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Call for Workshop Proposals

The purpose of these workshops is to create a forum for the presentation and discussion of preliminary work or novel ideas, and new open problems to a wide and interested audience. The topics of the workshops co-located with ECDL 2009 can cover any areas related to digital libraries including cross-disciplinary areas. The number of attendees per workshop is subject to the availability of meeting rooms. The format of the workshop will be decided by the workshop organizers, but ample time must be allowed for general discussion. Workshops can vary in length, but the optimal duration will be half a day or a full day.

Location

All workshops will take place at the site of the main conference, Corfu Holiday Palace hotel, Kanoni, Corfu, Greece.

Proposal Submission

Workshop proposals should provide sufficient information to judge the importance, quality, and benefits for the research community.

Each workshop should have one or more chairs and an international program committee. Proposals should be 2-4 pages long and should provide the following information:

1. Title of the proposed workshop.
2. The planned format of the workshop, i.e. invited papers, call for papers/position papers, discussion forum, etc.
3. Names and full addresses, including contact details, of the workshop chair(s).
4. A brief description of the workshop topic and goals, its relevance to ECDL2009 and significance for the research field.
5. A description of the target audience, areas from which the participants are expected to come, strategy for publicizing the workshop, number of expected participants, names of potential attendees (if known).
6. Arrangements for the organization of the workshop, including a brief outline of the workshop describing anticipated format and possible session names.
7. Names, addresses, and home page links of people who have agreed to be part of the workshop program committee if the workshop proposal is accepted. This list should preferably include people from at least three different countries.
8. A brief description of the organizers' experience and background in the topic, and links to web pages of the workshop chairs.

Reviewing Process

Each submitted proposal is reviewed by the Workshops Chairs, the Conference General Chairs, and the Conference Program Chairs. The decision will be notified by email to the responsible organizer by April 15, 2009.

The definitive length of the workshop will be defined according to the number of submissions received by the different workshops.

Registration Process

The workshop registration will be handled together with the conference registration, including the fees.

Workshop Organizers' Tasks:

1. Producing a "Call for Papers/Position Statements" for the workshop and posting it on the net and/or other means. Please provide a web page URL which can be linked into the ECDL 2009 home page by April 30th, 2009.
2. Providing a brief description of the workshop for the conference program.
3. Reviewing/accepting submitted papers and position papers.
4. Scheduling workshop activities in collaboration with the local organizers and the workshop chairs.
5. Sending the workshop schedule and other workshop material (informal proceedings and/or slides' presentations etc.), all in PDF format, to the workshop chairs (deadline to be defined). The workshop material will be distributed by the ECDL 2009 organization to the workshop participants in electronic format (copyright will be not asked to the authors, but only permission to publish and disseminate).

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• Important Dates
• Submissions

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