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Monday 5th to Friday 9th August 2002

Novotel on Collins,
270 Collins Street
Melbourne
Victoria, Australia

The SAGE-AU annual conference is the premier Systems Administration
event in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference offers a premium
educational forum for System Administrators of all platforms and levels
of experience, and an excellent opportunity to meet, network and learn
from acknowledged experts in the field.

Call for Papers and tutorials
The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) hosts its tenth
annual conference in August 2002, in Melbourne, Australia.

The annual SAGE-AU Conference provides a forum for Systems
Administrators, Systems Managers, Network Administrators, developers of
Systems Administration Software, and Technical Managers of such groups
to meet and share their knowledge and experiences. This is the premier
event for System Administrators in the Asia-Pacific region.

SAGE-AU'2002 is hereby calling for papers and tutorial presentations on
topics relevant to the profession of System Administration.

Submission timelines
Conference Papers
Conference Paper: Summary Abstracts 01 Mar 2002
Authors notified of acceptance of Abstract 18 Mar 2002
Conference Paper: Early draft submitted for feedback 25 Apr 2002
Conference Paper: Completed draft submitted  01 Jun 2002
Reviewed Papers returned to authors for editing 17 Jun 2002
Final Papers 28 Jun 2002

Tutorial Program
Tutorial proposals 04 Mar 2002
Authors notified of acceptance 18 Mar 2002
Tutorial contracts issued 25 Mar 2002
Tutorial contracts to be completed and returned 31 Mar 2002
Tutorial plan and first-draft material due 29 Apr 2002
Completed draft submitted for feedback 31 May 2002
Reviewed Tutorials returned to authors for editing 14 Jun 2002
Final tutorial material due 28 Jun 2002

Work In Progress (WIPs)
WIP Abstracts 2 May 2002
Authors notified of acceptance of WIP 23 May 2002
Draft of WIP due 13 Jun 2002
Final WIP due 14 Jul 2002

How to Submit
This year's format will consist of a three day tutorial program,
followed by a two day technical conference. Presentations during the
technical conference will include:

Invited Talks
Reviewed Papers
Works In Progress
Panel sessions.
Timeslots are available for 15, 30, 45 and 60 minute presentations. 5-10
minutes should be reserved for questions from the audience.

15 minute timeslots are less formal and are to allow people to talk
briefly about some topic of interest or problem without having to
prepare a formal paper ("Work in Progress"). WIP submissions should be
made to the programme committee as per the deadlines mentioned above.

People presenting a 30+ minute talk will receive free conference
registration.

People presenting a 15 minute talk will receive a 50% discount on the
conference registration fees.

If you wish to present a paper, send a brief abstract ("Summary
Abstract") to the address below by the due date. Please indicate whether
you are asking for a 15, 30, 45 or 60 minute timeslot.

Summary Abstracts should be 100 -- 200 words in length. Papers should
have a technical or managerial System Administration orientation, and
should not contain advertising.

Authors will be notified of whether their submission has been accepted
or rejected.

Authors of Conference Papers will be required to submit an Extended
Abstract of between 3 and 5 pages by the date specified. This should be
sufficient to define the structure of the paper, the major points
covered and the areas which require further work. A draft paper is also
submitted to allow the conference committee to provide feedback and
assistance. The Programme Committee will assist authors in organising
their work to help ensure the quality of papers and preparedness of
authors.

Authors giving 30+ minute presentations will be expected to provide a
final "camera ready" paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
This final copy must be submitted in an approved format (see "Author
Guidelines") or in plain ASCII text. Authors should note that formal
papers are required - submissions consisting solely of presentation
slides are insufficient.

Authors giving 15 minute presentations (i.e. WIPs) may submit slides in
lieu of formal papers.

Important note:  Authors whose submissions are accepted are expected to
follow the published deadlines, and to present the result of their work
at the Conference. To assist in this, authors may be assigned "mentors".

Author Guidelines
The Programme Committee will issue guidelines to assist authors in
planning their papers and presentations. We encourage those
inexperienced in public speaking to trial their papers at their local
chapter's meetings.

To assist authors, templates and instructions for use of those templates
will be provided in the following formats:

Microsoft Word
FrameMaker 5.5
HTML
Paper submissions must be made using one of these templates.


Tutorials
Tutorial sessions will be either half day or full day in duration.
People wishing to present tutorials should submit an abstract of the
material they wish to present, who their intended audience is, and an
indication of whether they require a half day or a full day timeslot.
Tutorial presenters are required to submit a tutorial draft to allow the
committee to provide feedback and assist with the editorial process.
Tutorials should be run in lecture format.

Suggested topics include:

Management practices for System Administrators
Disaster recovery & high availability
Computer and Network Security
High availability
Directory Enabled Networking
Cross Platform Interoperability
Tutorial presenters will receive an honoraria of AUD$500 for a half day
tutorial and AUD$1000 for a full day tutorial. An additional "bonus"
payment of AUD$125 per half day of tutorial given will be paid to
presenters who submit camera-ready originals of handout material on-time
in accordance with the published schedule. SAGE-AU will reimburse
tutorial presenters reasonable costs of producing handout materials;
materials submitted on-time will be printed by SAGE-AU on the
presenter's behalf.

As with papers, tutorials should have a technical or management
orientation and should not contain advertising.

Conference Details
SAGE-AU'2002 will be a 5 day conference running from Monday 5th August
to Friday 9th August, 2002.

The first three days (Monday through Wednesday) will be dedicated to
tutorials covering both technical and non-technical aspects of System
Administration.

The SAGE-AU Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the end of the
fourth day (Thursday 8th). All other times will be allocated to
presentations or discussions.

A conference dinner will be held on the Thursday evening.

The conference will feature a small trade show on the third and fourth
days, focusing on system administration tools and information.

Exhibition/Trade Show
On the third and fourth days of the conference (Wednesday and Thursday)
SAGE-AU'2002 will host a trade show focusing on system administration
tools and information.

If you or your company are interested in participating in the trade show
please contact the organisers for further information.

Registration
Conference registration includes one ticket to the Conference Dinner.
Conference and Tutorial registration includes Lunch and Refreshments.
Additional tickets to the Conference Dinner may be purchased.

Registration forms for tutorials will be available approximately eight
weeks before the conference date.

Early Registration. Early Registration is considered when the
registration form and payment has reached SAGE-AU by COB on Friday, 5th
of July, 2002. Early registrations will receive a 15% discount from the
registration fee.

Addresses
The following addresses are being made available for this conference:
Tutorial and paper submissions Please submit all tutorial and paper
abstracts to: papers@sage-au.org.au
Media requests for information and general conference enquiries
conf2002@sage-au.org.au
Advertising and sponsorship information secretary@sage-au.org.au
Requests for general information about SAGE-AU General enquiries should
be forwarded to: info@sage-au.org.au


WWW Page
A web page for the conference is http://www.sage-au.org.au/conf

Disclaimer
This information is correct at time of printing, however SAGE-AU
reserves the right to modify this information at any time.

The Web site will always contain the most up-to-date copy of all
conference information.