ER 2004 CALL FOR TUTORIALS

ER2004 Call for Tutorials 

23rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling 
November 8-12, 2004, Shanghai, China 

http://www.cs.fudan.edu.cn/er2004 
Mirror site at National University of Singapore 
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~er2004/ 


INTRODUCTION

High-quality tutorials are a long-standing tradition in ER 
conferences. They complement the depth-oriented technical 
sessions by providing participants with broad overviews of emerging 
fields or clear syntheses of results in existing fields. 

The ER 2004 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials to 
be held as part of the conference program or in conjunction with the 
conference. Proposals may be submitted for 90-minute tutorials, to 
be held within the main conference stream, or for half day (3 hour) 
or full day (6 hour) tutorials, to be held as pre-conference tutorials.
Please note that tutorials are not be intended to advocate a single 
avenue of research, nor should they promote a product.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

Proposals must be submitted electronically, before the submission 
deadline of May 10, 2004, to both Tutorial Chairs: 
Jianzhong Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China 
lijzh-KIuLpTiJfBiPQbnJrJN+5g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Stefano Spaccapietra, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Stefano.Spaccapietra-p8DiymsW2f8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

The recommended format is a .pdf or .doc file.

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES 

Tutorial proposals should contain the following information: 
- Tutorial Title 
- Instructor: full name and contact address, email, phone 
- Abstract: A brief description of the content and goals of the 
tutorial, suitable for publication on the conference website.
- Outline:  Include rough time allocations. 
- Scope: Is this a survey of several related topics, or an in-depth 
study of one topic? 
- Intended Audience 
- Motivation 
- Objectives: What will the participants learn? 
- Prior History: If the instructor has given a similar tutorial 
previously, explain when and where, and estimate attendance. 
- Biographical Sketch 
- Major References: Demonstrating evidence about the proposer's 
presentation ability 
- Supplementary Material: Anything that might help the reviewers 
in the evaluation of the proposal. In particular, if the tutorial has 
already been given elsewhere, please include a copy of the 
presentation slides.

REVIEW PROCESS 

Tutorial proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their estimated 
benefit for prospective participants and on their fit within the 
tutorials program as a whole. Factors to be considered include: 
relevance, timeliness, importance, and audience appeal; suitability 
for presentation in the proposed time frame; and past experience 
and qualifications of the instructors. Selection is also based on the 
overall distribution of topics, expected attendance, and specialties 
of the intended audiences. It may happen that not all tutorials of 
technical merit can be accommodated within the tutorials program.



IMPORTANT DATES 

May 10, 2004            Tutorial proposals due 

July 5, 2004            Acceptance Notification 




For further information, please contact the tutorial chairs 



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