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12th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference

October 24 - 28, 2005
Red Lion Hotel/Conference Center


Portland, Oregon, USA

Important Information
Abstracts and proposals due July 1, 2005
Notification to authors July 31, 2005
Author materials due Sep 15, 2005
Tutorials Start Oct 24, 2005
Conference starts Oct 26, 2005
Email Contact [email protected]
ActiveTcl Pro Studio

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
  • Tcl Core Team Open Discussion (in planning)
  • Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions
  • Works-in-Progress Lightning Talks
  • Conference Luncheons
  • Conference Dinner

Tutorial Schedule

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

Monday Tutorial Sessions begin
(includes 1 snack break)

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

Monday Afternoon Tutorial Sessions
(includes 1 snack break)

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

Tuesday Morning Tutorial Sessions begin
(multiple sessions in parallel, includes 1 snack break)

12:30 - 14:00 Free Lunch (in hotel)
13:00 - 14:00 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 - 09:00 Conference Registration
09:00 - 09:20 Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:20 - 10:20

Keynote Address

  • Deep Impact of Tcl on Extraterrestrial Navigation
    Steve Collins
10:20 - 10:40 Break (with snack)
10:40 - 11:20

Object Oriented Tcl

  • Utilizing Tcl/Tk from the .NET framework
    J. Mistachkin
  • Type-Definition Object
    W.H. Duquette
11:20 - 12:20

Software Testing

  • TFUI in Tcl/Tk: Exploiting the Humble Dialog Box
    N. Ostrove
  • Applying tcltest to Tk Applications
    B. Techentin
  • Regression Testing of Simulation Programs
    A. Markus
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:50

Tcl Core Developments

  • The (Active) State of Tcl
    J. Hobbs
  • OO My! Object Orientation in Tcl Core
    D. K. Fellows
15:50 - 16:10 Break (with snack)
16:10 - 16:40

Tcl Core Team Q/A

  • Open Panel with Core Team members
16:40 - 18:00

Works In Progress

  • Presenters have 10 minutes to show something interesting
    All Welcome
18:00 - 20:30 Conference Dinner,
ActiveState ActiveAwards Presentation
20:30 - 23:00 Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs),
Send mail to [email protected] to register a BoF

Thursday
08:30 - 09:00 Breakfast (on your own)
09:00 - 09:10 Opening Announcements
09:10 - 10:10

Tcl Applications I

  • Research Network and database system: Distributed Network for collaborative work
    T. Burch
  • FanXE: The Fantastic XML Editor
    T. Allard
  • Pure Tcl/Tk Train Traffic Supervision System
    J. Lima
10:10 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30

Graphical User Interfaces

  • CanvasPlus
    J. Lima
  • The MTI PaneManager Widget: 2-D Paned Window for user configurable U/I
    B. Griffin
  • The whim Window Manager
    S. Redler IV
11:30 - 12:10

Science and Technology

  • SpecTk: Displayer for NSCL SpecTcl
    D. Bazin
  • Tcl/Tk Data Acquisition for {C-11} Nicotine Time Course Studies
    S. Lokitz
12:10 - 13:40 Conference Lunch
13:40 - 15:00

Tcl Applications II

  • Slow Controls for Experiments in Nuclear Physics
    R. Fox
  • Design and Implementation Considerations for a Pure Tcl License Manager
    G.W. Lester
  • Creating Virtual Peripheral Devices in a Digital Circuit Simulator using Tcl/Tk
    J.P. Hansen
  • Cryptkit: Tcl cryptographic toolkit
    S. Landers
15:00 - 15:30 Break (with snack)
15:30 - 17:00

Application Show&Tell

  • 10 Minute Application presentations
    Register at conference
17:00 - 20:00 Dinner Break - Blueteam Oasis Room: Beer, Wine, Hors'doeuvres and socializing
20:00 - 23:00 Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs),
  • 20:00-21:00
    Package management and package repository

  • Send mail to [email protected] to preregister a BoF

    Friday
    08:30 - 09:20 Convention Breakfast: Location to be announced
    09:20 - 09:30 Opening Announcements
    09:30 - 10:10

    Tcl/Tk and WWW

    • The Tcl Plugin: Take 3
      J. Hobbs
    • OpenACS: Robust web development framework
      R. Hernandez
    10:10 - 11:00

    Performance Tuning

    • Catenation and subroutine threading for Efficient Tcl VM Dispatch
      B. Vitale
    • Pulling out all the stops: Implementation of a High Performance Tcl Extension in the Calibre IC Design Verification Tool
      P. Brooks
    11:00 - 11:30 Break (with snack)
    11:30 - 13:00 Closing Remarks, Town Hall, ...

    Conference Committee

    Brian Griffin   Mentor GraphicsFacilities Coordination
    Clif Flynt   Noumena CorpGeneral Chair, Website Admin
    Ron Fox   NSCL Michigan State UniversityProgram Chair
    Arjen Markus   WL Delft Hydraulics
    Cyndy Lilagan   Eolas Corp
    Gerald Lester   HMS Software
    Donal Fellows   University of Manchester
    Jeffrey Hobbs   ActiveState Corp
    Steve Landers   Digital Smarties
    Kevin Kenny   GE Global Research Center
    Ken Jones   Avia Training
    Sheila Miguez   mVerify
    Larry Virden   Tcl FAQ Maintainer
    Andreas Kupries   ActiveState Corp

    Contact Information

    [email protected]