Call for Panel Submissions

ICDE 2005 is expected to bring together leading researchers from academia and industry in Data Engineering, i.e. in topics related to the use of engineering techniques and methodologies in the design, development and assessment of information systems for different computing platforms and application environments.

Among other activities, the conference program includes panels, and the panel committee invites submission of proposals for them. Panel proposals are expected to address new, exciting, and controversial issues. They should be provocative, informative, and entertaining. And there is only little effort for the submission: Panel proposals should include:

1. Summary of the topics to be covered.
2. Name, affiliation and contact information for the panel chair.
3. Names and affiliations of up to four panelists (in addition to the panel chair) who have made a commitment to participate.
4. Short summary of their position statements.
5. Brief biography of each participant.

A mix of industry and academic panel members is encouraged.

Panel proposals should be submitted electronically in ASCII format to one of the members of the Panel Committee consisting of Umesh Dayal (dayal @ hpl.hp.com), Hongjun Lu (luhj @ cs.ust.hk), and Hans Schek (schek @ inf.ethz.ch).

Important Dates

Panel proposal due:	September 1st, 2004
Notification of proposal acceptance:	December 1st, 2004

Looking forward to receiving your submissions

Umesh, Hongjun, Hans