🚀 go-pugleaf

Object Expo Switzerland
November 18-20, 1996
Reinaissance Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland

Organizer: SIGS Conferences GmbH 
(Publisher of OBJEKTspektrum, JavaSPEKTRUM, JOOP, C++ Report, etc.)
Hauptstr. 293-297
D-51465 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 2202 - 93720
Fax +49 (0) 2202 - 93722
E-mail: 100634.2070@compuserve.com

SIGS premiere in Switzerland: First Object Expo Switzerland in Zurich. Over three days a wide selection of highly experienced speakers will cover the issues of Object Technology and its widely spread use in businesses of today, especially within the high technical standards of Switzerland.  Special emphasis is given to Java- and WWW-topics.

The following topics are covered during the 3 day conference:
	Analysis and Design
	Distributed Objects
	Languages
	Components & Patterns
	Persistent Objects
	WWW/Java
	Case Studies: Industry and Finance

Approximately half of the sessions are held in English, and half in German (the language of the title indicates the language of the presentation).

Keynotes
:
	Dave Thomas (Object Technology International) and
	Hubert Huschke (Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft)
are this year's Object Expo Switzerland keynote speakers.


Speakers
/Sessions

Tutorials:
Meilir Page-Jones, Object-Orientation: An introduction to the Basic Principles

Analysis & Design:
Meilir Page-Jones, Designing Sound Classes
James Odell, Advanced Object-Oriented Analysis & Design Techniques
Ian Graham, Seamless Object-Oriented Requirements Engineering

Trygve Reenskaug, Working with Objects: Analysis and Design of Corporate Information
Case Studies: Bruno Hunziker, Einsatz einer OO-Datenbank in der Gebaeudeleittechnik
Case Studies: Jamie Shiers, Multiple multi-pb Distributed Object Databases: the RD45 project

Software Development:
John Pugh, Building "Mission Critical" Applications in Smalltalk
Frank Coyle, Mastering Object-Oriented COBOL

John Pugh, Settung Up a Smalltalk Shop

Xavier Pintado, The Development of a Visual Environment for Portfolio Management
Andre Weinand, Wiederverwendung: Mythos und Realitaet
Brian Henderson-Sellers, Managing an Object-Oriented Metrics Programme
Harry Sneed, Kapselung Existierender Hostprogramme
Case Studies: Andreas Maier, Smalltalk Objects for Banking

Distributed Objects:
Michael Guttman, Introduction to Distributed Object Technology
Case Studies: Markus Diem, Objektorientierte Maschinenentwicklung

Case Studies: Hermann Hueni, Ein Framework fuer Netzwerk-Protokoll Software

Case Studies: Urs Schmid, Projekterfahrungen in einem Smalltalk-Projekt

Silvano Maffeis, Wenn CORBA Objekte abstuerzen
David Porreca, Transitioning Legacy Systems to Distributed Programming
Rachid Guerraoui, Object Based Concurrent and Distributed Programming
Sandra Walker, Developing Enterprise Systems Using Object Technology
Kai-Uwe Maetzel, Entwurf flexibler Verteiler-Systeme mittels OT
Th. Grotehen und R. Schwarb, Distributed Objects at Work

Components & Patterns:
Charles Bowman, Multiparadigm Development
Frank Buschmann, Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture
Walter Bischofberger, Components and Frameworks: Mythos oder Realitaet
Erich Gamma, Design Patterns Applied
Philipp Ackermann, Visuelle Objektkomposition im MET++ Multimedia Application Framework

Persistent Objects
:
Andrew Wade, The ODBMS Role in Client/Server Computing
Stefan Scherrer, OODBMS - Chancen und Risiken
Andrew Wade, Second Generation Web Servers Using ODBMS

Java Expo:

Frank Coyle, The Web, Java and Enterprise Computing
David Plotkin, Writing Graphical User Interfaces with the AWT

Gerry Seidman, Mastering Distributed Object Computing with Java

Gerry Seidman, Secrets to Multithreading in Java

Karl Guggisberg, ComponentWare fuer Java

Joel Scotkin, Security Precautions of the Java Run Time Systems
Marcel Neuhaeusler, Serverside-Java: Praxisorientierte Einfuehrung in die andere Seite des Java-Universums
David Plotkin, Business Applications of Java

Advisory Board:
Dr. Rene Bach, Ingenieurschule Bern

Dr. Hans Baerfuss, Glance AG Software Engineering

Prof. Dr. Klaus Dittrich, Universitaet Zuerich, Inst. fuer Informatik

Dr. Erich Gamma, IFA Unternehmensberatung, Zuerich
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Marty, IFA Unternehmensberatung, Zuerich
Prof. Dr. Oscar Nierstrasz, Universitaet Bern, Institut fuer Informatik
Dr. Bruno Schaeffer, Schweiz. Bankgesellschaft UBILAB

Exhibition Hours (Nov. 19 and 20.)
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996 10:00 - 18:30
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1996, 10:00 - 18:30

For further information
As for the detailed Conference Program, with abstracts of the courses and information on the speakers, at the SIGS Conferences GmbH, Germany (see address above). Early-bird registration prices in effect for bookings by end of October.

Feel free to distribute this notice further as you see fit.