Fwd: Call for Workshop Proposals - ICWE 2009: 9th International Conference on Web Engineering

This just landed in my mailbox (pretty late: the deadline is monday).  
Would it be interesting to propose a workshop here? It would seem that  
RWAB fits the scope of the conference nicely, and if we can get enough  
speakers it could be an interesting workshop. Only last years'  
proceedings I could find online, and there were 2 workshops, one with  
3 papers, one with 11. So the range is rather wide:-)

Main question, I guess, is whether anyone is willing to chair this.  
The main issues would probably be available time to spend on it, and  
whether we have a large enough network to get speakers (I definitely  
don't). And, of course, whether there's a chance that we can get the  
proposal out by monday.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Yeliz Yesilada <yesilady@CS.MAN.AC.UK>
> Date: January 8, 2009 16:40:55  GMT+01:00
> To: SIGWEB-MEMBERS@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG
> Subject: Call for Workshop Proposals - ICWE 2009: 9th International  
> Conference on Web Engineering
> Reply-To: infodir_SIGWEB@acm.org
>
> Call for Workshop Proposals
>
> Deadline for the submission of proposals: January 12, 2009
>
> ICWE 2009: 9th International Conference on Web Engineering,
> June 24-26 2009,
> San Sebastian, Spain
> <http://icwe2009.webengineering.org>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> ICWE 2009 invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction
> with the conference, related to the ICWE topics. Submissions of
> workshop proposals focusing on new emerging topics are also more than
> welcome.
>
> The organizer(s) of approved workshops will be responsible for  
> advertising
> their workshop, for the reviewing process for their workshop's papers,
> and for the collection of camera-ready copies of accepted papers  
> (verifying
> that they comply with the formatting rules), as well as preparing own
> proceedings (we encourage workshop organizers in particular to  
> consider
> open sites for on-line proceedings such as http://CEUR-WS.org).  
> Organizers
> (including co-organizers) are expected to attend their entire workshop
> and to provide a summary of the event, for presentation to ICWE  
> audience.
>
> The conference organizers will arrange a special track for submissions
> of the workshop papers under general easychair account for ICWE 2009.
>
> Local organization provides first-class facilities
> (e.g. wifi all around, good meals, nice scenery and the like).
>
> The workshop may be cancelled if the number of submissions is low.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Submission instructions
> Format: The proposal should be submitted in PDF and cover the
> following points:
> - Workshop title, length (1 day, 1/2 day).
> - Organisers (PC chairs, other organisers who will be present at the
> workshop
>  or are otherwise involved, including the person responsible for the  
> web
>  site and communications). Please include names, addresses,  
> affiliations,
>  and indicate who is the main responsible person. The submission  
> should
>  include a one-paragraph biographical sketch for each organizer,
>  describing relevant qualifications and experience.
> - Purpose: How does the focus of the workshop fit to the main  
> conference
>  and how it will serve the ICWE community? What are the main goals?
> - List of the workshop topics.
> - Organization of the workshop. Include any special requirement on
>  infrastructure and room layout.
> - List of PC members.
> - An estimate of number of papers to be accepted, and number of  
> attendees.
>  If applicable, short information on previous editions of the workshop
>  series (this should include attendance information).
> - Short information on your plans for advertizing your workshop and  
> making
>  it highly visible.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Deadline: January 12, 2009 (23:59 Hawaii Time)
> Submission place: Workshop proposers can use the main conference’s  
> EasyChair
> system:
> <http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icwe2009>
> Workshops proposals are submitted to the dedicated ICWE_WORKSHOPS  
> Track.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> Important Dates
> Submission of proposals: January 12, 2009 (23:59 Hawaii Time)
> Notification of proposals acceptance: January 19, 2009
> Workshop papers submission: April 30, 2009
> Notification of Workshop papers acceptance: May 15, 2009
> Workshop papers camera-ready version: June 1, 2009
>
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> Workshop Chairs
> Peter Dolog, Aalborg University, Denmark
> Takehiro Tokuda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> Contact Information
> In case of any inquires, please do not hesitate to contact workshop  
> chairs:
> workshops@icwe2009.webengineering.org