The conference invites the submission of proposals for workshops on novel and highly innovative themes in the field of Geographic Information Science. The workshop proposal should be not longer than 2 pages and contain the following information:
Theme of the workshop and topics of interest and how these relate to the overall conference
Names, affiliations, and research interest of the organizers
Intended workshop audience
Information on how to attract submissions and/or participants
Number of participants that is expected
Goals and expected outcome of the workshop
Selection process of participants, time line and the type of contributions
Schedule and organization of the workshop
We encourage having an international team of organizers (2 or 3) for a workshop who are from different institutions. We will aim for a balanced workshop program trying to avoid overlapping themes. Organizers are expected to be active themselves in the field where they propose a workshop.
Full papers, consisting of maximum 6000-word manuscripts, will be thoroughly reviewed by 3 members of the international program committee. High-quality submissions will be accepted for presentation at the conference and published in the Springer LNCS - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (www.springeronline.com/lncs). Manuscripts must describe original work that has not been published before nor is currently under review somewhere else. Papers must be written in English according to the Springer LNCS formatting guidelines.
Full papers due February 29, 2008
Paper notification April 28, 2008
Extended abstracts of 500-1000 words, describing work in progress, will be screened by the program committee. People submitting extended abstracts can request either a presentation or a poster. Those submissions selected will be published in a book in the ifgi-Prints series and presented either orally or as posters at the conference. Extended abstracts must be written in English according to the formatting guidelines.
