2nd International Dylan Hackers Conference (DHC 2004) 3 - 6 February, 2004 School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dylan friend! Dylan Hackers would like to invite you to attend the second international conference to be held in the first week of February in the Computer Science department of Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. The conference is going to be held in the seminar room CO249 and a computer lab CO244 adjacent to it. There are plans to host five seminar sessions on the Dylan language presented by a range of New Zealand, German, and USA based developers. The rest of the time will be spend discussing the roadmap of the Dylan development and implementing a substantial part of the compiler, as well as generally having a good time. LOCATION and Opening Meeting: The main two locations are rooms CO249 and CO244 (Cotton Building, Gate 7). If you are having trouble locating the conference on site, please enquire at the School of Mathematical and Computing Science office on the third floor - they will have the immediate contact details of the conference organisers. The Opening Meeting is to be held at 11 a.m. in CO249 on Tuesday, 3rd of February. Everyone is welcome to attend, although an early registration of interest expressed by email to alex@mcs.vuw.ac.nz would allow us to change the room to a bigger one if necessary. The plan for the rest of the conference is going to be maintained on the Gwydion Dylan project web site (http://www.gwydiondylan.org/) and is subject to change as the conference progresses. Although the times for the seminars are going to stay fixed. ACCOMMODATION and TRAVEL: If you need help arranging the accommodation and travel, please contact Alex Potanin on alex@mcs.vuw.ac.nz, otherwise Wellington City Council maintains an excellent web site with convenient travel information here: http://www.wellingtonnz.com/accommodation/ . Any hotel downtown of Wellington, for example Ibis, will be within 15 minute walk or a cable car ride from the venue. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE: Monday, 2nd of February: Early bird arrival. Compensating jet lag for our international visitors at Paraparaumu airport. Tuesday, 3rd of February: First conference day 11:00 a.m. - Opening Meeting (CO249) 1:00 p.m. - Lunch 2:00 p.m. - "Introducing Dylan" Seminar (CO249) 4:00 p.m. - First day programming session followed by dinner (CO244) Wednesday, 4th of February: Second conference day 9:00 a.m. - Second day programming session (CO244) 10:30 a.m. - Morning tea (CO339) 11:00 a.m. - "Rapid Prototyping in Dylan and ICFP" Seminar (CO249) 1:00 p.m. - Lunch 2:00 p.m. - "Dylan in Operating Systems" Seminar (CO249) 3:00 p.m. - "What is going on in programming sessions" Session (CO249) 3:30 p.m. - Afternoon tea (CO339) 4:00 p.m. - Second day programming session (CO244) Thursday, 5th of February: Third conference day 9:00 a.m. - Third day programming session (CO244) 10:30 a.m. - Morning tea (CO339) 11:00 a.m. - "Post-facto Type Inference and Advanced Dylan" Seminar (CO249) 1:00 p.m. - SMCS Seminar on Agile Methods (CO249) 2:00 p.m. - Lunch with ELVIS (CO339) 3:00 p.m. - Third day programming session (CO244) Friday, 6th of February: Fourth conference day (Waitangi Day) 9:00 a.m. - Fourth (and final) day programming session (CO244) 10:30 a.m. - Morning tea (CO339) 11:00 a.m. - "Dylan in Secure Operating Systems Design" Seminar (CO249) 1:00 p.m. - Lunch 2:00 p.m. - Fourth day programming session (The Final Hack) (CO244) 4:00 p.m. - "DHC 2004 Final Report and Presentation" Seminar (CO249) NB! The dinners will be organised on each individual night by those involved in the programming sessions. If you want to take part in each night's dinner, you are encouraged to participate or attend the programming sessions. :-) But you are welcome to talk to the conference organisers on the day if you still want to attend the dinner and skip the programming session. For more information please contact: Alex Potanin PhD Student SMCS, VUW
