[robotics-worldwide] IEEE ICRA2009: Call for Tutorial and Workshop Proposals

[Makoto Kaneko]

ICRA 2009 Tutorials and Workshops
Call for Proposals

http://www.icra2009.org/contributions/tutorial-workshop.html

+++ Website open for submissions +++

The 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 
(ICRA2009) will be held in Kobe, Japan from May 12 to 17, 2009.

http://www.icra2009.org/

We solicit tutorial and workshop proposals that address 
important and new topics related to the conference theme, 
Robotics and IRT for Livable Societies, as well as robotics 
and automation in general. Workshops should focus on areas 
of active research, in order to provide an informal forum 
for participants to exchange developing research results 
and ideas. Tutorials should target established fields of 
research, in order to provide descriptions on its state 
of the art, by individuals who are recognized researchers 
of the field. All workshop/tutorial proposals will be 
reviewed by the ICRA 2009 Workshop/Tutorial Committee. 

The initial submission of a tutorial or workshop contribution 
must be accompanied by a summarizing (at most) two (2) 
pages in the following specified format as a PDF file. 
Please number and clearly delineate each section. 

*Proposal Format
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- Title 
- Organizers (complete address, phone, and email) 
- Abstract (less than 200 words, indicate full or 
 half day, workshop or tutorial) 
- Motivation and objectives (less than 300 words) 
- List of topics 
- List of presenters with affiliations and status of confirmation 
- Intended audience 
- Tentative schedule and agenda (*) 
- Contents of the workshop / tutorial proceedings 
 (if any, indicate paper or abstract proceedings, or 
  poster sessions, etc.) 
- Relation to the previous ICRA or IROS workshops/tutorials. 
 
(*) Dates and time: May 12 (9:00-17:00), 13 (9:00-12:00) and 
 17(9:00-17:00), 2009. Note that the date and time proposed 
 by the organizer may be changed in the final program, according 
 to the balance of topics and schedule.

*Important Dates:
Submission of proposals:     September 15, 2008 
Notification of acceptance:  November 15, 2008 
W/T agenda submission:       January 15, 2009 
Final W/T material due:      March 1, 2009

*Submitting a Tutorial or Workshop Proposal via PaperPlaza:
http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl
Proposals, no longer than 2 pages in length, following the 
format above must be submitted online via the PaperPlaza 
system by September 15, 2008. Decisions will be announced 
by November 15, 2008.

If you have questions regarding the proposal, please contact 
the Tutorials and Workshops Charis. 
(Email: workshops at icra2009.org)

Tutorials and Workshops Chairs
 Yoky Matsuoka
 Cecilia Laschi
 Makoto Kaneko