Announcing BeDC
THE BE DEVELOPER CONFERENCE
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May 10-11, 1997
Westin Hotel at the Santa Clara Convention Center
San Jose, California

Sponsored By: Be, Inc
Power Computing Corp.
Metrowerks, Inc.

Coming on May 10-11, 1997, the Be Developer Conference is the ideal forum
to get up to speed on development for the Be Operating Systems, to find out
the latest Be technologies, and to meet and discuss technology and products
with other Be developers and marketeers. This is a conference that should
not be missed.

This year, the conference expands to two days, and features a dual track
format that includes sessions on basic BeOS programming as well as advanced
sessions on specific technologies and software types. There will also be
sessions on bringing products to market and Internet-based distribution.

As part of Be's continued commitment to our developers, the Be Developer
Conference has no fees. Lunch is included on both days. In addition, every
developer in attendance will receive a copy of the BeOS Preview Release on
CD.

YOU SHOULD PRE-REGISTER for the conference - if we become overbooked,
preregistered attendees will be given preference. For more information,
check on-line at;

For Conference Information
http://www.be.com/developers/may_dev_conf

FOR PRE-REGISTRATION
http://www.be.com/developers/may_dev_conf/registration.html

For Agenda/Session Information
http://www.be.com/developers/may_dev_conf/agenda.html

For Travel/Hotel Information
http://www.be.com/developers/may_dev_conf/travel.html
(including on-line hotel reservations for the Westin)

[Note to members of the press: Requests for your registration should be
made to markg@be.com.]

San Jose is the place to be from May 10-16 if you are developing for
PowerPC. The Be Developer Conference is scheduled the same week as the
Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. Developers flying into San Jose for
the Be Developer Conference can take advantage of lower airfares (Saturday
night stay-over), and attend the Apple conference as well.

Some of the planned Conference Sessions;

- General Sessions
- The State of Be
- A View from the Outside
- BeOS Road Map
- Be Team Q&A
- BeOS Master's Awards

- "APPROACHING" TRACK SESSIONS
- Approaching Be
- Approaching the Be Applications
- Approaching the Be File System
- Approaching Networking
- Approaching the Market

- "EXTENDING" TRACK SESSIONS
- Unicode and international issues
- Using Digital Audio and Video
- 3D Alternatives
- Writing video drivers
- Writing I/O device drivers
- Writing Printer drivers
- Writing Java on the BeOS
- Communicating with the Tracker

- Other Proposed Sessions
- Advanced Networking
- Using AppSketcher
- Porting to the BeOS
- Writing External File Systems

If you have suggestions for other sessions and topics you'd like to see
covered, we want to hear them! Send your ideas to hopwood@be.com.

Also, if you'd like to participate in the Developer Conference more
directly, as a presenter, we'd like to hear from you. We've had many
suggestions that developers would like to hear from other developers who
have programmed with the BeOS. If you are interested in leading a session,
or helping with one of the above sessions, please contact
devservices@be.com.

Plan you schedules
UPCOMING BE DEVELOPER EVENTS
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The following are the upcoming Be Developer events to be held in the U.S.
We will keep information on these events up to date at
http://www.be.com/developer/may_dev_conf/future.html. For European
specific information, stay in tune with the Be Europe site
(www.beeurope.com) for local information.

MAY 10-11, 1997
BE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE
Santa Clara/San Jose California
Westin Hotel at Great America
See http://www.be.com/developers/may_dev_conf/

JUNE 26-28, 1997
MACHACK CONFERENCE
Fairlane Holiday Inn
Dearborn, Michigan
An intensive PowerPC development conference, which Be will be
at for the second year. Warning: not for the weak! This conference
runs around the clock - the keynote is at 12 midnight!
Check out http://www.machack.com/97/ for information and registration.

AUGUST 4-5, 1997
BE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE
Boston, Massachusetts
Held the Monday & Tuesday before Macworld Boston (August 6-8)
Location tba. All European developers are especially invited to hop over
"the pond" (the Atlantic) and attend this conference.

JANUARY 10-11, 1998
BE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE
San Francisco, California
Held the Saturday & Sunday after Macworld San Francisco (January 6-9)
Location tba.