Call for Workshops and Tutorials

The 13th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2015) will be held in York, United Kingdom, 20-24 July 2015, hosted by the York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis at the The University of York.

The ECAL 2015 Organising Committee invites proposals for Tutorials and Workshops to be held in conjunction with the main conference.

Download the call for workshops and tutorials

Important Dates and Information

Workshops email: ecal2015-workshops-group@york.ac.uk

Tutorials email: ecal2015-tutorials-group@york.ac.uk

Workshops

Workshops at ECAL 2015 are intended to be satellite events to the main conference. They should focus on novel and/or specialised aspects of Artificial Life. They are intended to act as fora for cutting edge research, in which new ideas or themes can be explored in smaller, more specialised groups than the main event.

Workshops should be half day, or one day, events.

The organisers of accepted workshops are responsible for:

The ECAL 2015 committee provide:

In addition, each workshop can request one free registration for a workshop keynote speaker (not an organiser) where appropriate.

Tutorials

Tutorials at ECAL 2015 are intended to be satellite events to the main conference. They should be aimed at instructing/educating the audience in aspects of more established or specialised techniques that are of interest to Artificial Life researchers.

Each tutorial will consist of one session of up to three hours duration.

The organisers of accepted tutorials are responsible for:

The ECAL 2015 committee provide:

Submission Format

Submissions for proposals for workshops and tutorials are invited.

Each tutorial/workshop proposal should include:

  1. Title
  2. Name, affiliation and contact details of organisers
  3. Description (250 words)
  4. Details of any potential presenters / participants
  5. (workshops only) Duration: half day or whole day
  6. Details of whether the event has been held previously in a similar format
  7. Anticipated number of participants
  8. (workshops only) URL of the event website
  9. (workshops only) Details of any proposed publications anticipated to arise from the event

Please email all queries and formal applications to: