Call for Workshops

Co-located workshops at ESWC conferences are distinguished meeting points for discussing ongoing work and latest ideas related to semantics and the Semantic Web. Of particular interest are workshop proposals with an interdisciplinary standpoint, proposals focusing on a specific technology of general interest, or gathering a sub-community.

General Information and Criteria

The decision on acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal as well as of how it fits in with the conference. The organizers of successful workshops will be responsible for their own reviewing process, publicity (e.g., website and call for papers), and proceedings production. They will be required to closely cooperate with the Workshops Chairs and the ESWC 2011 local organizers to finalize all organizational details. Workshop attendees must pay the ESWC 2011 workshop registration fee, as well as the conference registration fee.

Criteria for workshop proposals:  

  • Co-located workshops cover topics falling in the general scope of the ESWC conference
  • Workshops are intended to be genuine interactive events and not mini-conferences.
  • We welcome workshops with creative structures and organizations that attract various types of contributions and ensure rich interactions.
  • They are clearly focused.
  • There is potentially a significant community interested in the workshop's topic.
  • Workshop duration can be half a day or a full day.
  • We advise having more than one organizer and no more than four, preferably from  different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic.

Workshop Chairs

Raúl García Castro (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) (Contact)
Dieter Fensel (STI Innsbruck, Austria)

Important Dates

Workshop Proposals DueDecember 10th, 2010 - 23:59 (Hawaii Time) expired
Notification of acceptance/rejectionDecember 23rd, 2010 expired
Workshop Website DueJanuary 7th, 2011 expired
Workshop Camera-ready Proceedings DueMay 2nd, 2011 expired
Workshop DayMay 29th, 2011 - 00:00 May 30th, 2011 expired

For workshop specific submission, notification and camera ready version deadlines please visit the respective workshop website.

 

Submission Guidelines

Workshop proposals must be no more than 3 pages in length, in txt or PDF format, must be sent via email to Raúl García Castro (rgarcia [at] fi.upm.es) and Dieter Fensel (dieter.fensel[at] sti2.at), and should contain the following information:

  • The title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying its goals and motivation.
  • A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular interest at this time.
  • A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest, the workshop audience, as well as the expected number of participants.
  • A brief description (draft outline) of the proposed workshop format, discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussion.
  • A list of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be known and confirmed at the time of the proposal).
  • An indication of whether the workshop should be considered for a half-day or full-day event.
  • If there have been previous editions of the workshop, their short description, including URLs as well as some statistics about submissions and acceptance rate.
  • The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed organizing committee and short description of their relevant experience.
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