7th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science
AGILE 2004: GI in the European Research Area Herakleion,
Crete, Greece
April 29th - May 1st 2004
http://agile2004.iacm.forth.gr/
CALL FOR PAPERS
On behalf of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories, it is a pleasure to invite you to participate in the 7th AGILE Conference on GI Science to be held in Herakleion, Crete, Greece, from April 29th until May 1st 2004.
The scientific programme committee will evaluate long abstracts, each of which shall include a full description of the research undertaken and concrete results. Full papers will be published on the AGILE web site and a CD-ROM (with ISBN) to be distributed at the conference. Optionally authors may submit abstracts for AGILE publication and then full papers to selected academic journals (normal peer reviewing rules apply) which have expressed interest in supporting AGILE special issues".
Conference Themes
Contributions will be considered on all GI-related research themes, however the programme committee especially requests high quality submissions on the following conference themes, many coming from the AGILE research agenda:
Conference streams will be organized under the guidance of the AGILE Working Groups, according to the topics of the papers accepted. For a description of the Working Groups see http://www.agile-online.org/
Papers
Long abstracts (2000 to 3000 words) should describe the nature and relevance of the problem, the research undertaken, and concrete results if any. Reviews, tutorials and conference reports are not encouraged, but may be admitted if quality is high and topic is especially strategic. Abstracts should approximate the format of the model found at http://agile2004.iacm.forth.gr/ (Agile2004-modelAbst.pdf).
Final papers should strive for scientific journal quality, including full references and proper English language usage, and shall have a maximum extension of 11 pages, following the template and format details to be provided.
Overly general abstracts, and those which are of poor quality, will be rejected. (In 2003 approximately 50% of abstracts submitted were accepted for oral presentation.)
Posters
A limited number of scientific posters will be displayed at the 2004 conference. Poster presentations are expected to be of the same high quality as presented papers, however their format will normally be of a more graphic nature. Thus, posters also must be submitted as long abstracts, with relevant graphics included.
Submissions
Long abstracts should be sent in MS-Word or RTF format (please Zip files of more than 1MB), via e-mail to Fred Toppen using the following link: mailto:f.toppen@geog.uu.nl / subject=Agile2004abstract before December 1st 2003.
Review process
Each abstract will be independently reviewed by 3 programme committee members. Their individual scores will be evaluated by a small sub committee and result in one of the following final decisions: accepted, or accepted on the condition that suggestions for improvement will be incorporated, or rejected. Notification of this decision will take place early February 2004.
At the conference, prizes will be awarded to the best paper and poster, courtesy of a corporate AGILE affiliate member.
Deadlines
Reception of long abstracts: before 01 December 2003 Acceptance/Conditional acceptance/Rejection notification: 04 February 2004 Reception* of full papers and revised abstracts: before 01 March 2004 7th AGILE Conference: April 29 - May 01 2004 * Assuming author wishes to publish on the AGILE CD-ROM
The programme committee reserves the right to reject full papers for publication if format guidelines are not adhered to (the programme committee will not re-edit papers), and if the registration fee has not been paid by April 1st . Proof of payment should be added to the final paper or sent to Fred Toppen (fax INT-31- 30-2540604).
Scientific Programme Committee
Local Organisation Committee
*Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Pre-conference workshops
The conference organizers will promote and if possible support the organization of pre-conference workshops, preferably in co-operation with AGILE Working Groups. At this moment, the AGILE Working Group on Interoperability intends to organize such a pre-conference workshop. The theme will be 'Interoperability & SDI-hands on experiences'. The workshop will be organized in conjunction with OGC-E and should group 'best practice' presentations, practical SDI & interoperability experiences and new developments in the GI-Interoperability-arena. Other Working Groups will presumably follow.
Conference venue and registration
The Conference will take place at the Athina Palace Hotel (http://www.iberostar-athinapalace.com ). This hotel is located 15 km west of Herakleion. An attractive fee, including conference and accommodation, will be negotiated and communicated as soon as possible. Up to date information will be available on the conference web site. Also, a registration form will be made available later this Fall.
Additional information
Additional information can be found at the official conference web site http://agile2004.iacm.forth.gr/ or at the AGILE web site at http://www.agile-online.org . (Please check it from time to time, for conference updates.)
We look forward to receiving your abstract for the conference in Herakleion.
Sincerely,
Fred Toppen, Chair of the AGILE 2004 Programme Committee Poulicos Prastacos, Chair of the AGILE 2004 Local Organisation Committee