[agents] Call for Workshop Proposals: ECCBR'2008 - 9th European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning

[Jan-Oliver Deutsch]

Apologize For Crossposting!!!

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 will have the
opportunity to discuss specific technical topics in an atmosphere that 
fosters the active
cross-fertilization of ideas. Workshops that explore interactions 
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 broad
exchange of ideas, ample time should be allocated in each workshop for 
general discussions.
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 7, 2008:          Deadline for workshop proposal submission
March 16, 2008:         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 7, 2008 to the workshop coordinator: eccbr-ws2008 at uni-trier.de. 
Proposals will be reviewed by the organizing committee and prospective 
organizers will be notified of their decision no later than March 16, 2008.
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