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AUUG '93 Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia, September 27-30
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 1993 Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers

 AUUG, Inc., forum for Open Systems Users Presents:

           "Results through Open Systems."

 Over the past several years we have heard about `What are Open
 Systems', and `Maintaining Control with Open Systems'.  Now it's time to
 hear about the results which have been achieved.  Rapid expansion, the
 challenge of integration, global networking, and security are all
 issues of importance and concern to users around the world.  AUUG '93
 solicits papers on all aspects of UNIX and open systems, and
 particularly on successful applications and implementations of open
 systems technology to age-old and newly emerging problems.

Events: 

 AUUG '93 will be a four day conference, commencing September 27, 1993.  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
 innovative "how to" lessons.  Please submit tutorial abstracts,
 along with preference for a half- or full-day slot to address below.

Papers:

 AUUG '93 provides dual Technical and Management tracks for the
 presentations.

 To share your innovative implementations, applications,
 and similar areas submit your abstract for the technical track.
 We are also interested in your experiences, case studies, strategic
 issues, and the like.  If your topic better fits these areas submit
 your abstract for the Management track.

 The above should not, of course, discourage papers which are
 appropriate for both audiences at once.

 Vendor product announcements will be automatically rejected unless
 specifically submitted for the special advertising stream.

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.

 In addition, the ten `runners-up' will be rewarded with free registration.

Work-in-Progress and Advertising Sessions:

 These brief 15 minute sessions are designed to report on current work
 with fundamental aspects highlighted.  New to the AUUG conference are
 the Advertising sessions.  These are devoted to new products only.
 Product specification sheets should be subitted with your abstract.

Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BOFs):

 Are you interested in discussing particular problem areas, sharing
 arcana on favourite programs, using the internet, or other
 controversial topics?  During the lunch hour and 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 Programme 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:

 Presenters of papers are afforded free conference registration.
 Tutorial presenters will receive 25% of the profit for their session
 and a free conference registration.

Form of Submissions:

 Please indicate whether your submission is relevant to the technical
 or management 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, FAX and e-mail addresses.

 2.  A biographical sketch not to exceed 100 words.

 3.  Abstract:  100 words

 4.  Outline: 1-4 pages giving details of the approach or algorithms pursued.
     Shorter outlines will not give the programme committee enough information
     to judge your work fairly, and, in most cases, this means your paper will
     be rejected. Longer outlines and full papers simply cannot be read by
     the committee in the time available. However, you may append a full paper
     to your outline; this is sometimes useful during evaluation.

 5.  References to any relevant literature

 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.

Programme Committee:

 Piers Lauder - Sydney University (Chair)
 Liz Fraumann - AUUG
 Ian Hoyle - BHP Research Labs
 Hugh Irvine - connect.com
 Rolf Jester - Digital Equipment Corporation
 Bob Kummerfeld - Sydney University
 Phil McCrea - Softway P/L
 Andrew McRae - Megadata P/L
 Greg Rose - Australian Computing and Communications Institute

Relevant Dates:

 Abstract and outlines due:  April 6, 1993
 Notifications to authors:  April 26, 1993
 Final Papers due: July 26, 1993

Addresses:

 Please submit one hard copy and one electronic copy
 (if possible) to the addresses below:

 e-mail: auug93@cs.su.oz.au

 Phone: +61 2 361-5994
 Fax: +61 2 332-4066

 AUUG '93 Programme
 P.O. Box 366 
 Kensington, NSW  2033

 Tutorial abstracts to: ggr@acci.com.au

 Please be sure to include your complete contact information (phone,
 fax, postal code and electronic mail addresses) in all correspondence.
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