I've seen this in mailing lists, and the CFP in newsgroups, but I haven't
actually seen this announcement in newsgroups. Appologies to those who
have seen it. -H
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Announcing the Annual Association of Lisp Users Meeting and Workshop,
the Fifth Lisp Users And Vendors Conference (LUV'95)
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Cambridge, MA
August 14-17, 1995
The board members of the Association of Lisp Users (ALU) invite you to
increase your Lisp knowledge by attending the 1995 Lisp Users
Conference.
Highlights include:
Keynote speeches by Howard E. Shrobe (ARPA), Guy L. Steele Jr. (Sun
Microsystems), and Gerald J. Sussman (MIT).
GNU Emacs Lisp tutorial by Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation).
Advanced CLIM tutorials by CLIM developers Colin Meldrum (Franz, Inc),
Scott McKay (Harlequin, Inc.), and John Aspinall (Harlequin, Inc.).
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Preliminary Program
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MONDAY
8:00am-12noon TUTORIAL: Efficiency/Optimization
Instructors: David Tan (Point and Click Solutions, Inc.)
1:30pm-5:30pm TUTORIAL: GNU Emacs Lisp
Instructor: Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation)
7:00pm-8:30pm PUBLIC SEMINAR: Introduction to Common Lisp
and the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS)
Instructor: to be determined
TUESDAY
8:00am-12noon TUTORIAL: Introduction to Dylan
Instructor: to be determined
1:30pm-2:30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Guy L. Steele Jr. (Sun Microsystems)
2:45pm-3:45pm VENDOR PRESENTATION: Harlequin Incorporated
4:00pm-5:00pm Paper Presentations
7:00pm-8:30pm PUBLIC SEMINAR: Intro to Common Lisp Interface Manager
(CLIM)
Instructor: Colin Meldrum (Franz, Inc.)
WEDNESDAY
8:00am-12noon TUTORIAL: Programming World Wide Web Applications
Instructor: John Mallery
1:30pm-2:30pm INVITED TALK: ``Evolutionary Design''
Howard E. Shrobe (ARPA)
2:45pm-3:45pm ALU meeting
4:00pm-4:30pm VENDOR PRESENTATION: Chestnut Software
4:30pm-5:00pm VENDOR PRESENTATION: Gold Hill
5:00pm-5:30pm VENDOR PRESENTATION: Conscious Computing
8:00pm-10:00pm Birds of a Feather sessions
THURSDAY
8:00am-10:00am TUTORIAL: Macros & Compiler Macros for Abstraction &
Optimization
Instructor: Chris Stacy
10:00am-12noon TUTORIAL: Object Oriented & Relational Databases
Instructor: Judy Anderson & Wesley Dunnington (Harlequin, Inc.)
1:30pm-2:30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Gerald J. Sussman (MIT)
2:45pm-3:45pm VENDOR PRESENTATION: Franz, Inc.
4:00pm-5:00pm Paper Presentations
Evening No scheduled activities, except meeting of newly elected
board
FRIDAY
8:00am-10:00am TUTORIAL: Intermediate/Advanced CLIM topics (part A)
Instructor: Colin Meldrum (Franz, Inc.)
10:00am-12noon TUTORIAL: Intermediate/Advanced CLIM topics (part B)
Instructor: Scott McKay (Harlequin, Inc.)
1:30pm-3:30pm TUTORIAL: Intermediate/Advanced CLIM topics (part C)
Instructor: John Aspinall (Harlequin, Inc.)
3:45pm-5:00pm INVITED TALK: ``ANSI and ISO Lisp Standardization
Activities''
Instructor: Kent Pitman (Harlequin, Inc.)
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Registration Fees
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before after students*
15-Jul 15-Jul by 15-Jul
Single days 200 300 50
(all day, any day)
General Session only 200 300 50
(3 afternoons, Tu-Th)
Complete week 800 1000 200
(all day, M-F - general session plus 9 tutorial sessions)
CHECKS OR MONEY ORDER IN U.S. FUNDS SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO:
The Association of Lisp Users
P.O. Box 294
Malvern, PA 19355
Purchase orders will only be accepted with PRIOR approval by
Meetings Unlimited, Federal ID #192780-ALU
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Hotel Accommodations:
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This year, the conference will be held at:
Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02142
617-491-3600 617-661-5956 FAX
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at a special conference
rate of $129.00 SINGLE OR DOUBLE occupancy. Please call the hotel
BEFORE JULY 28, 1995 to reserve your room. When making your
reservation, please indicate that you are with the Association of Lisp
Users (ALU) to receive our group rate. Any reservations made after July
28 cannot be guaranteed at this conference rate.
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For further information:
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If you would like to receive a brochure to register for the conference
please provide complete information including your full name, address,
phone and fax number and e-mail address. Brochures will be mailed the
week of June 12th.
Conference Organizers
Meetings Unlimited <·············@ai.sri.com>
P.O. Box 294
Malvern, PA 19355
610-651-0797 610-651-0936 FAX
For information on paper submissions (deadline is 19-Jun), contact
Olivier Clarisse <········@iexist.att.com>
For program participation, please contact
Jim Aragones <·············@ai.sri.com>
518-387-6967