Tcl'2002 Info

9th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference
Main	Registration	Schedule	Tutorials	Info	Archive

September 16-20, 2002
Vanco uver , BC, Canada

Important Information
Abstracts and proposals due	April 30, 2002
Notification to authors	May 27, 2002
Author materials due	August 20, 2002
Conference starts	September 16, 2002
Email Contact	tcl2002@tcl.tk

We are pleased to bring you the 9th Annual Tcl/Tk conference (Tcl'2002), sponsored by ActiveState . This conference is a forum to:

bring together Tcl/Tk researchers and practitioners
publish and present current work involving Tcl/Tk
learn about the latest developments in Tcl/Tk
plan for future Tcl/Tk related developments

This page lists information relating to attending the conference.

Conference Location

The conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia . This is a classic hotel located right in downtown Vancouver. See their website for location details.

Transportation

It will not be necessary to rent a car for the duration of the conference. Located in downtown Vancouver, everything is accessible by foot. You can reach the Hotel Georgia from the Vancouver airport by taxi (~CAD$25 one way) or with the Airporter Bus (CAD$12 one way), which stops at the hotel. If you wish to enjoy yourself, take the limo , which is only slightly more expensive than a taxi (~CAD$35 one way).

For those arriving by train or bus , the station is a short taxi ride from the hotel, or you can take the light rail into town from the train station.

Currency

Welcome to Canada. US$ accepted here. The Canadian dollar is the official currency with a current exchange rate of approximately CAD$1.55 == US$1.00. Most stores will accept US$, but at a poor exchange rate. Use credit cards whereever possible, which is almost everywhere (VISA, MasterCard and American Express). Make sure that your credit card is enabled for international use, and don't forget your PIN number in the unlikely case that you need to draw cash from the card.

Connectivity

The Hotel Georgia has a business center with internet connections open 24 hours a day. The conference will include wired and wireless access in the main conference room from Wednesday through Friday. Please bring your own ethernet card (wired or wireless). For presenters, several computers will be available for use during your presentation. Windows 2000 with MS Office, Linux with OpenOffice, and Mac OS X with AppleWorks.

Vancouver

For those of you coming early or staying late, Vancouver is a beautiful city with many offerings to entertain you. A couple of sites with more information are Vancouver Tourist and vancouver.com , but the Hotel Georgia also has a tourist wall with lots of pamphlets on what you can enjoy locally.

Conference Committee

Jeffrey Hobbs	ActiveState Corp	General Chair
Gerald Lester		Program Co-chair
Kevin Kenny	GE Global Research Center	Program Co-chair
Andreas Kupries	ActiveState Corp
Andrej Vckovski	NetCetera
Clif Flynt	Noumena Corp
Ken Jones	Avia Training
Larry Virden	Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
Mac Cody	Raytheon Company
Mark Roseman	Sonexis, Inc.
Steve Landers	Digital Smarties

Contact Information

tcl2002@tcl.tk