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13th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference

Main Registration Schedule Tutorials Info

October 9-13, 2006
Holiday Inn Select
Naperville, Illinois USA

Important Information
Abstracts and proposals due June 30, 2006
Notification to authors July 31, 2006
Author materials due September 30, 2006
Tutorials start October 9, 2006
Conference starts October 11, 2006
Email Contact tcl2006@tcl.tk

We are pleased to announce the 13th Annual Tcl/Tk conference (Tcl'2006), sponsored by Noumena Corporation , Digital Smarties , Eolas Technologies and ActiveState .

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
  • Works-in-Progress Lightning Talks
  • Daily casual breakfasts
  • Conference Luncheons
  • Conference Dinner

Tutorial Schedule

Monday
08:00 - 12:00 Conference Registration
09:00 - 12:30

Monday Tutorial Sessions begin
(includes 1 snack break)

12:30 - 14:00 Free Lunch (In Hotel)
13:30 - 17:00 Conference Registration
14:00 - 17:30

Monday Afternoon Tutorial Sessions
(includes 1 snack break)

Tuesday
08:00 - 12:00 Conference Registration
09:00 - 12:30

Tuesday Morning Tutorial Sessions begin
(includes 1 snack break)

12:30 - 14:00 Free Lunch (in hotel)
13:30 - 17:00 Conference Registration
14:00 - 17:30

Tuesday Afternoon Tutorial Sessions begin
(includes 1 snack break)

17:00 - 19:00 Conference Registration
20:00 - 22:00 Mingle and Meet in hotel lobby area

Technical Sessions Schedule

The following schedule is preliminary, and subject to change

Wednesday
08:00 - 12:00 Conference Registration and breakfast
09:00 - 09:20 Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:20 - 10:30

Keynote Address

  • SQLite and Tcl
    D. Richard Hipp
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30

Papers

  • (Active) State of Tcl
    Jeff Hobbs
12:30 - 14:00 Conference Lunch
in Hotel
14:00 - 17:00 Conference Registration
14:00 - 15:30

Language Techniques

15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:30

New Widgets

17:30 - 18:30 Break
18:30 - 20:30 Dinner (on your own)
20:30 - 23:00

Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs)

  • Send mail to [Mailto $::2006::email] to preregister a BoF

Thursday
08:30 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:10

Invited Talk

  • Tcl as a Way of Life
    Richard Suchenwirth
10:10 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:20

New Extensions

12:20 - 14:00 Lunch - On your own
14:00 - 15:30

Tcl Internals

15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 16:30

Invited Talk

16:30 - 17:30

Works-in-Progress (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 tcl2006@tcl.tk to preregister a WiP
18:30 - 20:30

Conference Dinner

  • ActiveState ActiveAwards Presentation
20:30 - 21:30

Informal Demo Time

  • A chance to show off something you've been working on. Bring your own laptop.
21:30 - 23:00

Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs)

  • Send mail to [Mailto $::2006::email] to preregister a BoF

Friday
08:30 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:30

Applications

10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00

Wrap Up, Town Hall, etc.

Conference Committee

Cyndy Lilagan   Eolas TechnologiesFacilities Coordination
Clif Flynt   Noumena CorpGeneral Chair
Steve Redler IV   SR TechnologyProgram Chair
Steve Landers   Digital SmartiesProgram Co-chair
Kevin Kenny   GE Global Research Center
Jeffrey Hobbs   ActiveState Corp
Andreas Kupries   ActiveState Corp
Ron Fox   NSCL Michigan State University
Donal Fellows   University of Manchester
Larry Virden   Tcl FAQ Maintainer
Mike Doyle   Eolas Technologies
Gerald Lester   HMS Software

Contact Information

tcl2006@tcl.tk