Announcement and Call for Papers
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2nd International SANE Conference
May 22-25, 2000
Maastricht, The Netherlands
A conference organized by the NLUUG, the UNIX User Group - The Netherlands
co-sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association, and
Stichting NLnet
OVERVIEW
Technology is advancing, the systems administration profession is changing
rapidly, and you have to master new skills to keep apace. At the second
International SANE (System Administration and Networking) conference you'll
find a wealth of opportunities to meet other system administrators and
network (security) professionals with similar interests, while attending a
program that brings you the latest in tools, techniques, security and
networking. You can learn from tutorials, refereed papers, invited talks,
work-in-progress (WIP) and Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions. Visit the
Vendor Exhibition for the hottest products and the latest books available.
The official language at the conference will be English. The conference will
be located at the Maastricht Exposition and Conference Center, MECC.
TUTORIAL PROGRAM
On Monday May 22 and Tuesday May 23, a large selection of practical,
problem-solving, in-depth tutorials will be presented to you by the most
authoritative, popular and widely acclaimed speakers.
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
Following the tutorial days, Wednesday May 24 and Thursday May 25 will offer
comprehensive technical sessions, including keynote address, presentations
of refereed papers, invited talks and BoFs.
The social event and the enjoyable inSANE Quiz will help you getting to know
other professionals in your field.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
Presentations are being solicited in areas including but not limited to:
* Security tools and techniques: Network Intrusion Detection Systems,
Firewalls, VPNs, practical cryptography and auditing
* Web security fundamentals and practical web site maintenance
* Network monitoring and traffic shaping solutions
* System and network performance tuning
* Managing enterprise-wide e-mail and fighting junkmail (sometimes
mistakenly referred to as 'spam')
* Experiences with Open Source software (including operating systems) in
a professional environment
* Innovative system administration tools & techniques
* Distributed or automated system administration
* Adventures in nomadic and wireless computing
* Intranet development, support, and maintenance
* Integrating new networking technologies
* Integration of heterogeneous platforms
* Support strategies in use at your site
* Effective training techniques for system administration and users
REFEREED PAPER SUBMISSIONS
An extended abstract is required for the paper selection process: details on
how to submit an abstract will be published at the web site listed below.
Abstracts accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms are not acceptable
and will be returned unread.
Authors of accepted submissions must provide a final paper for publication
in the conference proceedings. These final papers are held in the highest
confidence prior to publication in the conference proceedings. By agreeing
to present your paper at SANE 2000, you also give license to the SANE 2000
conference organizers that it may be published in the members-only area on
the NLUUG web site and/or in the conference CD-ROM.
WORK-IN-PROGRESS (WIP)
The conference facilitates Work-In-Progress (WIP) sessions in parallel to
the main conference tracks. WIPs are informal, 20-minute talks that give you
the opportunity to share your current unfinished work with others in the
field. So, if you have a topic of interest that is not very well suited for
a refereed paper submission, please submit a proposal for a WIP session to
the WIP Coordinator at the address: <sane2000-wipat_private>
BoFs
Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions are highly interactive, informal
gatherings of attendees interested in a particular topic. BoFs enable
attendees to discuss topics of mutual interest and to build professional
relationships with other people who share similar interests. A BoF that is
already being planned is a PGP key-signing BoF (or party).
If you want to schedule a BoF prior to the conference, please contact the
BoF coordinator at the address: <sane2000-bofsat_private>
IMPORTANT DATES
Extended abstracts due: November 1, 1999
Notification to speakers: November 12, 1999
Final papers due: March 24, 2000
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Program co-chairs <sane2000-chairat_private>
Bob Eskes, Applied System's Research, Hollandse Signaalapparaten, Hengelo
Edwin Kremer, Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University
Tutorial Coordinator <sane2000-tutat_private>
Jos Alsters, C&CZ, KU Nijmegen
Program Committee
Jaap Akkerhuis, SIDNL, Arnhem
Michel Anders, Tunix, Nijmegen
Walter Belgers, Origin, Eindhoven
Fred Donck, Shell Services International, Rijswijk
Peter Honeyman, USENIX
Brad Knowles, Belgacom Skynet SA/NV, Brussels
Event Organization <sane2000-orgat_private>
Marielle Klatten, NLUUG
Monique Rours, NLUUG
Wytze van der Raay, NLnet Foundation
Complete program and registration information will be available in
December 1999. For the latest information about the conference, please
visit the SANE 2000 web site: http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2000/
For questions not being answered at this web site, please contact the
NLUUG office
by e-mail: sane2000-infoat_private
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Best regards,
Fred Donck
Program Committee member
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e-mail: fredat_private
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