SAGE-AU'2001 Call for Papers

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:

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 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:

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.

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.

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, 8th of June, 2001.

Addresses

Tutorial and paper submissions	Please submit all tutorial and paper abstracts to: papers@sage-au.org.au
Media requests for information and general conference enquiries	conference@sage-au.org.au
Advertising and sponsorship information	secretary@sage-au.org.au
Requests for general information about SAGE-AU	General enquiries should be forwarded to: info@sage-au.org.au

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