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From: cph@dmu.ac.uk (Chris Hand)
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Object Technology in Cyberspace
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Chris Hand, De Montfort University. Fax +44 116 254-1891. 
e-mail: cph@dmu.ac.uk 

** A Hypertext version of this Press Release is on the World-Wide Web **
**     at http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/Research/OTG/Online/pr1.html       **
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OBJECT TECHNOLOGY MOVES INTO CYBERSPACE

Leicester, England -- 28th November 1994. 

De Montfort University's TaTTOO'95 conference to be held in January will
feature the world's first commercial exhibition held in Cyberspace.

A number of companies world-wide have already expressed an interest in
sponsoring a stand in the Virtual Exhibition Hall, where anyone on the
Internet will be able to browse on-line product information and chat in
real time with company representatives.

"This will be just like a `real-life' trade exhibition, but without the
hassles of travelling long distances or struggling through the crowds",
says Chris Hand, organiser of the Virtual Conference. "Exhibitors will
benefit since they won't have to worry about travelling costs or time
away from HQ. In fact, it will be possible for one exhibitor to work on
several stands simultaneously. The potential for events of this kind is
enormous."

Advertising space will be available both in the Virtual Exhibition hall
and on an integrated World-Wide Web server.  Other on-line events planned
to run alongside the real-life conference include a Virtual Press
Conference and Discussion to be chaired by Eric Leach of the Object
Management Group, and tutorials on working within object-oriented
virtual environments. Internet users will be free to mingle on-line with
the TaTTOO'95 delegates and speakers.

Alan O'Callaghan, conference organiser, adds: "With the recent
investments in Object Technology by giants such as IBM, it's now more
important than ever that we bring the message to as many people as
possible. The Virtual Conference will allow us to do this. OT is moving
so quickly now that if you're not on-line to it you could easily miss
the wave."

More details on the on-line events are available from Chris Hand
(e-mail: cph@dmu.ac.uk) and Mark Skipper (mcs@dmu.ac.uk), fax. +44 116
254-1891.  WWW: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/Research/OTG/tattoo-online.html


Background

TaTTOO (Teaching and Training in The Technology of Objects) is an
  international conference which in 1995 will be held in the Queens
  Building, De Montfort University, Leicester on 4-6 January. TaTTOO'95
  follows the highly successful inaugural event in 1994 which was attended
  by 185 delegates from academia and industry in the UK, USA, Sweden,
  France, Holland and Germany.

More information:

  e-mail: tattoo@dmu.ac.uk 
     WWW: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/Research/OTG/tattoo.html

 
De Montfort University is recognised by the World Bank as the fastest
  growing university in Western Europe. A distributed university with
  sites in Leicester, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Lincoln, DMU is
  pioneering the use of Video-Conferencing and Internet services by staff
  and students. The School of Computing Sciences, well-known for its
  expertise in Object Technology, has been operating a World-Wide Web
  server since 1993.




--
Chris Hand, Senior Lecturer             | Dept of Computing Science,
e-mail: cph@dmu.ac.uk                   | De Montfort University, The Gateway 
   WWW: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~cph/  | LEICESTER, UK   LE1 9BH            
  talk: cph@helios.dmu.ac.uk         "In Cyberspace nobody knows you're bald"
