SPUG: Damian's Talks, and Socializing Opportunities

[Tim Maher/CONSULTIX]

SPUG-o-philes,

Dr. Damian Conway (Senior Lecturer in CS at Australia's Monash
University, author of "Object Oriented Perl", and now a visiting
Software Instructor for CONSULTIX) has agreed to speak to SPUG on
the evenings of 7/5 and 7/6, at the E-SPUG meeting place in Redmond.

We realize that some of you will be leaving town in conjunction
with 4th of July celebrations, but we hope you'll be able to juggle
your schedules so you can attend at least one of these meetings.

Hearty thanks go out to NeoInformatics, www.neoinformatics.com, for
sponsoring these SPUG visits!

* SPUG Talk #1

Damian will do an one-hour presentation on a topic nominated
by our members, in one of his areas of expertise: OOP, parsing,
natural language processing, programming language design, etc.

He reminds me that he'd like to hear our preferences soon,
so "Emperor Ryan", how about firing up that web-based survey page again?

For the second hour, he will answer audience questions on
Perl-related topics (so start jotting down your ideas!).

* SPUG Talk #2

For this talk, Damian proposes to reprise the one-hour talk he
will have given at YAPC two weeks earlier:

   "Quantum Superpositions and the First Virtue".


* Damian's Agenda, and Arranging Meetings with Him

Damian will be arriving in Seattle on 6/30, and leaving on 7/9.
His agenda is already quite full for the latter part of the week,
with four presentations already scheduled (see below).

However, during his free time (mainly 7/1-7/5), he's expressed an
interest in meeting with local companies or individuals to tour
high-tech facilities, see how Perl is being used, pick each others
brains, share meals and conversation, and so on. 

(Damian is reportedly quite happy at Monash U in beautiful Melbourne,
but he's heard about the vibrant Perl community in Seattle, and
who knows, given the right conditions, perhaps he'd be willing to
relocate here; anybody interested in recruiting him?)

Those wishing to meet with Damian are welcome to contact him directly
(damian at conway.org) to discuss possible activities and scheduling.
 
* Damian Conway's Speaking Engagements, as of 5/1/2000

   #1: 7/5 SPUG talk, evening, Redmond, WA

   #2: 7/6 "Adv. Object Oriented Perl", all day,
                   Kirkland, WA (through Consultix)

   #3: 7/6 SPUG talk, evening, Redmond, WA

   #4: 7/7 "Beyond Regexes: Text Parsing with Perl Modules",
                   all day, Kirkland, WA (through Consultix)

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