- From: Marcin Grzegorzek <marcin@uni-koblenz.de>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 14:03:03 +0200
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************************************************** * * * Call for bids for hosting the * * International Conference on Semantic and * * Digital Media Technologies (SAMT) 2009 * * * ************************************************** Following a successful series of Annual European Workshops on "Integration of Knowledge, Semantic and Digital Media Technologies" (EWIMT), the First International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT 2006) was held in December 2006 in Athens, Greece. In 2007 the Second International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT 2007) was held in Genova, Italy, in December 2007. Later this year (2008), the Third International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT 2008) will be held in Koblenz, Germany, in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, IEEE, the European Association for Computer Graphics and Gesellschaft fur Informatik E.V. The SAMT Steering Board http://samt2008.uni-koblenz.de/index.php?page=steeringboard invite interested parties to submit a formal application to host SAMT in 2009. SAMT is traditionally held in late November / early December and typically runs from Wednesday to Friday with a key panel session, one or two invited speakers and full conference multiple track podium and poster sessions. Special sessions, tutorials and workshops are also offered. A social event is expected on Thursday evening. The full application should be a single pdf document containing the following details: * Main contact for the conference - full postal address, telephone and email * Details of the venue * Chair(s) and co-chairs for publicity, special sessions, tutorials and workshops if offered * Prospective members of the conference organising committee * Key people and their experiences of organising events similar to this * Provisional dates for the conference, with provisional booking details of accommodation, rooms bookings for conference venue and meals; rationale for the proposed dates (no clashes with other related events) * Provisional technical program * Likely financial plan * Plans for organisation and publicity * Organisational support and potential sponsors Please send submissions as an email attachment to Alan Smeaton (samt2009-bid@computing.dcu.ie), SAMT Steering Board Chair, by 31 August 2008. Following discussion by the steering board, a final decision will be takend, and both successful and unsuccessful bidders informed as soon as possible thereafter.
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