ESWC2011: Call for Workshop Proposals (REMINDER: deadline - December 10, 2010)

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ESWC2011 - CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

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The 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2011) 
29th May - 4th June 2011
Heraklion, Greece
http://www.eswc2011.org
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*About ESWC2011*

The mission of the Extended Semantic Web Conference is to bring together
researchers and practitioners dealing with different aspects of semantics on
the Web. ESWC 2011 builds on the success of ESWC 2010 and the former
European Semantic Web Conference series, but seeks to extend its focus by
engaging with other communities within and outside ICT, in which semantics
can play an important role. At the same time, ESWC is a truly international
conference.

Co-located workshops at ESWC conferences are distinguished meeting points
for discussing ongoing work and latest ideas related to semantics and the
Semantic Web. Of particular interest are workshop proposals with an
interdisciplinary standpoint, proposals focusing on a specific technology of
general interest, or gathering a sub-community.


*General Information and criteria*

The decision on acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made on
the basis of the overall quality of the proposal as well as of how it fits
in with the conference. The organizers of successful workshops will be
responsible for their own reviewing process, publicity (e.g., website and
call for papers), and proceedings production. They will be required to
closely cooperate with the Workshops Chairs and the ESWC 2011 local
organizers to finalize all organizational details. Workshop attendees must
pay the ESWC 2011 workshop registration fee, as well as the conference
registration fee.

*Criteria for workshop proposals*
  
- Co-located workshops cover topics falling in the general scope of the
ESWC conference (refer to http://www.eswc2011.org/).
- Workshops are intended to be genuine interactive events and not
mini-conferences. 
- We welcome workshops with creative structures and organizations that
attract various types of contributions and ensure rich interactions.
- They are clearly focused.
- There is potentially a significant community interested in the workshop's
topic.
- Workshop duration can be half a day or a full day.
- We advise having more than one organizer and no more than four, preferably
from  different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the
workshop topic.


*Submission Guidelines*

Workshop proposals must be no more than 3 pages in length, in txt or PDF
format, must be sent via email to Raúl García Castro (rgarcia@fi.upm.es) and
Dieter Fensel (dieter.fensel@sti2.at), and should contain the following
information:

- The title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying its
goals and motivation.
- A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular interest at this
time.
- A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest, the
workshop audience, as well as the expected number of participants.
- A brief description (draft outline) of the proposed workshop format,
discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks,
panels, and general discussion.
- A list of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have
to be known and confirmed at the time of the proposal).
- An indication of whether the workshop should be considered for a half-day
or full-day event.
- If there have been previous editions of the workshop, their short
description, including URLs as well as some statistics about submissions and
acceptance rate.
- The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the
proposed organizing committee and short description of their relevant
experience.


*Important Dates*
(11:59 pm Hawaii time):

Workshop Proposals Due: December 10, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: December 23, 2010
Workshop Website Due: January 7, 2011
Workshop Camera-ready Proceedings Due: May 2, 2011
Workshop Day: May 29 or May 30, 2011

*Timeline for Workshops*

Submission deadline: March 4, 2011
Notifications: April 1, 2011
Camera ready version: April 15, 2011


*Workshop Chairs*

Raúl García Castro (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) (Contact)
Dieter Fensel (STI Innsbruck, Austria)

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For more detailed information, please visit the conference website:
http://www.eswc2011.org


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