[AISWorld] ADBIS 2013- Call for Workshop Proposals

[Athina Vakali]

*** apologies for cross-postings ***

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Call for Workshop Proposals
17th East-European Conference on
ADVANCES IN DATABASES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ADBIS)
September 1, 2013 (workshops), September 2-4, 2013 (main conference),
Genoa, Italy

http://adbis2013.disi.unige.it/

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Introduction
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The ADBIS 2013 conference will be held in Genoa, Italy, September 1-4, 2013,
to provide a forum for the dissemination of research accomplishments and
to promote interaction and collaboration between the database and
information systems research communities from Central and East European
countries and the rest of the world.

Several workshops are planned to be co-located with the main conference.
You are invited to submit proposals for workshops focused on specific topics
within the research areas of database and information systems.
The workshops will run on September 1, 2013, and can last for half a  
day, or full day.
The official language of the workshops will be English.

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Submission Details and Requirements
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Please submit your workshop proposals via e-mail to ADBIS 2013  
Workshop Co-chair
Athena Vakali (avakali at csd.auth.gr).

The proposal should cover the following points:
* workshop title
* preferred length (1 day, 1/2 day)
* names, affiliations, and e-mails of workshop PC chairs (with one of  
them indicated as primary contact)
* short bio of the organizers including previous experience  in  
organizing workshops or conferences if any
* tentative PC (if possible at this stage)
* main goals of the workshop
* list of the workshop topics
* preliminary CFP
* how information about the workshop will be distributed

The organizers of accepted workshops are expected to organize the  
workshop's program
committee, announce and publicize the workshop and its call for papers,
solicit submissions, conduct the reviewing process, and prepare the  
final workshop program.

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Organizational Support
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Workshops will benefit from the ADBIS 2013 organizational infrastructure and
receive support regarding registration, badges, lunches, coffee breaks, and
publication of the workshop proceedings.

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Publication
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A volume with all workshop papers will be published by Springer in the
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series
(http://www.springer.com/series/11156),
for distribution among workshop participants during the workshop.
Camera-ready papers are to be prepared in LaTeX (detailed instructions  
will be provided).

The authors of the best workshop papers will be invited to prepare  
extended versions of their papers
after the workshop. Following an additional round of reviews, the  
extended papers will appear in
a special issue of an international journal.

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Important Dates
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Submission of proposals for workshops: January 7, 2013

Workshop acceptance/rejection notification: January 18, 2013

Workshops: September 1, 2013 (main conference: September 2-4, 2013)

Workshop timeline (deadlines for submissions, reviews, camera-ready  
papers, and
extended versions for the journal): to be proposed by the workshop organizers
in agreement with the ADBIS 2013 Workshop Chairs.

Athena Vakali, Aristotle University
Themis Palpanas, University of Trento
ADBIS 2013 Workshop Chairs