The Riverside Telescope Maker’s Conference has scheduled a special Saturday morning session that will feature six short talks on large (for amateurs) alt-az telescope developments. 
A complimentary two hour workshop follows in the afternoon.

 10:15-11:30   Large Alt-Az Telescope Developments

A Brief History of Alt-Az Telescopes (Richard Berry)
The Alt-Az Initiative (Russ Genet)
CDK Direct Drive Telescopes (Rick Hedrick, Joe Haberman, Dan Gray, Dave Rowe, & Allan Keller)
Lightweight Aluminum Telescopes (Tom Osypowski & Howard Banich)
A Portable 1-Meter Photometric Telescope, (Russ Genet, George Roberts, Reed & Chris Estrada)
A Portable 42" Broken-focus Corrected Dall-Kirkham Telescope (Dave Rowe & Rick Hedrick)
 

2:00-4:00   Large Alt-Az Telescope Workshop 

Chair: Dave Rowe. Participants: Howard Banich, David Davis, Russ Genet, Dan Gray, & Rick Hedrick.

Topics: primary mirror substrates, spherical and parabolic correctors, the corrected Dall Kirkham optical design, direct drive motors, encoders, bearings, fundamentals of servo control, field de-rotators, material properties and material selection, truss structures, and transportation of large alt-az telescopes.