General talk about software patterns

[cfp AT oopsla.org]

**** What's oopsla up to?

The leading forum for innovative and thought-provoking ideas in 
object-oriented programming for 21 years, oopsla is taking on today's 
software challenges, attracting people interested in:

    * programmer productivity
    * secure and reliable software
    * changing hardware platforms
    * ultra-large scale systems

oopsla is the premier conference for publishing state of the art research, 
for 
seeking comment on works in progress, for sharing practical experiences,  and 
(frequently, we're proud to say) for presenting Turing Award lectures on 
significant works. It is where industry experts and their academic peers 
gather to

    * improve programming languages
    * refine the practice of software development
    * explore new paradigms

Through collaboration, diversity, and incubation we are overcoming the 
challenges facing the software industry.

**** The conference isn't until October, what's happening now?

Right now we're looking for submissions for: 
   * Posters 
   * Demonstrations
   * Doctoral Symposium
   * Onward! Tools and Films
   * Student Research Competition

Visit http://www.oopsla.org/2007/submissions to see how you can contribute.

Furthermore, the accepted workshops are looking for submissions. Visit 
http://www.oopsla.org/2007/workshops to see the list of accepted workshops. 
Submissions to workshops should be to the workshop organizer.

All year long the conference committee works hard to organize the program. 
People like you — developers, researchers, industry experts, and academics 
from around the world — contribute most of the content. Contributing provides 
tremendous satisfaction and pride in sharing your knowledge and insight. A 
bonus is the chance to meet a like (or unlike) mind who's worked on similar 
problems, providing an opportunity for feedback and brainstorming solutions 
to sticky problems.

Contribute to oopsla and you will be enriched as you enrich the world of 
software. 

**** And when are those submissions due?

July 2, 2007 - Submission Deadline for Posters, Demonstrations, Doctoral 
Symposium, Onward! Tools and Films, Student Research Competition, and Student 
Volunteers

October 21, 2007 - Conference starts

Contact the workshop organizer for deadlines of that specific workshop.

In addition, there are four symposia that will be co-located with OOPSLA 
2007. 
These may be appropriate if you want to target a very specific audience. Here 
are their web sites:

* Dynamic Languages Symposium 
   --- http://www.swa.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/dls07/
* International Symposium on Memory Management 
   --- http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~greg/ismm07/
* WikiSym 
   --- http://www.wikisym.org/ws2007/
* Library-Centric Software Design Symposium 
   --- http://lcsd.cs.tamu.edu/2007/

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Program Chair
David F. Bacon, IBM
papers AT oopsla.org

Onward! Chair
Cristina Videira Lopes, UC Irvine
onward! AT oopsla.org

Conference Chair
Richard P. Gabriel, USA
chair AT oopsla.org