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May 14 - 16, 2007

IFIP SEC 2007
Sandton Convention Centre
Sandton, South Africa.

The 22nd IFIP TC-11 International Information Security Conference will be held in May 14th - May 16th,
2007 at Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa. IFIP SEC 2007 is organized in collaboration with the
Computer Society of South Africa, SBS Conferences and the following universities:

The theme of the conference is: New Approaches for Security, Privacy & Trust in Complex Environments Information is now the most important commodity in a global market. Individuals, businesses and governments are dependable on information embedded in secure, privacy aware and trustworthy IT infrastructures. Classical information security services such as authentication and authorization urgently demand a re-design and improved implementation to ensure security, privacy and trust features in today’s integrated and complex information rich environments.

May 21 - 25, 2007

IM 2007:
Moving from Bits to Business Value
10th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Management
Munich, Germany

IM 2007 will present the latest technical advances in the area of management, operations and control of networks, networking services, networked
applications, and distributed systems. Held in odd-numbered years since 1989 and taking turns with its sibling conference NOMS, IM 2007 will build on the successes of its predecessors and serve as the primary forum for exchange among the research, stan-
dards, vendor and user communities in the field of integrated management.

The symposium is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 6.6 on Management of Networks and Distributed Systems, and by the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management. In addition, IM 2007 is getting essential support from industrial patrons.

May 8, 2008

Document Management Congress
TMAB, Brussels

May 15, 2008

Data-warehouse testing
KVIV, "Ingenieurshuis"
Antwerpen, Belgium

In this presentation the 2 speakers, Cees Dulfer, Anita van Bergenhenegouwe,) will talk about some (forgotten) aspects of DWH testing:
  - Risk analysis for DWH testing
  - Traditional testing against BI testing (8 faults often made)

The presentation will be held Thu May 15 from 19:00 in the "Ingenieurshuis" (Desguinlei 214, 2018 Antwerpen). Following links gives you a little map, how to reach the "Ingenieurshuis": http://www.kviv.be/Over/route.html.

The meeting is free for all who is interested, you only need to subscribe on the TI/KVIV website http://www.ti.kviv.be/softwaretesting , so we can prepare enough hand-outs.

After the presentation you can have a friendly chat with the other participants, having something to drink.

May 22, 2008

Telepresence: Concepts, Theory and Demonstration of the Next-Generation of Immersive Virtual Meeting Rooms
FITCE, PegasusPark, Diegem
Belgium

'Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their true location' (Wikipedia)

On 22 May 2008 FITCE Belgium is delighted to offer you 'Telepresence: Concepts, Theory and Demonstration of the Next-Generation of Immersive Virtual Meeting Rooms'

 During the last year, the market has seen an uptake of solutions delivering an immersive meeting room experience. Goal of these solutions is to offer an environment to remotely located people, giving them the experience of having a meeting virtually together, face to face, in the same room. During this FITCE.be event, we would like to go deeper in the theory and concepts behind these solutions, ending with a real demonstration of such an immersive environment

June 12, 2007

Applications of Computer Science to Space Applications
FUNDP, Namur

UCL and FUNDP are organizing two free MoVES Doctoral School lectures by international experts in the application of two different computer science disciplines, namely verification and planning/scheduling, to ESA and NASA space applications.
Program

Software Verification for Space Applications
Dr. Guillaume Brat, RIACS / NASA Ames, USA

Planning and Scheduling for Space Applications
Ir. Marc Niézette, Vega Group PLC, Germany

Organization
 The lectures are organized as part of the MOVES Doctoral School and as a satellite event of AFADL'07. They will be given in English. Attendance is free to graduate students and researchers from all universities. Participants should register by sending an e-mail to Charles Pecheur <charles.pecheur@uclouvain.be>.

June 13 - 15, 2007

Approches Formelles dans l'Assistance au Développement de Logiciels
AFADL'07 - 8ème édition
 Namur, 13-15 juin 2007

 AFADL fête ses 10 ans!

L'atelier  AFADL a vocation  à rassembler les acteurs académiques et industriels intéressés par l'application de techniques formelles aux différents stades  du développement des logiciels. Cet atelier a pour objectif de faire le point  sur les méthodes, techniques et outils qui sont fondés sur  des approches formelles et qui  permettent d'aider et de contrôler le développement des spécifications et  des programmes.

Contributions

Les contributions porteront plus particulièrement sur :

Soumission

Les auteurs sont invités à soumettre un article d'au plus 15 pages respectant un format analogue au format latex a4, times, french, 11pt. Pour nous aider à planifier le processus de lecture, nous demandons aux auteurs de nous envoyer, trois semaines avant la soumission, le titre de leur contribution ainsi que son résumé à partir de la page "soumission" du site web de l'atelier

A l'issue de cette soumission initiale, les auteurs recevront une URL qui leur permettra de télécharger leur article au format PDF ou PS sur le site web de la conférence.En outre, nous demandons aux auteurs de nous envoyer, par courrier ordinaire, une seule copie papier de leur article. Cet envoi est destiné à détecter des éventuelles défaillances de la procédure électronique et doit nous parvenir dans les huit jours suivant la soumission électronique

DATES IMPORTANTES:
 Déclaration d'intention avec résumé : 21 janvier 2007
 Soumission des articles :             7 février 2007
 Notification d'acceptation :         20 mars 2007
 Texte définitif :                           1 mai 2007
 Dates des journées :                  13-15 juin 2007

June 14-16, 2007

Organisational Dynamics of Technology-based Innovation:
Diversifying the Research Agenda
IFIP8.6 Conference
Manchester, UK

The next IFIP8.6 Conference is being held at Manchester Town Hall from 14th - 16th June 2007. The conference title is ‘Organisational Dynamics of Technology-based Innovation: Diversifying the Research Agenda’. The aim of the conference is to help move forward our understanding of the organisational dynamics of technology-based innovation by diversifying the research agenda in three general areas: theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and organisational sectors (with a specific focus on the public sector).

June 25-27, 2007

Theoretical Aspects of  Rationality and Knowledge
TARK XI
 Brussels, Belgium

The deadline for early registration to TARK (May 15th) is coming close. You'll find the programme and registration instructions on the Web site:
 http://www.tark.be/

June 25-29, 2007

ED-MEDIA 2007
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
Vancouver, BC Canada
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
http://www.aace.org/

COLOR POSTER--ED-MEDIA 2007 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb) http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/ed07poster.pdf

1. Call for Papers and Submission & Presenter Guidelines, Deadline Dec. 19th: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm

2. Major Topics:  www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/topics.htm

3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/categories.htm

4. Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/corporate.htm

5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs

6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/rates.htm

7. Vancouver, BC Canada:  http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/Vancouver/

8. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/deadlines.htm

INVITATION:
ED-MEDIA 2007--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications is an international conference, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications/distance education.

ED-MEDIA, the premiere international conference in the field, spans all disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,500 attendees from over 60 countries. We invite you to attend ED-MEDIA and submit proposals for presentations.

All presentation proposals are peer reviewed and selected by three reviewers on the respected international Program Committee for inclusion in the conference program, proceedings book, and CD-ROM proceedings.

All authors MUST follow the submission guidelines and complete the Web form at: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/submitguide.htm

TOPICS
The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics as they relate to the educational and developmental aspects of multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications:

1. Infrastructure: (in the large)
     - Architectures for Educational Technology Systems
     - Design of Distance Learning Systems
     - Distributed Learning Environments
     - Methodologies for system design
     - Multimedia/Hypermedia Systems
     - WWW-based course-support systems

2. Tools & Content-oriented Applications:
     - Agents
     - Authoring tools
     - Evaluation of impact
     - Interactive Learning Environments
     - Groupware tools
     - Multimedia/Hypermedia Applications
     - Research perspectives
     - Virtual Reality
     - WWW-based course sites, WWW-based learning resources, WWW-based tools

3. New Roles of the Instructor & Learner:
     - Constructivist perspectives
     - Cooperative/collaborative learning
     - Implementation experiences
     - Improving Classroom Teaching
     - Instructor networking
     - Instructor training and support
     - Pedagogical Issues
     - Teaching/Learning Strategies

4. Human-computer Interaction (HCI/CHI):
     - Computer-Mediated Communication
     - Design principles
     - Usability/user studies
     - User interface design

5. Cases & Projects:
     - Country-Specific Developments
     - Exemplary projects
     - Institution-specific cases
     - Virtual universities

6. Special Strand:  ** Universal Web Accessibility  **
    - Emerging Technologies & Accessibility
    - Infrastructure, Technology & Techniques
    - International Challenges
    - New Roles for Teachers/Learners
    - Other: Research, Library Issues, etc.
    - Policy and Law
    - Site Management Considerations

PROCEEDINGS & PAPER AWARDS:
http://www.aace.org/pubs
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Proceedings Book and on CD-ROM. Proceedings in this series serve as major resources in the multimedia/ hypermedia/telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of the art in the discipline.  In addition, the Proceedings also are internationally distributed through and archived in the Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org

Selected papers may be invited for publication in may be invited for publication in AACE's respected journals especially in the - Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH), - International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ), or - Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).

All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards within several categories.
Award winning papers may be invited for publication in the AACE journals.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/rates.htm

The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $450 U.S. (non-members). Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions except tutorials. The conference dinner will be an extra fee.

All conference sessions will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel  (http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/hotel.htm).

VANCOUVER, BC CANADA: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/Vancouver
For further Vancouver information see: http://www.tourismvancouver.com

DEADLINES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/deadlines.htm

Submissions Due:          December 19, 2006
Authors Notified:             February 23, 2007
Proceedings File Due:    May 2, 2007
Early Registration:          May 2, 2007
Hotel Reservations:        May 25, 2007
Conference:                   June 25-29, 2007

To be added to the mailing list for this conference, link to  http://www.aace.org/info.htm

If you have a question about ED-MEDIA, please send an e-mail to AACE Conference Services, conf@aace.org

Contact:
AACE--Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327  USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org  *  http://www.AACE.org

June 27 - 29, 2007

IMICT 2007
Working Joint IFIP Conference:
WG3.1 Secondary Education, WG3.5 Primary Education
Informatics, Mathematics, and ICT:
a ‘golden triangle’
College of Computer and Information Science
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Conference Themes

Using ICT for enhancing learning
Teaching / learning strategies
Improving classroom teaching
In-service education and training
Special challenges
New Media

Fundamentals of Informatics Education
Information literacy
Problem solving, modelling and programming
Understanding of informatics systems
Best practice examples
Development of learning aids
International educational standards

Mathematics teaching and learning
ICT and Mathematics
Simulation models and tools
Assessment
New didactics
Gaming

We are very happy to have three very distinguished keynotes:

July 6 - 8, 2007

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-LEARNING 2007
Lisbon, Portugal

(http://www.elearning-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2007)
Lisbon, Portugal, 3 to 8 July 2007
(http://www.mccsis.org)

Keynote Speakers
Professor George Siemens, Associate Director, R&D Learning Technologies Centre, University of Manitoba, Canada
Professor Gráinne Conole, The Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK

Conference background and goals
The IADIS e-Learning 2007 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within e-Learning. This conference covers both technical as well as the non-technical aspects of e-Learning. The conference accepts submissions in the following six main areas: Organisational Strategy and Management Issues; Technological Issues; e-Learning Curriculum Development Issues; Instructional Design Issues; e-Learning Delivery Issues; e-Learning Research Methods and Approaches (please see below).

Organisational Strategy and Management Issues (main area)

Technological Issues (main area)

e-Learning Curriculum Development Issues (main area)

Instructional Design Issues (main area)
- Designing e-Learning Settings
- Developing e-Learning Pilots and Prototypes
- Creating e-Learning Courses
- Designing e-Learning Tasks

e-Learning Delivery Issues (main area)
- e-Delivery in different contexts
- Online Assessment
- Innovations in e-Assessment
- e-Moderating
- e-Tutoring
- e-Facilitating
- Leadership in e-Learning Delivery
- Networked Information and Communication Literacy Skills
- Participation and Motivation in e-Learning

e-Learning Research Methods and Approaches (main area)

Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-LEARNING 2007
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@elearning-conf.org/
Web site: http://www.elearning-conf.org/

July 9-13, 2007

Open Working Conference on
Education, Training and Life Long Learning for IT Professionals
IFIP Working Group 3.4 in collaboration with Special Interest Group 3.8

This IFIP Open Working Conference will address aspects related to:

  1. The integration of IT knowledge and practice with other vocational and professional education,
  2. The on-going professional development of IT practitioners,
  3. The provision of initial and on-going IT training and education for non-IT professionals to enable them to use and contribute to the development of IT systems,
  4. The use of computer-based training methods in the delivery of education of professionals

Plus life long learning aspects relating to the above.

Papers and workshops that address issues relating to Continuous Professional Development would be particularly welcome. In this area Working Group 3.4 has a particular interest with regard to approaches and mechanisms that would assist in ensuring that professionals are familiar with current best practice and relevant proven methodologies.

Full details via: http://www.businessandlaw.vu.edu.au/ifip34/

Submissions of extended abstracts for papers and proposals for workshops are required on or before 5th March

September 18-19, 2007

ISAAC18
Advanced Techniques in Applied and Numerical Acoustics

ISMA32
Advanced Course on Modal Analysis
K.U.Leuven, Belgium

The Noise & Vibration research group of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the K.U.Leuven is pleased to inform you about ISAAC18 and ISMA32.

ISAAC18 is the 18th edition of our annual seminar on "Advanced Techniques in Applied and Numerical Acoustics" which will take place from September 18th till 19th 2007 in Leuven, Belgium. It is set up as an extended overview of some recent techniques in applied and numerical acoustics with emphasis on background principles and on practical use of the techniques. You can find the full program of the seminar and some practical information on http://www.isma-isaac.be/course/isaac18/

ISMA32 is the 32nd edition of our advanced course on Modal Analysis which will take place from September 18th till 19th 2007 in Leuven, Belgium. The course gives a general introduction to modal testing with emphasis on data-acquisition and multi-channel modal testing. It is an intensive training course, where theoretical lectures are illustrated by integrated demonstrations and discussions on relevant industrial case studies. You can find the full program of the course and some practical information on http://www.isma-isaac.be/course/isma32/

We are looking forward to sharing with you our well-established expertise in the field of noise and vibration engineering and to meeting you or one of your colleagues in Leuven next September.

Yours sincerely,

Prof. W. Desmet,        Prof. W. Heylen,
ISAAC18 chairman        ISMA32 chairman

Prof. P. Sas,
Head of the K.U.Leuven Noise & Vibration research group

Do not hesitate to contact the ISAAC & ISMA
secretary for more information.

Mrs. Lieve Notré
K.U.Leuven, PMA Division
Celestijnenlaan 300B, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Tel : (32) 16322482, Fax : (32) 16322987
e-mail : mailto:lieve.notre at mech.kuleuven.be

September 25-28, 2007

IEEE Congress on
Evolutionary Computation (CEC)
Swisshotel The Stamford, Singapore
http://www.cec2007.org/

We would like to invite you to attend the 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC). Sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and co-sponsored by the Evolutionary Programming Society and the IET, the CEC 2007 will be held in Singapore, September 25-28, 2007. The annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation is one of the leading events in the area of evolutionary computation. It covers all topics in evolutionary computation, including, but not limited to:

CEC 2007 will feature a world-class conference that aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of evolutionary computation and computational intelligence from all around the globe. Technical exchanges within the research community will encompass keynote speeches, over 30 special sessions, over 10 tutorials and workshops, panel discussions as well as poster presentations. On top of these, participants will be treated to a series of social functions, receptions and networking sessions, which will serve as a vital channel to establish new connections and foster everlasting friendship among fellow counterparts.

Singapore is a vibrant commercial and financial hub, which at the same time also serves its role as a melting pot for the fusion of a diverse mix of many different cultures. Visitors to this tropical island resort will be treated to a great array of interesting attractions, festival celebrations and cultural events, not forgetting the one-stop shopping and eating experience in this entertainment paradise. The conglomeration of all the different elements will definitely give visitors of Singapore an exciting and unforgettable experience.

The IEEE/CIS Student Travel Grant Program offers a number of travel grants to assist IEEE/CIS Student Members presenting papers at IEEE CEC 2007. For more information, please see the conference website at http://www.cec2007.org.

Workshop on Preparing Academics for a Business World

The Workshop will include three coordinated contributions as listed below. There will be ample opportunity for the audience to interact during the presentation

Part 1:  Marketing Applied Computational Intelligence
Arthur Kordon, The Dow Chemical Company

Part 2: Working with Industry: Running research and consultancy activities from an academic base
Ian Parmee, ACDDM Lab, Bristol UWE
Chief Scientific Officer, Advanced Computational Technologies

Part 3: A Practical Model for Evolutionary Computation Market Introduction
Ali Zalzala, CEO, Hikma Group Ltd

Important Dates:  

September 26 - 28, 2007

iTET Joint Working Conference 2007
Prague, Czech Republic

The mission of the iTET Joint Working Conference is to bring knowledge and experience, advanced technology R&D work relating to technology based/assisted learnings and training, and contemporary and prospective theories and trends together in a balanced forum.

The iTET Joint Working Conference will be held at the medieval buildings of  Prague’s Charles University, Czech Republic.

The iTET Joint Working Conference is organized under the auspice of the IFIP (TC3).

October 15-17, 2007 

International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology
IMCSI
Wisla, Poland

October 15-19, 2007

E-Learn 2007
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate,
Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education
 Quebec City, Canada

 Organized by: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) (http://www.aace.org)
 Co-sponsored by: International Journal on E-Learning (http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel)

NVITATION:
E-Learn 2007 -- World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international, annual conference which serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in these four sectors.

E-Learn, the premiere international, non-commercial conference in the field, spans all disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,000 attendees from over 60 countries. We invite you to attend E-Learn and submit proposals for presentations.

All presentation proposals are peer reviewed and selected by three reviewers on the respected international Program Committee for inclusion in the conference program, proceedings book, and CD-ROM proceedings.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $465 U.S. (non-members). Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions except tutorials. The conference dinner will be an extra fee.

All conference sessions will be held at the Quebec City Convention Centre (http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/hotel.htm) located in historic and quaint Quebec City and in walking distance to the city's shopping, restaurants, museums, and historic sights.  Special discount hotel have been obtained for E-Learn participants.

QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/QuebecCity

Quebec City lies on the St. Lawrence River, roughly three hours east of Montreal. The city is the second-oldest existing European settlement in Canada. Stroll through the streets of Quebec City and experience the many historic sites, shops, boutiques, handicraft stands, over 1000 restaurants and pubs, museums, art galleries, , etc.

Explore Quebec City online at:  http://www.quebecregion.com/e/

DEADLINES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

Submissions Due:          April 26, 2007
Authors Notified:             May 31, 2007
Proceedings File Due:    Sept. 6, 2007
Early Registration:          Sept. 6, 2007
Conference:                   Oct. 15-19, 2007

October 18, 2007

Business Intelligence
TMAB
Business Faculty, Brussels, Belgium

October 25-26, 2007         

The International RuleML Symposium
RuleML-2007
Rule Interchange and Applications
 Orlando, Florida
http://2007.ruleml.org/

Co-located with:

The 10th International Business Rules Forum
http://www.businessrulesforum.com/

In Co-operation with:  ECCAI, IEEE Computer TCAAS

Co-located with the 10th International Business Rules Forum, the International Symposium on Rule Interchange and Applications (RuleML-2007) is the first symposium devoted to work on practical distributed rule technologies and rule-based applications which need language standards for rules operating in the context of, e.g., the Semantic Web, Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems, Event-Driven Architectures and Service-Oriented Computing Applications. After a series of successful RuleML workshops and then conferences (e.g. http://2006.ruleml.org), this is a new kind of event where the Web Logic community joins the established, practically oriented Forum of the Business Rules community (http://www.businessrulesforum.com) to help cross-fertilizing between Web and Business Logic technology.

The goal of RuleML-2007 is to bring together rule system providers, representatives of, and participants in, rule standardization efforts (e.g., RuleML, RIF, PRR, CL, SBVR) and open source rules communities (e.g., jBoss Rules , Jess, Prova, OO jDrew, Mandarax, XSB, XQuery), practitioners and technical experts, developers, users, and researchers. They will be offered an exciting venue to exchange new ideas, practical developments and experiences on issues related to the engineering, management, integration, interoperation and interchange of rules in open distributed environments such as the Web.

A particular focus will be on practical issues such as technical contributions and show case demonstrations of effective, practical, deployable rule-based technologies, rule interchange formats and applications as well as discussions of lessons learned that have to be taken into account when employing rule-based technologies in distributed, (partially) open, heterogeneous environments. We also welcome theoretical contributions that help to build an effective, practical, and deployable rule standard, improve rule technology, provide better understanding of the integration and interchange of rules, and make the current generation of rule engines and rule technology more usable for advanced Web and Service Oriented Architectures.

RuleML-2007 Challenge
To place emphasis on the practical use of rule technologies in distributed Web-based environments there will be a RuleML-2007 Challenge with a focus on rule interoperation and interchange. The challenge offers participants the chance to demonstrate their commercial and open source tools, use cases, and applications. Prizes will be awarded to the two best applications. All accepted demos will be presented in a highly publicized Challenge Session, first sequentially for the RuleML-2007 plenary, and then in more detail on demand. The two award-winning ones will be presented in special time slots. Intentionally, this year's challenge does not define a specific task, data set, application domain, or technology to be used because the potential applicability of rules is very broad.

Organizing Committee

General Chair
Said Tabet, Inferware Corp.
stabet AT ruleml.org

Program Co-Chairs
- Adrian Paschke, Technical University Munich, Germany. paschke AT in.tum.de
- Yevgen Biletskiy, University of New Brunswick, Canada. biletski AT unb.ca

Challenge Co-Chairs
- Alexander Kozlenkov, Betfair Ltd., London, UK . alex.kozlenkov AT betfair.com
- Ralph Hodgson, TopQuadrant, Inc., Mountain View, USA. rhodgson AT topquadrant.com

Panel Chair
John Hall, Model Systems, UK. john.hall AT modelsys.com

Publicity Chair
Suzette Stoutenburg, MITRE Corporation, USA
suzette AT mitre.org
Sponsoring levels: http://2007.ruleml.org/sponsoring/

November 8, 2007

e-Health Congress
TMAB, Agoria, e-Heatlh Platform
Surfhouse, Brussels, Belgium

November 15, 2007

Identity Management Congress
TMAB
Business Faculty, Brussels, Belgium

November 19, 2007

ADA congress '07
Empowering youth & women towards ICT
Your key to the future of ICT
Brussels, Belgium

More information: voor nederlandstaligen - pour les francophones

November 22, 2007

Content Management Congress
TMAB
Business Faculty, Brussels, Belgium

November 29, 2007

Application Integration Congress
TMAB
Business Faculty, Brussels, Belgium

December 4, 2007

e-Government 2007
TMAB
Kinepolis, Brussels

December 7-9, 2007                     

 IADIS International Conference on
Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2007)
Algarve, Portugal
http://www.celda-conf.org/

Co-located with the
IADIS International Conference on e-Commerce 2007
http://www.ecommerce-conf.org/

Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Information and Systems in Education

Keynote Speakers :
Professor Paul A. Kirschner, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Professor Angelique Dimitracopoulou, University of the Aegean, Greece

Tutorial Expert:
Paul Barach, University of Miami, USA

Conference background and goals
The IADIS CELDA 2007 conference aims to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivism, student-centered learning and collaborative approaches have emerged and are being supported by technological advancements such as simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems. These developments have created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as pedagogical issues related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified. However innovative contributions that do not easily fit into these areas will also be considered as long as they are directly related to the overall theme of the conference ? cognition and exploratory learning in the digital age.

Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks, oral presentations for discussion-oriented papers, and poster sessions for work-in-progress. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM.

Authors of the best published papers in the CELDA 2007 proceedings will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in a special issue of the International Journal on Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning (TICL) - ISSN: 1540-0182 (print) / 1540-0174 (on-line).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas:
- Acquisition of expertise
- Assessing progress of learning in complex domains
- Assessment of exploratory learning approaches
- Assessment of exploratory technologies
- Cognition in education
- Collaborative learning
- Educational psychology
- Exploratory technologies (such as simulations, VR, i-TV and so on)
- Just-in-time and Learning-on-Demand
- Learner Communities and Peer-Support
- Learning Communities & Web Service Technologies
- Pedagogical Issues Related with Learning Objects
- Learning Paradigms in Academia
- Learning Paradigms in Corporate Sector
- Life-long Learning
- Student-Centered Learning
- Technology and mental models
- Technology, learning and expertise
- Virtual University

Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 13 July 2007
- Notification to Authors: until 28 September 2007
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 15 October 2007
- Late Registration: After 15 October 2007

Conference Location
The conference will be held in Algarve, Portugal.  

Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CELDA 2007
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@celda-conf.org    
Web site: http://www.celda-conf.org/

Program Committee

- Conference Chair
Pedro Isaias, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal

- Program Co-Chairs
Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand
Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece
J. Michael Spector, Florida State University, USA

- Committee Members: please see http://www.celda-conf.org/committees.asp for
updated list.

Co-located Conference:
This conference is co-located with the IADIS International Conference on
e-Commerce 2007 (http://www.ecommerce-conf.org/) - participants of one conference may attend the sessions from the other conference at no extra charges.

December 10 - 14, 2007

Javapolis 2007
The most important Java conference in Europe!
Metropolis, Antwerp, Belgium

December 13, 2007

Disaster Recovery Congress
TMAB
Business Faculty, Brussels, Belgium

January 11, 2008

IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award

In 1991, IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) Working Group 9.2. created an IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award. The Namur Award is a biennial award to be accorded for an outstanding contribution with international impact to the awareness of social implications of information technology. More information about this Award and the 8 first winners may be found at : http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~jbl/IFIP/award.html

The Ninth IFIP-WG9.2 "NAMUR AWARD" will be given to Mr. Daniel PIMIENTA from the Dominican Republic. Founder of FUNREDES, an international NGO that promotes the diffusion of Information Technology in developing countries, and mainly in Latin America and the Caribbean. In other words, he belongs to the people that work on "ICT for development" (ICT4D). Further information may be found at http://www.funredes.org/pimienta

The Ninth IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award ceremony will take place on Friday January 11th, 2008 at 17.00, in the Faculté d'Informatique, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix - Namur (21, Rue Grandgagnage) and will be followed by a reception where you are also cordially invited.

During the ceremony, Mr. Daniel PIMIENTA will deliver the 9th IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award Lecture:
Digital Divide, Social Divide, Paradigmatic Divide: Report of Years of Field Experience of FUNREDES and MISTICA Project.

For reason of organisation of the reception, could you confirm your presence?

Address to reply:
Laura Oger
IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award
Faculté d'Informatique
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
Rue Grandgagnage, 21
B. 5000 NAMUR
Email : laura.oger@fundp.ac.be & jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be

February 9, 2008

FOSDEM 2008
Brussels

February 12, 2008

European ICT standardisation policy at a crossroads: A new direction for global success
EC, Brussels

We would like to inform you of an open high-level conference ‘European ICT standardisation policy at a crossroads: A new direction for global success’ that is being held by the European Commission in Brussels on 12th of February. The aim of this conference is to find possible political improvements to the European ICT standardisation system and discuss issues relating to the future of European ICT standardisation policy. Vice-president of the European Commission responsible for Enterprise and Industry, Günter Verheugen, will deliver the keynote speech.

Background to the conference
The European standardisation system aims to balance industrial requirements with society’s expectations and to provide public authorities with the standards they need to help them implement legislation in support of agreed policies. However, there are concerns that the European ICT standardisation policy could not respond to these expectations to the degree required. The European Commission therefore launched a study on "The specific policy needs for ICT standardisation” to analyse the current state of European ICT standardisation policy and to present recommendations for its future development. This study led to a set of series of recommendations on EU policy, such as improving dialogue with stakeholders, better integration of consortia and fora specifications in the EU standardisation system and improving procurement. First discussions on the results of the study including its recommendations for a new policy direction have been held with a number of key stakeholders. Given the critical importance of an efficient European ICT standardisation policy, the European Commission is holding this open meeting in Brussels to present and discuss the study recommendations more widely with all interested parties.

Attendance
Attendance is free of charge but for security reasons participants must register through the following link:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/standards/cf2008/formreg.htm

The deadline for registration is February. 6th

The agenda and further information can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/standards/cf2008_en.htm

March 3-7, 2008

 SITE 2008
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
  International Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada

Organized by
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) (http://site.aace.org/)
                                         and
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) ( http://www.aace.org/)

INVITATION
SITE 2008 is the 19th annual conference of the Society for Information technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development.  SITE is a society of AACE.

SITE is the premiere international conference in this field and annually attracts more than 1,200 leaders in the field from over 50 countries.

SCOPE
The Conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level on all topics related to:

(1) the use of information technology in teacher education, and
(2) instruction about information technology in
     * Preservice
     * Inservice
     * Graduate Teacher Education
     * Faculty & Staff Development

Proposals which address the theory, research and applications as well as describe innovative projects are encouraged.

PROCEEDINGS
http://www.EdITLib.org
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Technology and Teacher Education Annual proceedings series. Books in this series serve as major source documents indicating the current state of teacher education and information technology. This proceedings will be published as a searchable electronic book on CD-ROM.

The Annuals are internationally distributed through and archived in the Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org.

First and second paper authors are limited to two papers published in the Annual.

CORPORATE PARTICIPATION
http://site.aace.org/conf/corporate.htm
A variety of opportunities are available to present research-oriented papers, or to showcase and market your products and services. For information about Corporate Showcases (30 minutes) and Corporate Demonstrations (2-hours, scheduled with the Poster/Demos), click here.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES
http://site.aace.org/conf/rates.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/hotel.htm
The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be approximately $295 (members); $340 (non-members).  Registration includes Proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions except tutorials.

The conference hotel (Riviera Hotel & Casino Las Vegas) specially discounted guest room rate is $119 (single/double). http://site.aace.org/conf/hotel.htm

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
Experience the Shows, Dining, Shopping, Attractions, & Tours!
http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/LasVegas/

For further Las Vegas information, see:
http://www.visitlasvegas.com

DEADLINES
Proposals Due:              Oct. 22, 2007
Authors Notified:            Nov. 21, 2007
Proceedings File Due:   Jan. 21, 2008
Early Registration:         Jan. 21, 2008
Hotel Reservation:         Feb. 11, 2008
Conference:                   Mar. 3-7, 2008

March 6 - May 15, 2008

Cursus: Ontwerpen van mens-machine-interactie: methodes en praktijkervaringen voor soft- en hardware design
Postuniversitair Centrum K.U.Leuven en Namahn
Leuven en Kortrijk

March 12-14, 2008

12th Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling
 Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain.

Organised by: Technical University of Catalonia

ONDM is a major European conference focusing on the area of optical networking. The main conference topics indeed range almost all relevant areas in optical networking and communications. From many years the ONDM conference is a meeting point for people coming from the leading industry and from the research and academic side willing to spread and update their knowledge in the conference technical areas. Co-located with the main conference, other meetings, invited speakers sessions, workshops and events will be placed either simultaneously or in the nearest days.

March 13, 2008

Datacenter Today
TMAB, Brussels

From soaring energy costs and carbon reduction targets, to the impact of blade servers, the role of virtualization, grids and utility computing, rising thermal management problems, requests for more power per rack, and the need to measure, benchmark and monitor every layer of DC infrastructure, the pressure on datacenter operators to do more with less shows no sign of abating.

The Conference and accompanying Expo have been designed to deliver maximum benefit to our delegates, and to bring together the leading industry experts and best-of-breed solution providers. Not only is this a valuable information gathering forum, but also an unrivalled networking opportunity.

March 14, 2008

CEN Workschop on DataProtection and Privacy
Brussels

The kick off meeting of the Workshop is planned on: Friday 14th March 2008 – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, in Brussels (CEN)
Attendance free of chanrge but registration mandatory.

The objective of the workshop is to develop and deliver three CEN Workshop Agreements (CWA) on the following topics: a better practice management system guide, personal data protection/privacy audit tools, and a voluntary technology dialogue system.

For more information:
- Invitation and registration form
- Draft work programme

March 25 - 28, 2008

I-ESA 2008
4th International Conference
Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications
Berlin, Germany

Organised by: INTEROP VLAB & Enterprise Interoperability Centre – EIC

I-ESA brings together the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in the area of enterprise interoperability, and it is a unique forum for the exchange of visions, ideas, research results and industrial experiences, dealing with a wealth of interoperability research subjects for business, enterprise applications and software.

March 29-30, 2008

7th International Symposium on Software Composition
 Budapest, Hungary

Organised by: ETAPS

SC 2008 is the 7th Symposium on Software Composition. It is the premier symposium that brings together the research and industrial communities in order to develop a better understanding of how software components may be used to build and maintain large software systems.

SC 2008 is co-located with ETAPS 2008 in Budapest, Hungary.

Registration is now open through the main ETAPS2008 website.

The goal of the Software Composition Symposium series is to advance the research in all areas of component-based software development. Main challenges cover their development, reuse, composition, and verification. Another challenges is that component-based software development should scale from large systems down to devices with limited computing capabilities.

March 31 - April 4, 2008

WiOpt 2008
6th International Symposium on Modelling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks
Berlin, Germany

Sponsored by ICST; IEEE IT; ACM; IFIP WG6.3

The design of wireless networks offers challenges not present in fixed networks: both the offered traffic and the network capacity depend on the mobility of the nodes. The designs should not only be functioning correctly, they are also expected to optimize the performance with respect to many criteria, such as energy efficiency, quality of service, and capacity utilization. This symposium intends to bring together researchers and practitioners working on optimization of wireless network design and operations. It welcomes different perspectives, including performance analysis, protocol design, wireless communication, and optimization theory. Contributions to this conference should improve the state-of-the-art in design, analysis, dimensioning and operations of wireless network by providing insights into theoretical aspects as well as providing practical methods and tools. All forms of wireless networks are of interest: from cellular wide-area and local-area networks to dense and sparse ad-hoc networks; domain specific vehicular, public-transport and personal-area networks as well as application-specific sensor networks.

March 31 - April 2, 2008

LSAME.08 - Leuven Symposium on Applied Mechanics in Engineering
Leuven, Belgium
http://www.mech.kuleuven.be/lsame08/

It is our pleasure to announce the Leuven Symposium on Applied Mechanics in Engineering LSAME.08, which will take place in Leuven (Belgium), 31 March - 2 April 2008.

This symposium is dedicated to state-of-the-art developments in the world of applied mechanics in engineering. It focuses on two specific domains of numerical modelling in applied mechanics. The Trefftz.08 conference is devoted to the application of Trefftz based methods in engineering. The NDM.08 conference concentrates on the application of non-deterministic numerical modelling techniques, with specific focus on applied mechanics and engineering.

Authors are invited to submit 1 page abstracts by 1 September 2007 using the submission procedure on the symposium website: www.mech.kuleuven.be/lsame08.  In order to obtain an interesting mix of theoretical and applied presentations and posters, both academic and industrial contributions are within the scope of the symposium.

Both NDM.08 and Trefftz.08 will be freely accessible for all LSAME.08 participants.  Practical details concerning the symposium venue, program and accommodation can be found on the website.

Important dates:
one page abstract deadline: September 1, 2007
notification of acceptance: October 1, 2007
full paper deadline: January 15, 2008
symposium: March 31 - April 2, 2008

Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Sincerely yours,
prof. W. Desmet
prof. D. Vandepitte
prof. G. I. Schueller
dr. D. Moens
dr. B. Pluymers

April 7 - 11, 2008

Latin 2008
8th Latin American Theoretical Informatics Symposium
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sponsored by: PUC-Rio; UFRJ; CNPq; CAPES; FAPERJ; HP; Yahoo!; Microsoft Research; UOL; IFIP TC1 

LATIN was launched in 1992 to foster the interaction between the Latin-American community and computer scientists around the world. LATIN'08 will be the eighth of a series, after São Paulo, Brazil (1992); Valparaiso, Chile (1995); Campinas, Brazil (1998) and Punta del Este, Uruguay (2000), Cancun, Mexico (2002), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004), Valdivia, Chile (2006)
Themes

Themes and application areas include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

* Algorithms (approximation, online, randomized, algorithmic game theory, etc.)
* Automata theory and formal languages
* Coding theory and data compression
* Combinatorics and graph theory
* Complexity theory
* Computational algebra
* Computational biology
* Computational geometry
* Computational number theory
* Cryptography
* Databases and information retrieval
* Data structures
* Internet and the web
* Logic in computer science
* Machine learning
* Mathematical programming
* Parallel and distributed computing
* Pattern matching
* Quantum computing
* Random structures
* Scientific computing

April 7 - 11, 2008

NOMS 2008
Network Operations and Management Symposium
Salvador da Bahia, Brasil

Sponsored by: IEEE Communications Society; IFIP WG6.

April 23, 2008

8e Rencontres wallonnes de l'internet citoyen
La Géode , Charleroi

Plus de 32 conférences, débats et démos vous attendent ce 23 avril dans un nouveau lieu, la Géode de Charleroi, dans un programme plus varié que jamais.

Depuis 8 ans, les Rencontres Wallonnes de l’Internet citoyen se veulent un moment unique d’information, de rencontre et d’échange autour des pratiques et enjeux de l’Internet et des TIC. Il ne s’agit pas d’un salon professionnel, mais d’un forum de réflexion et de débats sur les usages et les bonnes pratiques d’utilisation des TIC dans le non-marchand.

Chacun – spécialiste ou pas -  y trouvera son intérêt. L’accès y est en outre gratuit.

De 9 à 17 h, une centaine d’experts et de témoins belges et étrangers s’attèleront à faire découvrir les faces cachées d’Internet et à répondre aux questions que soulève son exploitation dans le non marchand. Ils abordent des expériences vécues et des solutions susceptibles d’améliorer le quotidien.

Débats, échanges, animations s’articuleront autour de cinq pôles thématiques : associations, intégration et solidarité ; politique, services publics ; création numérique, culture et livre ; éducation et enseignement et enfin espaces publics numériques.

Ce Forum sera complété d’animations et d’une dizaine de démos de solutions innovantes, ainsi que par  présence d’une cinquantaine d’exposants institutionnels et publics.

April 29, 2008

VoIP Event
TMAB, Brussels

To provide both B2C and B2B operators with an insight into the developments that VoIP has to offer them as channels, TMAB and Jakajima are organising the VoIP Event for the second time on 29 April 2008 in Business Faculty, Brussels. As part of this seminar, a range of (inter)national industry leaders will talk about their view of the VoIP market and the opportunities it opens up both for end-users (B2C and B2B) and the channels (B2C and B2B). After the joint introductions by the keynote speakers and the discussion round with the representatives of the various wireless standards (WiFi, DECT/CATiq, Wimax and any others), the seminar will run along parallel tracks with visitors being able to choose the track they want to take.

 

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