SVG OPEN 2003 EXTENSION AND SCHOLARSHIPS

SVG OPEN 2003 EXTENSION AND SCHOLARSHIPS

It is not too late for you to submit a paper abstract or course proposal for the SVG Open 2003 Conference and Exhibition held July 13-18, 2003 in Vancouver, Canada. The deadline has been extended to March 21, 2003, and there are new reasons for you to submit a proposal:

- 30 new scholarships are available to student presenters, courtesy of the BC Advanced Systems Institute. Recipients are awarded the most comprehensive conference registration package at no cost.

- A new poster presentation option has been added for students. Posters will be displayed in the exhibit hall.

- The top 2 papers of the conference will be published in "Computer Graphics Forum," the international journal of the Eurographics Association.

For full details on the conference, see:

     <http://www.svgopen.org/> http://www.svgopen.org

We invite all those interested in presenting a paper, teaching a course, exhibiting at a booth, or sponsoring the conference to submit your proposals online now. Just follow the instructions at

     <http://www.svgopen.org/2003/call.html> http://www.svgopen.org/2003/call.html

The SVG Open 2003 Conference and Exhibition is a community project hosted by SchemaSoft (  <http://www.schemasoft.com/> http://www.schemasoft.com) in association with the World Wide Web Consortium (  <http://www.w3.org/> http://www.w3.org). Significant supporting roles are played by Department of Computer Science - University of Victoria (  <http://www.uvic.ca/> http://www.uvic.ca), Institute of Cartography - ETH Zurich (  <http://www.karto.ethz.ch/> http://www.karto.ethz.ch), Vancouver XML Developers Association (  <http://www.vanx.org/> http://www.vanx.org), IDEAlliance (  <http://www.idealliance.org/> http://www.idealliance.org), BC Advanced Systems Institute (  <http://www.asi.bc.ca/> http://www.asi.bc.ca), and Eurographics Association (  <http://www.eg.org/> http://www.eg.org).

For further information, please e-mail  <mailto:svgopen@schemasoft.com> svgopen@schemasoft.com or call SchemaSoft: tel (604)682-3404 x105 / fax (604)682-3432.

If you know of others who might be interested in presenting at, contributing to, or attending this conference, please pass on this message.