Call for Proposals - Workshops/Sessions/Papers
Advanced Network Conference, 18th APAN Meetings
Cairns, Austrailia
July 2 - 7, 2004

Program Committee is now accepting proposals of workshops/sessions/papers
at the Advanced Network Conference of 18th APAN  Meetings in Cairns, Austrailia.
The Conference will be held along with various APAN WG/Committee Meetings,
QuestNet2004, and related Meetings. For more information, refer to APAN home page,
/meetings/cairns2004/.

Conference Areas:
The Conference workshops consist of the following areas. However, any topics
related to advancing technologies, applications, educations, and global
collaborations of high-performance networks is welcome.

   Natural Resources
   eScience
   Network Technology and Engineering
   Application Technology
   Network Research*

* Network Research Workshop Program Committee accepts full reseach papers.
  Please refer to   'Call for Papers' </meetings/cairns2004/cfp-au.htm > for details.

Selection process:
- Proposals submitted by Jan. 28 for organizing workshops/sessions will be
  evaulated at the program committee meeting in Honolulu(Jan 30).
- Candidate organizers are encouraged to make a short presentation at the meeting.
- Later proposals will be accepted by program committee depending on the its relevance
  and availability of slots.

Submission:
Proposals for workshops/sessions should be in plain text format. You may use the template at the end. Proposals should be submitted to: jane@apan.net.

Important Dates:
2004.1.28 Due initial proposals
2004.2.10 Notification of initial workshops and sessions
2004.2.28 Due formal(or late) workshop/session proposals with at least 1speakers
2004.3.31 Final notification of workshops with session lists

For further information, please contact Jane Zhu(jane@apan.net)

Template for Workshop Proposal:
Title of Proposal (Workshop, Sessions, BOF meeting)
Authors/Date:

1. Title of workshop (or BOF):
2. Workshop committee chair(s) and members:
3. Objectives:
4. Target audience:
5. Expected number of participants:
6. Preferred time(e.g. 7.2fri morning):
7. Number of sessions(one session is 90 minutes):
8. Candidate session chairs and speakers with topics:
9. Remarks(including special arrangement if any):

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