CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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Submissions due 15 April 2005


C++ CONNECTIONS: 20 YEARS OF C++

Location: Mandalay Bay resort, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dates: November 7-11, 2005

C++ Connections is a five-day conference event focused on practical C++
practice and experience, and that also celebrates the 20th anniversary of
C++'s commercial debut in 1985. The program emphasizes modern real-world
techniques and applications along with current topics related to C++'s
near-term future, including C++0x, the next revision of the C++ standard
now in development. The program is organized as a three-day conference
with two days of pre- and post-conference tutorials.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

   + Programming and design techniques
       (talks should focus on concrete and proven techniques,
       not on enumerating "pitfalls" or "spot-the-bug" topics)

   + Library building and techniques

   + Using C++ successfully in real-world applications and
     interesting problem domains

   + Performance studies, metrics, and testing

   + Tools supporting C++ design, implementation, and maintenance

   + Application-, library-, and compiler-level optimization techniques


CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

   Bjarne Stroustrup, Professor, Texas A&M University
   Herb Sutter, Architect, Microsoft Corporation
   Scott Meyers, Independent Consultant
   Douglas Schmidt, Professor, Vanderbilt University


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

We are accepting proposal submissions for 60-minute and 75-minute talks
and 3-hour (half-day) tutorial sessions.

To submit a session proposal for consideration, please send an email to
connections-submissions@gotw.ca with Subject:"Session proposal: <session
title>" and containing all of the following:

   - About you:
      - name and title
      - biographical summary (approx 50 words)
      - picture (for the conference program, JPEG preferred)

   - About your proposed session:
      - title and preferred length (60 min, 75 min, or 3 hours)
      - short abstract (approx. 100 words, for the conference program)
      - extended abstract (2 to 4 pages, to evaluate the proposed session)

   - Any additional information you wish to include about your session


IMPORTANT DATES

   Submissions due for review: 15 April 2005
   Initial decision sent: 1 May 2005
   Final version submitted: 1 July 2005



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Contributing editor, C/C++ Users Journal         (www.gotw.ca/cuj)
Architect, Developer Division, Microsoft   (www.gotw.ca/microsoft)

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