This is to inform you that the grants for reimbursement of DAIS'2001 conference participation costs are still available for participants up to the age of 35. Please check http://www.ics.agh.edu.pl/dais/grant.html for details. The deadline for grant applications is 19th July 2001. Call for Participation DAIS'2001 The Third IFIP WG 6.1 International Working Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems Krakow, Poland, 17 - 19 September 2001 http://www.ics.agh.edu.pl/dais/ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE DAIS'2001 will provide a broad forum for researchers and developers from industry and academia, in particular for application and platform service vendors and users to review, discuss and learn about new approaches, concepts and experiences in the fields of distributed computing. DAIS'2001 will focus on integration and interoperability of different platforms, services and applications, infrastructure for e-business, internet charging, coordination, mobile agents, context-aware applications, as well as on scalability and management issues, and the growing importance of mobile and wireless protocols and applications. DAIS'2001 consists of one state-of-the-art tutorials day and two conference session days including two invited speeches and 26 technical papers. TUTORIALS (17 September) Morning Session Tutorial TA1: Steve Vinoski, IONA Technologies Web Services: Protocols and Applications Tutorial TB1: Frank Eliassen, Thomas Plagemann, University in Oslo Multimedia middleware Tutorial TC1: Ina Schieferdecker, GMD FOKUS, Jens Grabowski, Medical University of Luebeck Testing of Distributed Systems: TTCN-3 and its GraphicalFormat Afternoon Session Tutorial TA2: Sean Baker, IONA Technologies Diverse Middleware is the order of the day Tutorial TB2: Qusay H.Mahmoud, JavaCourses.com & Carleton University in Ottawa Wireless Software Design for Handheld Devices Tutorial TC2: Marek Gmyrek, ConSol GmbH J2EE for Enterprise-Wide Business Applications - A Case Study INVITED LECTURES I1: Liba Svobodova, IBM Zurich Research Lab (18 September) Intelligent Infrastructure for e-Business I2: Adam Wolisz, Technical University Berlin (19 September) Information access is fine but who is going to pay? Dual Approach to Internet Charging. TECHNICAL PAPERS SESSIONS 18-19 September selected session names: S1: Context-Aware Applications S2: Integration & Interoperability S4: Architectures, Services & Applications S5: Mobile Agents S6: Management & Monitoring Full Technical Program with abstracts is available at: http://www.ics.agh.edu.pl/dais/technical_program.html SOCIAL PROGRAM - Welcome Reception in the Krakow City Hall - Excursion to the famous Salt Mine in Wieliczka and Conference Dinner EUROPEAN COMMISSION GRANT DAIS'2001 is supported by the European Commission - DG Human Potential Programme - High-Level Scientific Conferences. Participants may apply for grants to cover up to 100% expenses - see details on http://www.ics.agh.edu.pl/dais/grant.html DEADLINES 17 July - registration with reduced fee 17 July - European Commission grant requests 3 August - notification of grant acceptance FEES early - 300 EUR (1100 PLN) if received before July 17, 2001 late - 380 EUR (1350 PLN) single tutorial - 150 EUR (500 PLN) two tutorials - 250 EUR (850 PLN) LOCATION DAIS'2001 will be held in Krakow, a beautiful, old city, the Poland's prime cultural and tourist attraction with hardly any equals in the entire Central Europe, nominated the Capital of the European Culture for the year 2000. The Old Town district is actually a medieval city with a well preserved original grid of streets. The huge central square, Europe's largest, seems the last stage in the perfection of the art of city planning in the Middle Ages. MORE INFO All information you need to learn and register for DAIS'2001: http://www.cs.agh.edu.pl/dais2001/ FURTHER INFORMATION DAIS'2001 Organizing Committee Academic Computer Center CYFRONET University of Mining and Metallurgy ul. Nawojki 11, P.O.Box 386 30-950 Krakow 61 Poland e-mail: dais2001-info@ics.agh.edu.pl fax: +48 12 6341084 phone: +48 12 6173982, ext. 22 +48 12 6341766 Conference Chairmen Krzysztof Zielinski (chair), UMM Krakow, Poland Kurt Geihs (co-chair), University of Frankfurt, Germany Organizing Committee Aleksander Laurentowski (chair), Elzbieta Alda, Zofia Mosurska, Radoslaw Ruchala, UMM Krakow, Poland We are looking forward to meeting you in Krakow, in September 2001!