XML INDUSTRY EVENT ALERT: XML World 2000 (Call for Speakers)

["Laura Walker" <laura.walker@oasis-open.org>]

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XML World 2000 Call for Speakers
Building on the success of XML World 1999, seen by many to have been the
best XML event of last year, XML World 2000 will be held this year on
September 5-8, at the Boston Park Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts.  Central to
the success of the XML World series has been the emphasis placed on the
diversity of viewpoints and experiences being brought together in an open,
unbiased forum.  Rather than fall into the trap of recycling formulaic
positions and old marketing pitches, XML World has consistently sought to
bring together people who want, for differing reasons, to push XML forward
and with it the business opportunities that it makes possible.  This
approach ensures a level of interaction between professionals working at the
top of their respective fields that past attendees have celebrated as its
biggest asset as an industry event.

Professionals who have been working on the forefront of web technologies
using XML are therefore encouraged to participate in XML World 2000 in
Boston and to propose presentations and tutorials.  As with last year,
presentations are scheduled for a full 45 minutes with additional time for
questions, thereby allowing the presenter to penetrate a topic to a
reasonable depth.  The tutorials are typically scheduled to run for
approximately three hours, with additional time for questions and
interaction.
Responding to an evident demand, the conference program for XML World 2000
has been expanded over last year with two new tracks being added.  The
conference tracks, for which speakers are invited to propose presentations,
will be as follows:

             Development:  The development track will cater to the
insatiable appetite amongst developers for detailed information on
programming tools and techniques to be used in manipulating XML data or
integrating XML capabilities into existing applications.

             Technology:  This track is a venue for presenters to address
topics pertaining to the XML family of standards or to present fundamental
concepts that will of broad interest to technically inclined attendees.

             Management:  The management track provides the forum for the
presentation and discussion of the business opportunities and challenges
that arise wherever XML is potentially deployed.  In this track, speakers
are encouraged to speak to practical considerations associated with
introducing XML into an environment or process and to highlight the
rationale that would lead an organization, or group of organizations, to
take this step.

             Application:  The application track will be focused on the
presentation of working XML implementations.  This track will show how
developers have addressed business requirements using XML.  Presenters
wishing to speak in this track are encouraged, to the point of being
required, to include a demonstration of the subject application as part of
their presentation.

             X-Track:  Each conference receives presentations that do not
easily fit into a pre-defined track.  The X-Track will be used to
accommodate high quality presentations that refuse to be classified.  Given
the issues surrounding XML at this time, it is envisioned that this track
will be the home for presentations that go after the fundamental questions.
Where is XML going as a standard?  What has XML given to the world of
developers?  What makes XML interesting and even important?  Are we using
XML to its fullest potential?  Are we missing something?  Are we repeating
the mistakes of the past?

Professionals who are interested in participating in XML World 2000 are
requested to prepare and submit the following to speakers@interdoc.ca
name and complete contact information (including mailing information),
abstract: 150  words for a presentation and 500 words for a tutorial,
for presentations, the track for which the material is proposed,
for tutorials, the level of the intendede audience as either introductory,
intermediate technical, or developer,
speaker biography and photograh in an electronic format (EPS, JPG, TIFF)

Presentations should be educational in nature and not include any sales or
marketing information.  As attendees have consistently objected to
presentations that are in reality thinly-veiled sales pitches, presenters
are strongly advised to observe this restriction.  Speakers are also
encouraged to prepare and present original material as one of the functions
of this event is to incite discussion about current technical and business
issues.
Speakers will be required to provide their presentation materials a full
four weeks in advance of the conference start date so that the attendees can
be provided with the complete conference proceedings upon arrival.

The above invocation to originality is in part related to the intention of
the conference organizers to publish a book based on the most substantial
contributions to the conference program.  Candidate Speakers should identify
whether or not they would be willing to prepare and submit a formal paper in
conjunction with their presentation materials.
Deadline: Presentation abstracts must be submitted before Friday, April 21,
2000.