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(Second) Call for Proposals to host ICAPS 2008



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>
> Call for proposals to host ICAPS 2008
>
>
> Dead line : Sunday May 21, 2006
>
>
> The ICAPS Executive Council is seeking proposals to host the 2008
> International Conference on Automated Planning & Scheduling.
> ICAPS is
> the premier international conference focused on the field of
> automated
> planning and scheduling.
>
> - ICAPS'06 will be held on June 6 to 10, at Cumbria, Lake
> District, UK.
> - ICAPS'07 will take place on September 10-14, at Providence, Rhode
> Island, USA.
>
>
> Proposals to host ICAPS'08 should 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 would also be useful.
>
> * Proposed conference dates and timetable
>
> Provisional time-table - should include submission-date;
> reviewing
> period; author notification date, for conferences,
> workshops, etc.
>
> * Venue
>
> Details of the venue and accommodations available to delegates
> including information about conference facilities, transportation
> access, accommodation and venue attractiveness.
>
> Previous experience of the local organization team in organizing
> similar events.
>
> * Format
>
> Information on the format of the conference (e.g. single
> track vs.
> multi-track, posters vs. presentations, etc.)
>
> Special related events such as potential invited
> speakers, workshops,
> competitions, demonstrations, visits, etc.
>
> Nature of any collocation with other conferences.
>
> * 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
> collocated conferences), policy and support for students and young
> researchers.
>
> * List of potential sponsors and support organizations.
>
> * Proposed format for proceedings.
>
> * Logistics
>
> If the conference is outside North America, include a brief
> description of the organization that will handle the logistics
> (managing registration, issuing badges, staffing registration desk,
> financial management, 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 collocation with related conferences).
>
> - Proposals that include means for encouraging and including
> members of
> the community in early phases of their careers are also
> welcomed (such
> as the doctoral consortium).
>
> - Proposals that include means for fostering new areas of work and
> growing potentially under-represented areas of work (such as the
> special tracks).
>
>
> Proposers should note that
> - 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 all costs of the event.
> - ICAPS is a "AAAI affiliated conference": AAAI provides
> conference services when the conference is in North
> America; AAAI Press
> publishes the ICAPS Proceedings, including online version
> of the proceedings.
>
>
> Proposals to host ICAPS should be sent electronically (PDF file) to:
>
> icaps-council@aig.jpl.nasa.gov
>
> Please submit proposals by
>
> Sunday May 21, 2006
>
>
> Proposers are welcome to contact the Conference Liaison or other
> members of the ICAP Council for informal consultation, and/or to
> submit draft proposals before that deadline.
>
> Please get in touch with the Conference Liaison Officer
> Enrico Giunchiglia <giunchiglia@unige.it>
>
> for
> - comments or advice on particular points,
> - statistics on previous ICAPS conferences,
> - past successful proposals (pending the agreement of their
> proposers).
> Clearly the closer to the deadline, the harder it will be to
> offer feedback.
>
>
> Information about previous and next conferences and guidelines about
> ICAPS is available at
>
> http://www.icaps-conference.org/
>