CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
( Extended Deadline )

The IBERAMIA/SBIA 2000 Conference Program Committee invites proposals for one day or half-a-day long workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops are to be attended by 15-30 participants invited by the workshop organizers. The formats of the workshops are to be determined by the respective organizers. The focus of the workshops should be complementary to the conference topics.

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to meet and discuss selected technical topics, fostering the active exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners. Members from all segments of the AI community are invited to submit their proposals for review. Workshops are intended to be genuinely interactive events and not mini-conferences. Thus, although the format of workshop presentations are to be determined by their organizers, ample time should be allotted for general discussion. Workshop organizers and attendees must also register for the main IBERAMIA/SBIA 2000 conference.

IMPORTANT DATES

19 May 2000

Deadline for proposals

26 May 2000

Notification of acceptance

HOW TO PROPOSE A WORKSHOP

A proposal of two to three pages in length should be submitted electronically, in plain text format, containing the following:

1. Name of the workshop.
2. Duration: full day or half a day.
3. A brief description of the specific technical issues that the workshop will address.
4. The reasons why the workshop is of interest this time.
5. Workshop format: paper presentation, panel discussion, invited talks, etc.
6. The names and full contact information of the organizing committee (e-mail, postal address, fax and telephone numbers) comprising 3 to 4 researchers in the field. A very brief description on each of their expertise is needed.
7. A list of potential attendees in case the proposal of the workshop being accepted.
8. A schedule for organising the workshop and a preliminary agenda.
9. A summary of the intended workshop Call for Participation, showing how the organizers will encourage a workshop, rather than a mini-conference, atmosphere. Proposers are encouraged to send their draft proposal to the potential participants for comments before submission.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Proposals should be submitted electronically (in ascii, UNIX compatible postscript or rtf) to the IBERAMIA/SBIA 2000 Workshop Coordinator, Leliane Nunes de Barros, at the following address:

	Leliane Nunes de Barros
	SBIA/Iberamia 2000 Workshop Coordinator
	DCC/IME Universidade de São Paulo. Brazil
	Email: leliane@ime.usp.br
	Tel: +(55) (11) 818 6235
	Fax: +(55) (11) 818 6134

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Once a workshop proposal is accepted the workshop organizers are supposed to take care of the following:

• Producing and announcing the call for participation in the workshop with a due date, and disseminating the call to the appropriate forums (news groups, list serves, etc.). The CFP will be linked to the main conference web pages. The Call for Participation should make clear that all workshop participants are expected to register for the main SBIA/Iberamia conference and that the number of participants is limited. It should also make clear the process by which the Workshop Organising Committee will select the participants (for example, by reviewing submitted papers).

• Producing workshop notes. The conference committee may provide support in photocoying and binding the notes, or alternatively the workshop organizers may take care of it themselves.

• The production of camera-ready copy for the workshop notes with a due date, in accordance with guidelines to be supplied by the Workshop Coordinator. For further details, contact the workshop chairman.

• Arranging for a short report on the workshop to be presented to the main conference if required.

The IBERAMIA/SBIA 2000 Organising Committeee will be responsible for:

• Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole.

• Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop.

• In conjunction with the workshop organizers, determining the workshop date and time.

• Dealing with registration of participants.

• Duplicating working notes and distributing them to the participants.

IBERAMIA/SBIA 2000 encourages the production of publications based on the workshops, but the SBIA and Iberamia names cannot be used on such publications without prior permission being given.

In case of any disagreement over procedures or arrangements, the IBERAMIA/SBIA 2000 Organising Committee Chair will have final authority. The IBERAMIA/SBIA 2000 Organising Committee reserves the right to cancel any workshop if deadlines are missed, or if the number of registered attendees is too low to support the costs related to organising and running the workshop.