LISA '98 Conference Overview Important Dates Tutorials, Refereed Papers, Invited Talks, WIPs, and BOFs Conference Topics Conference Organizers Cash Prizes and How to Submit a Paper to the Refereed Track Where To Send Refereed Paper Submission LISA '98 Products Exhibition		TUTORIALS, REFEREED PAPERS, INVITED TALKS, WIPs, AND BOFs Tutorial Program Gain mastery of complex techniques and technologies and you'll get immediate payoff within your organization. You can choose from up to 40 full- and half-day classes over three days. Whether you are a novice or senior systems administrator, you will be able to find a tutorial to meet your needs. Tutorials cover important topics such as: performance tuning, administering Windows NT, Perl, TCP/IP troubleshooting, security, networking, network services, sendmail, Samba, legal issues, and professional development. Tutorial Program Proposals To provide the best possible tutorial offerings, USENIX continually solicits proposals for new tutorials. If you are interested in presenting a tutorial at this or other USENIX conferences, please contact the tutorial coordinator: Daniel V. Klein Tel: 1.412.421.0285 Fax: 1.412.421.2332 Email: dvk@usenix.org Technical Sessions In keeping with the conference theme "Systems Administration in the Real World," the three days of technical sessions will deliver specific, useful knowledge, derived from experience, and applicable to managing the real-life issues you face daily. The refereed papers will provide the latest findings on cutting-edge technologies. Refereed papers may be academic in nature, designed to advance the field of systems administration, or they may report practical solutions to specific problems. The Program Committee selects for presentation the very best papers from among the submissions; attendees benefit from hearing results of the leading research and latest implementations. This year the invited talk track will be marked by flexibility in the kind of session formats offered. In addition to the traditional refereed papers, Works-in-Progress (WIP) reports and invited talks by leaders in the field, focused panels, mini-tutorials, jump-start talks, technical overviews and the like will be selected to promote enjoyable and interactive learning environments. They will offer systems administrators a chance to learn of the very latest developments in important technologies, hear about solutions which have worked for your peers, and survey what's happening in topic areas of particular concern. Invited Talk Track Proposals If you have a topic of interest to systems administrators, but it is not suitable as a refereed paper, please submit a proposal to the Invited Talk coordinators. Please email your proposal to itlisa@usenix.org. Invited Talks Proposals due: June 23, 1998 Final copy due: October 28, 1998 Work-In-Progress Reports Do you have interesting work you would like to share, or a cool idea that is not yet ready to be published? The USENIX audience provides valuable discussion and feedback. We are particularly interested in presentation of student work. To schedule your short report, send email to lisawips@usenix.org. Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) are very informal gatherings, organized by attendees. BoFs are held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. BoFs may be scheduled in advance by phoning the Conference Office at 1.714.588.8649 or via email to conference@usenix.org. BoFs may also be scheduled at the conference.