SAMT 2009 - Call for Bids for Hosting

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*        Call for bids for hosting the           *
*   International Conference on Semantic and     *
*     Digital Media Technologies (SAMT) 2009     *
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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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