize for the Best Student Paper:
 
 A cash prize of $500 will be awarded for the best paper submitted by a 
 full-time student at an accredited tertiary education institution.
 
Work-in-Progress Sessions:
 
 In order to schedule work-in-progress sessions we will need some idea
 of the number of people interested in making a 10 to 15 minute
 presentation.  Please mail expressions of interest to the committee at
 the address below.
 
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BOFs):
 
 Are you interested in hearing side by side product comparison, the
 global affect of computing, AARNET, or other controversial topics?  At
 the end of each presentation day, one hour time slots for BOFs will be
 available.  We distinguish two types of BOF; general interest and
 vendor sponsored.  Please contact the Program Committee if you would
 like to organise a Birds-of-a-Feather Session.
 There may be some facilities charge to vendor sponsored events.
 

Speaker Incentives:
 
 Tutorial presenters will receive 40% of their total attendee draw and 
 a free conference registration.  
 Presenters of papers are afforded free conference registration.
 
 
Slide Preparation Offer:
 
 We understand most presenters have access to slide/overhead generating
 equipment today.  For those presenters who do not have this resource
 available, AUUG will again offer a slide production service.  Final
 slide information will be required at least 4 weeks prior to the
 conference to partake in this service.  Please note presenters meeting
 the 4 week deadline will be afforded a proof cycle before final slide
 generation.
 
Form of Submissions:
 
 Please indicate whether your submission is relevant to the technical
 or commercial audiences, or both.  In either case, submissions are
 required to be in the form of an abstract and an outline.  Please
 provide sufficient detail to allow the committee to make a reasoned
 decision about the final paper; of course a full paper is also
 perfectly acceptable.  A submission should be from 2-5 pages and
 include:
 
 1.  Author name(s), postal addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses.
 
 2.  Abstract:  100 words
 
 3.  Outline: 1-4 pages giving details of the approach or algorithms pursued.
 
 4.  References to any relevant literature
 
 5.  Time needed for the presentation.  Most presentations will be for 30 
     minutes including a 5 minute question/answer time, although 1 hour time
     slots may be made available.
 
 6.  Audio-visual requirements
     35 mm slides are preferred, however, overheads will be accepted.  
     Hand written or typewriter generated overheads will not be accepted. 
 
Acceptance:

 Authors whose submissions are accepted will receive instructions on the
 preparation of final papers for inclusion in the conference
 proceedings, and the format requirements for slides.
 
Relevant Dates:
 
 Abstract and outlines due:  April 30, 1992
 Notifications to authors:  May 15, 1992
 Final Papers due: July 15, 1992
 Please submit one hard copy and one electronic copy
 (if possible to the address below):
 
 AUUG '92 Program
 P.O. Box 366 
 Kensington, NSW  2033
 
 e-mail: AUUG92@softway.sw.oz.au
 
 Phone: +61 02 332-4622
 Fax: +61 02 332-4066
 
 Please be sure to include your postal code and electronic mail addresses in 
 all correspondence.
 
Program Committee:
 
 Chair: Peter Karr - CMP publications
 Ian Hoyle - BHP Research Labs
 Robert Elz - Melbourne University
 Liz Fraumann - AUUG