[Sigkm-l] ECCBR'08 - Deadline Extension - Call for Workshop Proposals

[Jan-Oliver Deutsch]

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Deadline Extension!

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
9th European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ECCBR 2008)
Trier, Germany September 1st - 4th, 2008
http://2008.eccbr.org/
 
The organizing committee of the 9th European Conference on Case-Based
Reasoning (ECCBR 2008) invites proposals for the Workshop Program.
Workshops will be held, at least, on one day during the conference from
Sept. 1st to 4th, 2008.

General Information:
ECCBR 2008 workshops will provide an informal setting in which
participants willhave the opportunity to discuss specific technical
topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active cross-fertilization of
ideas. Workshops that exploreinteractions between sub-areas of CBR,
focus on unique or interdisciplinary applications of CBR, and
investigate newly evolving areas of CBR are particularly encouraged.
Workshops will last about 4 hours. The format and content of each
workshop will largely be determined by each workshop organizing
committee although "mini-conference" proposals are discouraged. To
stimulate interaction and a broadexchange of ideas, ample time should be
allocated in each workshop for generaldiscussions. As in past
conferences, a time slot of about 20 minutes will be provided for the
presentation of workshop summaries to all conference attendants during
the main conference. These summaries should be presented by (one of)
each workshop's organizers.

The workshop organizing committee will be responsible for:
1. Producing a Call for Papers/Participation for their workshop. It
   should clarify how paper submission, selection and presentation will
   be conducted by the organizing committee. Furthermore, the
   submission procedure, format, and dates should be included, and be
   in accordance with the dates listed below;
2. Review and select presentations and papers;
3. Edit their workshop's notes and send them to the workshop
   coordinator (contact details below) in accordance with the dates
   listed.

ECCBR 2008 will provide:
- A meeting place for the workshop.
- Printing of the workshop notes.

Important Dates for Workshops:
March 28, 2008 (new):  Deadline for workshop proposal submission
April 04 , 2008 (new): Notification of acceptance for workshop proposals
May 30, 2008:          Suggested deadline for workshop paper submission
June 22, 2008:         Notification of acceptance for workshop papers
July 18, 2008:         Final camera ready copies to be received by
                       workshop organizers
August 8, 2008:        Final camera ready copies for each workshop to be
                       received by workshop coordinator
September 1-4, 2008:   Workshops held at ECCBR 2008 (in parallel)

Submission of Workshop Proposals
Members from all areas of the CBR and related communities are invited to
submit workshop proposals for review. Workshop proposals should provide
sufficient information to evaluate the quality and importance of the
topic, the goals of the workshop, and the size of the interested
community. Proposals should identify one or more chairs and a program
committee. An example layout for a proposal can be found at the end of
this call.

Proposals should be 2-4 pages and contain the following information:
- Proposed title of the workshop.
- Contact information for the proposer, including the names, postal
  addresses, phone numbers, and email address.
- A brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the workshop
  goals and the technical issues that will be its focus.
- A brief discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.
- A draft call for papers.
- A preliminary workshop agenda and schedule for the workshop. This
  should include a brief description of how the organizers intend to
  conduct the workshop (e.g., discussions, panel discussions, paper
  presentations, invited talks or other types of communication).
- If available, a list of interested participants or groups. If a
  similar workshop was held in the past, include information about
  received submissions and attendance.
- Intended means of advertising the workshop.
- Contact information, including the names, postal addresses, phone
  numbers, and email addresses (if available) of the proposed workshop
  organizing committee. This committee should consist of at least two
  people with experiences in the issues to be addressed. Ideally, these
  people should not be from the same institution.

Workshop proposals should be submitted via e-mail. Please forward an
electronic copy in PDF format as soon as possible but no later than
March 28, 2008 to the workshop coordinator: eccbr-ws2008 at uni-trier.de.
Other Workshop papers should be submitted in Springer LNCS format, which
is the format required for the final camera ready copy, with a maximum
of 10 pages. Authors' instructions along with LaTeX and Word macro files
are available on the web at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.
Any special audio-visual requirements and special room requirements must
be arranged with the workshop coordinator (Martin Schaaf) by July 18, 2008.
ECCBR reserves the right to cancel any workshop if deadlines are missed,
if too few submissions are received, or if too few attendees register for
the workshop to support the costs of holding it. In special cases, the
ECCBR organizing committee may suggest the consolidation of workshops,
to prevent the need for cancellation. To cover costs, it may be
necessary to charge workshop participants a workshop fee in addition to
the normal ECCBR 2008 conference registration fee. Please note that all
workshop participants must register for the conference while workshops
must be open to all registered participants of ECCBR 2008.

Please send proposals and further inquiries to:

Martin Schaaf
Institute of Computer Science, Intelligent Information Systems
University of Hildesheim
Phone: +49 (5121) 883 - 757
FAX: +49 (5121) 883 - 757
Email: eccbr-ws2008 at uni-trier.de