ESWC 2010: Call for Workshop Proposals

Apologies for multiple posts Call for Workshop Proposals The 7th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2010) 30 May - 03 June 2010 Heraklion, Greece The mission of the Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2010) is to bring together researchers and practitioners dealing with different aspects of semantics on the Web. ESWC 2010 builds on the success of 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. 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 overall quality of the proposal as well as 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 2010 local organizers to finalize all organizational details. Workshop attendees must pay the ESWC 2010 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.eswc2010.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 should be no more than 3 pages in length, in txt or PDF format, send via email to Kalina Bontcheva (K.Bontcheva@dcs.shef.ac.uk) and Nicola Henze (henze@kbs.uni-hannover.de), 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 meeting. * 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 8, 2009 Notification of Acceptance: December 20, 2009 Workshop Website Due: January 8, 2010 Workshop Proceedings camera-ready Due: May 2, 2010 Workshop Day: May 30 or May 31, 2010 Timeline for Workshops: Deadlines: March 7, 2010 Notifications: April 5, 2010 Camera ready: April 18, 2010 Workshop Chairs Kalina Bontcheva (University of Sheffield, UK) Nicola Henze (Leibniz University Hannover and L3S Research Center, Germany) Questions? Please do not hesitate to ask the workshop chairs, Kalina Bontcheva (K.Bontcheva@dcs.shef.ac.uk) or Nicola Henze (henze@kbs.uni-hannover.de).