AGENDA

Four streams will be available for delegates to choose from over the three days of the Conference. Each day will have one or two Keynote presentations on some really interesting topics. For example, if you would like to hear about the IT infrastructure that makes the Olympics function smoothly then you won't want to miss our Locknote address by Mr Geoff Hegarty who is Manager of the Technology Briefing Centre (Olympics Project Office). The main program streams feature papers on Enterprise Management, Storage Management, Client Server, Open Systems Networking and more, addressing IT issues across all platforms.

Again this year it is CMGA's pleasure to welcome two renowned international guests who will run pre-conference seminars. Steve Samson and Tom Beretvas from the USA are leaders in their field of expertise. Steve will share his hands on experiences of implementing Workload Manager in Goal mode for CICS, MQ, DB2, DDF and batch workloads. Tom will present a seminar based on the course he teaches covering New DASD Technology and DASD Capacity Planning. Both of these international guests are also presenting papers on different topics in the main streams.

Two other important aspects of our annual conferences are the vendor exhibition and the social events. The social events allow attendees to mingle with colleagues, both gurus, peers and vendors in a relaxed atmosphere to exchange ideas and experiences. The vendor exhibition offers the opportunity to catch up on the latest technology and tools on offer.

I hope you won't miss this opportunity to join us for this important annual event. You will find it rewarding. I look forward to welcoming you to CMGA'98 at the Brisbane Convention Centre in July.

Terry Stuchfield
President CMGA

Recruiting
There is a no recruiting policy at the conference. The intent of the conference is to share information, not recruit staff. Consequently no recruiting is to take place at CMGA sponsored activities. The Board of CMGA recognizes that an acquaintance begun at CMGA meeting may eventually lead to an offer of employment, which may be accepted. Such a sequence of events should be contrasted with deliberate recruiting. Deliberate recruiting, such as posting recruiting notices, making general announcement, or offering employment to particular people is specifically prohibited.

Membership List
A list of attendees will be provided in the registration package. Members of CMGA may use membership and attendance lists only for purposes connected with the exchange of scientific and technical information on matters pertaining to CMGA's charter. These lists may not be used for recruiting, or for mailing promotional literature.

Presentation Policy
Over the past several years, the evaluation forms from the CMGA conferences have reflected an increasing concern over the inappropriate use of CMGA sessions for presentations that are primarily of a marketing nature. Specific instances have ranged from inadvertent references to specific products, through to sales statements such as "Let me describe our product that..."

It would be unacceptable to simply exclude presentations by vendor representatives because of the significant contributions made by these presentations. Therefore, CMGA has established a policy for presentations by vendor representatives at CMGA Conferences. Presentations that describe or introduce products are unacceptable as part of the general program. However, the vendor may choose to make such presentations during the Vendor Stream at the conference where marketing focus is expected. In the event that a speaker begins a flagrant marketing presentation during a normal CMGA session, the session chair will halt the presentation.

Badges
Only formally registered individuals are permitted to attend the Conference sessions and social functions. You must therefore wear your registration badge at all CMGA functions. Entry to activities may be denied to people not displaying their registration badge.