% EuroTeX'95 announcement \documentclass{article} \usepackage{multicol} \usepackage{times} \usepackage{a4} \parindent0pt \parskip1mm \def\Theme#1{\vskip2mm{\bf Theme: #1}\vskip2mm} \def\Day#1{\vskip 6mm\hrule\vskip1mm \centerline{\bf#1}\vskip1mm} \def\Paper#1#2{\par\hangindent5mm\textbf{#2} -- #1\par} \def\Head{\centering\Large\bf Euro\TeX'95\\ September 4--8\\ Arnhem, The Netherlands\\ Conference information\\~\\ \hrule} \begin{document} %% \begin{multicols}{2}[\Head] %% %% \section*{The \TeX\ Toolbox} %% %% The Euro\TeX\ conference 1995, including tutorials, will take place from %% \textit{September 4th until September 8th} in the Netherlands. The %% conference will be held at Papendal, near the city of Arnhem. %% %% Papendal is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the %% Netherlands. Right in the middle of the vast woods of the province of %% Gelderland. About eight kilometers west of Arnhem. Tucked away under the %% lee of the green Veluwe-fringe. %% %% The conference starts on September 4th in the afternoon and runs until %% September 7th noon. Thursday afternoon and Friday September 8th are %% reserved for tutorials. %% %% The theme of the conference is: The \TeX\ Toolbox. %% %% \section*{Preliminary program} %% %% (Items marked `*' are not confirmed yet) \Day{Monday a.m.} Welcome Reception and registration of conference attendants. \Day{Monday p.m. (14:00--18:30)} \Theme{I) Fonts} \Paper{S. Turtia, A.Berdikov} {VFComb -- a program for design of virtual fonts} \Paper{E.J. Vens} {The Conversion of the Euler Metafont sources to PostScript Type1} \Paper{J. Knappen*} {EC and DC fonts} \Theme{II) Multiple languages} \Paper{A.F. Slepuhin} {A package for Church Slavonic type-setting} \Paper{O. Lapko, I. Makhovaya} {A Russian style for Babel: problems and solutions} \Paper{Y. Haralambous} {Scholar\TeX} \Paper{J. Braams*} {Status of Babel} \Day{Tuesday a.m. (9:00--12:30)} \Theme{Graphics and packages} \Paper{A.V. Astrelin} {Graphics in \TeX: a new implementation} \Paper{S. Turtia, A. Berdikov} {\TeX\ Plotter -- program for creating 2D and 3D pictures} \Paper{G. Feruglio} {Packages for typesetting Commutative Diagrams} \Paper{J. Hagen} {Package for typesetting chemical diagrams} \Paper{D. Taupin} {Musix\TeX, a package for typesetting music} \Day{Tuesday p.m.} From 13:30--14:30: NTG meeting. \Theme{Electronic documents} \Paper{W. Tierie} {Presentation of Acrobat} \Paper{J. Hagen} {Producing electronic books? -- all you need is \TeX!} \Paper{M. Goossens} {SGML, a practical introduction} \Paper{M. Goossens} {From \LaTeX\ to HTML, and back} \Paper{S. Rahtz*} {SGML, Acrobat, \LaTeX, Hyper\TeX} Panel discussion. \Day{Wednesday a.m.} \Theme{Tools I} \Paper{R. Koning, S. Kliffen, A. Lenstra} {Da\TeX, \TeX\ macros for storing and retrieving data} \Paper{P. Taylor} {\TeX: an unsuitable language for document markup?} \Paper{K. van der Laan} {Blue's Data Bases} \Paper{L. Siebenmann} {Occam's razor and macro management} \Paper{P. Palao, M. N\'u\~nez} {Formating Pascal using \TeX} \Day{Wednesday p.m.} \Theme{General developments in \TeX\ and \LaTeX} \Paper{C. Rowley*} {\LaTeX3} \Paper{P. Taylor} {$\varepsilon$-\TeX} \Paper{Y. Haralambous} {Omega} \Paper{Joachim Schrod} {tds} Panel discussion. 16:00--???: the social event, still a secret\ldots \Day{Thursday a.m.} \Theme{Tools II} \Paper{P. Taylor} {$\backslash$csname u n d e f i n e d $\backslash$endcsname = $\backslash$relax: feature or flaw?} \Paper{L. Siebenmann} {Atomic fonts and electronic archiving of scientific documents} \Paper{A. Strejc} {The W95 Environment} \Paper{K. van der Laan} {Indexing with `Any'\TeX} \Paper{B. Jackowski} {Metafont as generator of EPS graphics} \Day{Thursday p.m. and Friday} \Theme{Tutorials} Parallel sessions. \Paper{L. Siebenmann} {Sweet-\TeX\ tutorial} \Paper{P. van Oostrum} {Page layout in \LaTeX} \Paper{K. van der Laan} {\TeX ing Paradigms} \Paper{K. van der Laan} {BLU \TeX} \Paper{K. van der Laan} {Plain \TeX\ Macro writing, why?} \Paper{B. Jackowski} {Metafont} \Paper{P. Taylor} {$\varepsilon$-\TeX\ tutorial} \Paper{M. Goossens \& S. Rahtz} {Workshop on Acrobat and electronic document delivery} %% \section*{Meeting costs} %% %% The registration fee includes the Welcome Reception on Monday, all %% lunches from Monday to Thursday and all dinners from Monday to Wednesday. %% One tutorial ($\frac12$ day) is included in the conference fee. %% Extra tutorials cost Hfl~70 each. Lunch on Friday is Hfl~15. %% %% The conference fee also includes the `social event' on Wednesday %% afternoon and evening. %% %% Conference rates:\\ %% -- members of TUG or Local \TeX\ User Groups (please specify): Hfl~375\\ %% -- others: Hfl~450 %% %% Reservations of hotel rooms at the conference site can only be done %% by the Euro\TeX\ organisation committee. Papendal offers the following %% accomodation: %% %% -- single rooms Hfl~90 per day per person\\ %% -- double rooms Hfl~75 per day per person\\ %% -- quadruple rooms Hfl~50 per day per person\\ %% (breakfast included). %% %% Accomodation is limited, so register as soon as possible. %% %% \section*{How to get there} %% %% Papendal is located just outside the city of Arnhem. From Arnhem it can %% be reached by bus or taxi in approximately 15 minutes. There is a %% train going from Amsterdam airport (Schiphol) to Arnhem every 30 %% minutes. %% %% The address is: %% %% Papendal Nationaal Sport Centrum\\ %% fax +31 8308 21853 \\ %% tel +31 8308 37911 \\ %% P.O. Box 484\\ %% 6800 AL Arnhem\\ %% The Netherlands\\ %% %% %% People coming from Russia, Poland or ... may be interested in the %% Euro\TeX\ Bus Project. On September 2nd a \TeX\ bus will drive from %% Brest, through Warsaw, through ... to Arnhem, where it will arrive on %% Sunday in the afternoon. Taking the bus will be extremely cheap, thanks %% to sponsoring by ... %% However, seats are limited so register as soon as possible. %% %% %% \section*{Bursary fund} %% %% There is a Bursary Fund available for those who require financial %% support to attend the meeting. While we cannot guarantee all requests %% will be fulfilled, we will do our best to support as many as we can. %% %% We encourage all conference attendants to contribute a small amount of %% money to the Bursary Fund along with their registration fee. %% %% More information about contributing to or applying to the Bursary Fund %% can be obtained from ... %% %% \section*{Further information} %% %% Updates of this information will be sent to all known electronic \TeX\ %% related mailing lists and to all Local \TeX\ User Groups. If you have %% access to a WWW browser you can go to %% {\small\texttt{http://www.cs.ruu.nl/piet\~\ /eurotex}}. There you can %% find the latest news, a registration form and other useful information. %% %% \end{multicols} \end{document}