[Asis-l] SIGIR'06 Registration is now OPEN!

[Efthimis Efthimiadis]

Registration for the 29th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference  is
now OPEN! 
                      http://www.sigir2006.org 
August 6-11, 2006, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

*** ASIST members please note you qualify for "member rate" ***

SIGIR 2006

 Advance Registration until June 30 
 Standard Registration July 1-31 
 Late/On-site Registration starts Aug 1

Member Rates
To qualify for member rates, you must be a member of ACM SIGIR, ACM
SIGCHI, ACM SIGWEB, ACM, or ASIST. 


PROGRAM Summary

Aug 6 (Sun) - Tutorials (8)  and Doctoral Consortium (9)
       Aug 6 (Sun)  Welcoming Reception and dinner at the new Boeing
Future of Flight Aviation Center (sponsored by Boeing). 
Aug 7-9 (Mon-Wed) - Main Conference (74 papers)
       Aug 7 (Mon)  Salton Award Winner Keynote Address
       Aug 7 (Mon)  Posters (63) and Demonstrations (11) Reception &
buffet dinner
       Aug 8 (Tue)  Keynote Address by Jon Kleinberg
       Aug 8 (Tue)  SIGIR Business Meeting
       Aug 8 (Tue) Banquet at Tillicum Village (sponsored by Microsoft)
       Aug 9 (Wed)  Keynote Address by Radha Radhakrishnan
Aug 10 (Thurs) - Workshops (eight 1-day) 
Aug 11 (Fri) - Workshop (one 2-day) 

Seventy four (18.5%) of the submitted papers were accepted. Geographic
areas represented are: 49 from the Americas, 11 from Europe and 14 from
Asia - Pacific. In addition to the full papers, 63 posters 11
demonstrations, 8 tutorials and 9 workshops were accepted for inclusion
in the technical program. A doctoral consortium with 9 PhD candidates is
also part of the technical program. 

Looking forward to seeing you in Seattle!

Cheers,

Efthi

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Efthimis N. Efthimiadis <efthimis at u.washington.edu>
Associate Professor    
The Information School, University of Washington       
Suite 370 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352840     
Seattle, WA 98195-2840, USA     
tel.(off.) 206-616-6077, (sch) 206-685-9937, fax. 206-616-3152
http://faculty.washington.edu/efthimis
http://www.sigir2006.org
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