http://oopsla.acm.org/, Seattle, WA, Nov 4-8, WashingtonState Convention & Trade Center. Ole Lehrmann Madsen will speak in memory of Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard BillGates is one of the keynote speakers this year. OOPSLA 2002 has a two-part panel in debate form: Objects have Failed. Part I was held today and there was an invitation to post questions and comments on Ward Cunningham's Wiki. See ObjectsHaveFailed and VariousIdeasOnWhyObjectsHaveNotFailed. Also of interest from this conference: NotesOnPostmodernProgramming CategoryConference