Call for Special Sessions
Special sessions will help shape the programme of ECAL 2015. Each special session showcases important, novel and/or emergent research directions in an area of interest to ECAL participants. Special session themes are typically focused, rather than broadly defined, and generally comprise 5 papers.
All papers in the proposed session will be reviewed through the same review process as the regular papers of the conference to ensure that the contributions are of high scientific quality. Once a special session has been approved, it will be advertised and available for direct submissions on the conference EasyChair system
Proposal Submission Format
The following information should be included in the proposal:
- TITLE of the proposed special session.
- NAMES of the organizers (including brief biog, affiliation and contact info).
- ABSTRACT of the session theme (state significance of the topic and the rationale for the proposed session).
Evaluation of Proposals and Role of Session Organizers
Proposals will be evaluated by the Programme Committee based on the timeliness of the topic and relevance to ECAL, as well as the vision and drive of the organizers, and the quality of papers in the proposed session.
Special session organizer(s) are responsible for arranging the review process for papers in their session, the scheduling of talks within the session, and organisation of Session Chairs on the day.
Important Dates and Information
- Session proposal submission deadline: 16 January 2015
- Notification of acceptance of session proposals: 23 January 2015
- Session paper submission deadline: 2 March 2015
- Notification of acceptance of papers: 17 April 2015
- Paper Camera-Ready-Copy deadline: 18 May 2015
- Conference convenes: 20-24 July 2015
Submission
To submit special session proposals or for additional information regarding the special sessions, please email: ecal2015-group@york.ac.uk using the subject header: SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSAL.