Nineteenth ACM Symposium on 
Principles of Distributed Computing 
(PODC 2000)

July 16-19 2000, Portland, Oregon

Major changes from previous PODCs

• This year PODC especially encourages papers addressing distributed computing issues in building and using middleware.
• PODC 2000 will be run concert with a special Middleware Symposium.
• The Middleware Symposium has its own program committee and submission procedures.


• Click here for more information about the Middleware Symposium.
• This year, accepted brief announcements will be presented in the conference as short talks.

There will be no poster session this year.
• This will be the first year at which the PODC Influential-Paper Award will be presented.  This year's Award Committee comprises Jim Anderson (chair), Cynthia Dwork, Vassos Hadzilacos, and Fred Schneider.

The 2000 PODC Influential-Paper Award was presented to Leslie Lamport.
• There will be an election this year for chair of the PODC Steering Committee.
• There will be an election this year for a new position:  member at-large of the PODC Steering Committee.

So, You're Coming to PODC 2000

• Program for PODC 2000
• Getting to PODC 2000
• Hotel information
• About Portland, Oregon
• Information about public transportation in Portland
• Airline discounts through Southwest Airlines
• Conference registration form

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• The PODC 2000 rump session

Further information