Call for KR2006 Proposals: Deadline May 16, 2004

Mary-Anne Williams Mary-Anne at it.uts.edu.au
Fri Apr 2 09:29:14 EST 2004


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Call for KR2006 Proposals
The KR Advisory Board is seeking proposals from organizations wishing to host the 10th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR2006) which is to be held in the year 2006. KR is the premier international conference that focuses on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. 

Proposals will be evaluated by the KR Advisory Board before KR2004 (http://www.KR.org/KR2004) on the basis of the following criteria: 

  a.. National, regional, and local KR community support. 
  b.. National, regional, and local government and industry support, especially financial. 
  c.. Appropriateness of proposed dates. 
  d.. Adequacy of conference and exhibit facilities for the anticipated number of registrants (currently 160 - 180 for North America; 130 - 160 elsewhere, depending on the location). 
  e.. Adequacy of residence accommodations and food services in a range of price categories and proximity to the conference facilities. 
  f.. Adequacy of budget projections. 
  g.. Accessibility, attractiveness, and desirability of proposed site. 
  h.. Balance with regard to the geographical distribution of previous conferences see http://www.kr.org/PastConferences.html for more details. 
  i.. Ability to attract other conferences to collocate with KR2006. 
Proposals should include the following information: 

  a.. An outline budget of all related events, including information regarding the break-even point, registration fees and the funding model. AAAI Press is the proceedings publisher in 2004 and ballpark figure of US$8K could be used for the proceedings costs in 2006. Most other costs will depend on the location.
  b.. Information on the accommodation available for the conference and associated events. 
  c.. A list of potential sponsors and support organizations. 
  d.. Proposed conference dates and timetable, and justification for those chosen. Target date is April -June 2006. 
Proposals (and questions) should be sent to the address below before May 15, 2004: 

Professor Mary-Anne Williams
Innovation and Technology Research Laboratory
Faculty of Information Technology
The University of Technology, Sydney
NSW 2007 Australia 
URI: http://innovation.it.uts.edu.au
eMail: Mary-Anne at it.uts.edu.au
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