An Invitation to Participate

OOPSLA 2002 Conference Chair: Mamdouh Ibrahim, IBM Global Services, chair@oopsla.acm.org

OOPSLA is the premier forum for bringing together practitioners, researchers, and students to share their ideas and experiences in a broad range of disciplines woven with the common thread of object technology. You may not realize that becoming an active participant in OOPSLA is much easier than you might think. All that it takes is to identify one or more of the events below that match your interest and the status of your work, read carefully the submission requirements, and submit your paper or proposal using the OOPSLA on-line submission system.

I strongly encourage you to become a contributor to OOPSLA 2002 and take part of shaping the future of the conference for years to come. We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you in Seattle!

"New this Year" Onward! Papers - OOPSLA 2002 welcomes papers representing new thinking in objects, new paradigms in object-related computing, and emerging technologies - to be presented during a special program track.

Panels - Small groups of experts who discuss current topics relevant to object technology with each other and with the audience.

Practitioners' Reports - Reports written by those in the field, describing their real-world experiences with object technology and the lessons learned.

Tutorials - Half- and full day courses given by internationally known experts on diverse technical topics related to object technology. Tutorials can be at an introductory, intermediate, or advanced level.

Workshops - Workshops provide intensive collaborative environments where object technologists meet to surface, discuss, and solve challenging problems facing the field.

Posters - Presentations of informal or exploratory work in a visual and interactive format.

Demos - Show and tell sessions for novel, state-of-the art systems, languages, environments, and applications.

DesignFest® - Small groups of designers and developers work on pre-specified analysis and design problems.

Educators' Symposium - A one-day forum for university educators and industry training experts to share experiences, issues, and techniques.

Doctoral Symposium - A one-day session where a panel of experts provide feedback and guidance to Ph.D. students on their dissertation work.

Exhibits - Displays and demonstrations of the latest products from software companies, consultants, training specialists, personal electronic device suppliers, and publishers.

Student Volunteers - Undergraduate and graduate students volunteer to work about ten hours at OOPSLA and receive complimentary registration and other benefits.

Corporate Donors - Companies receive recognition and visibility through monetary or in-kind contributions to conference activities.

In addition to the specific instructions provided by each CFP, you should also look at the General ACM Paper Formatting Guidelines.