[Squeak-fr] ESUG'2002 Student Volunteer Program

[Stephane Ducasse]

ESUG'2002 Student Volunteer Program:

You are a student and you want to attend ESUG (the first European=
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Conference on Smalltalk)? ESUG has now a student volunteer program so=
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can get the conference for free. Your duties will be low and you will=
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to help a bit the local organizers. ESUG will not pay the travel but =
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conference and the hosting will be free.

Pay attention the places are limited.

Contact esug-conf@lists.esug.org for more information

For the other remember that the early registration is the 15 of July


The European Smalltalk User Group (www.esug.org) invites you to the=
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Smalltalk Joint Event

                        =09=0910th ESUG Smalltalk Conference
                                          &
                            2nd Smalltalk Doctoral Symposium
                       Tuesday, August 27, - Friday, August 30, 2002
                                          &
                                   Camp Smalltalk
                    Saturday, August 24 - Monday, August 26, 2002

                                Douai, France
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=09=09=09=09=09http://www.esug.org/summerschools/2002_Douai/index.htm
     (the final program and the registration process will be ready fo=
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end of June)

GENERAL INFORMATION

For the 10th consecutive year, the European Smalltalk User Group is
organizing a Smalltalk Conference to bring together Smalltalk users f=
rom
both academia and industry in a friendly atmosphere.  As always, the
attendents will enjoy tutorials, workshops and demonstrations on vari=
ous
Smalltalk related subjects.  Continuing a strong tradition in organiz=
ing
Smalltalk events for Smalltalk developers, this year promises to be v=
ery
exciting.

All these exciting events will take place in the last week of August,=
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the
Ecole des Mines de Douai in Douai, France (1h30 away from Brussels by=
 car
and 1h10 away from Paris by train). The Conference takes place at Dou=
ai in
France. Early information can be found at www.esug.org or at
http://www.iutc3.unicaen.fr:8000/esug2002/1.

ESUG organizes a Smalltalk Joint Event comprised of: Camp Smalltalk,
Smalltalk Conference, a Free Software Day, a Teachers Forum and Small=
talk
Doctoral Symposium!
      - An official (and free) Camp Smalltalk (notice that it starts =
on the
      saturday before so that Campers can be productive and stay duri=
ng the
      week). ESUG will sponsor the food.
      - The Smalltalk Doctoral Symposium, where students doing Master=
 and=20
PhD
      theses have the opportunity to present and discuss their resear=
ch work
      with industrial and academic Smalltalk experts.
      - Finally the Advanced Seminars:
      Similar to last year, we will offer two tracks: invited talks w=
hich
      should interest everyone, and the technical presentations, whic=
h are
      more specicalized. Dave Thomas (the OTI founder) and Dave Simmo=
ns=20
(SmallScript =09creator) are the keynotes speakers

This year:
      - a free Software day will be organized around GnuSmalltalk,
      PocketSmalltalk, and Squeak (contact Serge.Stinckwich@info.unic=
aen.fr)
=2E
      - a Teachers Forum will be organized to share teaching experien=
ces. We
      are looking for experience reports. We are looking for teachers=
 to=20
report their =09experiences using Smalltalk (contact ducasse@iam.unib=
e.ch)
      - ESUG will support the Squeak Foundation by donating 10% of it=
s
     benefits.

Exhibitors or sponsors should directly contact Stephane Ducasse
(ducasse@iam.unibe.ch) or Roel Wuyts (wuyts@iam.unibe.ch) for more
information.


The conference fees has been lower to their minimum:
=09=09300 Eur for companies and 150 =80 for academics.
The hosting will be excellent with internet connection in the rooms:
=09=09accomodation: 50 or 60 =80 per night
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http://www.esug.org/summerschools/2002_Douai/registration.htm)

IMPORTANT DATES
Early registration: 15 of July (Please register yearly so that we can=
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prepare ESUG)

The organizing commitee


Dr. St=E9phane DUCASSE (ducasse@iam.unibe.ch)=20
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/
  "if you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do
  different? ... especially if, by doing something different, today
  might not be your last day on earth" Calvin&Hobbes