[PlanetKR] Call for KR2008 Proposals

[Mary-Anne Williams]

    Call for KR2008 Proposals


The KR Advisory Board is seeking proposals from organizations wishing to 
host the 11th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge 
Representation and Reasoning (KR2008) which is to be held in the year 
2006. KR is the premier international conference that focuses on the 
field of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning 
(http://kr.org/FutureConferences.html).

Proposals will be evaluated by the KR Advisory Board before KR2006 
(www.kr.org/KR2006) or shortly after on the basis of the following 
criteria:

    * National, regional, and local KR community support.
    * National, regional, and local government and industry support,
      especially financial.
    * Appropriateness of proposed dates.
    * 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).
    * Adequacy of residence accommodations and food services in a range
      of price categories and proximity to the conference facilities.
    * Adequacy of budget projections.
    * Accessibility, attractiveness, and desirability of proposed site.
    * Balance with regard to the geographical distribution of previous
      conferences (http://kr.org/PastConferences.html).
    * Ability to attract other conferences to collocate with KR2008.

Proposals should include the following information:

    * An outline budget of all related events, including information
      regarding the break-even point, registration fees and the funding
      model.
    * Information on the accommodation available for the conference and
      associated events.
    * A list of potential sponsors and support organizations.
    * Proposed conference dates and timetable, and justification for
      those chosen. Target date is April - June 2008.

Proposals should be sent to the address below before May 15, 2006:

<http://research.it.uts.edu.au/magic/Mary-Anne>


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

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