List of AI'09 Workshops

The Fifth Australasian Ontology Workshop (AOW)
http://ksg.meraka.org.za/~aow2009/
Invited Speaker: Peter Fox

International Workshop on Collaborative Agents -- REsearch and Development (CARE)
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~xtg/CARE2009/
Invited Speaker: Prof. Michael Luck


Call for Proposals

The AI09 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program to be held immediately prior to the main technical program of the AI09 conference. The main goal of the AI09 workshops is to stimulate and facilitate active exchange, interaction, and comparison of approaches, methods, and ideas related to specific topics, both theoretical and applied, in the general area of Artificial Intelligence.
The workshops will provide an informal setting where participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas.

Members from all areas of the AI community are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. Workshops on new and emerging topics, or on applications, are particularly encouraged. Workshops can vary in length from half-day to one full day. Workshop Attendees must register for the main AI-09 conference.

Important Dates for Workshop Proposals

Theme/Topics

The workshop topics include, but are not, restricted to, the following:

AI'09 Workshops Requirements for Submission

Proposals for workshops should contain the following information:

• A technical description of the workshop, specifying the workshop goals, the technical issues that it will address, and the relevance of the workshop to the main conference. This description should include a discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.
• A list of related workshops (or previous incarnations of the proposed workshop) held within the last three years, if any, and their relation to the proposed workshop. If known, organizers' names and affiliations, number of submissions, acceptances and registered attendees, and follow-up publications should be noted.
• A preliminary workshop agenda, planned duration, and a proposed schedule for organizing the workshop. This should include a brief description of how the organizers intend to encourage an
  atmosphere appropriate for a workshop, description of paper review process, and publicity plans (distribution lists, web sites, journals, etc.).
• If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees.
• The names, affiliations, and contact details postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the proposed workshop organizing and/or program committees, and the chair(s). The committee should consist of at least three or four people, from different institutions, knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed.
• A description of the qualifications of the chair(s) (and organizing committee, if available) with respect to organizing an AI workshop, including a list of workshops previously arranged by any members of the proposed organizing committee, if any.
  

Proposers are encouraged to send their draft proposal to potential participants for comments before submission. All proposals should be submitted by the deadline June 30, 2009, via electronic mail, to the AI-09 Workshop Chair:

Christian Guttmann: christian.guttmann@med.monash.edu.au

Plain ASCII is strongly preferred.

Prospective organizers will be notified of the committee's decision no later than: July 15, 2009.

The selection of the workshops to be included in the final AI 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.

Note that authors of proposals addressing similar and/or overlapping content areas and/or audiences may be requested to merge their proposals as a condition for acceptance.

Responsibilities of AI and Workshop Organisers

For all accepted proposals, AI will be responsible for:

• Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole.
• Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop.
• Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time.
• Duplicating working notes and distributing them to the participants.
• A total of one (1) free workshop registration (up to organizers to
  decide who gets it).

Workshop organizers will be responsible for the following:

• Setting up a web site for the workshop.
• Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for papers (by July 25, 2009) and later, a call for participation.
• Collecting and evaluating submissions, notifying authors of acceptance or rejection on a timely basis, and ensuring a transparent and fair selection process.
• Making the PDF of the whole workshop notes available to the workshop chair by the printing deadline (expected November 15, 2009), as well as a list of audio-visual requirements and any special room requirements.
• Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants register for the workshop and are invited to register to the main conference (at least one author must register for the workshop in order for a paper to appear in the workshop proceedings).