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From: cgeiger@next.com
Subject: Final Update: NeXTWORLD Expo User Conference Tracks & Sessions
Organization: Next Announcements
Approved: sanguish@digifix.com
May 25 - 27, 1993
** TRACK ONE **
THEME: ENTERPRISE COMPUTING
The first stage of desktop computing in corporations was all about
enhancing individual and departmental productivity. NEXTSTEP takes
corporations to the second stage by advancing the mission of the
enterprise. This conference track explores the issues in enterprise
computing such as client/server architecture, rightsizing,
operational productivity, custom application development, and
heterogeneous networking. In every area, NEXTSTEP offers great
opportunity for the next stage of corporate computing.
TRACK ONE SESSIONS:
** DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING CLIENT/SERVER CUSTOM APPLICATIONS **
Moderator: Tim Griswold, Servare Business Systems
Grant Hayashi, Trident Data Systems
David Holtzman, Booz Allen & Hamilton
11:30AM - 12:30PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 120 & 121
and (repeat)
Tim Griswold, Servare Business Systems
Fred Lunau, NeXT
Grant Hayashi, Trident Data Systems
David Holtzman, Booz Allen & Hamilton
10:15AM - 11:15AM, Thursday, May 27
User Conference Room 120 & 121
NEXTSTEP's object-oriented development environment lets you bring new
systems on-line in a fraction of the time needed with competitive
products. That calls for a new approach to planning and implementing
client/server custom applications.
** RIGHTSIZING WITH NEXTSTEP **
Moderator: Vidas Neverauskas, NeXT
James Carpenter, Pencom Software
Peter Farkas, Logicon Ultra Systems
Roger Coates, Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd.
12:45PM - 1:45PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 120 & 121
and (repeat)
Moderator: Vidas Neverauskas, NeXT Computer
Marc Elvy, Marble Associates, Inc.
Pete Farkas, Logicon Ultrasystems
Roger Coates, Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd.
12:00PM - 1:00PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 120 & 121
As businesses downsize monolithic mainframe applications to
distributed client/server systems, they need object-oriented
development tools that play in a standard networking environment.
NEXTSTEP is an important piece of the rightsizing puzzle for
corporate re-engineers.
** WHY OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING and NEXTSTEP **
Moderator: Ted Shelton, IT Solutions
Paul Murphy, Independant Consultant
Mike Mahoney, Co-author of NEXTSTEP Programming
2:00PM - 3:00PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 120 & 121
NEXTSTEP achieves its full power when applied in enterprise-wide
systems for client/server functions. Discover how object-oriented
programming techniques and client/server computing can bring
immediate tangible benefits to organizations.
** SPECIAL TBA SESSION **
3:15PM - 4:15PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Hall E
** ENGINEERING CLIENT/SERVER SYSTEMS **
Moderator: Brian Hobbs, Pencom Software
Mike Adelson, Chrysler Financial
Vimal Chowdury, Mt Clemens General Hospital
4:30PM - 5:30PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 120 & 121
Talk of rightsizing is cheap. NEXTSTEP gets you started today. This
panel of customers, integrators, and system engineers explores the
nitty-gritty technical issues of using NEXTSTEP in a client/server
architecture.
** CIO ROUNDTABLE **
Moderator: Jim Opfer, RadioMail
Bill Thomas, US Air Force
Bill Gramley, Bozell
Craig Heimark, SBOC
Ingvar Peturson, McCaw Cellular
Darrell Lynn, Val Verde Unified School District
11:45AM - 11:45AM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 120 & 121
Top-level strategists at major NeXT customer sites discuss the issue
in justifying developing and deploying NEXTSTEP based information
systems.
** NEXTSTEP AND THE HETEROGENEOUS CORPORATE NETWORK **
Moderator: Katherine Jones, Data General Corporation
Bill Young, Trident Data Systems
Raymond S. Bloom II, Marble Associates, Inc.
John Devitofaranceschi, Swiss Bank Corporation
1:15PM - 2:15PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 120 & 121
Virtually every enterprise today maintains a mixed environment of
computer platforms and networks. NEXTSTEP's support of multiple
networking standards allows users to easily mix and match computers
with their existing information systems.
** CONNECTING THE ENTERPRISE: WANs, LANs. and ISDN **
Moderator: Frank Ricotta, DMW Group
Bill Young, Trident Data Systems
Steve Benton, Trident Data Systems
Mark Dadgar, William Morris Agency
2:30PM - 3:30PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 120 & 121
As business goes global, it isn't enough to interoperate in local
networks at individual user sites. Here's how NEXTSTEP systems
communicate with other computers in a world-wide distributed
computing environment.
** MANAGING APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS **
Moderator: Charles Oei, NeXT
Kris Oosting, Objective Partners
Scott Abel, Pencom Software
Nicholas Christopher, Systemhouse
3:45PM - 4:45PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 120 & 121
As NEXTSTEP speeds up the application development cycle, managers
face new challenges in strategic and tactical planning. Here's what
to expect in budgeting, staffing, managing, and phasing in your
custom application projects.
** ISSUES IN SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION **
Moderator, Simson Garfinkel, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Timothy Reed, Black Market Technologies
Anil Prasad, Wiltel Advanced Technology Group
Alan Marcum, NeXT
11:30AM - 12:30PM, Thursday, May 27
User Conference Room 120 & 121
As NEXTSTEP proliferates in enterprise-wide information systems, the
issues of network management and security become increasingly
critical. System administrators explore the tools and techniques
available for maintaining and securing corporate networks.
** TRACK TWO **
THEME: USING NEXTSTEP
NEXTSTEP provides a user environment unlike any other operating
system. To get maximum benefit from their systems, users need to know
the intricacies of NEXTSTEP and third-party products. This track
begins with critical information about running NEXTSTEP for Intel
processors, and examines hot topics like portable computing, NEXTSTEP
publishing, database management, and collaborative applications.
Users can get hands-on help by attending sessions on NEXTSTEP tips
and tricks, configuring systems for maximum power, and sources of
training and support.
TRACK TWO SESSIONS:
** INTRODUCTION TO NEXTSTEP **
Speaker: Sara Benson, Systems Engineer, NeXT
11:30AM - 12:30PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 122
NeXT's system engineers take you on a tour of the leading object-oriented operating system for mainstream business computers.
** INTRODUCTION TO INTEL PROCESSORS: Questions and Answers ** -OR-
** NEXTSTEP PC: Issues and Answers **
Speaker: Bob Lawton, NeXT
12:45PM - 1:45PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 123 & 124
and (repeat)
Speaker: Bob Lawton, NeXT
12:00PM - 1:00PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 122
In 1993, NeXT customers begin the transition to NEXTSTEP hardware
based on the Intel 80486 processor. NeXT's 486 experts give the
lowdown on software deliverables, 486 configurations, and supported
third-party products.
** MANAGING ENTERPRISE DATA **
Moderator: Daniel Miles Kehoe, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Robert Dyas, Parabase Software Corporation
Alex Cone, Objective Technologies, Inc.
Vance Simmons, VNP Software
2:00PM - 3:00PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 123 & 124
Database management isn't a task only for programmers and system
designers. Here's everything you need to know as a user for
specifying and designing database front ends, as well as for managing
your individual records.
** SPECIAL TBA SESSION **
3:15PM - 4:15PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Hall E
** READ ALL ABOUT IT: PUBLISHING WITH NEXTSTEP **
Moderator: Rick Reynolds, Publish Magazine
John Budacovich, Data Pace Computers
Mark Astman, Linotype-Hell
Lauren Flanagan, Goldleaf Systems
4:30PM - 5:30PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 122
NEXTSTEP's unified imaging model, powerful software tools, and
workgroup connectivity are ideally suited for graphic design and
electronic publishing. Experts explore the available tools for
NEXTSTEP publishing, while early adopters describe their experiences.
** NEXTSTEP 3.0 TIPS and TRICKS **
Lee Sherman - Moderator, NeXTWORLD
10:45AM - 11:45AM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 122
NEXTSTEP 3.0 is so rich in capabilities that many users only scratch
its surface. To get maximum benefit from NEXTSTEP, you need to know
the shortcuts and hidden features available in the system. Power
users show you how.
** WORKING TOGETHER WITH COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE **
Moderator: Stephen Adams, Adamation
Eric Wespestad, Swiss Bank Corporation
Peter J. Park, Pangea Corporation
1:15PM - 2:15PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 122
Groupware is a computer-industry buzzword that is much discussed and
little practiced. In the NEXTSTEP environment, users are taking
advantage of applications designed for collaborative work. This panel
reviews the available products and illustrates the power of workgroup
computing.
** SERVICE AND SUPPORT **
Moderator: Jan Tyler, NeXT
Scott Abel, Pencom Software
Vince Jordan, Systemhouse
Tim Purkis, Bell Atlantic
Bill Gramley, Bozell
2:30PM - 3:30PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 122
Building a NEXTSTEP installation takes more than hardware and
software. To bring new users on effectively, organizations must also
provide means for service and support. Customers who have explored
the terrain of options for NEXTSTEP services share their conclusions.
** CONNECTING TO THE WORLD **
Moderator: Timothy Reed, Gotham Users of NeXT
Robert Nielson, Everest Technologies
Paul Murphy, Independent Consultant
David Spitzer, NeXT
Jim Opfer, RadioMail
3:45PM - 4:45PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 122
There is a wealth of information, free software, and just plain
camaraderie available to NEXTSTEP users through the Internet and
other information services. This session tells you how and where to
plug in to the wonderful world of NEXTSTEP online.
** PORTABILITY AND NOTEBOOKS: ISSUES AND ANSWERS **
Moderator, John Perry Barlow, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Bob Lawton, NeXT
10:15AM - 11:15AM, Thursday, May 27
User Conference Room 122
One benefit of NEXTSTEP 486 is the coming availability of NEXTSTEP
portable computers. But 486 notebooks are not the only option for
users who need to take their data on the road. This session looks at
strategies for extending your desktop environment to wherever you
happen to be.
** MANAGING DOCUMENTS **
Moderator, Jay Kilby
Gregory Miller, Inherent Software
Ken Rosen
Sam Van Vactor, Insight Software
11:30AM - 12:30PM, Thursday, May 27
User Conference Room 122
Whatever happened to the paperless office? It's alive and well in
law firms and medical organization employing NEXTSTEP software for
document storage and retrieval.
** TRACK THREE **
THEME: IN THE TRENCHES
Customers in business, education, and government have taken great
strides in applying NEXTSTEP to solving problems in their fundamental
advantages for unifying the desktop, collaborative computing,
document management, decision support, and application development.
In this track, speakers representing customers in NeXT's key markets
share their experiences.
TRACK THREE SESSIONS:
** UNIFYING THE DESKTOP **
Moderator: Jeff Kvam, Swiss Bank Corporation
Gregory Miller, Inherent Technologies
Alex Henry, William Morris Agency
11:30AM - 12:30PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 123 & 124
The goal is no longer to have a computer on every desk, but to have
only one computer on every desk. Users in financial services, law
enforcement, and hospital administration describe how NEXTSTEP
replaced diverse systems in a single workstation.
** END OF THE PARADOX: OPERATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY **
Sara Benson, NeXT
Jeff Kvam, Swiss Bank Corporation
Hooman Bahmandeji, Rush Presbyterian Hospital
Mike Simpson, William Morris Agency
12:45PM - 1:45PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 122
NEXTSTEP solves the enduring paradox of the information age:
Organizations' investment in technology has not resulted in
measurable productivity gains. NEXTSTEP changes the equation by
focusing on operational productivity.
** ENTERPRISE WIDE DATA ACCESS **
Moderator: Felix Lin, NeXT
Alex Henry, William Morris Agency
Bill Dudney, Pencom Software
Mark Richards, Alain Pinel Realty
2:00PM - 3:00PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 123 & 124
Distributed applications are only as meaningful as the data that is
accessed. NeXT's DB Kit and third-party tools let you link into live
financial and operational databases residing on mainframes and
servers.
** SPECIAL TBA SESSION **
3:15PM - 4:15PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Hall E
** WHY NEXTSTEP -- CUSTOMER GIVE THEIR PERSPECTIVES **
Moderator: Kris Younger, NeXT
Jim Traegar, TASC
4:30PM - 5:30PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 123 & 124
Choosing NeXT may involve some risks, but the payoff can be
substantial. This panel of NeXT customers in business, government,
and education discuss their choice of NeXT systems and the varied
benefits they)ve derived.
** SERVING YOUR CUSTOMER **
Moderator: John Trustman, Fidelity Investments
Mike Adelson, Chrysler Financial
Randy Mosteleer, Trident Data Systems
10:15AM - 11:15AM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 123 & 124
The greatest challenge in business today is providing timely and
accurate service to customers. NEXTSTEP systems provide the
informational framework for world-class customer service. Users from
health care, financial services, and transportation show how they did
it.
** TRAINING FOR SUCCESS **
Moderator: Jan Tyler, NeXT
Eric Wanger, IT Solutions
Don Winn, Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd.
David Besemer, Besemer & Associates
12:00PM - 1:00PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 123 & 124
NEXTSTEP)s object orientation provides a flexible environment for
developing course curricula and corporate training programs. This
panel includes educators from various disciplines, who will compare
curriculum development under NEXTSTEP to traditional methods.
** ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION **
Moderator: Dan Ruby, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Robert L. Masterson, Software Services and Solutions, Inc.
Chris Cuilla, IT Solutions
Bernard D. Aboda, MailCom
1:15PM - 2:15PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 123 & 124
Technological change does not occur in a vacuum. Sometimes, the
technology used can lead to structural and cultural changes in an
organization. Panelists from law enforcement, telecommunications,
and the energy business explore the positive effects of NEXTSTEP
technology on organizational hierarchies, decision making, and
customer relations.
** CUSTOM APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT **
Moderator: Dan McCreary, Integrity Solutions
Gary Lynn, NeuroDimension Inc.
Dinnise Winner, LOR/Geske Bock Associates Inc.
Stephane Savard, Panon Telexpertise Inc.
2:30PM - 3:30PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 123 & 124
NEXTSTEP's facility for custom development enables users to write
software that is exactly suited to their needs. But is it really as
easy as all that? Customers in transportation, financial services,
and education share their challenges and triumphs.
** SUPPORT FOR STANDARDS **
Moderator: Kris Younger, NeXT
Neil Goodrich, Trident Data Systems
3:45PM - 4:45PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 122
With all the talk about "open systems", NEXTSTEP support for almost
every important technical standard is sometimes overlooked. In this
session, customers describe how NeXT's implementation of one or more
stands was instrumental in their systems planning.
** ROLLUPS AND DRILLDOWNS: EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS **
Moderator: Mark Thompsen, TRW
P.K. M'Pherson, Information Delivery Ltd
Keith Cok
Allan Andison
10:15AM - 11:15PM, Thursday, May 27
User Conference Room 123 & 124
NEXTSTEP is ideal for applications that deliver live summary data and
graphics to executives for decision support. Corporate and
government users show how they did it.
** CORPORATE IDENTITY **
Moderator: Keith Ohlfs
James Souttar, Just Proportion Ltd.
Victor E. Spindler, Pages Software Inc
11:30AM - 12:30PM, Thursday, May 27
User Conference Room 123 & 124
NEXTSTEP's unified imaging model and high-quality graphics
environment suit it ideally for defining and maintaining standards
in graphics. In this session, designers describe their use of
NEXTSTEP software in corporate identity programs.
** TRACK FOUR **
THEME: HOT PRODUCTS
The sizzle in the NEXTSTEP market is the varied software solutions
offered in hotly contested application categories. In this track,
developers demonstrate the best and newest tools for document
creation, presentation, financial modeling, database management,
business graphics, and software emulation. With this background,
users will be better able to examine the strengths and weaknesses of
the products shown on the exhibit floor.
TRACK FOUR SESSIONS:
** PRODUCTIVITY, NEXTSTEP STYLE **
Moderator: Dan Lavin, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Julie Saffren, NeXT
Joe Barello, NeXTWORLD Magazine
12:45PM - 1:45PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 125
In this session, developers discuss the feature and benefits of
today's NEXTSTEP productivity applications and how they can be used
most effectively. NEXTSTEP is home to innovative software products
in virtually every productivity category. What's truly amazing is
the way they all work together in an integrated user environment.
** DOCUMENT CREATION **
Moderator: Rick Reynolds, Publish Magazine
Julie Saffren, NeXT
Bruce Webster, Pages Software
Glenn C. Reid, RightBrian Software
2:00PM - 3:00PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 125
The leading applications for creating business documents square off.
Their different approaches to page layout and design provide good
choices for every kind of NEXTSTEP user.
** SPECIAL TBA SESSION **
3:15PM - 4:15PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Hall E
** BETTER PRESENTATIONS **
Moderator: Lee Sherman, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Wiley Hodges, Lighthouse Design, Ltd.
David Gregory, Imagine Multimedia
Chris Walters, RDR
Rand Shulman, Pages Software Inc
4:30PM - 5:30PM, Tuesday, May 25
User Conference Room 125
Making presentations is among the most frequent tasks in business.
Creating presentations using NEXTSTEP and available third-party
applications has proven to be both easy and impactful. Here we look
at the options for improving your delivery with visually appealing
slides and interactive media.
** EMULATION AND CONNECTIVITY **
Moderator: Joe Barello, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Marc Munford, Insignia
Cliff Mathews, Abacus
Olivia Favela , IPT
Scott Opitz, Conextions
10:45AM - 11:45AM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 125
NEXTSTEP is great, but sometimes you have to make concessions to the
rest of the world. Whether you want to make your NEXTSTEP system
behave like Windows, Macintosh, X, or a mainframe terminal, there is
a third-party product for you.
** GRAPHICS FOR BUSINESS **
Tony Bove, NeXTWORLD - Moderator
Tony Renier, Blacksmith
Andrew Stone, Stone Design
Wiley Hodges, Lighthouse Design, Ltd.
12:00PM - 1:00PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 125
Illustration tools are not just for artists. NEXTSTEP offers some of
the best applications on any platform for creating business charts,
diagrams, and drawings.
** DATABASES **
Moderator: Daniel Miles Kehoe, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Robert Dyas, IP Design
Andrew Stone, Stone Design
Randy Leonard, Ocean Software, Inc.
1:15PM - 2:15PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 125
Industrial strength database back ends and development tools make
NEXTSTEP a powerful environment for corporate database applications.
Here are some of the choice applications for constructing customized
front ends.
** SPREADSHEETS AND MODELERS **
Moderator: Dave Grady, NeXT
David Pollack, Athena Design
Michael D. Steele, AXSYS, Inc.
Chip Goodman, WhiteLight Systems, Inc.
2:30PM - 3:30PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 125
NEXTSTEP abounds in diverse solutions for financial modeling.
Whether you need a traditional spreadsheet, multi-dimensional tool or
sophisticated enterprise financial modeler, NEXTSTEP serves your
needs with strong third-party products.
** INFORMATION MANAGEMENT **
Moderator: Dan Ruby, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Jayson Adams, Millennium
Andy Turk, Sarrus
Karl Craft, Ensuing Technologies
3:45PM - 4:45PM, Wednesday, May 26
User Conference Room 125
The last year has seen an explosion of products for managing personal
and group information. In many cases, these calendars, address
books, and free-form databases are on the vanguard of workgroup
computing on NEXTSTEP.
** GRAPHICS ARTS **
Moderator: Rick Reynolds, Publish Magazine
Lauren Flanagan, Goldleaf
Randy Adams, Appsoft
Janet Overby
10:15PM - 11:15PM, Thursday, May 27
User Conference Room 125
With sophisticated image processing, pre-press, and output tools,
NEXTSTEP is a powerful environment for professional graphics design
and production. Key developers demonstrate their range of solutions.
** MULTIMEDIA AND 3D **
Moderator: Lee Sherman, NeXTWORLD Magazine
Jesper Lundh, Xanthus
David Gregory, Imagine Multimedia
Glen Worstell, Thoughtul Software
11:30AM - 12:30PM, Thursday, May 27
User Conference Room 125
NeXT's inclusion of RenderMan technology in NEXTSTEP has set the
stage for an explosion of software for 3D rendering and animation.
The platform also boasts strong multimedia authoring systems and
tools for sound and music.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.