Java Grande Forum

Saturday-Sunday, May 9-10, 1998, Palo Alto, CA

Venue

The next Java Grande Forum will be held on May 9/10 (Saturday/Sunday) in Palo Alto, California at the Hyatt. The complete address and contact information is below:

Hyatt Rickey's in Palo Alto
4219 El Camino Real
Palo, Alto, CA 94306
Phone: 650-493-8000
Fax: 650-424-0836

Room Rate: $135/night

A block of 30 rooms has been set aside for Java Grande Forum attendees. You will need to mention Java Grande/Sun Micro when making reservations to ensure a room at this rate.

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Please Pre-register

If you do plan to attend, it is absolutely necessary to pre-register as well. We need this information to ensure adequate accommodations, plan meals, etc. You need to let me know whether you plan to attend. Limited travel support is available for academics, which means faculty and research scientists at academic institutions.

Please forward comments and suggestions on the agenda to george.k.thiruvathukal@acm.org.

Day 1: May 9, 1998

8:30 a.m. - Industry Update: Compilers

Compiler Talk, IBM Watson Research
Compiler Talk, Sun Microsystems
Other talks TBA

10:30 a.m. - 100% Pure Java: Coffee break

11:00 a.m. - The Grande Forum: Overview and Proces

Geoffrey C. Fox and George K. Thiruvathukal

12 noon - Lunch

1:15 p.m. - Working Groups Breakout Sessions

4:00 p.m. - Working Groups Report to Java Grande Forum

6:00 p.m. - Steering Committee Dinner

Planning of Java Grande Workshop 99
(the follow-on to Java '98, 2/28/98 - 3/1/98, Palo Alto)
Java Grande meeting schedule/venues?

Day 2: May 10, 1998

8:30 a.m. - Project Updates

    Java projects not presented at Java '98
    John Brophy, Visual Numerics

10:30 a.m. - 100% Pure Java: Coffee break

11:00 a.m. - Deconflicting/Normalization of Working Groups

Facilitator, George K. Thiruvathukal
Numerics chairs (Roldan Pozo)
P&DC chairs (Dennis Gannon, Denis Caromel)

The goal of this session will be to establish the rudiments of a single white paper on Java Grande and identify action items.

12 noon - Lunch

1:15 p.m. Project Plan and Next Meeting Goals

Geoffrey C. Fox and George K. Thiruvathukal