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From: shan@mcf (Shan Kalwani)
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Subject: Announcement: Expo@Detroit
Keywords: michigan!/usr/group, Conference, Tutorials, Product Exhibition
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Date: 17 Jun 88 14:03:54 GMT
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Location: Detroit, Michigan


	Expo@Detroit Technical Conference, Tutorials & Exhibition

Expo@Detroit is a conference and trade show designed to attract an
impressive array of attendees - users and developers, buyers and
distributors. This highly concentrated forum features:

	Vendor exhibits and product demonstrations
	Market and industry oriented conference sessions
	Intensive all-day technical tutorials on UNIX and related topics

A large number of people from Mid-West and surrounding areas
will be invited to participate in this exposition, and these conferences,
and tutorials looking for the latest in UNIX, hardware and software
technology.

The Expo@Detroit Technical Conference and Exhibition will
be held September 13 - 14, 1988 at the Southfield Civic Center
in Southfield, Michigan. The event is sponsored by michigan!/usr/group,
the local affiliate of the UNIX trade association, /usr/group.
Michigan!/usr/group is a non-profit, vendor independent organization
dedicated to the promotion of UNIX, and its related  products and
services, thru the exchange of information among participants in the
UNIX industry.

The product exhibition will feature products such as mainframe,
mini, and microcomputer systems, applications and system software,
database systems, communications and network systems, peripheral
computer equipment, educational services, and books and periodicals.

Expo@Detroit will also offer a program of intensive UNIX
full-day tutorials, including subjects such as

	Introductory C Programming
	Advanced C Programming
	Shell Programming
	System Administration
	UUCP and Networking

Two days of conference sessions will take place in conjuction with
the exposition. Conferences will be half day sessions with several
presentations regarding specific topics. These presentations will be
delivered by a wide spectrum of users (GM, Ford, etc), vendors (DEC,
Sun, AT&T, Apollo, Pyramid, Prime, etc.) and consultants (Williams
International, etc.). Topics will include:

	UNIX Standards
	     System V
	     BSD
	     POSIX
	     X-windows
	     Networking
	Databases
	Manufacturing Applications
	Performance & Benchmarking

For registration/applications information, contact
	Expotech Inc.
	1264 Bedford Rd.
	Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
	(313) 882-1824

or mail at	INTERNET:	aimee_moran@um.cc.umich.edu
		UUCP:		uunet!umix!um.cc.umich.edu!aimee_moran
		CIS:		72000,400
		GEnie:		Expotech
		AppleLink:	X1156

or you can contact any of the following for further assistance:
Michael Wayne:	wayne@teemc.uucp
JT Vogt:	lfm@ttardis.uucp
Sharan Kalwani:	shan@mcf.uucp