Taft to Highlight Day Three of WAdaS

Taft to Highlight Day Three of WAdaS

[Don Rosen]

Tucker Taft is the featured speaker for the third day of the 13th Annual 
Washington Ada Symposium (WAdaS 96. WAdaS is being held from July 22-25 at the 
McLean Hilton in McLean, Virginia, located one mile off the Washington, D.C. 
beltway.  Mr. Taft, Chief Scientist, Intermetrics, Inc. and Chief Language 
Designer of Ada 95, will provide the technical keynote on Wednesday July 24 
beginning at 8:30 a.m.  Mr. Taft presentation is entitled Programming the 
Internet in Ada 95.  The presentation will focus on using the features of 
Ada 95 in conjunction with the capabilities of Java.

Ada and Java will also be the focus of a Wednesday morning session entitled  
"Ada, Java, and the WWW." Afternoon sessions includ e an d  Day Three also 
features vendor exhibits and an evening reception hosted by Rational Software 
Corporation.

Day four (July 25) will be highlighted by keynotes speakers Marie Lenzi, 
Editor Object Magazine, and RADM John Gauss of DISA.  Ms. Lenzi will deliver 
the morning keynote from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. and RADM Gauss will deliver the 
luncheon address from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  The conference will conclude 
with an afternoon panel discussion on the future of Ada, led by Ada Joint 
Program Office Chief, Dr. Charles Engle, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For directions to the McLean Hilton or questions WAdaS '96 contact Kathy Keller
at (703) 847-5000.

For a complete description of these activities, visit the WAdaS '96 web site 
at http://www.acm.org/sigada/conf/wadas/wadas.html.