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Rather than fall into the trap of recycling formulaic positions and old marketing pitches, XML World has consistently sought to bring together people who want, for differing reasons, to push XML forward and with it the business opportunities that it makes possible. This approach ensures a level of interaction between professionals working at the top of their respective fields that past attendees have celebrated as its biggest asset as an industry event. One of last year's attendees commented that XML World introduced a "voice of sanity" into the XML hype.  So now the time has come to improve on this already admirable standing. 

Professionals who have been working on the forefront of web technologies using XML are therefore encouraged to participate in XML World 2000 in Boston and to propose presentations and tutorials. As with last year, presentations are scheduled for a full 45 minutes with additional time for questions, thereby allowing the presenter to penetrate a topic to a reasonable depth. The tutorials are typically scheduled to run for approximately three hours, with additional time for questions and interaction.   

This year's event will cover such fascinating topics as:

  • XML / XSL / XSLT / XLink

  • XML Schema SGML / HyTime 

  • Business 2 Business 

  • Corporate Portals

  • Knowledge Management

  • XML with Java and Perl

  • XML Servers

  • Microsoft and BizTalk

  • OASIS and ebXML

Responding to an evident demand, the conference program for XML World 2000 has been expanded over last year with two new tracks being added. The conference tracks, for which speakers are invited to propose presentations, will be as follows:

Development.
The development track will cater to the insatiable appetite amongst developers for detailed information on programming tools and techniques to be used in manipulating XML data or integrating XML capabilities into existing applications. 

Technology.
 This track is a venue for presenters to address topics pertaining to the XML family of standards or to present fundamental concepts that will of broad interest to technically inclined attendees.

Management.
The management track provides the forum for the presentation and discussion of the business opportunities and challenges that arise wherever XML is potentially deployed.  In this track, speakers are encouraged to speak to practical considerations associated with introducing XML into an environment or process and to highlight the rationale that would lead an organization, or group of organizations, to take this step.

Application.
 The application track will be focused on the presentation of working XML implementations.  This track will show how developers have addressed business requirements using XML.  Presenters wishing to speak in this track are encouraged, to the point of being required, to include a demonstration of the subject application as part of their presentation.

X-Track.
Each conference receives presentations that do not easily fit into a pre-defined track.  The X-Track will be used to accommodate high quality presentations that refuse to be classified.  Given the issues surrounding XML at this time, it is envisioned that this track will be the home for presentations that go after the fundamental questions. Where is XML going as a standard?  What has XML given to the world of developers?  What makes XML interesting and even important?  Are we using XML to its fullest potential?  Are we missing something?  Are we repeating the mistakes of the past?

Professionals who are interested in participating in XML World 2000 are requested to prepare and submit the following:

  • name and complete contact information (including mailing information)

  • abstract: 150 words for a presentation and 1,000 words for a tutorial

  • for presentations, the track for which the material is proposed

  • for tutorials, the level of the intended audience as either introductory, intermediate technical, or developer

  • speaker biography and photograph in an electronic format suitable for use in the conference prospectus.

Presentations should be educational in nature and not include any sales or marketing information.  As attendees have consistently objected to presentations that are in reality thinly-veiled sales pitches, presenters are strongly advised to observe this restriction.  Speakers are also encouraged to prepare and present original material as one of the functions of this event is to incite discussion about current technical and business issues. 

Speakers will be required to provide their presentation materials a full two weeks in advance of the conference start date so that the attendees can be provided with the complete conference proceedings upon arrival.

Please, send your proposals to speakers@interdoc.ca. Deadline is May 5th, 2000.

Note: The above invocation to originality is in part related to the intention of the conference organizers to publish a book based on the most substantial contributions to the conference program. Candidate Speakers should identify whether or not they would be willing to prepare and submit a formal paper in conjunction with their presentation materials.