SAMT 2007

Call for Special Sessions

Call for Technical Special Sessions
The SAMT 2007 Program Committee invites proposals for the Technical Special Sessions Program of SAMT 2007, the Second International Conference on Semantics And digital Media Technology, to be held from 5-7 December 2007 in Genova, Italy.

Goals
SAMT 2007 Technical Special Sessions are aimed to cover case-studies as well as technical and scientific advances. Each special session will have a specific objective, for example:

To present explorations regarding future and emerging technologies, showing new approaches to solve SAMT related research issues.
To present original and valuable research results in the larger context in which they have been achieved; e.g. in EU or large national R&D programmes.
To present technologies that solve problems of industrial relevance; or which are demonstrated and evaluated within a specific application domain.

Other objectives can also be proposed by the Sessions chair.

Submitting a proposal
Depending on the subject and on the quality of submitted papers, each Technical Special Session is expected to have from 3 to 8 papers. At least one author for each paper must register for the conference and present the paper during the session.
All papers at SAMT 2007 including papers solicited for special sessions undergo the same rigorous reviewing process by anonymous and independent reviewers. If after the reviewing process less than 3 papers solicited for a special session are selected, the Special Session will be cancelled, and the solicited papers that passed reviewing will be presented within the main technical track of the conference. Special Session papers will be published together with regular papers in the conference proceedings.
Proposals for Technical Special Sessions must include:

Title of the Special Sessions
Rationale of the need and objective of the session
Session outline
Specific topics of interest
Contact information for the Special Session chair(s)
Short biography of the Special Session chair(s)
List of contributed papers, including title, abstract and author names, affiliations and contact information.

Proposals for Technical Special Sessions should be submitted to Werner Haas (werner.haas@joanneum.at) before April 20, 2007. Prospective organizers are strongly encouraged to contact Werner Haas in advance. Notification of acceptance of proposals is scheduled for May 4, 2007, while paper submission and review schedule is the same as for regular papers.

Special Sessions Chair
Werner Haas, Joanneum Research, Austria
E-mail: werner.haas@joanneum.at

Important deadlines
20 April - Special Sessions Submission
4 May - Notification for Special Sessions
4 June - Paper Submission
31 July - Paper Notification
10 Sept - Camera-ready Papers