Make a splash in Vancouver…

…and get ahead in software technology!

19th Annual ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications October 24-28, 2004 Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada GOLD CORPORATE SUPPORTERS 2004 Schedule OOPSLA 2004 will be the premier gathering of professionals from industry Sunday, October 24th and academia, all sharing their experiences with object technology and • Registration • Tutorials its off shoots. OOPSLA off ers an extraordinary array: presentations from • Workshops invited speakers, technical papers, practitioner reports, expert panels, • DesignFest® • eclipse Technology eXchange demonstrations, educational symposia, workshops, diverse tutorials from (eTX) Reception world-class lecturers, out-of-the-box thinking at the frontiers of computing, SILVER Monday, October 25th CORPORATE • Registration late-breaking results, hands-on design experience…and of course plenty of SUPPORTER • Tutorials social opportunities for mingling and professional networking. • Workshops • Doctoral Symposium Th at’s just a sampling of what makes OOPSLA the conference of choice SPONSORED BY • Educators’ Symposium SIGSOFT • Welcome Reception & for software technologists—from recognized academics to undergraduate SIGPLAN Newcomer’s Reception students, from industrial researchers to developers and managers, from the Tuesday, October 26th • Registration creators of technology to its users. • Tutorials • DesignFest® Special Event: • Onward! • Practitioner Reports ACM Turing Lecture by Alan Kay, 2003 A. M. Winner • Technical Papers For the second time in two years, OOPSLA will host ACM’s prestigious Turing Lecture, to be delivered by • Panels Alan Kay, newly named A.M.Turing Award winner. Come witness this historic event! • Invited Speakers • FlashBofs™ • ACM Turing Lecture Invited Speakers Wednesday, October 27th OOPSLA Keynote Speaker Onward! Keynote Speaker • Registration Richard F. Rashid, Microsoft Research Jaron Lanier, • Tutorials “The Future of Programming” Interstellar Computer Science Institute • Onward! “Exocomputing in the Year 2304: A Survey of • Practitioner Reports Confi rmed Alien Information Technologies” • Technical Papers • Panels Steve McConnell, Construx Herb Sutter, Microsoft • Invited Speakers “Code Complete 2: “Concrete Languages on Virtual Platforms” • FlashBofs™ Realities of Modern Software Construction” • Special Event at the Vancouver Aquarium

Thursday, October 28th Ward Cunningham, Microsoft Allan Vermeulen, Amazon • Registration “Objects, Patterns, Wiki and XP: “Inside Amazon Web Services” • Tutorials All Systems of Names” • Workshops • Onward! • Practitioner Reports • Technical Papers • Panels Register electronically at http://www.regmaster.com/oopsla2004.html • Invited Speakers ▼ Last day for reduced rates: Thursday, 16 September 2004 • Ice Cream Social OOPSLA 2005 Invitation ▼ Last day to advance register: Thursday, 7 October 2004

Visit the OOPSLA website http://oopsla.org for full conference program details.