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Monday 5th to Friday 9th August 2002
Novotel on Collins,
270 Collins Street
Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
The SAGE-AU annual 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 from acknowledged experts in the field.
The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) hosts its tenth annual conference in August 2002, in Melbourne, Australia.
The annual SAGE-AU Conference provides a forum for Systems Administrators, Systems Managers, Network Administrators, developers of Systems Administration Software, and Technical Managers of such groups to meet and share their knowledge and experiences. This is the premier event for System Administrators in the Asia-Pacific region.
SAGE-AU'2002 is hereby calling for papers and tutorial presentations on topics relevant to the profession of System Administration.
| Conference Paper: Summary Abstracts | 01 Mar 2002 |
| Authors notified of acceptance of Abstract | 18 Mar 2002 |
| Conference Paper: Early draft submitted for feedback | 25 Apr 2002 |
| Conference Paper: Completed draft submitted | 01 Jun 2002 |
| Reviewed Papers returned to authors for editing | 17 Jun 2002 |
| Final Papers | 28 Jun 2002 |
| Tutorial proposals | 04 Mar 2002 |
| Authors notified of acceptance | 18 Mar 2002 |
| Tutorial contracts issued | 25 Mar 2002 |
| Tutorial contracts to be completed and returned | 31 Mar 2002 |
| Tutorial plan and first-draft material due | 29 Apr 2002 |
| Completed draft submitted for feedback | 31 May 2002 |
| Reviewed Tutorials returned to authors for editing | 14 Jun 2002 |
| Final tutorial material due | 28 Jun 2002 |
| WIP Abstracts | 2 May 2002 |
| Authors notified of acceptance of WIP | 23 May 2002 |
| Draft of WIP due | 13 Jun 2002 |
| Final WIP due | 14 Jul 2002 |
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 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 presentation slides are insufficient.
Authors giving 15 minute presentations (i.e. WIPs) may submit slides in lieu of formal papers.
Important note: Authors whose submissions are accepted are expected to follow the published deadlines, and to present the result of their work at the Conference. To assist in this, authors may be assigned "mentors".
The Programme Committee will issue guidelines to assist authors in planning their papers and presentations. We encourage those inexperienced in public speaking to trial their papers at their local chapter's meetings.
To assist authors, templates and instructions for use of those templates will be provided in the following formats:
Paper submissions must be made using one of these templates.
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 editorial process. Tutorials should be run in lecture format.
Suggested topics include:
Tutorial presenters will receive an honoraria of 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.
SAGE-AU'2002 will be a 5 day conference running from Monday 5th August to Friday 9th August, 2002.
The first three days (Monday through Wednesday) will be dedicated to tutorials covering both technical and non-technical aspects of System Administration.
The SAGE-AU Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the end of the fourth day (Thursday 8th). 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.
On the third and fourth days of the conference (Wednesday and Thursday) SAGE-AU'2002 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 further information.
Conference registration includes one ticket to the Conference Dinner. 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 eight weeks before the conference date.
Early Registration. Early Registration is considered when the registration form and payment has reached SAGE-AU by COB on Friday, 5th of July, 2002. Early registrations will receive a 15% discount from the registration fee.
The following addresses are being made available for this conference:
| Tutorial and paper submissions | Please submit all tutorial and paper abstracts to: papers@sage-au.org.au |
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| Media requests for information and general conference enquiries | conf2002@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 |
A web page for the conference is http://www.sage-au.org.au/conf
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.