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11th Systems Administration Conference (LISA '97)
October 26 - 31, 1997
Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, CA

Co-sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Professional
and Technical Association, and SAGE, the System Administrators Guild

Refereed paper submissions dates:

Extended abstracts due:         June 3, 1997
Notification to authors by:     June 30, 1997
Final papers due:               September 9, 1997

Registration materials available: July, 1997

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Program Co-chair: Hal Pomeranz, NetMarket/CUC Intl.
Program Co-chair: Celeste Stokely, Stokely Consulting

Program Committee
Paul Anderson, University of Edinburgh
Melissa Binde, Swarthmore College
Helen E. Harrison, SAS Institute, Inc.
Trent R. Hein, XOR Network Engineering
Amy Kreiling, SAS Institute, Inc.
William LeFebvre, Group sys Consulting
Dinah McNutt, Sysadmazon, Inc.
Adam S. Moskowitz, Interval Research Corp.
Wendy Nather, Swiss Bank Warburg
John Sellens, University of Waterloo

Invited Talks Coordinators
Rik Farrow,  Internet Security Consulting
Pat Wilson, Dartmouth College

LISA, the  Systems Administration Conference, is the leading
conference for and by system administrators. LISA originally stood
for "Large Installation Systems Administration" when a large
installation  meant over 100 users, 100 systems, or a gigabyte of
disk storage. Today,  LISA offers the most comprehensive program
for system  administrators from sites of all sizes and at all
levels of experience.

LISA has always been the best source for the technology, tools,
and techniques needed to keep pace with today's rapid technology
advancements.  As we move into our second decade, LISA also
recognizes that a system administrator needs professional skills
which extend beyond the purely technical. The theme for LISA '97
is "Professional Development", and the conference will include
additional information and programming designed to enhance all
aspects of your career.

TUTORIAL PROGRAM
Sunday - Tuesday, October 26-28, 1997

Whether you are a novice or senior system administrator, you will
be able to find a tutorial at your level.  There will be up  to 20
tutorials over three days.

To provide the best possible tutorial offerings, USENIX
continually solicits proposals for new tutorials.  If you are
interested in presenting  a tutorial at this or other USENIX
conferences, please contact the  tutorial coordinator:

 Daniel V. Klein
 412-421-0285
 Fax:  412-421-2332
 Email: dvk@usenix.org

TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Wednesday - Friday, October 29-31, 1997

You will have two different types of learning opportunities during
the technical sessions:  a track dedicated to refereed technical
and professional development papers and one for invited talks,
panels and Works-in-Progress (WIP) reports.

CONFERENCE TOPICS
Papers and presentations addressing the following topics are
particularly timely. Presentations addressing other areas of
general interest are equally welcome.

Technology, Tools, and Techniques:
  - Innovative system administration tools and techniques
  - Distributed or automated system administration
  - Integration of emerging technologies in system administration
  - Incorporation of commercial system administration technology
  - Experiences supporting large sites (>1000 users or machines)
  - Experiences supporting nomadic and wireless computing
  - Intranet development, support, and maintenance
  - Integrating new networking technologies
  - Integration of heterogeneous platforms including legacy systems
  - Managing enterprise-wide email
  - OS / platform migration strategies
  - Performance analysis and monitoring
  - Data management
  - Security

The Business of System Administration:
  - Customer service skills for system administrators
  - Problem tracking
  - Proactive problem management
  - Asset management
  - Support strategies in use at your site
  - Delivering effective presentations
  - Effective training techniques for system administration and users
  - Managing others and managing your boss
  - Working effectively with contractors or consultants
  - Working as a contractor or consultant
  - Ethics


REFEREED PAPER SUBMISSIONS
An extended abstract of two to five pages is required for the
paper selection process. Full   papers are not acceptable at this
stage; if you send a full paper, you must also include an extended
abstract.

Include references to establish that you are familiar with related
work, and, where possible, provide detailed performance data to
establish that you have a working implementation or measurement
tool.

Submissions will be judged on the quality of the written
submission, and whether or not the work advances the state of the
art of system administration. For more detailed author
instructions and a sample extended abstract, send email to
lisa97authors@usenix.org or call USENIX at 510-528-8649.

Note that LISA, like most conferences and journals, requires that
papers not be submitted simultaneously to more than one conference
or publication,  and that submitted papers not be previously or
subsequently published  elsewhere. Papers accompanied by
non-disclosure agreement forms are  not acceptable and will be
returned unread. All submissions are held in the highest
confidence prior to publication in the conference proceedings,
both as a matter of policy and as protected by the U.S. Copyright
Act of 1976.

Authors of an accepted paper must provide a final paper for
publication in the conference proceedings.  At least one author of
each accepted paper presents the paper at the conference. Final
papers are limited to 20 pages, including diagrams, figures and
appendices, and must be in troff, ASCII, or LaTeX format.  We will
supply you with instructions.  Papers should include a brief
description of the site, where appropriate.

Conference proceedings, containing all refereed papers and
materials from the invited talks, will be distributed to attendees
and will also be available from the USENIX following the
conference.

WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS
Please submit extended abstracts for the refereed paper track by two of
the following methods:

 - Email to: lisa97papers@usenix.org
 - Fax to: 510-548-5738
 - Mail to:
   LISA 97 Conference
   USENIX Association
   2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215
   Berkeley, CA USA 94710

To discuss potential submissions, and for inquiries regarding the
content of the conference program, contact the program co-chairs
at lisa97chair@usenix.org or at:

 Hal Pomeranz
 NetMarket/CUC International
 155 Second Street, Cambridge  MA 02141
 Phone: 617-441-5050, x316
 Fax:   617-441-5099
 Email: hal@usenix.org

 Celeste Stokely
 Stokely Consulting
 211 Thompson Square, Mountain View   CA 94043
 Phone: 415-967-6898
 Fax:    415-967-0160
 Email: celeste@usenix.org


CASH PRIZES
Cash prizes will be awarded at the conference for the best paper
and the best student paper.

INVITED TALK TRACK
If you have a topic of  interest to system administrators, but not
suited for a traditional technical paper submission, please
submit  a proposal for an  invited talk  to the invited talk (IT)
coordinators at itlisa@usenix.org . They are:

Rik Farrow, Internet Security Consulting
Pat Wilson, Dartmouth College


VENDOR DISPLAYS
Wednesday and Thursday
October 29 - 30, 1997

LISA attendees have an enormous interest in industrial strength,
state-of-the-art solutions to system administration problems.  If
your company's  products provide solutions, LISA will provide
attendees with the technical  expertise to understand and
appreciate them. Please contact:

Cynthia Deno
Phone:  408-335-9445
Fax:      408-335-9445
Email:  display@usenix.org

BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSIONS
Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) are very informal gatherings of
attendees  interested in a particular topic. BoFs are held
Tuesday, Wednesday, and  Thursday evenings. BoFs may be scheduled
in advance by phoning the Conference Office at 714-588-8649 or via
email to conference@usenix.org. They may also be scheduled at the
conference.

FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Complete program and registration information will be available in
July 1997.  To receive registration materials, please contact:

 USENIX Conference Office
 22672 Lambert Street, Suite 613
 Lake Forest, CA  92630
 Phone: 714-588-8649
 Fax:   714-588-9706
 URL:  http://www.usenix.org/lisa97

 Or, you can send email to our mailserver at info@usenix.org .
 Your message should contain the line: send catalog. A catalog
 will be returned to you.