====================================================================== Practical TeX 2004 Workshops and Presentations on LaTeX, TeX, ConTeXt, AMS-LaTeX, and more San Francisco, California July 19-22, 2004 http://tug.org/practicaltex2004 ====================================================================== INTRODUCTION ------------ Practical TeX 2004 is a conference focused on the use of LaTeX, AMS-LaTeX, and ConTeXt. LaTeX and all of the large TeX family of programs are often seen as a difficult and specialized tool set requiring a fair amount of training, but the truth is that it's surprisingly easy to get superior results from a relatively small set of flexible basic functions. Practical TeX 2004 follows on the success of the 1998 TeX NorthEast user-oriented conference held in New York City. This year's conference will include presentations and workshops aimed at the beginning, intermediate and professional use of LaTeX, AMS-LaTeX, plain TeX, and ConTeXt. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their appreciation for how these systems offer efficient and compelling solutions to complex publishing requirements. The TeX Users Group (TUG) was founded in 1980 for support and development of TeX in all its flavors. TUG holds annual conferences which address all aspects of TeX, including implementation and development issues, and collaborates with the many other TeX user groups worldwide on many projects. See the TUG home page at http://www.tug.org for more information. CALL FOR PAPERS --------------- This three-day conference will have user-oriented presentations and workshops on LaTeX, TeX, and AMS-LaTeX and their use in document production. The conference will take place at the Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf hotel in San Francisco, California, USA. Registration and reservations can be made any time at the conference web site, http://tug.org/practicaltex2004. We invite you to present a paper or hold a workshop. Please email the proposal to conferences@tug.org (plain ASCII is fine, or any TeX format). Please include the following: - author name, affiliation, and contact email - description of 200-400 words - estimated time (e.g., 30, 45, 60 minutes) Topics including but not limited to: - Production for the Web - HTML/XML/MathML and TeX - PDF and TeX - Including graphics and pictures in documents - Practices for structuring documents - Real-world style design - University publishing - Commercial publishing - Experiences teaching LaTeX, AMS-LaTeX, ConTeXt, TeX, ... - TeX Live, MikTeX, VTEX, and other TeX installations - Cross-platform issues - Multilingual typesetting - Any other aspect of practical TeX usage We welcome presentations relating to LaTeX, AMS-LaTeX, ConTeXt, plain TeX, or any other major format. Furthermore, we'd like to invite anyone to request topics of interest, and we'll do our best to find someone appropriate for the area. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- April 1 - proposals due April 9 - notification to authors of acceptance April 19 - last day for early registration discount June 1 - preprint paper due (so we can distribute at the conference) July 19-21 - conference days July 22 - post-conference workshop day The papers will be published in TUGboat, after the conference. Workshops and other presentations without formal papers are also welcome, as mentioned above. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ------------------------- If your organization would like to help sponsor the conference, numerous options are available, from a straight cash donation (always welcome :) to logos on the conference memorabilia. Please see http://tug.org/practicaltex2004/sponsor.html For registration forms, hotel reservations, a publicity flyer (please post!) and more, please see: http://tug.org/practicaltex2004 Thanks, Karl Berry (TUG president) for the conference committee (conferences@tug.org)