SGML: Open for Business From @UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU:owner-sgml-l@VM.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE Thu Sep 14 22:14:25 1995 Message-Id: <9509150226.AA2810@worldcom-18.worldcom.com> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:40:05 EDT Reply-To: SGML-L Mailing list Sender: SGML-L Mailing list From: Chet Ensign Subject: Program for Sept. 19th SGML Forum/Open seminar in New York Comments: To: TECHWR-L , epub , ebt_wire , omug-l Comments: cc: laplante To: Multiple recipients of list SGML-L -------------------------- Here is the preliminary program for the all-day SGML/HTML seminar being held Tuesday, September 19th at the McGraw-Hill building in New York City. Speakers include Chuck Myers of Frame Technology, Mark Walter of Seybold Publications, David Harkness of Novell and Jerry Michalski of Ester Dyson's "Release 1.0." The seminar, "SGML: Open for Business," is cohosted by the SGML Forum of New York (the tri-state area SGML users group) and SGML Open (the SGML industry consortium). I have attached information on registering to the end of this message. Best regards, /chet Chet Ensign Logical Design Solutions 571 Central Avenue http://www.lds.com Murray Hill, NJ 07974 censign@lds.com [email] 908-771-9221 [Phone] 908-771-0430 [FAX] * Program * ----------- 8:30 am Registration and continental breakfast 9:15 am - 9:25 am Welcome and Introductions Cesare Del Vaglio, President, SGML Forum of NY 9:25 am - 10:00 am Plenary Address Mary Laplante, Director, SGML Open 10:00 am - 10:15 am Break Business Track -------------- 10:15 am - 10:45 am Assessing Business Needs for SGML Robert J. Glushko, Passage Systems 10:45 am - 11:30 am User Panel: SGML in Business Moderator: Chet Ensign, Logical Design Solutions Panelists: Mark Walters, Seybold Publications; Dale Waldt, Research Institute of America; Cyndie Cooper, C.C. Data Systems; Jim Lytle, ICS; 11:30 am - 12:15 pm Practical Strategies for Selling the Concept Martin Hensel, Martin Hensel Corporation Technical Track --------------- 10:15 am - 10:45 am Planning a Conversion Strategy Mark Gross, Data Conversion Laboratory 10:45 am - 11:30 am Building a Data Repository: SGML and Databases Michael Maziarka, Xyvision, Inc. 11:30 am - 12:15 pm Vendor Panel: Approaches to SGML Authoring Moderator: Mary Laplante, SGML Open Panelists: Chuck Myers, Frame Technology Corporation; Mark Ketzler, ArborText; David Harkness, Novell Joe Davidson, SoftQuad 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch, Vendor expo opens 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm SGML and Internet Publishing: Business and Technical Perspectives Jerry Michalski, Release 1.0 Kent Summers, Electronic Book Technologies, Inc. Others, TBA 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm Vendor Info-mercials (10 minute presentations by vendors for demoing products, making announcements, etc.) 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Open Mike Session: Attendees Talk Back 6:00 pm Expo and program close Time and Place ===== September 19, 1995 8:30 am - 5:00 pm McGraw-Hill Building 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 2nd Floor conference center (take escalators to right of main doors) How to Register ===== Registration for "Open for Business: The SGML Standard" is limited, so reserve your space early. The seminar fee is $99.00 U.S. Members of the SGML Forum of New York or SGML Open qualify for a discounted rate of $35.00. Join the SGML Forum of New York for the annual membership fee of $40.00 and be eligible for the discounted admission to the seminar! For information on Forum membership, contact Chet Ensign at +908-771-9221, email: censign@lds.com. To register for "Open for Business: The SGML Standard" contact SGML Open at +412-264-4258, email: info@sgmlopen.org. Fax this reply card to +412-264-6598, or mail it with a check made payable to: SGML Open 910 Beaver Grade Road, #3008 Coraopolis, PA 15108 __ Enclosed is my check for ________________________________ __ Invoice my company. P.O.#________________________________ Name _______________________________________________________ Title ______________________________________________________ Company ____________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip ___________________________________________ Phone ______________________________________________________ Fax ________________________________________________________ Others from my company who plan to attend: Name _______________________________________________________ Name _______________________________________________________ The Sponsors ============ SGML Open is a non-profit international consortium of providers of products and services, dedicated to accelerating the further adoption, application and implementation of SGML. The SGML Forum of New York is a non-profit organization devoted to the exchange of ideas and information about SGML. Members represent a wide variety of industries including publishing, financial services, insurance, securities, telecommunications, defense and pharmaceuticals.