CSM/KSS'2005 Workshop - organization

The organization of the CSM/KSS'2005 will be very similar to the organization of the CSM workshops in previous years as such an approach has proven to be succeessful.

Deadlines (all dates in 2005)

Preregistration - April 30
Submission of extended abstracts (please email abstracts as using the abstract form available at this link, as a text file in the body of [NOT as attachement to] your email) - April 30
Acceptance of presentations (based on submitted abstracts) and sending out invitations for CSM/KSS'2005 - May 10
Final registration - June 15

The opening and closing of the CSM/KSS'2005 workshop are planned for Monday, August 29th at 9:00, and Wednesday, August 31st at 16:30, respectively.

Basic organizational assumptions

In order to meet the aims of the workshop and due to logistic's constraints, the number of participants of the workshop has to be limited. This will provide all participants with good opportunities for presenting their own work, for learning from the experience of colleagues working in related research areas, and for establishing new contacts. The schedule of the workshop will provide ample time for discussions and interactions.

Therefore, there is a two stage registration procedure:

Preregistration, open to everybody who wishes to participate in the workshop.
Final registration, which will be made available to accepted participants.

Extended abstracts of the proposed contributions are the primary criterion for the selection of the presentations.

Organizational details

Abstracts and papers:

Extended abstracts of accepted presentations will be available on the Web in June 2005.

Participants of the workshops are invited to submit to a special issue of the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS) journal a paper corresponding to your CSM/KSS'05 presentation.

Presentations and sessions:

30 min. are allocated for each speaker, which is composed of max. 20 min. presentation and at least 7 min. for questions and discussion.
A PC (running Windows/XP and connected to the Internet and to a display panel) as well as an OHP will be available for all presentations.
The agenda of the workshop will be fixed a few days before the workshop. It will be posted on the Web and it will be available in the workshop hotel. The agenda will be developed with a primary goal of keeping related presentations in one session and avoiding similar topics in parallel sessions. Participants will have an opportunity during final registration to express their constraints for a day or time of his/her presentation. Organizers kindly ask to use this opportunity only if really necessary. Such wishes will be accounted for, if they will not be in conflict with reaching the primary goal for setting the agenda.
Chairpersons of sessions will be selected during the preparation of the agenda. Participants, who do not wish to chair a session are kindly requested to select the corresponding option in the final registration form.
Papers will be presented on plenary sessions, and on parallel (two at the same time) sessions. The organizers kindly ask:
- the authors to make sure that their presentation will be finished on time, and
- the chairpersons of the sessions to rigorously keep the schedule.
These measures are common for conferences with many parallel sessions, hence we should have no problems with adopting them to our workshop which has only two parallel sessions. The organizers would like to thank the authors and the chairpersons in advance for their cooperation in the smooth running of the workshop.

Registration fee

The standard registration fee is 190€; the early registration fee of 150€ applies to participants who will pay the fee by July 31, 2005. The registration fee will cover:

lunches in IIASA's cafeteria during the workshop days,
Heuriger dinner,
refreshements during coffee breaks,
scheduled bus transportation between the workshop hotel in Vienna and IIASA,
a copy of abstracts.

The participants will receive an email with payment instructions for the registration fee.

The organizers have limited funds for covering the registration fee for participants who will need it. Please make sure to select the corresponding option on the preregistration form, if you want to apply for this support.

Miscellaneous:

Please consult the accommodation information well in advance.
All workshop participants are welcome to use the workshop bus.
All workshop participants are cordially invited to a Heuriger, a traditional Austrian dinner, which will be held on Tuesday , August 30th, evening (starting at about 18:30) at:
Richardshof, Am Richarshof 248, A-2352 Gumpoldskirchen,
tel. (0-2236)-23544

Please e-mail questions and/or suggestions regarding the organization of the workshop to:
csm@iiasa.ac.at

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