LISA '98 Conference Overview Important Dates Tutorials, Refereed Papers, Invited Talks, WIPs, and BOFs Conference Topics Conference Organizers Cash Prizes and How to Submit a Paper to the Refereed Track Where To Send Refereed Paper Submission LISA '98 Products Exhibition		LISA '98 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW "Systems Administration in the Real World" is this year's conference theme. LISA, the Systems Administration Conference, is the largest and oldest conference exclusively for systems administrators. It's unique because the entire program is put together by working, experienced systems administrators who know first-hand the issues you face, and what factors are important in devising solutions. LISA offers the most comprehensive program for systems administrators at all levels of experience, supporting a variety of platforms, and managing sites of all sizes. Systems administration is a recognized and valued professional skill, and one critically essential in production, mission-critical environments. In addition to possessing sophisticated technical skills and needing continually to enhance your skills to keep up with rapid changes in technologies and tools, sys admins must be on top of social, business even legal issues that face their organizations. How can you keep up? Whether you are a novice or senior-level sys admin, or the manager of sys admins, this year's LISA conference will have plenty to offer. Many different types of learning options are offered - intensive tutorials, refereed papers, invited talks, vendor demos in the products exhibition, and after-hours Birds-of-a-Feather sessions - with lots of discussion and chances to get together with your peers thrown in. LISA is a very informal conference, and nobody - even industry luminaries - stands on ceremony. It's a terrific place to hang out and learn from your fellow systems administrators. That's why LISA, the Systems Administration Conference, has been so popular. Sys admins can find most of the things they need to know in one place.