ACM SIGAda’s annual conference is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious event dedicated to Ada technology in the world. Our 19^th annual conference, SIGAda 2001, will be held Sep. 30 - Oct. 4, at the Thunderbird Motel just south of Minneapolis.  Featuring technical sessions, tutorials, and a vendor exhibition, SIGAda 2001 promises to draw our usual rich mix of Ada practitioners, researchers, vendors, academics, and Government representatives for the highest level forum of technical exchanges and business contacts. SIGAda 2000 last November in Laurel, MD, attracted almost 150 participants. A conference program featuring a return to our tradition of refereed papers, registration fees competitive with any other technical conference, and lower hotel rates than any recent year are generating strong early interest in SIGAda 2001 and promising increased attendance at SIGAda 2001.

SIGAda conference attendees’ interests include software-engineering technologies such as high-integrity systems, distributed computing, real-time processing, and open systems & standards. Because of its reputation for safety and reliability, Ada is used in aerospace, biomedical, transportation, and embedded systems. Because many of today’s systems are developed in multiple programming languages and rely heavily on COTS software, our attendees are also interested in non-Ada libraries, tools, related applications technologies, and mixed-language solution support. Our typical attendee is a senior engineer who influences software purchasing decisions in a high maturity organization.

COST EFFECTIVE EXHIBITING: Of particular interest to potential exhibitors, SIGAda is continuing to make our Exhibit Hall a most cost-effective experience for you. Our standard booth rental provides a partitioned, 10’x10’ decorated booth and includes piping/draping (back & sides), tables & chairs, electricity.  (No extra "decorating charges" are necessary.) Single booths are the only space option we offer, and it is up to you whether you ship your small booth display unit or simply use our tables in your draped booth. Like SIGAda99 and SIGAda 2000’s, the SIGAda 2001 exhibition will be one and a half days (Tuesday-Wednesday, October 2-3), which prove to be sufficient time for our attendees to visit all exhibitors and for you to make the contacts you need. And, every exhibiting company gets one free full-conference registration.

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS: SIGAda again invites companies to contribute to, and become a part of, SIGAda 2001 and SIGAda’s success by becoming SIGAda 2001 Corporate Sponsors. This enhances the value of the event for attendees and presents our Corporate Sponsors more visible opportunities to be recognized as industry leaders. Several tailorable levels of Corporate Sponsorship have been established, each providing benefits greater in value than making similar contributions under previous separately priced sponsorship arrangements. All Corporate Sponsors' names and your logos will be prominently recognized in the SIGAda 2001 Final Program (FP), in online conference publicity, and on tote bags given to all attendees. Benefits and options at SIGAda 2001 for Corporate Sponsors are shown in the table on the next page. Contact the Exhibits Chair for case-by-case tailoring discussions.