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The conference covers a full week, with 2 days of Tutorial Sessions
and 3 days of Technical Sessions. The Technical Sessions include:
- State of Tcl
- Conference Papers
- Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions
- Tcl Core Team Open Discussion
- Works-in-Progress Lightning Talks
- Daily casual breakfasts
- Conference Luncheons
- Conference Dinner
| Monday |
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08:00 - 12:00 |
Conference Registration |
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09:00 - 12:30 |
Monday Tutorial Sessions begin
(includes 1 snack break)
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Free Lunch (In Hotel) |
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13:30 - 17:00 |
Conference Registration |
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14:00 - 17:30 |
Monday Afternoon Tutorial Sessions
(includes 1 snack break)
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17:30 - 19:00 |
Meal Break |
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19:00 - 20:00 |
Free Tutorials Tcl for Gaming (Clif Flynt) |
| Tuesday |
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08:00 - 12:00 |
Conference Registration |
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09:00 - 12:30 |
Tuesday Morning Tutorial Sessions begin
(includes 1 snack break)
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Free Lunch (in hotel) |
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13:30 - 17:00 |
Conference Registration |
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14:00 - 17:30 |
Tuesday Afternoon Tutorial Sessions begin
(includes 1 snack break)
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17:30 - 19:00 |
Conference Registration |
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17:30 - 19:00 |
Meal Break |
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19:00 - 20:00 |
Free Tutorials Tcl Web Services (Gerald Lester) |
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20:00 - 22:00 |
Mingle and Meet in hotel lobby area
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The following schedule is preliminary, and subject to change
| Wednesday |
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08:00 - 09:00 |
Breakfast |
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09:00 - 12:00 |
Conference Registration |
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09:00 - 09:10 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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09:10 - 10:20 |
Keynote Address
- Ship Survivability in the 21st Century
Dan Foos
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10:20 - 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Papers
- (Active)State of Tcl
Jeff Hobbs
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Conference Lunch in Hotel |
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14:00 - 15:00 |
Tcl Extensions, Tcl re-implementations
- Relation-Oriented Programming with Raloo What Happens When ::ral Meets ::oo?
Andrew Mangogna
- Eagle: Tcl Implementation in C#
Joe Mistachkin
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Tcl Core Extensions
- NRE: the non-recursive engine in Tcl8.6
MIguel Sofer
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15:30 - 16:00 |
Break |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Tcl Core Extensions (continued)
- NRE-enabled goodies
Miguel Sofer
- Tcl Database Connectivity
Kevin B. Kenny
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17:00 - 18:30 |
Break |
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18:30 - 20:30 |
Dinner on your own |
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20:30 - 23:00 |
Birds of a Feather Sessions (BoFs)
- Send mail to tcl2008 at tcl dot tk to pre-register a BoF
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| Thursday |
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08:00 - 09:00 |
Breakfast |
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09:00 - 12:00 |
Conference Registration |
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09:00 - 10:00 |
Report on Tcl projects in the Google Summer of Code |
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10:00 - 10:20 |
Break |
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10:20 - 11:20 |
Testing
- Agent SMITH: Evolution of a Test Tool in Tcl/Tk
John J. Seal
- Remote Control of Test Equipment Using Distributed Objects
Timothy L. Tomkinson
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11:20 - 12:20 |
Tcl Frameworks
- mod_tcl : TCL inside Apache
Olly Stephens
- dotNyet
Mike Doyle
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12:20 - 14:00 |
Lunch - On your own (with other Tclers) |
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14:00 - 15:00 |
Applications I
- Skybot
Steve Landers
- Demonstrating the Iomas AnataLab System
Cyndy Lilagan
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Break |
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15:30 - 16:30 |
Applications II
- An order entry and wireless data collection system using Tcl and SQLite.
Stever Redler IV
- Festnet
Sean Woods
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16:30 - 17:30 |
WiPS sessions
- This session is for attendees to discuss things that they are developing
in, for, and around Tcl/Tk. 5 minute time slots are available (may change
based on interest). Send mail to tcl2008@tcl.tk to preregister a WiP
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18:30 - 20:30 |
Conference Dinner
- ActiveState ActiveAwards presentation
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20:30 - 21:30 |
Informal Demo Time |
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21:30 - 23:00 |
Birds of a Feather Sessions (BoFs)
- Send mail to tcl2008 at tcl dot tk to pre-register a BoF
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| Friday |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Domain specific languages in Tcl
- Gregor: A DSL for building semester calendars
Matthew m. Burke
- A Domain Specific Language for defining Nuclear Physics Experiments.
Ron Fox
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10:00 - 12:00 |
Wrap up and Town Meeting |
Conference Committee
| Sean Woods |
Test and Evaluation Solutions | Facilities Chair |
| Ron Fox |
NSCL Michigan State University | Program Chair |
| Clif Flynt |
Noumena Corp | General Chair |
| Steve Redler IV |
SR Technology | |
| Steve Landers |
Digital Smarties | |
| Cyndy Lilagan |
Iomas Research | |
| Kevin Kenny |
GE Global Research Center | |
| Jeffrey Hobbs |
ActiveState Software Inc. | |
| Gerald Lester |
TicketSwitch USA, LLC | |
| Richard Suchenwirth |
Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services | |
| Andreas Kupries |
ActiveState Software Inc. | |
| Donal Fellows |
University of Manchester | |
| Larry Virden |
Tcl FAQ Maintainer | |
| Mike Doyle |
Iomas Research | |
Contact Information
tcl2008@tcl.tk
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