SGML: SGML'96 Call for Participation

SGML: SGML'96 Call for Participation


Subject: SGML'96 Call for Participation
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 01:03:16 GMT
From: sgml96@netcom.com (Tommie Usdin)
Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation Celebrating a Decade of SGML But Wait ... There's More! SGML'96 will be held: November 18-22, 1996 Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers Boston, MA Conference Chairs: B. Tommie Usdin Deborah A. Lapeyre We are looking for presentations (talks, posters, and tutorials) celebrating success with SGML, sharing experience, warning of possible problems, or bemoaning failures. Presentations may be intended for novices, users, or experts. Among the successful topics in previous years have been: Case studies Implementation planning Software customization Features of SGML Business Case for SGML Technical Issues in Using SGML Math and Equations in SGML HyTime: Hypertext and Multimedia Tables in SGML Conversion to SGML Conversion from SGML SGML in database applications User training SGML software integration Printing from SGML Use of Architectural Forms SGML development techniques Pharmaceutical data in SGML Aircraft maintenance data in SGML Automobile data in SGML Defense data in SGML Insurance data in SGML Newspaper data in SGML Semiconductor data in SGML ABC's of DSSSL SGML Repositories SGML and the Web We have learned a lot in the ten years that SGML has been a standard; come share what you have learned. We have done a lot in that ten years; come tell us what you have accomplished. What are SGML'96 Talks? At SGML'96 all talks will be 30 minutes long, and will be followed by 10 minutes for discussion of questions from the audience. speakers will be required to submit their presentations in SGML approximately 6 weeks before the conference, using the conference DTD. Presentations may be on any technical level, and must be content/technically oriented. Product or service descriptions or advertisements are not appropriate on the technical program. What are SGML'96 Poster Presentations? If you are a newcomer to the SGML conference you may never have attended a poster session or done a poster presentation. These sessions have become a highly acclaimed portion of the conference. Poster Presentations are graphic/textual presentations which use posters to say/show the major points of a subject/topic. The idea is that an attendee can look at the poster and understand its message with or without the presenter's presence. Poster Sessions are time in the conference schedule dedicated to the reading and discussion of poster presentations. This year we invite three categories of poster presentations: 1. Technical posters describe an idea, technique, problem, or innovation in three posters or less. 2. Vendor posters describe a product, commercial enterprise, or service in three posters or less. 3. Personal posters (a new category) ask a presenter to introduce himself/herself to the conference through a single poster that describes interests, hobbies, or background. Tell us about the person you are when you are not busy being an SGML user/developer/manager. Do you design furniture, race stock cars, play professional volleyball or great piano? Posters will be available for the entire conference and will be physically grouped by topic. Attendees will be encouraged to write and post ad hoc posters during the conference. For more information on posters please contact Debbie Lapeyre at 301/762-5179. Guidelines for Submitting an Abstract If you want to submit proposals for multiple presentations please send them in separate e-mail messages or on separate pieces of paper. Submit Abstracts for papers to: B. Tommie Usdin Mulberry Technologies, Inc. 1714 Tweed Street Rockville, MD 20851 USA E-mail: sgml96@netcom.com Fax: 301/762-9346 Provide the following information in your submission: 1. Presentation Title 2. Author/Presenters Name(s) 3. Previous places this presentation have been given 4. Preferred format (talk, poster, tutorial) 5. Expected audience (novices, users, experts) 6. Abstract Should provide enough detail that reviewers understand the purpose and value of the presentation. If you are submitting an abstract for a talk it should be at least 300 words; for a poster at least 50 words; a tutorial at least 1000 words including a detailed outline. Review Process For the first time this year, GCA will submit all paper proposals received to a peer review panel to aid in selection. The list of reviewers will be provided in the full conference brochure. Papers will be chosen based on technical merit, interest, and applicability. All abstracts must be received by June 30, 1996 (preferably by e-mail to sgml96@netcom.com). Those of you chosen to present a talk will be required to submit your full paper in SGML by August 19, 1996, in SGML using the SGML'96 DTD which is available via GCA's home page (http://www.gca.org/). For more information call Tommie Usdin at 301/762-5179. Conference Registration All presenters must register for the conference. For conference registration information contact: Graphic Communications Association 100 Daingerfield Road Alexandria, VA 22314-2888 Phone: 703/519-8160 Fax: 703/548-2867 E-mail: SGML96@gca.org -- <></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></> SGML'96 Celebrating a Decade of SGML But Wait ... There's MORE Technical Program email: sgml96@netcom.com Conference Co-Chairs: B. Tommie Usdin Mulberry Technologies, Inc. 301/762-5179 Deborah A. Lapeyre ATLIS Consulting Group, Inc. 301/816-4311 GCA Contact: Joy Blake Graphic Communications Association 703/519-8177 <></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></><></>