IEEE ICWS 2004 CFP - Regular Paper Submission Deadline Extended to Feb. 9, 2004

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    2004 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2004) 
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    Theme: Convergence of Web Services, Grid Computing, e-Business and 
Autonomic Computing 
    July 6-9, 2004, San Diego, California, USA 
    http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2004/ 
    
    Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Community for Services 
Computing (TCSC) 
    http://tab.computer.org/tcsc/ 
    
    
    
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    ICWS 2004 Call for Papers 
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    ICWS is a forum for researchers and industry practitioner to exchange 
information regarding advancements in the state of art research and practice of 
Web Services, to identify emerging research topics, and to define the future 
directions of Web Services computing. ICWS 2004 has special interest in papers 
that contribute to the convergence of Web Services, Grid Computing, e-Business 
and Autonomic Computing, or those that apply techniques from one area to 
another. The industry application areas that are of interest are 
business-to-business integration, business process integration and management, 
content management, e-sourcing, composite Web services creation, design 
collaboration for computer engineering, multimedia communication, digital TV, 
and interactive Web solutions. Currently, Grid computing has also started to 
leverage Web services to define standard interfaces for Business Gr
 id services and generic reusable Grid resources. 
    
    As the first academic conference in the field of Web services, the 2003 
First International Conference on Web Services (ICWS'03) was held at the Monte 
Carlo Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 23 - 26, 2003, attracting hundreds of 
participants from 25 countries (USA, India, France, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, 
Singapore, Australia, Canada, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, 
Germany, Japan, Italy, Korea, Thailand, Finland, Austria, New Zealand, Poland, 
and Turkey). ICWS'03 has proven to be an excellent catalyst for research and 
collaboration. With the growing interests of Web Services in both business and 
scientific information management practice, we fully expect that ICWS 2004 will 
continue this success. The program of ICWS'04 will feature a variety of papers 
on fundamentals, infrastructure, technology support, and business management 
for Web Services. Topics of interest include, 
 but are not limited to, the following: 
    - Mathematical foundations of Web Services 
    - Data Management Issues in Web Services 
    - Frameworks for building Web Service applications 
    - Composite Web Service creation and enabling infrastructures  (e.g., 
workflow technology) 
    - Web Services Modeling & Design 
    - Web Services Discovery & Selection 
    - Semantic Web, Ontologies, and Web Services 
    - Dynamic invocation mechanisms for Web Services 
    - Contractual Issues between provider and consumer of Web Services 
    - Version Management in Web services 
    - Customization of Web Services 
    - Software reusability 
    - Web Services architecture 
    - Web Services Negotiation & Agreement 
    - UDDI and SOAP enhancements 
    - Web Services and Process Management 
    - Trust, Security & Privacy in Web Services 
    - Scalability and Performance of Web Services 
    - Web Services Standards and Technologies 
    - Autonomic Computing for Web Services Infrastructure 
    - Autonomic Middleware and Toolkits for Monitoring and Management 
    - Autonomic e-Business integration and collaboration 
    - Wireless Web, Mobility, and Web Services 
    - Web Service Based Grid Computing and Peer to Peer Computing 
    - Business Grid Solution Architecture 
    - Web Services based Applications for e-Commerce 
    - Quality of service for Web Services 
    - Multimedia applications using Web Services 
    - Grid Architectures, Middleware and Toolkits 
    - Grid Services Integration and Management 
    - Economics and Pricing models of utility computing and Web Services 
    - Resource management of Web Services 
    - Solution Management for Web Services 
    - Adoption of Web Services by organizations 
    - Case studies on Web Services based applications 
    - Business process integration and management using Web Services 
    - Impact of Web Services Architecture on Business continuity 
    - Changing role of Information Technology Departments in Organizations 
    
    
    PUBLICATION: 
    
    All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in 
hardcopy and on-line version by IEEE Computer Society. The selected papers will 
be invited to for submission to the International Journal of Web Services 
Research (JWSR, http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4138) and 
other journals. 
    
    IMPORTANT DATES: 
    
    Feb. 9, 2004 (Monday): Abstract and Paper Submission Due 
    (Extended from Feb. 2, 2004) 
    March 19, 2004 (Friday): Notification of acceptance 
    April 16, 2004 (Friday): Camera-Ready copy & Author Pre-registration due 
    July 6 - July 9, 2004: ICWS'04 International Conference on Web Services 
    
    ON-LINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM: 
    
    The papers should be submitted electronically through the ICWS 2004 Online 
Submission System at 
    http://icws04.cc.gatech.edu/ 
    or 
    http://www.icws.org/. 
    
    PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS 
    
    Prof. Dr. Hemant Jain 
    Wisconsin Distinguished & 
    Tata Consultancy Services Professor 
    School of Business Administration 
    University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee 
    Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA 
    Phone: (414) 229-4832 
    Fax: (414) 229-6957 
    jain-V3m1P2mwIcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    
    Prof. Dr. Ling Liu 
    College of Computing 
    Georgia Institute of Technology 
    801 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta 
    Georgia 30332-0280, USA 
    Phone: (404) 385-1139 
    Fax: (404) 894-9846 
    lingliu-ss4n/k5RZhaUArH+D2fLrA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    
    
    ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 
    
    General Chair: 
    Liang-Jie Zhang (zhanglj-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), IBM T.J. 
Watson Research Center, USA 
    
    Industrial Track Co-Chairs: 
    Sinisa Zimek (sinisa.zimek-y6kNeMnOB+c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), SAP Labs, Inc. 
USA 
    Roger Barga (barga-0li6OtcxBFHby3iVrkZq2A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), Microsoft 
Research, USA 
    
    Tutorials Chairs 
    J. Leon Zhao (lzhao-476Glp4om/5gyGvZe3TC8g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), University of 
Arizona, USA 
    
    Panels Chair: 
    Calton Pu, (calton-ss4n/k5RZhaUArH+D2fLrA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Georgia Tech, 
USA 
    
    Poster Chair: 
    Mario Jeckle (mario-w1K004otp2qzQB+pC5nmwQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), U. of Applied 
Sciences Furtwangen, Germany 
    Graciela Gonzalez (csc_ghg-QP20Ad0Fb3Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), Sam Houston State 
University, USA 
    
    Demo & Exhibits Chair: 
    Simanta Mitra (smitra-KgB/ygH5PX6Vc3sceRu5cw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), Iowa State 
University, USA 
    
    Publication Chair: 
    Jen-Yao Chung (jychung-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), IBM T.J. 
Watson Research Center, USA 
    
    Sponsor Chair: 
    David B. Flaxer (flaxer-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), IBM T.J. 
Watson Research Center, USA 
    
    Local Arrangement Chair: 
    Kwei-Jay Lin, UCI, USA 
    
    Publicity Chairs: 
    Patrick C. K. Hung (Patrick.Hung-uXK74I8fpZ0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), CSIRO, 
Australia 
    Haifei Li, Nyack College, USA 
    Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China 
    
    Web Chair: 
    Carolyn McGregor, U. of Western Sydney, Australia 
    Jia Zhang, Northern Illinois University, USA 
    
    
    PROGRAM COMMITTEE 
    
    Karl Aberer, EPFL, Switzerland 
    Akhilesh Bajaj, University of Tulsa, USA 
    Roger S. Barga, Microsoft Research, USA 
    Claudia M Bauzer Medeiros, UNICAMP, Brazil 
    Elisa Bertino, University of Milano, Italy 
    Krishna Bhagavatula, Tata Consultancy Services America, USA 
    Athman Bouguettaya, Virginia Tech, USA 
    David Buttler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA 
    Mohammed I. Bu-Hulaiga, Joatha Informatics Consulting, Saudi Arabia 
    Fabio Castai, Hewlett-Packard, USA 
    Ugur Cetintemel, Brown University, USA 
    Alok Chaturvedi, Purdue University, USA 
    Michael Champion, Software AG & W3C WS, Architecture WG,USA 
    Jian Chen, Tsinghua University, China 
    Dickson K.W. Chiu, Dickson Computer Systems, Hong Kong 
    David Cheung, HongKong University, Hong Kong 
    Alok Choudhary, Northwestern University, USA 
    Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA 
    Brian F. Cooper, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 
    Terence Critchlow, LLNL, USA 
    Isabel Cruz, U. of Illinois at Chicago, USA 
    Francisco Curbera, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA 
    David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK 
    Asuman Dogac, Middle East Technical University, Turkey 
    Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 
    David Embley, Brigham Young University, USA 
    Opher Etzion, IBM Research Laboratory, Israel 
    Peter Fankhauser, Fraunhofer IPSI, Germary 
    Dieter Fensel, DERI, Ireland 
    Avigdor Gal, Technion, Israel 
    Wolfgang Gentzsch, Sun Microsystems, USA 
    Carole Goble, Univ. Manchester, UK 
    Kumar Goswami, HP Labs, USA 
    Amarnath Gupta, University of California, San Diego, USA 
    Marc N. Haines, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 
    Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA 
    Alan R. Hevner, University of South Florida, USA 
    Michael N. Huhns, University of South Carolina, USA 
    Patrick C.K, Hung, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong 
Kong 
    Kazuo Iwano, IBM Research, Japan 
    Varghese S. Jacob, University of Texas at Dallas, USA 
    Mario Jeckle, University of Applied Sciences, Furtwangen, Germany 
    Vipul Kashyap, National Library of Medicine, USA 
    Daniel S. Katz, JPL/Caltech, USA 
    Martin Kersten, CWI, The Netherlands 
    Michael Kifer, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA 
    Roger (Buzz) King, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA 
    Hiro Kishimoto, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan 
    Hiroyuki Kitagawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan 
    Manolis Koubarakis, TUC, Greece 
    Wen-Syan Li, IBM Almaden, USA 
    Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
    Bertram Ludaescher, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD 
    Sanjay Madria, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA 
    Leo Mark, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 
    Dennis McLeod, Univeristy of Southern California, USA 
    Deependra Moitra, Infosys Technologies Ltd, India 
    MGPL Narayana, Tata Consultancy Services, India 
    Derek L. Nazareth, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 
    Erich J. Neuhold, Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany 
    Murthy Nukala, Composite Software, USA 
    Kesav V. Nori, Tata Consultancy Services, India 
    Beng Chin Ooi, National University of Singapore, Singapore 
    Aris M. Ouksel, U. of Illinois at Chicago, USA 
    Srinivas Padmanabhuni, Infosys Technologies Ltd, India 
    Yannis Papakonstantinou, UCSD, USA 
    Bijan Parsia, Univ. of Maryland, USA 
    Ajit Patankar, UC Berkeley / Diginome, USA 
    Thomas E. Potok, Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL), USA 
    Calton Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 
    Sandeep Purao, Penn State University, USA 
    Uday Ramteerthkar, Tata Research & Development Center, India 
    Louiqa Raschid, University of Maryland, USA 
    T. Ravichandran, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA 
    Berthold Reinwald, IBM Almaden Research Center 
    Arnon Rosenthal, The MITRE Corporation, USA 
    Marcus A. Rothenberger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 
    Akhil Sahai, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, USA 
    Hans-J. Schek, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and UMIT Innsbruck, Austria 
    Todd Schraml, The Revere Group, USA 
    Len Seligman, MITRE, USA 
    Vipul Shah, Tata Consultancy Services America, USA 
    Ming-Chien Shan, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, USA 
    Amit Sheth, University of Georgia, USA 
    Munindar P. Singh, North Carolina State University, USA 
    Il-Yeol Song, Drexel University, USA 
    Rudi Studer, University Karlsruhe, Germany 
    Vijay Sugumaran, Oakland University, USA 
    Katia P. Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 
    Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona, USA 
    Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, U. of Illinois at Chicago, USA 
    Werner Vogels, Cornell University, USA 
    Kaladhar Voruganti, IBM Almaden Research Lab, USA 
    Kyu-Young Whang, KAIST, Korea 
    Clement Yu, U. of Illinois at Chicago, USA 
    Carlo Zaniolo, UCLA, USA 
    Jia Zhang, Northern Illinois University, USA 
    Xiaodong Zhang, William and Mary College, USA 
    Yanchun Zhang, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia 
    Yanqing Zhang, Georgia State University, USA 
    Huimin Zhao, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 
    
    
    
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    ICWS 2004 Industrial Program - Call For Extended Abstracts 
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    The industrial track of ICWS 2004 will be the forum for high quality 
presentations on innovative commercial and industrial software for all facets 
of web services.  These include significant applications leveraging web 
services, standards for web services, business-to-business applications, 
application integration, business process integration and management, content 
management, composite web services, multimedia communication, and benchmarking. 
 Submissions that do not relate to marketplace trends, industry standards, 
commercial software (or industrial-strength prototypes) are discouraged.  You 
are welcome to send email with any questions you might have as you prepare your 
submission to either of the industrial program co-chairs: 
    
      Roger Barga (barga-0li6OtcxBFHby3iVrkZq2A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) or Sinisa 
Zimek (sinisa.zimek@xxxxxxx)   
    
    Authors should submit an extended abstract (5 pages maximum) with the same 
formatting rules as research papers.  Unlike research track, minimal or no 
reviews of submissions will be provided to authors during notification.  
Acceptance criteria will be innovativeness of software and the potential of 
impact.  Please send industrial program submissions by e-mail to the following 
industrial program co-chair: 
    
      Sinisa Zimek (sinisa.zimek-y6kNeMnOB+c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 
    
    to arrive by 5 p.m. US Pacific Standard Time on February 2nd, 2004.  
Submissions that exceed the 5 page limit or arrive after the February 2nd 
deadline may be rejected without further consideration. 
    
    
    
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    ICWS 2004 Tutorial Program - Call For Tutorial 
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    Tutorial proposals should identify the intended audience and outline the 
scope and the depth of material to be covered. Past experience and successes of 
the presenter should be given explicitly and will be considered positively. We 
are particularly interested in tutorials that foster knowledge exchange among 
the researchers present at ICWS 2004. The time allocated for the tutorial is 4 
hours. 
    
    The length of tutorial proposals should not exceed 5 pages including the 
short biographies of tutorial presenters. They should be submitted to the 
tutorial program chair by email to J. Leon Zhao at 
lzhao-476Glp4om/5gyGvZe3TC8g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on or before Friday, March 5, 
2004.  If you need to submit materials in hardcopy, please send to: 
    
    J. Leon Zhao, Ph.D. 
    Associate Professor 
    Department of Management Information Systems 
    Eller School of Management 
    University of Arizona 
    Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 
    
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    ICWS 2004 Posters Program - Call For Posters 
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    ICWS is a forum for researchers and industry practitioner to exchange 
information regarding advancements in the state of the art research and 
practice of Web Services, to identify emerging research topics, and to define 
the future directions of Web Services computing. 
    
    We are planning a highly interactive and participatory meeting, with ample 
room for discussing new ideas, work-in-progress, and thesis and dissertations. 
Our Poster Session will be carefully planned to achieve this goal. It will be 
held on the first day of the conference, combining several forms of interaction 
between presenters and attendees. 
    
--> All accepted posters will be published in a special section of the 
Conference Proceedings in hardcopy and on-line version by IEEE Computer 
Society. Attendees and Conference Chairs will vote for a [0x93]Best 
Poster[0x94] award, which will be given out during a well-attended Conference 
event. 
    
    The poster submission deadline is March 14, 2004 (Sunday), midnight GST. 
    Submissions must follow the same format as conference papers, with a size 
limit of 2 pages. 
    Authors will be notified of acceptance by March 31, 2004. 
    Final copy of accepted poster submissions is due April 16, 2004. 
    The poster submission form may be found below. 
    Questions: Contact Mario Jeckle 
(mario-w1K004otp2qzQB+pC5nmwQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) or Graciela Gonzalez 
(gonzalez@xxxxxxxx) 
    
    **** Purpose and Scope: 
    
    This poster session provides a forum for attendees to illustrate and 
discuss their latest Web Service-related plans, projects, and advances. Posters 
may be on any topic related to the conference, describing emerging or completed 
non-commercial work at your institution. The posters will be an important way 
of sharing what is happening in Web Services research and applications, so 
please feel free to submit one or more posters to the meeting. 
    
    **** Poster Sessions Schedule and Details 
    
    - The Poster Session is scheduled on July 6th. Presenters are required to 
set up their posters at least 2 hours before the official start time of the 
Poster Session, which will be announced with the final Conference Program. 
    - Size of poster displays should be no larger than 4X6 feet. Poster boards 
will be supplied. Poster presenters must furnish all other supplies necessary 
to display their work. 
    - The Poster Session will incorporate four main forms of interaction, 
including: 
    
--> 1. Open Exhibition. Traditional open exhibition of posters, for informal 
discussion with Conference attendees. All poster presenters are required to be 
present at their exhibition when indicated in the schedule, unless presenting 
at the [0x93]Speaker[0x92]s Corner[0x94]. 
    
--> 2. Speaker[0x92]s Corner. All poster presenters will be offered a short 
speaker slot (5-8 minutes) to present their work in a specially designated area 
of the Poster Exhibition floor. The scheduled presentations will be included in 
the program if timely confirmation is received from accepted authors. 
    
    3. Focus Groups. Formal, short presentations (5-10 minutes) and open 
discussion of selected posters in focus groups, held in a Conference Room. 
Schedule and topics will be announced. 
    
    4. Student Forum. PhD students will present their dissertation work to get 
feedback from an advisory committee consisting of university professors and 
industry researchers. Only 8 submissions will be accepted for the Student 
Forum. Please indicate in your email if you are applying for the Student Forum. 
Schedule will be announced. 
    
--> - The schedule and presentation abstracts of posters to be discussed in the 
different [0x93]Focus Groups[0x94] and the [0x93]Student Forum[0x94] will be 
detailed in the Final Program and handed out at registration. 
    
    **** Abstract Submission Procedures: 
    
    Complete the form below.  Only electronic submissions are accepted. E-mail 
to mario-w1K004otp2qzQB+pC5nmwQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and gonzalez@xxxxxxxx before 
midnight, GST, on Sunday, March 14, 2004. 
    
    Submit, as specified in the form below, a plain text email coversheet that 
includes author and submission information and a one-paragraph abstract of 
about 100 words summarizing the submission. Include in this summary a 
description of the problem addressed and specific contributions made. A PDF or 
MSWord file with the full submission following the IEEE format specified for 
the conference must be attached to the email. The attached document must be up 
to two pages long. Submissions that exceed this size will be returned without 
reviewing. 
    
    IEEE ICWS Poster Submission Form 
    
    (Copy and paste            the following headers, complete the information 
indicated, and attach your formatted poster submission. Email to both 
mario-w1K004otp2qzQB+pC5nmwQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and gonzalez@xxxxxxxx ) 
    
    Name(s): 
    
    Institutional Affiliation(s): 
    
    Email: 
    
    Poster Title: 
    
    Consider for Student Forum (yes or no): 
    
       Note: say yes only if the main author is a student, the submission 
describes ongoing dissertation work, and the student wishes to participate in 
the Student Forum. 
    
    Poster Abstract (maximum of 100 words). 
    
    For Further Information: 
    
    Contact ICWS Poster Session Chairs: 
    
    Mario Jeckle (mario-w1K004otp2qzQB+pC5nmwQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), U. of Applied 
Sciences Furtwangen, Germany or 
    Graciela Gonzalez (gonzalez-QP20Ad0Fb3Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), Sam Houston 
State University, USA 
    
    
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    ICWS 2004 Exhibit and Demo Program - Call For Exhibits/Demos 
    ---------------------------------------------------------- 
    The industry exhibition and is a highlight of the 2004 IEEE International 
Conference on Web Services (http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2004). 
Exhibiting companies and research institutions will provide products and 
services in areas such as Web Services, Grid Computing, e-Business, and 
Autonomic Computing. In addition, participating companies will be able to give 
a product presentation in an exhibitor's track. The ICWS 2004 Industry Exhibits 
complement the technical program and feature industry leaders. This exhibition 
is one you will not want to miss! It begins on Wednesday (afternoon) and 
continues through Thursday of ICWS 2004. Vendors may also be interested in 
attending the ICWS 2004 industry talks. 
    
    IEEE ICWS 2004 is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical 
Community for Services Computing (TCSC) and will be colocated with the 2004 
IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (CEC 2004). Over 300 e-business, 
software engineering, data engineering, and Web services professionals are 
expected. To reserve your space, contact the exhibit and demo chair Simanta 
Mitra (smitra AT iastate.edu) or the general chair Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang 
(zhanglj AT us.ibm.com). 
    
    **** Instruction 
    
    To complete booth reservation, please follow the following steps. 
    
    STEP 1: The first step toward reserving a booth at ICWS 2004 is to send 
Simanta Mitra an email stating the following: 
    
    Complete Contact information such as company name, contact name, email, 
phone number, URL, and address The Product/Prototype Name, A short (1 paragraph 
- no more than 3 sentences) describing the product, 
    
    STEP 2: You will need to send Simanta Mitra the signed contract (form is 
available in doc format and pdf format.) and the payment. The exhibition is on 
July 7th and 8th. You can start installing the exhibits on July 7th after 
8:30am. Please fill the forms and send to Simanta Mitra. 
    
    STEP 3: The ICWS 2004 conference has an exhibitors track - i.e. 
presentation by exhibitors about their products/prototypes, services, or 
solution approaches. Send Simanta Mitra 
(smitra-KgB/ygH5PX6Vc3sceRu5cw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) an email with the Name of 
presenter and the Title of Talk. 
    
    **** Exhibit Facilities 
    
    ICWS 2004 will be held at the Westin Horton Plaza Hotel (910 Broadway 
Circle,San Diego, California 92101,United States, Phone 619-239-2200 Fax 
619-239-0509). Adjacent to the renowned Horton Plaza Shopping and Entertainment 
Complex, the Westin Horton Plaza is in the heart of downtown San Diego, with 
easy access to all of San Diego's major tourist and cultural attractions. The 
hotel is located next to the famous Gaslamp Quarter, Southern California's 
premier dining, shopping, and entertainment district, and is within easy 
walking distance of Seaport Village, San Diego's landmark waterfront shopping 
and dining area. 
    
    **** Space Fee: 
    
    ICWS 2004 rates for exhibiting are $1,200 per tabletop for Wednesday - 
Thursday (July 7- July 8). The latest edition of the ICWS 2004 exhibit hall 
floor plan will be relased later. 
    
    
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    ICWS 2004 Sponsor Program - Call for Sponsors 
    ---------------------------------------------------------- 
    The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2004, 
http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2004/ ) is sponsored by the IEEE Computer 
Society Technical Community for Services Computing (TCSC) and will be 
co-located with the 2004 IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (CEC 2004). 
ICWS 2004 will be held on July 6-9, 2004, San Diego, California, USA ICWS 2004 
is a forum for researchers and industry practitioner to exchange information 
regarding advancements in the state of the art research and practice of Web 
Services, to identify emerging research topics, and to define the future 
directions of Web Services computing. As the first academic conference in the 
field of Web services, the 2003 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 
2003) has attracted hundreds of participants from 25 countries (USA, India, 
France, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, 
 UK, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Italy, Korea, 
Thailand, Finland!
 , Austria, New Zealand, Poland, and Turkey). Over 300 e-business, software 
engineering, data engineering, and Web services professionals are expected at 
ICWS 2004. 
    
    The industry sponsor program is a highlight of the 2004 IEEE International 
Conference on Web Services. In ICWS 2004, we will organize high quality regular 
research paper presentation, keynote speeches, industry tracks, industrial 
exhibits and demos, as well as highly interactive poster program. Exhibiting 
companies and research institutions will demonstrate products and services in 
areas such as Web Services, Grid computing, e-Business, and Autonomic 
Computing. The industrial track of ICWS 2004 will be the forum for high quality 
presentations on innovative commercial and industrial software for all facets 
of web services. 
    
    We have offered different-level sponsorships for small-medium companies as 
well as large companies. The sponsorship levels are: 
    
    **** Silver Level 
    Amount: >= 2500 US Dollars 
    
    Benefit: 
    - Your logo will be put on the conference web site 
    - Your logo will be put in the IEEE ICWS 2004 Conference Proceedings and 
final printed advance program 
    - Your company name will be listed in the acknowledgment part in published 
IEEE ICWS 2004 Conference Proceedings 
    - Company publications (maximum of 2 pages) inserted into conference bags   
 One complementary full conference registration 
    
    **** Gold Level 
    Amount: >=4000 US Dollars 
    Benefit: 
    - Silver Level 
    - A free exhibition booth at ICWS 2004 (one free exhibition staff pass) 
    
    **** Platinum Level 
    Amount: >=6000 US Dollars 
    Benefit: 
    - Gold Level 
    - One additional complementary full conference registration 
    - 15-minute presentation opportunity at the Conference Dinner 
    - A Certificate for Appreciation Presented by IEEE ICWS 2004 
    
    In addition, if you are only interested in the exhibition and demos, you 
need to contact the exhibit chair of ICWS 2004.  If you are interested in 
sponsoring other professional activities organized by the IEEE Computer Society 
Technical Community for Services Computing (TCSC), please contact the TCSC 
chair, Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang (zhanglj AT ieee.org). 
    
    **** Deadline: 
    April 16 2004: General Sponsorship (Platinum, Gold, And Silver) 
    April 16 2004: Corporate Logo submission deadline 
    
    For more information on how to sponsor the 2004 IEEE International 
Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2004), please feel free to contact the sponsor 
chair David B. Flaxer (flaxer AT us.ibm.com) or the general chair Liang-Jie 
(LJ) Zhang (zhanglj AT ieee.org) 
    
    Download the IEEE ICWS 2004 Sponsorship Opportunities Form Now 
(http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2004/ICWS2004-Sponsor-Form.doc)! 
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