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housing has been arranged in the University's
halls of residence. Charges work out at \quid20
per day (exclusive of the iniquitous VAT). All meals
are included. However,
the rules regarding cancellation are rather different
(because of the University's own rules regarding
cancellation). The housing costs (i.e. \quid100 for 5 nights)
must be prepaid.
If cancellation occurs not less than 30 days
prior to the starting date, 80\%\ of the fee is
repayable: however, after that time, only 33\%\
of the fee is refundable.
Clearly, the housing costs will be payable in sterling.
For further details, contact Malcolm Clark.

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\centerline{\bf Meetings}
\centerline{\bf 1. those you may have missed}
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{\sl\TeX\ et l'\'edition en Sciences Humaines},
 April 3, CNRS, Paris.

 Included no less than
13 presentations (and a general discussion). Speakers
included Jacques D\'esarm\'enien, Pierre MacKay
and Reinhard Wonneberger. 
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{\sl Workshop on Font Design Systems}, May 18--19,
Nice.

 Seems quite comprehensive from the list
of papers. \MF\ is in there, but only
one system among many. 
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{\sl \MarkUp}, 
May 13--15.
 Torremolinos, M\'alaga, Spain.

The title of this Conference hides a wealth
of meaning. Its full description is: {\sl The Fifth
International Conference on Database Publishing,
Electronic Manuscript Preparation and the
Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)}.
It was preceded by a hands-on Application
Workshop (hands-on experience at using SGML parser software).
Obviously mainly SGML oriented. Nevertheless
SGMLers do acknowledge the existence and power of
\TeX. Ultimately we are involved in the
same issues of markup.
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{\sl The First and Last EPMARKUP Conference},
February 19--20, Amsterdam.

One or two of the papers presented at this
Conference seemed of particular relevance,
especially two on tabular typography
(by Paul Lefrere of the OU, and
 Tony Randall of the Electronic Village).
Again, SGML had a fair coverage.
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{\sl The Network/extensible Window System},
 London, April 28.
Organised by BCS.

``The Network/extensible Window System (NeWS)
is a window system development platform\dots
based on the PostScript language and imaging model, bringing
 PostScript's sophisticated graphics capabilities from the printed
page onto the screen.''

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\centerline{\bf Meetings}
\centerline{\bf 2. yet to come}
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{\sl The Third Electronic Publishing Conference},
June 30--July 2, Wembley Conference Centre.

The Conference itself is rather expensive (over
{\it\$}500), but the accompanying exhibition
is usually quite good, although almost totally
ignorant of \TeX. This year however, several of
the exhibitors have some \TeX\ relevance --- McQueen,
Monotype, Compugraphic, Charlesworth, Autologic,
Apple, and even Addison Wesley. Tickets are
available from Pam Howard at Online on 01 868 4466.
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{\sl International Text and Image Processing Conference},
July 8--10, Wurzburg, W.~Germany.

This looks like a rather star studded cast,
including a Seybold, Charles Goldfarb
(of SGML fame), Ray Goucher ({\sl\TeX\ after Knuth}),
and talks by people from Adobe, Chelgraph, Rank Xerox,
Springer Verlag, and St\"urz (I would find this one
particularly interesting; the talk is entitled
``Developing additional customer services in scientific
setting''; has anyone ever received a reply from St\"urz? ---
there's one customer service they could try.)

If you are interested, contact 
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Pira
Randalls Road
Leatherhead
Surrey KT22 7RU
0372 376161}
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{\sl Protext IV, the Fourth International
Conference on Text Processing Systems}
(together with 6 related Short Courses),
Boston, Massachusetts, October 19--22.

The short courses include ``Issues in Generalized
Text Processing'', ``\TeX\ for Scientific Documentation'',
``An Introduction to SGML'', ``Issues in Digital
Typography'', ``Introduction to PostScript --- A Graphics Solution'',
and ``Document Databases and Technical Publishing''.


Contact:
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John Miller
School of Mathematics
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland
0001 613749/611399}
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{\sl PostScript Page Description Language},  May 21.
Organised by BCS in conjunction with
the Alvey Directorate.

``This meeting offers attendees an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding
of PostScript, its implementation, and the design of applications to use
PostScript.'' Sounds useful, especially if it
lives up to its promise. Presented by Yvonne Perry from
Adobe.
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Contact:
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Conference Department, BISL
BCS
13 Mansfield Street
London W1M 0BP
01 637 0471}
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{\sl SGML Users' Group Meeting},  July 1, BSI, London.

No more details available right now. If you are a member
of the group, you will receive more information.
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{\sl International Conference on Electronic Publishing,
Document Manipulation and Typography},
April 20--22, 1988, Nice.

Seeks to be very comprehensive, and to
be a successor to EP86 at Nottingham
(one of my favourite conferences).

Contact:
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Jacques Andr\'e
IRISA/INRIA EP88
Campus de beaulieu
F-35042 Rennes Cedex
France
}
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{\sl TUG Annual Meeting --- \TeX\ for the
Humanities}, August 24--26, University of Washington,
Seattle.

It will be both preceded and followed by \TeX\ courses.
The conference fee is \$200. For further details,
read TUGboat, or contact:
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TUG
PO Box 9506
Providence
RI 02940
0101 401 272 9500 ex 232
}
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{\sl \TeX 88},  July 18--20, 1988, Exeter.

I saved the best till last. Modesty
forbids me from eulogising too much,
but it should be sufficient to say that 
your \TeX\ street credibility will be determined
by whether you attend. Can I say fairer than that?
More details are given elsewhere in \TeX line.


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