First annual conference of ArborText Users' Group International.ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1996--The first annual conference of ArborText Users Group International (AUGI AUGI Autodesk Users Group International AUGI Área Urbanas de Génese Ilegal (Portugal) AUGI Autodesk User Group International ) is being held May 1-4 at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee “Nashville” redirects here. For other uses, see Nashville (disambiguation). Nashville is the capital and the second most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee, after Memphis. . This event begins with a Meet-the-Experts reception at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, continues with the conference itself on Thursday and Friday, and closes with seven optional workshops on Saturday, May 4. Highlights of the conference include case studies from several of the worlds leading SGML SGML in full Standard Generalized Markup Language Markup language for organizing and tagging elements of a document, including headings, paragraphs, tables, and graphics. implementation leaders including Erricsson, National Semiconductor, SAS Institute SAS Institute Inc., headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig. , and Statistics Canada; a feature presentation from Dr. Paul Grosso, Vice President of Research for ArborText and the Chief Technical Officer of SGML Open; demonstrations of the next UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). release, the new OS/2 release, and the Asian language support; product workshops with leading ArborText consultants including Paul Klock and Eve Maler; "Wish List" sessions with ArborText's senior software developers; and "The Future of Document Object Management," the first public disclosure of ArborText's vision to support higher levels of reuse and automation. To insure that this first AUGI conference meets the needs of its users, ArborText is relying on the expertise of the conferences Executive committee. The committee consists of representatives from Caterpillar, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Ericsson, National Semiconductor, SAS Institute, and Sun Microsystems. The conference will also include a vendor showcase where as many as a dozen other companies will present their products and services at a table-top exhibit area. Auto-trol, Electronic Book Technologies (EBT EBT See: Earnings Before Taxes ), InfoDesign, Information Strategies, Texcel, XSoft, and Xyvision are among the registered exhibitors. Response to early registration indicates a very successful conference. The conference fee is $395, which includes the reception on Wednesday, all meals on Thursday, and breakfast on Friday. The cost to attend any of the seven optional workshops on Saturday is $100 each. The workshops are offered in morning and afternoon sessions. The complete conference agenda, details on the Saturday workshops, and on-line registration forms are available on ArborText's website: www.arbortext.com. For further information on the conference, please contact Vi Kellersohn at 313/996-3566 or email: vik@arbortext.com. ArborText develops SGML-based authoring and publishing tools and distributes its products worldwide. For information about ArborText's products, consulting services, and training programs, please contact ArborText, Inc., 1000 Victors Way, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. 48108-2700 USA; phone 313/996-3566; fax 313/996-3573; email: info@arbortext.com; Website: www.arbortext.com. EDITOR'S NOTE: Email addresses or Web addresses appearing in in this press release contain "at" symbols and/or "double slashes". These symbols may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: ArborText, Ann Arbor Vi Kellersohn, 313/996-3566 x 7707 email: vik@arbortext.com |
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