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Subject: Sun User Group Conference
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 185, message 18 of 22

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ANNOUNCING<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<


                  Sun User Group 1989 Conference and Exhibit
                            December 6 - 8 1989
                  Anaheim Hilton & Towers, Anaheim California

This Seventh Annual edition of THE event for Sun users will be bigger and
better than ever!!  Over 2000 users of Sun products will be present for
the four day event which includes:

- 145 exhibit booths displaying products running on Sun platforms.
- Over 120 technical, industry and application sessions.
- Birds-of-a-Feather and Special Interest Group sessions.
- 8 full day tutorials (tutorials will be run all day Tuesday Dec 5, the
  show opens on Wednesday Dec 6)

Show Pricing:$300/SUG members, $330/non-members (add $15.00 for international)
             $400/SUG members, $430/non-members (after Nov 20).
Tutorial Pricing: $150/tutorial

For further conference/travel information contact the Sun User Group
business office at (phone) 415/336-4112, (fax) 415/969-9131, email to
sun!users, or write:

             Sun User Group 
             2550 Garcia Ave M-S 10-16
             Mtn. View, CA 95130

Special conference hotel and airfare rates are available to SUG Conference
attendees.  Room Rates: $90.00/night (single or double) Airfare: Up to 50%
off regular airfares

To receive special conference rates, attendees must book through
Rosenbluth Travel, Meeting and Incentive Division, at: 800/222-1035 or
408/749-9883 (FAX: 408/749-8317)

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Session Topics to Include:

KEYNOTES/GENERAL SESSIONS
- SPARC/Multimedia Presentation
- Sun Executives
- SPARC International

PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
- Sun Developers Panel
- Design Environments at Sun
- Future of Document Imaging
- Office Automation
- Data Analysis
- Network Management and Directions
- Electronic Publishing
- Scientific Visualization
- Sun in CIM
- S-Bus Implementation
- SPARC in a Systems Development Environment
- AI Applications
- Distributed DBMS Applications

USER APPLICATION TALKS
- RAPID Air Traffic Control System
- Integrating TeleGenz with Sun's NSE
- Sun Technology in Engineering
- Operations at JPL
- Systems Administration in a Commercial Environment
- Network User Account Maintenance
- Sun's Simulate a Radar Control Computer
- The BRL UNIX Migration Project, U.S. Army Ballistic Research Labs
- Experiences in Building a Radiology Workstation Using XView

WORKSHOPS
- Asian and International Localization (1/2 day)
- Information Technology Standards at Sun
- Sun's NetISAM
- Configuring Sun's for DBMS
- Vendor Technology:Future Trends in RDBMS
- Introduction to Object Oriented Programming in C++
- Integrated Environment for Lisp Development
- Sun Compiler Products
- CASE in the 90's
- NSE
- SPARC:Philosophy, Architecture, Hardware, S-Bus, Realtime/Embedded Systems
        Development
- FDDI Networks
- Workgroup Networking
- Distributed Computing
- Integrating VAX/VMS Systems with Suns 
- IBM Connectivity 
- OPEN LOOK 
- OpenWindows GUIDE (Graphical User Interface Design Editor)
- OPEN LOOK X11/NeWS Window System Platform
- Open Fonts
- XView Toolkit 
- Graphics Performance in Open Windows
- DOS Window Strategy
- Graphics Software Application Interface
- PEX: PHIGS Extensions to X
- SVr4 Strategy
- Sun OS MLS
- 4.0.3 and Release Plans
- Resellers Forum
- Catalyst Program

SIGs/BOFs
- Database
- Email Connectivity Drive
- Education/Institutional Purchasing
- Australian Catalyst Program
- Local User Group Support Program
- Sun User Group Business Meeting

TUTORIALS (Tuesday December 5,1989)

- An Introduction to Korn Shell Programming
- Productivity Skills for your Sun Workstation
- Object-Oriented Programming Systems and C++
- Open Windows for Application Developers
- Basic System and SunOS 4.0 Security Concept
- Systems Administration 4.x Update Seminar
- An Introduction to Installation and Networking
- A Maintenance Overview of 3/80 and SPARCstation 1