Letter to the Technical Committee
September 22, 1999
Dear OMG Technical Representative,
Attached below are the logistics, meeting schedule and registration
form for the upcoming OMG Technical Meeting that will be sponsored by COMPAQ
Computer Corporation the week of November 15-19, 1999 at the Hyatt Regency
Cambridge in Cambridge, MA USA.
Compaq Computer Corporation is a Fortune Global 100 company. Compaq
is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global
supplier of personal computers. Compaq develops and markets hardware, software,
solutions, and services including industry-leading enterprise computer
solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, networking and communication
products, commercial desktop and portable products and consumer PCs.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Finance Symposium - Tuesday, November 16, 1999
If you are planning to attend the OMG meetings, the Finance Symposium is
included in your meeting registration fee. If you are only attending the
Finance Symposium on Tuesday, November 16th, the registration fee is
US$150.00.
The OMG Finance Domain Task Force is hosting a Finance/Insurance Information
Day to provide Information Technology managers, architects, systems integrators
and vendor organizations with opportunities to influence the strategic
direction of Financial System integration standards and products. Also,
you will see demonstrations of implementations of adopted specifications,
the latest on CORBA 3.0, and how XML, UML and Components play a role in
the Finance and Insurance Industry.
We invite you to join us on November 16, 1999 at the Hyatt Regency in
Cambridge, MA from 8:30 - 4:00pm, in conjunction with OMG’s Technical Committee
Meeting Week.
Please contact Michelle Labbe, Senior Account Executive, Business Development,
for further information at +1-508-820-4300, or by email at michelle@omg.org
or if you would like to register via the web, you may do so at: http://www.omg.org/techprocess/meetings/meetingreg.html
- Technical Bookstore
John Wiley & Sons, Publishers of the OMG book series of Computing
Titles, will sponsor a bookstore during the Cambridge Technical Meeting
Week. The bookstore will be centrally located in the demo or coffee break
area. We'll be contacting OMG series authors regarding their availability
for book signings and offering discounts on the latest titles. Details
will be published on the OMG Technical Meeting information web page as
they are finalized.
- Technical Committee Update
Included with this information/registration package is the Technical
Committee Update for the meeting that was held in San Jose, CA USA the
week of August 23-27, 1999. To view this as well as some of the previous
updates go to http://www.omg.org/techprocess/meetings/tcupdate.html.
- Demo Area - Now open to all levels of OMG membership!
The demo area will be open to all levels of OMG membership and space
is on a first-come, first-reserved basis. The demo area is for demonstrations
of OMG Adopted Technology; you must provide a demo to be part of this free
program. The demo area will be open Tuesday, November 16 from 12:00 noon
to 17:00 and Wednesday, November 17 from 10:00 to 20:00. Those requesting
a table in the demo area will take responsibility for all shipping, setup,
staffing and running of their demo station. Use of the demonstration area
is solely at the risk of the participating member. OMG assumes no liability
for lost, stolen or damaged equipment or supplies. On Tuesday evening your
equipment may be brought into the OMG registration office (as space allows)
which will be locked until registration opens the next morning. If you
prefer not to tear down on Tuesday evening, OMG does not provide security
in the demo area but we will be happy to make the arrangements and you
may pay for this service with a credit card.
Demo attendants are required to register and pay the meeting registration
fee but are welcome to have lunch and refreshments and attend any of the
sessions as well. For more information or to reserve your space, please
contact Kevin Loughry at the Object Management Group no later than Friday,
November 5, 1999 at +1-508-820-4300 or loughry@omg.org. Any OMG member
is welcome to bring their company literature on products, services, etc.
and may display it on the tables in the meeting registration area. OMG
reserves the right to remove anything we deem to be inappropriate.
- Upcoming OMG Technical Meeting in Mesa, AZ USA - January 10-14, 2000
Information on the meeting hotel in Mesa can be found either in the
welcome kit you will receive at Cambridge and on the tables in the registration
area as well. The information will also be available on the web at http://www.omg.org/techprocess/meetings/.
See you all in Beantown!
Cheryl (Bissonnette) Lobdell
Technical Meeting Manager
