Proposal to Host ICAPS 2005

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Proposal to Host ICAPS 2005

The ICAPS Executive Council is seeking proposals from organizations
wishing to host the 2005 International Conference on Automated
Planning & Scheduling.  ICAPS is the premier international conferences
focused on the field of automated planning and scheduling.  There is
no set format for the proposal, but potential applicants are strongly
encouraged to include:


Organizers and Organizational Structure. The proposal should indicate
proposed program chair(s) and any other proposed conference committee
members (e.g., conference chair, local arrangements chair), and
include a short CV of each.  A preliminary list of program committee
members may also be included.  Details of the venue and accommodations
available to delegates including information about conference
facilities, transportation access, accommodation, venue
attractiveness, local organization team, previous experiences of the
local organization team in organizing similar events.

Special related events such as potential invited speakers, colocated
conferences, workshops, competitions, demonstrations, visits, etc.
     
Proposed format for proceedings (e.g. published at conference, pre and
post, on-line, CD-ROM).

An outline budget of the the event, including information regarding
the break-even point, registration fees and model (e.g., whether a
single fee applies to all events, policy for joint registration with
co-located conferences), policy and support for students and young
researchers.

Information on the format of the conference (e.g., single track vs.
multi-track, posters vs. presentations, etc.).

List of potential sponsors and support organizations.

Proposed conference dates and timetable. Target date is Late Spring
2005.  Provisional time-table should include submission-date;
reviewing period; author notification date, for conferences,
workshops, etc.

A number of other items would be positively considered, however, 
each of these is only one of several factors that the executive 
council will consider in their decision.

- Proposals that foster interaction and cross fertilization with
related fields (such as co-location with related conferences).

- Proposals that include means for encouraging and including members
of the community in early phases of their careers are also welcomed.

- Proposals that include means for fostering new areas of work and
growing potentially under-represented areas of work (such as the
special tracks at ECP01).

Some funds are available carried over from previous conferences as
seed money for future conferences. This money is required to guarantee
the existence of the conference series and each organization applying
to host ICAPS must show how they aim to cover the costs of the event
(and, if possible, make a slight profit).

Proposals to host ICAPS should be sent electronically (first
preference PDF, second preference postscript) to:
icaps-council@aig.jpl.nasa.gov

Please submit proposals by 15 May 2003.  Proposals (draft) submitted
by 25 April 2003 will be reviewed and feedback provided to the
submitters to enable them to improve their proposals.

Sample previous proposals and further additional information
will soon be available at the web site

		     http://icaps-conference.org