Re: 9th X Conference: hotel and pre-reg deadlines are near!

Re: 9th X Conference: hotel and pre-reg deadlines are near!

[R. William Beckwith]

(can anybody guess why I'm posting this here? ;-)

Make your hotel reservations this week, the room rate is only guaranteed
until this Friday (Jan 6).

Register by next Monday (Jan 9) or you'll have to pay $50 extra to attend.


The following info is also available as http://www.x.org/consortium/Xconf.html.


		      9th Annual X Technical Conference
			    Boston, Massachusetts
			 30 January - 1 February 1995

		       Sponsored by X Consortium, Inc.

CONFERENCE FORMAT

The entire conference will be held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.  There
are no vendor exhibits.

Monday, 30 January 1995
    TUTORIALS & BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSIONS
    EVENING RECEPTION
Tuesday, 31 January
    TALKS & BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSIONS
    EVENING VIDEO SESSION
Wednesday, 1 February
    TALKS & BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSIONS

RECEPTION

There will be a reception this year at the Museum of Science, Monday night, 30
January from 7-10 pm.  Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be provided.  You
may bring guests for $25 per guest.  Free transportation between the hotel and
the museum will be provided.

PRE-REGISTRATION

The pre-registration fee is $175 per person and must be received by 9 January
1995 by 5:00 pm.  Pre-registrations will not be processed without full
payment.  Tutorial reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis.
A tutorial registration form will be sent to you when it becomes available.
All pre-registrants will receive a Preliminary Schedule of Events and the
Final Schedule will be available on the Internet and at the conference
Registration Desk.  Please return the registration form and payment to the
following address:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Conference Services Office
77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 7-111
Cambridge, MA 02139   U.S.A.
ATTENTION: X Technical Conference

Fax: 617-253-7002   Email: registration@x.org

ON-SITE REGISTRATION - $50 INCREASE (space-available basis)

The on-site registration fee is $225 per person.  On-site registration will
take place at the Boston Marriott Copley Place during the following times:

   Sunday, 29 January 1995               3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
   Monday, 30 January                    7:30 am - 5:00 pm
   Tuesday, 31 January                   7:30 am - 5:00 pm

PAYMENT

We accept checks, money orders, Mastercard and VISA as forms of payment.  We
will not accept purchase orders under any circumstances, nor will we accept
American Express.  Your registration includes admission to assigned tutorials,
all talks and birds-of-a-feather sessions and the reception.

REFUNDS

All refund requests must be made in writing and received by 2 January 1995.
Refunds will be issued within four weeks after the conference less a $15
processing fee.  No refunds will be granted after that date, however
substitutions will be accepted until Friday, 13 January 1995 by 5:00 pm.

TUTORIALS

The following tutorials will be given on Monday, 30 January.  You are
permitted to choose EITHER one full day (F-) tutorial, OR one morning (A-)
and/or one afternoon (P-) tutorial.  Please include your tutorial selection on
your registration form.  You can also indicate an alternate selection, in case
your first choice fills up.  If you have already sent in your registration,
you can send in your tutorial selection by electronic mail, or you can reply
to the tutorial selection form that will be sent to you soon.

Tutorial ID:  F-FRESCO
  Title: Programming with Fresco
  Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
  Instructor: Steven Churchill, Fujitsu
  Abstract:
   Fresco is an object-oriented user interface system for development of
  graphical user interfaces that covers functionality in Xlib and Xt and adds
  support for structured graphics and application embedding.
   This tutorial gives an overview of Fresco's architecture and object system
  and explores Fresco programming through a series of example programs.
   Attendees should be familiar with basic object-oriented programming
  concepts.
   Introduction - Topics include Fresco's architecture and new technology,
  including graphical embedding. Some introductory code examples are presented.
   Subjects and views - Subjects and views are explored through a series of
  example programs.
   Object System - Examines IDL, distribution, and Fresco's interface
  translator.
   Structured Graphics - Examines draw and pick traversal, damaged-based
  update, event handling, and transformations.
   Glyphs - Examines Fresco's glyph interface in detail.
   Resolution independence - Looks at coordinates, vertices, regions display
  management, drawing, and printing

Tutorial ID:  F-YAGED
  Title: Yaged - The systematic design and implementation of a realistically
		 sized X/Motif application
  Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
  Instructor: Fintan Culwin, South Bank University, London
  Abstract:
   A pre-requisite for the efficient development of any high quality software
  is the use of a defined production process which contains an effective design
  notation. The production processes and design notations used for traditional
  imperative software have proved unsuitable for the construction of
  applications which are driven by a graphical user interface.
   The popularity of, and subsequent user-lead demand for, applications which
  have a graphical user interface has lead to a situation where many skilled
  developers are re-deployed to the production of GUI based applications, find
  that they cannot employ the notations and processes which they are familiar
  with and are reduced to inefficient and ineffective hacking.
   This tutorial will introduce a design notation (State Transition Diagrams)
  which by emphasising usability considerations from the outset, encourages the
  production of highly usable interfaces. The initial STDs are subsequently
  used to define the specifications of components, in the form of object
  diagrams, from which the application is constructed.
   The tutorial will commence with an introduction to the design notation and
  production processes by considering a number of mini-apps. The suitability of
  the techniques for realistically sized applications will then be demonstrated
  by an overview of the design of a pixmap graphics editor called yaged (Yet
  Another Graphics EDitor) which has been produced using the techniques.
   Fintan Culwin PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at South Bank
  University : London. He has been working on systematic techniques for GUI
  production for over seven years, both as an industrial consultant and as an
  educator. The tutorial will be suitable for engineers who have an initial
  knowledge of a GUI toolkit and educators wishing to improve the delivery of
  GUI construction courses.

Tutorial ID:  A-CDE-INTEG
  Title: Common Desktop Environment (CDE) 1.0 - Basic Application Integration
  Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
  Instructors: Dave Bealby, SunSoft
	       David Bryant, SunSoft
	       Troy Cline, IBM
	       Steve Pendergrast, Novell
	       Jon Werner, IBM
  Abstract:
   This half-day tutorial will provide an overview of release 1.0 of the Common
  Desktop Environment (CDE) as well as information on how to integrate existing
  applications with CDE.  It is of particular interest to ISVs and VEUs, or to
  anyone who wishes to understand how they may easily (and painlessly) install
  and run their current applications on CDE and also take advantage of numerous
  CDE features without having to modify or rebuild their applications.
   Topics to be covered include:
  *) Overview of the CDE project, including future directions and plans
  *) Architecture of CDE 1.0
  *) Basic application integration with CDE
  *) Providing GUIs for shell scripts
   Developers interested in detailed information on developing new applications
  for CDE are encouraged to take the "Developing Applications for the Common
  Desktop Environment (CDE)" tutorial also being offered.

Tutorial ID:  A-CMD-LANG
  Title: Programming X Using Command Languages
  Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
  Instructor: Jan Newmarch, University of Canberra, Australia
  Abstract:
   The focus in this tutorial will be on programming X using command languages.
  Programming in C is complicated, tedious and error prone, but bindings of X
  to many languages now exist.  The simplest of these are to command languages
  such as the Korn shell.  This tutorial covers the major systems of the
  Windowing Korn Shell (and its successor the Desktop Korn Shell) and Tcl/Tk.
  Alternative systems such as tclMotif and Wafe are also covered. There will be
  some discussion of newer bindings such as to Perl (TkPerl) and Python
  (tkinter).  Finally, there will be a look at how such systems are
  implemented.

Tutorial ID:  A-OPENDOC
  Title: Component Integration in X with OpenDoc
  Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
  Instructor: Chris Nelson, IBM Corporation
  Abstract:
   OpenDoc is an emerging technology for the integration of software components
  and compound documents.  This technology is being provided by the Component
  Integration laboratory - CI Labs and its member companies.  IBM as a sponsor
  member is providing the X Window System reference implementation of OpenDoc
  for CI Labs.
   This Tutorial will provide an overview and programming model for OpenDoc and
  its related integrated technologies - Bento, OSA, Component GT, and SOM.  It
  will also discuss how these technologies have been ported to X.

Tutorial ID:  A-OPENGL-FUND
  Title: OpenGL Fundamentals
  Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
  Instructor: Mason Woo, Silicon Graphics
  Abstract:
   OpenGL is a vendor neutral, multiplatform graphics API.  The OpenGL API
  provides an environment for writing interactive, color, 2D and 3D graphics
  applications, which are portable among OpenGL implementations.
   This tutorial is a technical overview of OpenGL, emphasizing sophisticated
  graphics functionality, such as lighting and texture mapping.  Attendees
  learn how to write OpenGL code and also learn some of the design philosophies
  behind the specification of OpenGL.  Extensions to OpenGL also will be
  discussed.  Course notes include working examples of OpenGL.  The tutorial
  will include live demonstrations of programs written with OpenGL, showing the
  features and performance of OpenGL.

Tutorial ID:  A-XTENT
  Title: Xtent: Mastering Widgets and the X Toolkit Using X Resources
  Time: 9:00am to 12:00noon
  Instructors: Bob Addessi, Scott Anderson, Connie Clark, Ken Kruse
	       AT&T Bell Laboratories
  Abstract:
   The X resource system acts as a simple name/value pair database that is
  resident in each and every X application.  Its simple dotted notation and
  flat file format make it easy to use and efficient to process.  This simple
  database is *the* mechanism that allows end users to customize X based
  applications.  This customization system is clearly one of the better
  features that the X Window System introduced to the world of interactive
  graphics systems.
   The xtent language was developed at AT&T, and is available as license free,
  contributed software, from the X Consortium.  Xtent extends the X resource
  system to allow us to specify X Toolkit (Xt) applications that are based on
  any of the common widget sets: Motif, OpenLook, and Athena.  It also includes
  a simple interprocess communication system that allows us to specify all of
  the Xt functionality remotely as well as locally.  This allows us to create
  applications from collections of reusable processes and/or remotely debug
  existing, compiled, and optimized applications.  Because all specification is
  done with resources, activities like debugging are handled symbolically at
  the Xt level using this simple and intuitive, flat X resource notation.
   The tutorial covers the the three uses of xtent for working with the X
  Toolkit and widgets: as a pedagogical tool for exploring X concepts, as an
  application development tool, and as a debugging tool for existing
  applications.  The tutorial also gives a quick introduction to X and the X
  Toolkit, so it is appropriate for people with no prior experience and it is
  not boring for those familiar with the topic.
   We move rapidly from small simple programs to complex widget based
  applications.  All concepts are accompanied by working examples and we use
  the features found in xtent to expose the internal structure of widgets and
  the X environment.  We complete the tutorial with multi-process examples that
  demonstrate how xtent can be used for debugging.
   The tutorial will be given using Mosaic on a local laptop.  The HTML source
  for the tutorial will be made publically available after the tutorial
  presentation.  Paper copies of the tutorial will be available to allow those
  attending the tutorial to follow along.

Tutorial ID:  P-ADA-FRESCO
  Title: Using Fresco with Ada-95
  Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
  Instructor: R. William Beckwith, Vice President, Engineering
		Objective Interface Systems, Inc.
  Abstract:
   Ada-95 is a new generation of the Ada language that extends the existing
  Ada-83 language in several dimensions.  As a result, Ada-95 is a concurrent,
  object-oriented language with built-in support for distribution as well as
  numerics, information systems, and real-time systems.
   Ada's concurrency is well-defined and thoroughly integrated with other
  features of the language.  The result is a multitude of solutions that are
  difficult to realize in other languages.
   Fresco is a next generation GUI toolkit that offers a broad range of
  functionality including structured graphics hierarchies and UI widgets.
   The combination of these two technologies provides for advanced graphics
  capability in an elegant language environment.
   This tutorial will cover the basics of using Fresco with examples and
  exercises in Ada-95.  Attendees should be familiar with programming with GUI
  toolkits and should understand basic object-oriented programming concepts.
  Familiarity with Ada-95 is helpful but not necessary.

Tutorial ID:  P-CDE-DEV
  Title: Developing Applications for the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
  Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
  Instructors: Art Barstow, Hewlett-Packard
	       Isa Hashim, SunSoft
	       Rich McAllister, SunSoft
	       Robert O'Brien, SunSoft
	       Michael Wilson, Hewlett-Packard
  Abstract:
   This half-day tutorial will provide in-depth information about developing
  applications for release 1.0 of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE).
  Desktop facilities and APIs will be described from a developer's viewpoint,
  and use of the CDE Application Builder to simplify development of
  applications that incorporate these services will be explained.
   Topics to be covered include:
  *) Major Desktop Services
     - Drag & Drop
     - Help API's and authoring
     - Actions and Filetypes
     - Messaging services (ToolTalk)
  *) New widgets provided by CDE
  *) Using the CDE Application Builder
   Developers interested in background information on CDE and on integrating
  existing applications with CDE are encouraged to take the "Common Desktop
  Environment (CDE) 1.0 - Basic Application Integration" tutorial also being
  offered.

Tutorial ID:  P-DPS
  Title: Using the Display PostScript System with X
  Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
  Instructor: Paul Asente, Adobe Systems Incorporated
  Abstract:
   The Display PostScript System brings several useful capabilities to the X
  Window System.  Among these are typographic font handling, image
  manipulation, resolution independence, color model independence, additional
  drawing functions, exchange of graphics among applications, and previewing
  PostScript language documents.  This tutorial introduces the Display
  PostScript System both as an extension and with the DPS/NX system, and
  discusses some of the programming tools available.

Tutorial ID:  P-KEYBOARD
  Title: Using the X Keyboard Extension
  Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
  Instructor: Erik Fortune, Silicon Graphics International R&D
  Abstract:
   The X Keyboard Extension (XKB) is a proposed extension to the X window
  system which is currently under review.  This tutorial will describe the
  extension as implemented in R6, which might vary in detail from the final
  version of the extension but which should be close.
   After a brief overview of the X Keyboard Extension, its goals and its
  capabilities, this tutorial will focus on practical use of the X Keyboard
  Extension by users, application programmers and X server developers.
   The first section of the tutorial will cover the configuration files used to
  describe an XKB keyboard and provide examples of support for a number of
  common keyboard semantics that cannot be accommodated by the core protocol
  alone.  We will also describe the ways that common keyboard behavior and
  layout information can be shared, even between keyboards with substantial
  differences.  Finally, we will cover the tools available to the user and the
  steps necessary to create a new layout or to modify an existing layout.
   The X Keyboard Extension provides a lot of optional information about
  keyboard state, behavior and even appearance and it uses a number of new
  events, data structures and functions to do so.  The second section will
  describe the programming interface and give examples of programs that use
  many of the new features of XKB.

Tutorial ID:  P-OPENGL-X
  Title: Programming OpenGL with X
  Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
  Instructor: Mark J. Kilgard, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
  Abstract:
   The OpenGL graphics system is a powerful software interface for graphics
  hardware that allows graphics programs to produce high-quality animated color
  images of 2D and 3D objects.  This popular graphics standard was developed by
  Silicon Graphics and is currently available from numerous vendors (DEC, IBM,
  Microsoft, SGI and others) for multiple window systems (X, Windows NT, and
  OS/2).
   This tutorial explains how to use the OpenGL graphics system with the X
  Window System to write sophisticated 2D and 3D graphics programs.  The
  concepts underlying OpenGL's GLX extension to the X server are explained.
  Programming examples using OpenGL with both the Xlib and Motif programming
  interfaces are provided.  The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) is used to
  demonstrate fast prototyping of OpenGL programs for X.  A higher-level
  OpenGL-based 3D object-oriented toolkit named Open Inventor is described.
  Lastly, OpenGL is compared and contrasted with the competing PEX standard for
  3D.
   Comprehensive course notes provide detailed explanations of using X and
  OpenGL, including numerous working examples.  Live demonstrations of OpenGL
  programs throughout the tutorial demonstrate the features and performance of
  OpenGL.

Tutorial ID:  P-TCL-TK
  Title: Building Large Commercial X11 Applications Using Tcl/Tk
  Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
  Instructor: D. Richard Hipp, Hipp, Wyrick & Company, Inc.
  Abstract:
   Tcl/Tk is a script language for building X11 applications which was
  developed by John Ousterhout while he was at UC Berkeley.  Sinces its
  inception in 1990, Tcl/Tk has attracted a great amount of interest and
  accolade from those who use the system to develop small, freely
  redistributable "mini-apps" or scripts for personal use.  However, among
  groups which develop large-scale X11 applications for commercial or
  government use, many have greeted Tcl/Tk with indifference or even scorn.
  Many developers view Tcl/Tk as a toy language which is unsuitable for
  developing large and robust systems.
   The aim of this tutorial is to challenge the prevailing view and to show
  that Tcl/Tk is an appropriate toolkit for large-scale system development, and
  in fact that Tcl/Tk is in many ways superior to more familiar toolkits such
  as Motif.
   Topics to be covered in this tutorial include: 1) A brief introduction to
  Tcl/Tk and its history, 2) An explanation of why Tcl/Tk is in many ways
  better than Motif for large-scale application development, 3) Suggestions on
  how to structure a large Tcl/Tk-based application, 4) Techniques for
  embedding Tcl/Tk code within a C or C++ program, 5) How to write new Tcl/Tk
  commands and widgets, 6) Effective use of the Tcl/Tk library, and finally 7)
  Pitfalls, gotchas, and how to avoid them.  The tutorial will be replete with
  examples.  In addition, a large Tcl/Tk-based applications may be demonstrated
  if suitable computing resources can be obtained.
   Both partisans and skeptics of Tcl/Tk are encouraged to attend this
  tutorial.  Questions, comments, and even dissent will be a welcomed addition
  to the program.


TALKS, Tuesday, 9:00am to 5:35pm

The following talks are currently scheduled for Tuesday, 31 January.

Testing X Clients Using Synlib Agents -
	Invasion: No; Portability: Up; Cost: Down
    Sankar L. Chakrabarti, Hewlett-Packard Company
Previewing PostScript over a Telephone in 3 Seconds Per Page
    John M. Danskin, Dartmouth College
D11: A High-Performance, Protocol-Optional, Transport-Optional Window System
	with X11 Compatibility and Semantics
    Mark Kilgard, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
XVE: X Visual Effect Extension
    Hajime Takano, NEC Corporation
    Hiroshi Matsuura, NEC Informatec Systems, Ltd.
    Hiroshi Matoba, NEC Corporation
Help! There's a Spy in My Code
    Ian Elliott, Hewlett-Packard Company
Embedding of X Applications
    Jan Newmarch, University of Canberra, Australia
An Overview of OpenDoc
    Chris Nelson, IBM Corporation
A Pseudo-Root Extension
    Keith Packard, Network Computing Devices
Teleporting - Mobile X Sessions
    Tristan Richardson, Olivetti Research Laboratory
k-Edit
    Anselm Baird-Smith, Philippe Kaplan, Groupe Bull
Re-engineering the CDE/Motif Graphical User Interface for Pens
    James Kempf, SunSoft Object Products
    Sue Booker, Booker Designs
    Ethan Solomita, Columbia University Computer Science Dept.
    Jackson Wong, SMCC Technology Development
A Blackboard for X Applications
    Mark S. Ackerman,
    Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine


"KILLER APPS" VIDEO SESSION, Tuesday, 8:00pm to 10:00pm

This video session will showcase outstanding X applications, both commercial
and non-commercial.  If you are interested in submitting a tape, please send
email to xconference@x.org.


TALKS, Wednesday, 9:00am to 5:00pm

The following talks are currently scheduled for Wednesday, 1 February.

X Consortium Status Report
    Bob Scheifler, X Consortium, Inc.
Integrating A Color Management System With A Unix and X11 Environment
    David T. Berry, SunSoft, Inc.
A Methodology For Multithreaded X client development
    Murali V. Srinivasan, SunSoft, Inc.
PhotoKit - An XIE Toolkit
    Larry Hare, Bob Shelley, AGE Logic, Inc.
Intelligent Reusable User Interface Components
    Veikko Punkka, Nokia Cellular Systems Oy
Common Desktop Environment Architectural Overview
    Steve Evans, SunSoft, Inc.
The X Public Access Mechanism
    Eric Mandel, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
    Ralph Swick, X Consortium, Inc.
    Doug Tody, National Optical Astronomy Observatories
A Remote Access Protocol for the X Window System
    W. Keith Edwards, Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Susan H. Liebeskind,
    Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center,
    College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Double Buffer Extension (DBE)
    Ian Elliott, Hewlett-Packard Company
Loadable X Server Architectures
    Rob Lembree, Workstation Software Group, Digital Equipment Corporation
    Ian Elliott, Hewlett-Packard Company
What's New in PEX and PEXlib 5.2
    Karl Schultz, Hewlett-Packard Company

BOFS

The following birds of a feather sessions are currently planned.  We welcome
suggestions for additional BOFS; send suggestions to xconference@x.org.

Safe Use of X Window System Across a Firewall
    Brian Kahn, MITRE
What's new with the Display PostScript System in X
    Paul Asente, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Fresco
    Mark Linton, Silicon Graphics
X On Intel-Based Unix
    David Wexelblat, XFree86 Project
CDE
    Steve Evans, SunSoft, Inc.
OpenGL
    Mark Kilgard, Silicon Graphics
X over the Web
    Daniel Dardailler, X Consortium
Motif
    Ellis Cohen, OSF

PROCEEDINGS & TUTORIAL NOTES

Tutorial registration entitles you to one copy of the notes for that course.
Conference registration entitles you to one copy of the conference
proceedings.  All registrants must pick up their conference credentials and
materials at the Registration Desk.  Leftover tutorial notes will be sold at
the end of the conference on a first-come first-served basis; you may also
order additional tutorials notes at the Registration Desk.

The conference proceedings are published as a regular issue of The X Resource.
If you already subscribe to The X Resource, you will receive one copy at the
conference and a duplicate copy from your subscription.  However, if you have
not yet renewed, The X Resource has a special subscription (for conference
attendees only) that does not include the conference issue.  Contact Marianne
Cook at marianne@ora.com, 1-800-998-9938 or 707-829-0515 for more information.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

The Program Committee this year consisted of:
	Stuart R. Anderson, AT&T GIS
	Steven C. Bilow, Tektronix
	Doug Blewett, AT&T Bell Laboratories
	Craig Groeschel, Metro Link
	Mark Hatch, UnixWare Technology Group, Chief of Technology
	Selwyn L. Henriques, Tech-Source Inc.
	Kaleb Keithley, X Consortium
	David Lister, Adobe Systems
	Stuart Marks, SunSoft
	Prof. Patrick Powell, San Diego State University
	Glenn Pinkerton, Colorado Softworks
	Ralph Swick, X Consortium

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

The Boston Marriott Copley Place has reserved a block of rooms for conference
participants from Friday, 27 January, through Saturday, 4 February 1995.  The
Marriott is located in Boston's Back Bay where some of the city's best
restaurants and retail developments are within walking distance.  The hotel
features three restaurants, a cocktail lounge, health club facilities with a
swimming pool and jacuzzi, and a business center.

Conference rate: $105/night for a single or double room, exclusive of a 9.7%
tax/night.  This rate is guaranteed until 6 January 1995.  Parking is
available for an additional fee.  Current parking rates are $17 per day, which
is subject to change.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS

Please complete and return the Hotel Reservation Form to the following
address:

Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA  02116
ATTENTION: Reservations Dept.

Questions regarding hotel accommodations should be directed to the Boston
Marriott Copley Place at the above address or Tel: 617-236-5800 or
1-800-228-9290.  Your reservation will be confirmed upon receipt.

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION

Boston's Logan airport is 20-45 minutes from the Boston Marriott Copley Place.
The hotel is best accessed by public transportation or taxis.  We recommend
conference attendees avoid car rentals.  Taxi service is available for an
approximate cost of $16 one way.

Boston's Subway System, known as the MBTA or the "T", stops adjacent to the
hotel.  The T costs $.85 one way and is in service from 5:30 am to midnight.
A free shuttle bus sponsored by the Massport Authority (blue & white
bus/number 22 or 33) stops at all Logan Airport terminals and transports
visitors to the T airport subway stop on the Blue Line.  Take the Blue Line to
the State Street stop and change to the Orange Line.  Get off the Orange Line
at the Back Bay stop and walk two blocks to the hotel complex.
\f			    HOTEL RESERVATION FORM
			 Boston Marriott Copley Place

		      9th Annual X Technical Conference
			 30 January - 1 February 1995

Please include first night's deposit with reservation to guarantee your
arrangements.  A check or money order made payable to the Boston Marriott
Copley Place Hotel or one of the credit cards listed below is an acceptable
form of payment.  If the reservation is not cancelled before 6:00 pm on the
day of arrival, you will be billed for one night and the reservation will be
cancelled.  The Hotel's direct telephone number is 617-236-5800 or
1-800-228-9290.

The room rate of $105/night for Single or Double (2 beds) room will be honored
until 6 January 1995 (rate applicable from 27 January through 4 February).
Guest rooms will be available after 4:00 pm; check-out time is 12 noon.  All
rooms are subject to 9.7% tax (subject to change).

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\f		       CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
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			 30 January - 1 February 1995

The deadline for pre-registration is 9 January 1995.
On-site registration will be $50 more than pre-registration.

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Please list your Tutorial selection below, if any.
Choose one of these full day tutorials:
    F-FRESCO, F-YAGED
OR, choose one of these morning tutorials:
    A-CDE-INTEG, A-CMD-LANG, A-OPENDOC, A-OPENGL-FUND, A-XTENT
  and/or one of these afternoon tutorials:
    P-ADA-FRESCO, P-CDE-DEV, P-DPS, P-KEYBOARD, P-OPENGL-X, P-TCL-TK

TUTORIAL(s):_________________________________________________________________

ALTERNATE(s):________________________________________________________________

REGISTRATION FEE: The pre-registration fee is $175 per person.  The on-site
registration fee is $225 per person.  Your registration includes the three-day
conference and the reception.  Registrations will not be processed without
full payment.  We will not accept purchase orders under any circumstances,
nor will we accept American Express.  The following forms of payment are
acceptable.

____ Check or money order, enclosed and made payable to X Consortium

____  Mastercard          ____  Visa

Card Number________________________________   Expiration Date_________________

Cardholder's Signature required for credit card transactions:

SIGNATURE:____________________________________________________________________

PRINT CARDHOLDER'S NAME:______________________________________________________

RECEPTION: The reception will be at the Museum of Science in Boston, Monday
night, 30 January from 7-10 pm.  You may bring guests for $25 per guest.
Please include payment for guests with your registration fee.

I will bring _____ guest(s) at $25 per guest.

DEADLINES: Registrations received after 9 January cannot be processed in time
for the conference.  Forms received after 9 January will be returned to you,
and you will need to register on-site.  Tutorial forms and Schedule of Events
will be sent to you when they become available.  You must also reply with your
tutorial selections by 9 January.

REFUNDS: Requests must be made in writing and received by 2 January 1995.
Refunds will be issued within four weeks after the conference less a $15
processing fee.

Return this form and payment by 9 January to the following address:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Conference Services Office
77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 7-111
Cambridge, MA  02139  U.S.A.

Fax: 617-253-7002, email: registration@x.org

Re: 9th X Conference: hotel and pre-reg deadlines are near!

[David Weller]

In article <3epgrh$655@gamma.ois.com>,
R. William Beckwith <beckwb@ois.com> wrote:
>(can anybody guess why I'm posting this here? ;-)
>
Um, because it's a "9X" Conference?  :-)

>		      9th Annual X Technical Conference
		      ^		 ^



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