3rd ADSM Conference in Germany

             3rd INTERNATIONAL ADSM CONFERENCE
                     COMPUTING CENTRE
                 UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE
                        GERMANY

                  SEPTEMBER 24/25, 1998

Following the conference in April 1996, which focused on
ADSM Version 2 and attracted about 150 participants from
ADSM sites in all over the world, we plan to organize a
third meeting. In this third conference we can concentrate
on the exchange of experiences gained with ADSM Version 3
and also on general ADSM issues.

Several key persons from ADSM development have accepted an
invitation to attend the meeting:

   Karen Dutch     IBM San Jose     ADSM Trends and Directions
   Andy Raibeck    IBM San Jose     Using the ADSM SQL Interface
   Dick Replogle   IBM Tucson       Tape Technology Update
   Tim Mortimer    IBM San Jose     ADSM and TIVOLI
   Michael Loehr   IBM Mainz        Special ADSM Clients
   Dr. Hans Renger IBM Boeblingen   SAP/R3 Data Management


                        CALL FOR PAPERS

If you want to contribute to one of the topics, please send a note to
gloeer AT rz.uni-karlsruhe DOT de and give further details.

We already have offers from the following sites/speakers

        Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schneider  Max Planck Society and
                                     University of Goettingen
        Dr. Helmut Richter           Leibniz Computing Center Munich
        Gerhard Rentschler           University of Stuttgart
        Klaus Dilper                 University of Karlsruhe
        Gerald Schaefer              University of Heidelberg
        Sheelagh Treweek             Univeristy of Oxford
        Klaus Wiegand                German Aerospace Center
        Christian Hagen              Sterling Software
        nn                           STAC


                       TECHNICAL ISSUES

The workshop fee will be DM 250,-- and includes coffee, tea, biscuits,
lunch and a conference dinner on Thursday evening.

For more information (and the evolving schedule), please check under
      http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ADSM-workshop
  or  http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/%7eADSM-workshop

Registration can be done by filling out the WWW-form
      http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ADSM-workshop/registration.html
  or  http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/%7eADSM-workshop/registration.html

Hotels can be found under

     http://www.ba-karlsruhe.de/KA/hotel/hotel_list.html

The University has arranged for a special rate of DM 157,-- per night in
the Renaissance Hotel, which is within a walking distance by reserving until
the 17th of August. Furthermore, the University has arranged for a special
rate of DM 151,-- per night without breakfast in the Queens Hotel by
reserving until the 25th of August. Please refer to this arrangements
(Keyword: 'ADSM workshop') when booking.

For a map of Karlsruhe, see

     http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/stadtplan

and more details infos on the University, the Computing Centre, etc can be
found under

     http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de


For any additional questions please refer

    Kirsten Gloeer                  e-mail: gloeer AT rz.uni-karlsruhe DOT de
    University of Karlsruhe         Phone:  +49 721 608-6156
    Computing Center                Fax:    +49 721 32550
    Zirkel 2
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Germany


We hope that the workshop will offer us plenty of opportunities for the
exchange of ideas.

Best regards,

Klaus Dilper
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Klaus Dilper
Klaus Dilper
University of Karlsruhe
Computing Centre
InterNet: Klaus.Dilper AT rz.uni-karlsruhe DOT de
VoiceNet: +49-721-608-4040
FaxNet  : +49-721-32550
SnailNet: Box 6980, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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