Woos Invitation

[Goli Montaser-kohsari <[e-mail]>]

Dear All,

Enclose please find a copy of an  invitation to the Woos 1993 event
which has been organised by PODA-SAX Consortium. If you like to come to
this event could you please let me know by tel or mail before 16th of
June.

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				WOOS '93
			World of Open Office Systems
			Heidelberg, 23rd & 24th June 1993
				Organised by 
	PODA-SAX Consortium: Bull, IBM, ICL, Olivetti Ricerca, SNI, UCL

A Public Multivendor Event targeted at:

	- Decision Makers
	- Marketing
	- Technical Personnel

The event aims to show a multivendor integrated office solution built
with standards based products.

This solution demonstrates transmission, manipulation, storage and
retrieval of compound documents based on ODA standard combined with
X.400 MHS, X.500 Directory Service, DFR (Document Filing and Retrieval)
and Security Services.  

Presentations, Round Tables and Demonstrations will enable the audience
to understand the future of multivendor communication through open
systems in terms of:

	- ODA and OSI technologies
	- User Requirements
	- Market Opportunities

Venue:	European Networking Center
	Vangerowstr. 18
	Heidelberg, GERMANY

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*   Demonstrations & Opportunities to discuss specific applications
*   (see programme on the back)
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 1993

09:30 - 09:40 Welcome 		
					Dr Rainer JANSSEN 
					IBM,Event Host

09:40 - 10:00 Foreword 		
					Ralf HANSEN CEC, 
					Project Officer

10:00 - 10:45 PODA-SAX Project Overview 	

					Claude KOU Bull, 
					Project Manager

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break


11:15 - 12:00 PODA-SAX Technical Areas 
		Investigated 

					PODA-SAX Technical Commitee 

12:00 - 12:30 Retrieval & Interchange of 
		Standards in Europe 

					Thomas RUBNER  
					ENS/RISE Project

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch


14:00 - 14:30 Conformance Testing & 
		Harmonization of Office Applications

					Dr H-Detlef SCHULZ
					DANET 

14:30 - 15:00 ODA Conformance Testing Tools 
					N. N.


15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break


15:30 - 16:30 Round Table chaired by 
					Prof. Heather BROWN
					CEC Expert

		Open Office Systems User Requirements 
		& OSI and ODA Technologies :

16:30 - 18:00 Reception



Thursday, June 24th, 1993

09:30 - 10:00 ODA & Productivity in the office:
		 a critical review
	
					Andreas KEMKES
					InterFace Connection

10:00 - 10:30 ODA based public services: 
		opportunities & issues

					Eric HERFROY
					FRANCE TELECOM

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break


11:00 - 11:30 ODA Consortium Toolkit

					Bob PENNELL
					ODA Consortium 

11:30 - 12:30 Round Table chaired by 
					Prof. Peter KIRSTEIN
					University College London

		Open Office Systems Market: 
		with the marketing force of 
		the PODA-SAX companies 

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch


14:00 Demonstration Guided Tours


17:00 END


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* Permanent Demonstrations running the whole period:
* Open Image Interchange, Security, Open Document Storage,
* Open Document Management & Interchange
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