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    Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
    Toronto, May 10-14, 2010
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    Intelligent Agent Technology
    August 31-September 3, 2010
 

 

  




Are you considering organizing a conference? or starting a new conference? Think about requesting sponsorship from SIGART!

The ACM organizer conference manual provides all the information you need to start a conference and to request in-cooperation or sponsorship from SIGART. The manual includes a description of the criteria and rules to follow, plus the various forms required.

In brief, a in-cooperation conference is a conference sponsored by another organization. This arrangement implies no financial involvement from SIGART, and it is straightforward to obtain, provided that

  1. The conference has an open call for participation and a clearly documented evaluation and review process.
  2. The conference has a clearly identified organization structure, with conference/program chair, program committee, etc.
  3. The conference is not sponsored by a for-profit organization; some forms of corporate funding are allowed.
  4. ACM requires that registration fees and proceedings costs are the same for ACM members as for other sponsoring organizations, and there is no differentiation in registration fees between academic and corporate participants.
In-cooperation provides many benefits:
  1. The ACM SIGART logo and name can be used on any publicity about the conference.
  2. The conference will be listed in the ACM calendar.
  3. The announcement of the conference will be posted on the SIGART Wiki.

For information on how to obtain the in-cooperation status read the SIG Conference Manual - In-Cooperation Conference Guidelines and submit to ACM the InCooperation Technical Meeting Request Forms [InCoop TMRF] using the on-line application.

A sponsored or co-sponsored conference is a conference for which SIGART assumes financial and technical responsibility. Proceedings have to be copyrighted by ACM and be in the Digital Library, unless specific agreements are in place with the co-sponsors.

To request sponsorship from SIGART contact the SIGART Chair to discuss the conference. Please provide the following information:
  1. Name, time and place of the conference.
  2. Focus of the conference.
  3. Intended audience and size.
  4. Organization of the conference.
  5. Description of any prior instantiations of the conference. Include as much information as you have on date, organizers, paper submission/acceptance counts, attendance, site, budget, and registration fees.
  6. List any financial resource, including other sponsorships and grants.