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  From: Sarah Bolderoff <sara@cs.unisa.edu.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:27:49 +1030 (CST)

[AUUG-ANNOUNCE]: SAGE-AU'2001 Conference (fwd)

SAGE-AU'2001 Conference
          
Monday 9th to Friday 13th July 2001
Grosvenor Vista Hotel,
125 North Terrace
Adelaide
South Australia, Australia
          
The SAGE-AU conference is the premier systems administration
event in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference offers a
premium educational forum for system administrators of all
platforms and levels of experience, and an excellent
opportunity to meet, network and learn.
          
 CALL FOR PAPERS AND TUTORIALS

The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) will be
hosting its ninth annual conference in July 2001 in Adelaide,
Australia.
          
The annual SAGE-AU Conference, Tutorials and AGM provides a
forum for Systems Administrators, Systems Managers, Network
Administrators, Developers of Systems Administration Software
and Managers of such groups to meet and share their knowledge
and experiences, and is the premier event for System
Administrators in the Asia-Pacific region.
          
SAGE-AU'2001 is hereby calling for papers and tutoria
presentations on any and all topics related to system
administration.
          

SUBMISSION TIMELINES
========================================

Conference Papers

Conference Paper Summary Abstracts              	Monday, 5 Feb 2001
Authors notified of acceptance of abstract         	Monday, 12 Feb 2001
Conference paper extended abstracts due            Monday, 12 Mar 2001
Conference paper completed draft submitted for    
feedback                                     		Friday, 13 Apr 2001
Reviewed Papers returned to authors for editing    Friday, 11 May 2001
Final Papers                                       		Friday, 1 Jun 2001
   

Tutorial Program

Tutorial proposals                                 		Monday, 12 Feb 2001
Authors notified of acceptance                     	Monday, 26 Feb 2001
Tutorial contracts issued                          	Tuesday, 27 Feb 2001
Tutorial contracts to be completed and returned    Friday, 16 Mar 2001
Tutorial plan and first-draft material due         	Friday, 6 Apr 2001
Completed draft submitted for feedback             	Friday, 20 Apr 2001
Reviewed Tutorials returned to authors for editing 	Friday, 11 May 2001
Final tutorial material due                        	Friday, 1 Jun 2001

   
Work In Progress (WIPs)

WIP Abstracts                         			Thursday, 3 May 2001
Authors notified of acceptance of WIP 		Thursday, 24 May 2001
Draft of WIP due                      			Thursday, 14 Jun 2001
Final WIP due                         			Thursday, 28 Jun 2001

   
HOW TO SUBMIT
========================================

   This year's format will consist of a three day tutorial
   program, followed by a two day technical conference.

   Presentations during the technical conference will include:
          
    1. Invited Talks
    2. Reviewed Papers
    3. Works In Progress
    4. Panel sessions.
       
   Timeslots are available for 15, 30, 45 and 60 minute presentations.
   5-10 minutes should be reserved for questions from the audience.
   
   15 minute timeslots are less formal and are to allow people to talk
   briefly about some topic of interest or problem without having to
   prepare a formal paper ("Work in Progress"). WIP submissions should be
   made to the programme committee as per the deadlines mentioned above.
   
   People presenting a 30+ minute talk will receive free conference
   registration.
   
   People presenting a 15 minute talk will receive a 50% discount on the
   conference registration fees.
   
   If you wish to present a paper, send a brief abstract ("Summary
   Abstract") to the address below by the due date. Please indicate
   whether you are asking for a 15, 30, 45 or 60 minute timeslot.
   
   Summary Abstracts should be 100 -- 200 words in length. Papers should
   have a technical or managerial system administration orientation, and
   should not contain advertising.
   
   Authors will be notified of whether their submission has been accepted
   or rejected.
   
   Authors of Conference Papers will be required to submit an Extended
   Abstract of between 3 and 5 pages by the date specified. This should
   be sufficient to define the structure of the paper, the major points
   covered and the areas which require further work. A draft paper is
   also submitted to allow the conference committee to provide feedback
   and assistance. The Programme Committee will assist authors in
   organising their work to help ensure the quality of papers and
   preparedness of authors.
   
   Authors giving 30+ minute presentations will be expected to provide a
   final "camera ready" paper for inclusion in the conference
   proceedings. This final copy must be submitted in an approved format
   (see "Author Guidelines") or in plain ASCII text. Authors should note
   that formal papers are required - submissions consisting solely of
   slides are not considered sufficient.
   
   Authors giving 15 minute presentations (i.e. WIPs) may submit slides
   in lieu of formal papers.
   
   Author Guidelines

   The Programme Committee will be preparing guidelines to assist authors
   in planning their papers and presentations. We encourage those
   inexperienced in public speaking to trial their papers at the local
   chapter meetings.
   
   To assist authors, templates and instructions for use of those
   templates will be provided in the following formats:
     * Microsoft Word
     * FrameMaker 5.5
     * HTML
       
   Paper submissions will be expected to be submitted using one of these
   templates. 
   
Tutorials

   Tutorial sessions will be either half day or full day in duration.
   People wishing to present tutorials should submit an abstract of the
   material they wish to present, who their intended audience is, and an
   indication of whether they require a half day or a full day timeslot.
   Tutorial presenters are required to submit a tutorial draft to allow
   the committee to provide feedback and assist with the the editorial
   process. Tutorials should be run in lecture format.
   
   Suggested topics include:
     * Computer and Network Security
     * Directory Enabled Networking
     * Cross Platform Interoperability
     * Network Attached Storage
     * Application of Perl, Java, Tcl, Python, etc
     * Management practices for System Administrators
     * Network Attached Appliances
     * Windows Administration
       
   Tutorial presenters will be paid AUD$500 for a half day tutorial and
   AUD$1000 for a full day tutorial. An additional "bonus" payment of
   AUD$125 per half day of tutorial given will be paid to presenters who
   submit camera-ready originals of handout material on-time in
   accordance with the published schedule. SAGE-AU will reimburse
   tutorial presenters reasonable costs of producing handout materials;
   materials submitted on-time will be printed by SAGE-AU on the
   presenter's behalf.
   
   As with papers, tutorials should have a technical or management
   orientation and should not contain advertising.
   

CONFERENCE DETAILS
========================================

   SAGE-AU'2001 will be a 5 day conference running from Monday 9th July
   to Friday 13th July, 2001.
   
   The first three days (Monday through Wednesday) will be dedicated to
   tutorials on tools and techniques to aid system administration.
   
   The AGM will be held at the end of the fourth day (Thursday 12th). All
   other times will be allocated to presentations or discussions.
   
   A conference dinner will be held on the Thursday evening.
   
   The conference will feature a small trade show on the third and fourth
   days, focusing on system administration tools and information.
   

Exhibition/Trade Show

   On the third and fourth days of the conference (Wednesday and
   Thursday) SAGE-AU'2001 will host a trade show focusing on system
   administration tools and information.
   
   If you or your company are interested in participating in the trade
   show please contact the organisers for details.
   

Registration

   Conference registration includes one ticket to the Conference Dinner
   and Conference and Tutorial registration includes Lunch and
   Refreshments. Additional tickets to the Conference Dinner may be
   purchased.
   
   Registration forms for tutorials will be available approximately six
   weeks before the conference date.
   
   Early Registration is considered when registration form and payment
   has reached SAGE-AU by COB on Friday, 7th of June, 2001.
   

Addresses

   The following addresses are being made available for this conference:
   
     Tutorial and paper submissions:       	papers@sage-au.org.au

     Media requests for information 
     and general conference enquiries:     	conference@sage-au.org.au

     Advertising and sponsorship 
     enquiries:                            		secretary@sage-au.org.au


   Requests for general information about SAGE-AU General enquiries
   should be forwarded to: info@sage-au.org.au
   
WWW Page

   A web page for the conference will be located at 
		http://www.sage-au.org.au/conf
   
Disclaimer

   This information is correct at time of printing, however SAGE-AU
   reserves the right to modify this information at any time.
   
   The Web site will always contain the most up-to-date copy of all
   conference information.


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