How to Propose a Workshop
Proposers are encouraged to send their draft proposal to the potential participants for comments before submission. When proposing a workshop, please provide (at least) the following information:
- Title of the workshop.
- A brief technical description of the specific technical issues that the workshop will address.
- Indicate if the workshop should be half day or full day, and motivate this choice.
- The reasons why the workshop is of interest.
- If the workshop is a continuation of earlier workshops and/or conferences organised in the last two years, motivate why the continuation is still of interest and describe how this workshop relates to these earlier events.
- The names, postal and email addresses, phone and fax numbers
of the Workshop Chairs.
- The names and affiliations of the Workshop Program Committee.
- A list of previously organized workshops by any of the Workshop Chairs.
- A draft of the call of papers.
- If possible, a list of potential attendees if the proposal of
the workshop were accepted. Estimate of the number of potential participants and their main research areas (machine learning, data mining, database, statistics, logics, life sciences, ...).
- A detailed description of how the workshop should be publicized.
- A draft Call for Participation, showing how the organizers will encourage a workshop, rather than a mini-conference, atmosphere (e.g., invited talks,
presentations, panel discussions, or other ideas for ensuring
an interactive atmosphere).
- A list of audio-visual or technical requirements and any special room requirements.
- In the case of a combined tutorial-workshop proposal: title of the tutorial and name of proposers.
How to Propose a Tutorial
When proposing a workshop, please provide (at least) the following information:
- Title of the tutorial.
- A short overview of the area that will be covered.
- Outline of the tutorial (structured list of topics).
- Sample material (slides or hand-outs).
- Relevant references for this tutorial.
- A description of the target audience and expected prior knowledge.
- Information about the scientific qualifications of the
presenter(s) including their experience on teaching the material of the tutorial.
How to Propose a Tutorial/Workshop Combination
Proposals for joint tutorial-workshop events should indicate how the tutorial and workshop relate to each other, and reasons should be given why a joint event is preferable to just a workshop or tutorial. The proposal should contain the information required for both a workshop proposal and a tutorial proposal, as outlined above. It is possible for joint proposals that only the workshop or tutorial part will be accepted. The proposal should indicate who the organizers of the workshop are, and who will present the tutorial, but it is not necessary that this be the same persons.
Contact
In case you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are looking forward to your proposals,
The ECML PKDD 2008 Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
Siegfried Nijssen siegfried@ecmlpkdd2008.org
Arno Siebes arno@ecmlpkdd2008.org
