Invitation to
Dylan Hackers Conference
July, 26th - 28th, 2002
Berlin, Germany
Dear Dylan friend!
The Dylan Hackers invite you to their first real life meeting,
happening this summer, hosted by the Chaos Computer Club in Berlin,
Germany.
The following topics are planned for discussion on this event:
- Release of Gwydion Dylan 2.4
- Future directions of Gwydion Dylan
- Common Dylan and the Dylan language standard
- Dylan 2.0?
- Dylan and its Lisp heritage, including demonstration of Symbolics
Lisp machine
Registration
Please register as soon as possible by sending mail to
dhc@berlin.ccc.de. Please specify your travel and accomodation
preferences, as outlined in the sections below.
Locations
The conference itself will take place at the Chaos Computer Club
Berlin (CCCB, http://berlin.ccc.de). The address is:
Marienstr. 11
10117 Berlin
or about here:
http://www.stadtplandienst.de/query?ORT=b;PLZ=10117;STR=Marienstr%2E;HNR=11;GR=2
On Friday evening, we will meet at the c-base
(http://www.c-base.org). The c-base is an old
space station that was discovered beneath the city of Berlin. Address:
Rungestr. 20
10179 Berlin
which is here:
http://www.stadtplandienst.de/query?ORT=b;PLZ=10179;STR=Rungestr%2E;HNR=20;GR=2
Travel
The conference itself will take place on saturday and sunday.
Suggested arrival is on thursday or friday, depending on where
you're coming from and whether you want to spend some time
sightseeing. Early departure could be sunday evening, regular
departure is on monday.
Accomodation
We recommend:
- http://www.kuenstlerheim-luise.de/ (50EUR single, 70EUR double per night)
- http://www.hotel-albrechtshof.de/ (about 100EUR single, 150EUR double)
Both hotels are within a few hundred meters of the conference place,
right in the heart of Berlin. Please make any necessary bookings
yourself.
Costs
You'll need to calculate about EUR30 per day for food, plus cost
of accomodation (depends on your preferences) and travel (depends on
where you're coming from). There's no entrance fee.
Preliminary schedule:
Thursday, July 25th:
Early Bird's Arrival (for compensating jet lag)
Friday, July 26th:
Official arrival
12h: Sightseeing Berlin
18h: Dylan Hackers Fireside Chat @ c-base
Saturday, July, 27th:
First conference day
9h: Breakfast @ CCCB
10h-13h: Conference
13h-14h: Lunch
14h-18h: Conference
18h-20h: Private Break @ Hotel
20h-: Fancy Dinner, Berlin Night life
Sunday, July 28th:
Second conference day
9h: Breakfast @ CCCB
10h-13h: Conference
13h-14h: Lunch
14h-17h: Conference
17h-18h: Private Break @ Hotel
18h-: Dinner and socializing @ CCCB
Monday, July 29th:
Departure
Organizer:
All the paperwork will be handled by the Chaos Computer Club
Veranstaltungs-GmbH. We're able to write proper bills,
official-looking invitations, and all the other stuff. Your
contact is Tim Pritlove, he's reading dhc@berlin.ccc.de.
