[BioC] BIRD 2008 Call for workshop proposals

[Prof. Roland Wagner]

*_Ca l l f o r W o r k s h o p P r o p o s a l s_*

in conjunction with


*BIRD'08*

2nd International Conference
on
Bioinformatics Research and Development**

*_www.birdconf.org <http://www.birdconf.org/>_*

*
*Technical University of Vienna, Austria
July 7 -- 9, 2008

The BIRD'08 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Workshop 
Program to be held on July 7-9 in parallel to the main technical program 
of the BIRD conference. The main goal of the BIRD'08 workshops is to 
stimulate and facilitate an active exchange, interaction, and comparison 
of approaches, methods, and ideas about specific (both theoretical and 
applicative) topics in the general area of Bioinformatics.

Workshops should be organized to facilitate informal discussion and 
active engagement among attendees. Members from all areas of the 
Bioinformatics community are invited to submit workshop proposals for 
review. Workshops on new emerging topics or specific relevant aspects of 
broader topics are particularly encouraged. Workshops can vary in 
length, but most will be one full day in duration. Workshop organizers 
and attendees must register for their workshop and are permitted to join 
the main BIRD conference.


      Requirements for Submissions

To propose a workshop in BIRD'08, you will submit a complete workshop 
proposal containing the following information:

    * The title of the workshop;
    * A 1 page (max.) description of the technical issues that the
      workshop will address;
    * The statements:
          o How is the workshop relevant to, and complementary with, the
            main conference?
          o Why is the workshop of particular significance at this time?
    * The names, affiliations, postal address, phone and fax numbers,
      and e-mail addresses of the workshop organizers (It is expected
      that organizers will be recognized experts in the related fields,
      and the organizing committee should include individuals from
      multiple institutions);
    * A list of potential program committee members, including their
      affiliations;
    * The expected number of attendees (estimating minimum and maximum
      values);
    * Description of paper review process and acceptance standards;
    * A draft workshop call for papers;
    * The expected date and duration of the workshop;

All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the BIRD 
Conference Organisation Office (office at birdconf.org 
<mailto:office at birdconf.org>), in plain ASCII text, no later than 
December 1, 2007

Proposers will be notified of the committee's decision no later than 
December 15, 2007

The selection of the workshops to be included in the final BIRD program 
will be based upon multiple factors, including: the scientific/technical 
interest of the topics, the quality of the proposal, balance and 
distinctness of workshop topics, and the capacity of the conference 
workshop program.


      Responsibilities of BIRD and of Workshop Organizers

For all accepted proposals, BIRD will be responsible for:

    * Providing conference software for paper upload and review process
      (obligatory)
    * Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop;
    * Providing electronic registration system
    * Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time;
    * Publication of the papers in the proceedings of BIRD'08.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for the following:

    * Setting up a web site for the workshop;
    * Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for participation/papers;
    * Collecting and evaluating submissions using the BIRD conference
      software (mandatory), notifying authors of acceptance or rejection
      in due time, and ensuring a transparent and fair selection
      process. All workshop organizers are recommended to adopt the
      following deadlines for submissions and notifications of acceptance.
          o Submission of Full Papers: January 31, 2008
          o Noification of Acceptance: March 15, 2008
          o Camera-ready Copies: April 15, 2008

    * Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants get
      registered to the workshop by registering to BIRD'08.

    * Accepted workshops are entitled to receive a small budget which is
      depending on the number of accepted and registered papers

BIRD reserves the right to cancel any workshop if the above 
responsibilities are not fulfilled, or if too few attendees register for 
the workshop.


      Workshop Chair:

Roland R. Wagner, University of Linz, Austria 
(rrwagner at faw.uni-linz.ac.at <mailto:rrwagner at faw.uni-linz.ac.at>)

Gerald Quirchmayr, University of South Australia, Australia


      Important Dates

    * Proposal submission deadline: January 30, 2008
    * Workshop selection notification: February 28, 2008
    * Submission of Full Papers: March 30, 2008
    * Notification of Acceptance: April 1, 2008
    * Camera-ready Copies: May 15, 2008

*For further inquiries, please contact:*

BIRD Conference Organisation Office (office at birdconf.org)

-- 
Univ. Prof. Dr. Roland Wagner Director of the Institute of Applied Knowledgeprocessing  (FAW)
Director of the Institute "integriert studieren"
Tel.: +43 676 84673210
Fax: +43 732 24689308 rrwagner at faw.uni-linz.ac.at
sec1: Monika Neubauer Tel.: +43 676 84673212 Fax.:+43 732 2468 9308 mneubauer at faw.uni-linz.ac.at

sec2: Barbara  Arrer
Tel: +43 732 2468 9232
Fax:+43 732 2468 9322
barbara.arrer at jku.ta

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