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The OOP '97 and Java Expo will be held Feb. 3 to 7 1997 in Munich, Germany.
This is a large (ca. 800 conference attendees and 3000 exhibit visitors)
conference and exhibit focussing on object technology. This a special
section of the conference is devoted entirely to Java.  Over 100 intense
introductory/intermediate and advanced technical sessions are offered at 
this event.  Approximately half of the sessions are in English; half in
German.

A full conference brochures (containing all conference presentation abstracts 
etc.) is available by contacting SIGS (see address below). By Friday (Dec. 20) 
supposedly the information on the SIGS Web Site will be updated (currently 
only and overview and a partial list of speakers).
	URL:  www.sigs.com/conferences/oop

3 of the 10 parallel tracks will focus on Java (the so-called "Java Expo")
including both introductorz, intermediate, and advanced topics.

Keynotes are:
- Ivar Jacobson (Rational) on UML and Software Process
- Annrai O'Toole (IONA) on Component Technology
- Peter Page (Mitglied der SNI-Vorstand) on OO in commercial application systems
- David Taylor (Enterprise Engines) on Object-Oriented Business Engines
- Kenneth Rubin (IBM) on Transition Management Strategies
- Wilfried Reiners (Anwalt) on Judicial Issues in the Internet

Speakers include:
- Bruce Anderson
- Walter Bischofberger
- Frank Buschmann
- Peter Coad
- James Coplien
- Klaus Dittrich
- Desmond D'Souza
- Martin Fowler
- Erich Gamma
- Norbert Hranitzky
- Peter Hruschka
- Nicolai Josuttis
- Timothy Korson
- Ralf Kuehnel
- Stan Lippman
- Regine Meunier
- John Pugh
- Hans Rohnert
- Peter Sommerlad
- Michael Stal
- Uwe Steinmueller
- Tucker Taft
- Andre Weinand
- Iseult White

Topics include:
- Java Tutorial (Hans Rohnert & Uwe Steinmueller)
- ODBMS Tutorial (Klaus Dittrich)
- Advanced C++ Design Techniques (James Coplien)
- Java und CORBA (Michael Stal)
- Advanced Project Management Techniques (Kenneth Rubin)
- Experience Report with Large Distributed Systems (Walter Bischofberger)
- Inside the C++ Object Model (Stan Lippman)
- A Developer's Introduction to OO Development (Scott Ambler)
- Introduction to Patterns (Frank Buschmann)
- Java and RMI (Norbert Hranitzky)
- ActiveX for MFC/Applications (Rainer Schmidberger) 
- A Practical Comparison of OLE, CORBA, SOM, and OpenDoc (John Williams)
- Distributed Applications with OLE-Remote Automation (Mirko Matytschak)
- Embedded Realtime Systems and OO (Karl-Heinz Sylla and Reinhard Budde)
- Development of Distributed Applications with CORBA (Igor Metz)
- Smalltalk Meets the Web (John Pugh)
- Moving from C++ to Advanced Java (Desmond D'Souza)
- Java Design: Building Better Apps and Applets (Peter Coad)
- Implementing Analysis Patterns (Martin Fowler)
- OO Experience Report (Andre Weinand)
- Design Patterns and Java (Erich Gamma)
- Sophisticated Java Applets and the AWT (Desmond D'Souza)
- Java and DCOM/ActiveX (Michael Johann)
- Java and Agentenoriented Programming (Ralf Kuehnel)

Special Events:
Welcome Reception (for Conf. Attendees only) on Tuesday night
Panel: Is the future of Smalltalk called "Java"? on Wed. night 
Panel: Microsoft vs. Java: Who Rules the Web?  Wednesday noon.

Exhibit:
Over 70 OO-companies

Pricing Information
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The official deadline for the (cheaper) "early bird" registration
is Dec. 20.  Inofficially, those registrations that arrive at the
SIGS German office by end of December will probably be billed at the 
"early bird" rate.  

Contact Information for SIGS Germany
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SIGS Conferences GmbH
Hauptstr. 293-297
D-51465 Bergisch Gladbach
Tel. 02202/9372-0
Fax. 02202/9372-2
E-mail: 100634.2070@compuserve.com