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Message from the General Chairs
The ACM SIGMOD/PODS Joint Conference aims at fostering close collaboration between the theoretical and applied database communities. As we near the dawn of the next century, database technology remains essential, and continues to rapidly evolve as more complex and massive information management requirements emerge. Our society can benefit greatly from the full maturation of database technology, and we hope that the collaboration that will result from this joint conference will play a seminal role in stimulating this process. We encourage you to play a part in this important event.
The PODS and SIGMOD conferences have separate program committees and will have separate proceedings. The two conferences will overlap for two days, but each conference will have a separate third day without overlap. There will be only one registration process for the joint, four-day conference; registrants will also be entitled to attend any of the affiliated workshops being held in association with the main conference. Some of the technical events, the lunches, and the outing will be joint events.
Once again, you are invited to participate in what we plan to be an exciting and enriching event for 1998 in Seattle, Washington.
Sincerely,
Pamela Drew, SIGMOD '98 General
Chair
Alberto Mendelzon, PODS '98
General Chair