20th Large Installation System Administration Conference

[Lionel G. Jones]

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LISA '06:
20th Large Installation System Administration Conference
http://www.usenix.org/lisa06/proga
December 3-8, 2006, Washington, D.C.
Early Bird Registration Deadline: November 10, 2006
Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE
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Dear Colleague:

On behalf of all of the LISA '06 organizers, I'd like to invite you to 
join us in Washington, D.C., for the 20th Large Installation System 
Administration Conference.

For the past 19 years LISA has been the focal point for the global 
community of system and network administrators. This year LISA continues 
that tradition, featuring innovative tools and techniques essential for 
your professional and technical development.

Take advantage of the popular 6 days of training. Select from over 50 
tutorials taught by highly expert instructors, including:

-- Gerald Carter on Ethereal and the Art of Debugging Networks

-- Richard Bejtlich on TCP/IP Weapons

-- AEleen Frisch on Administering Linux in Production Environments

-- Chip Salzenberg on Higher-Order Perl

-- And more . . .

The full training program can be found at 
http://www.usenix.org/lisa06/training/

In addition to the training, 3 days of technical sessions include 
top-notch refereed papers, informative invited talks, expert Guru Is In 
sessions, and the popular Hit the Ground Running track. 
http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa06/tech/

* Our 20+ invited talks feature our most impressive slate of speakers to 
date. They include:

-- Keynote: "Hollywood's Secret War on Your NOC," by Cory Doctorow, 
co-editor of Boing Boing and former Director of European Affairs for the EFF

-- "Open Source Software and Its Role in Space Exploration," by DJ 
Byrne, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

-- "Teaching Problem Solving: You Can and You Should," by Elizabeth 
Zwicky, Acuitus

-- "Corporate Security: A Hacker Perspective," by Mark "Simple Nomad" 
Loveless, Vernier Networks, Inc.

-- "Black Ops 2006: Pattern Recognition" by Dan Kaminsky, DoxPara Research

-- "High Availability: From Luxury to Commonplace Necessity in 10 
Years," by Eric Hennessey, Symantec Corp.
 
* LISA is the premier forum for presenting new research in system 
administration. We selected papers from over 40 submissions, showcasing 
state-of-the-art work on topics including system and network management, 
theory, visualization, security, electronic mail, and more.

* Get a head start on key technologies with 15-minute talks in the Hit 
the Ground Running track. Find out about the basic concepts, what 
acronyms you will encounter, and what Web sites and books are the best 
resources. http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa06/htg.html

* Bring your perplexing technical questions to experts at LISA's Guru Is 
In sessions.

* And much more . . .

Explore the latest commercial innovations at the Vendor Exhibition.

Benefit from new opportunities for peer interaction around the topics 
that mean the most to you.

For complete program information and to register, see
http://www.usenix.org/lisa06/proga

For a behind-the-scenes look at the conference and a sneak preview of 
some of the cool new things happening this year, visit the LISA '06 blog 
at http://blog.lisaconference.org

Early registration discounts for LISA '06, taking place December 3-8, 
2006, in Washington, D.C. are now available. Register by Friday, 
November 10, and save up to $300!

We're pleased to bring LISA to Washington, D.C., and look forward to 
seeing you there.

On behalf of the LISA '06 Program Committee,

William LeFebvre
lisa06chair at usenix.org

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LISA '06:
20th Large Installation System Administration Conference
http://www.usenix.org/lisa06/proga
December 3-8, 2006, Washington, D.C.
Early Bird Registration Deadline: November 10, 2006
Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE
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