May, 2008
by Jaqui Lynch, CMG'08 General Chair
For over 28 years, Jaqui has been responsible for projects across multiple platforms, including mainframes and UNIX/LINUX systems. From 1991 till May 1999, Jaqui worked at Boston College as the Manager of Systems Services. Jaqui spent 4 years freelance consulting on UNIX and Performance and Capacity Planning and now works for Mainline Information Systems as a Senior Systems Engineer focusing on pSeries and Linux. Jaqui has been involved in CMG since 1988 when she was a founding member of the New Zealand CMG group. She was the President of CMG in 2004 and 2005.
About the Author
Jaqui Lynch, Senior Systems Engineer, Mainline Information Systems
CMG is very excited about this year's conference, and we want you to be as excited as we are. CMG'08 will be in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Paris Las Vegas hotel on December 7th - 12th. The Paris Las Vegas brings you the comfort, grandeur, and amenities of a world-class resort while providing every convenience you might need when you're away from the office. Please feel free to preview the hotel at www.parislasvegas.com.
The Paris Las Vegas meeting facilities are a beautiful, classic French design, state of the art area. There, CMG will host the Sunday Workshops, all of the Sessions, meals, and Exhibit Hall. We are very excited about this year's program as we have already received a large number of abstract/paper and workshop submissions. This year's subject areas are:
Some critical dates to be aware of for paper/abstract submissions:
| Abstracts and Papers Due: | June 13, 2008 |
| Author Acceptance Notification: | July 28 - August 1, 2008 |
| Editorial Review Period: | August 4 - September 12, 2008 |
| Final Camera Ready Copy Due: | September 12, 2008 |
If you require any further information or have any questions regarding this process please contact the CMG'08 General Chair Jaqui Lynch at or Program Chair, Bill Jouris at .
Once again CMG will host the EXPO area where you can find out the latest on products and services from our exhibitors. We are also excited to once again offer the EXPO Sweepstakes program. This will provide attendees an opportunity to win prizes from participating exhibitors just by visiting their booths. Information will be provided to you in your registration packets on-site. This will also allow our exhibitors a chance to meet and visit with more attendees throughout the course of the Exhibit Hall hours. If you would like more information regarding the Exhibit Hall and/or participating, please feel free to contact our Program Coordinator, David Troxel, at or call 856-401-1700.
CMG is also pleased to announce that Conference registration is now available online and that hotel registration is also available. So please, register early to take advantage of our discounts.
Come see what all the excitement is about! We can't wait to meet you in Las Vegas!
Conference Home Page:
http://www.cmg.org/conference/cmg2008/
Conference Registration:
Our early bird rate ends 10/10/2008 so make sure you register before then.
http://www.cmg.org/conference/cmg2008/reg.html
Hotel Registration:
We have a great room rate of $127 per night plus taxes so book now before the hotel sells out.
http://www.cmg.org/conference/cmg2008/hotel.html
Submissions:
Abstract and Paper submissions are due by June 13, 2008 Submit your abstract and paper at:
http://www.cmg.org/cgi-bin/cmg2008/authors.pl
Samples of some of our award winning papers from 2007:
http://www.cmg.org/conference/cmg2007/awards/