Early Registration for WAdaS '96 Extended

Early Registration for WAdaS '96 Extended

[Don Rosen]

Early Registration for WAdaS extended to July 12

Early Registration for the 13th Annual Washington Ada Symposium (WAdaS �96)has been extended to 
July 12, 1996.  WAdaS �96 will be held July 22-25, 1996 at the McLean Hilton in McLean,  
Virginia.  The theme of the conference is Delivering Quality for those Who Demand Quality.  The 
conference is sponsored by the Washington, DC chapter of ACM SIGAda and supported by Rational 
Software, Ada Joint Program Office, and the Ada Resource Association.

WAdaS �96 consists of two days of tutorials and a two day conference. The first two days of WAdaS 
will feature tutorials and workshops on topics such as Ada and the World Wide Web, Introduction 
to Ada 95, Managing Object Technology Projects, Ada Tasking Support for the GNAT, and CORBA, 
Orbix and Ada 95 Interoperability.  

The conference beginning on July 24 is highlighted by world renowned leaders in software 
engineering such as Rear Admiral John Gauss of DISA (July 25), Chief Ada 95 Designer Tucker Taft 
(July 24)of Intermetrics, Robert Firth of the SEI (July 24)and Object Magazine Editor Marie Lenzi 
(July 25).  The conference will also feature sessions such as Ada Experiences; Making Ada Better, 
Faster, Cheaper; Quality Approaches and Models  and a panel discussion on the future of Ada led 
by Dr. Charles Engle, Chief of the Ada Joint Program Office.

You can register for WAdaS �96 by accessing the WAdaS �96 World Wide Web Site at 
http://www.acm.org/sigada/conf/wadas/wadas.html or call 1-800-738-7379 to obtain an advance 
program.  

PRICES for WAdaS �96

Full Conference Rate (includes all four days) 
1. ACM or SIGAda Member $495.00; after July 12$545.00
2. Non-ACM $545.00; after July 12 $595.00

Single Day Registration 
1. ACM or SIGAda Member $195.00; after July 12 $215.00
2. Non-ACM $215.00; after July 12 $235.00

Re: Early Registration for WAdaS '96 Extended

[JamesS1889]

The title of this thread takes on new meaning for me today.

I have just finished a fragmented first day at WAdaS.  The hotel was an
excellent choice.  Except for a glitch with my wakeup call, everything has
been great.

The Symposium (which I know doesn't "officially" open until Wednesday) so
far has been a mess.  Given that, the registration folks have been
enormously sympathetic and that is worth something to me.  My company
mailed my check on June 26, yet they didn't have me on their list.  They
believed me and didn't charge me the late fee.

Meanwhile, what the h**l happened to "Using Ada in Multi-Language,
Multi-Platform Environments"?  How come it was cancelled?  That was my
choice for tutorials to attend.  I was told that it was cancelled because
the presentation just was not ready.  When did this decision get made - at
the last moment?  I doubt it.  So why did I have to find out about as I'm
trying to fix the registration snafu?  Then they slipped in a new one
"Real-Time with Ada95".  That looked interesting, but without any advance
description, I was taking a risk because my second choice was "Corba,
Orbix, and Ada95 Interoperability".

I can't speak for the 4 other attendees, but for me, "Real-Time with
Ada95" was a bad choice.  It was very elementary.  I managed to catch the
last half of the other one, and I think I salvaged my morning.

But the afternoon....  The best I could do was sit in on the second half
of "Web Technology for Conducting your Business" - a topic which is
related to Ada, but not exclusively.  Most of the presentation had nothing
to do with Ada, which made me question why it was featured at an Ada
conference.

Hopefully, things will get better as the week proceeds.  So far, I'm not
ready to recommend that we send somebody to this thing next year.  Travel
budgets are limited, and I bet Tri'Ada is more worthwhile.

James Squire                                      
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