Information Technology for our Times: Ideas, Research, and Application in an Inclusive World

Information Technology for our Times: Ideas, Research, and Application in an Inclusive

World 

THE Information Technology Conference of 2002!

Information Technology for our Times: Ideas, Research, and Application in an Inclusive

World 

THE Information Technology Conference of 2002!

Highlights

• August 25-30, 2002.• Involving the world’s most renowned authorities in

Information Technology (IT).– to SHARE the results of leading-edge research and

commercial successes;– to EXPLORE benefits for society;– to INSPIRE industry leaders to seize new opportunities.

• Collaboration at its best.

January 2001: Call for Papers and contributions

October 31, 2001: Deadline for submission of papers and other

contributions

August 25-30, 2002: World Computer Congress

Key dates

ContactsJan Wibe Chair, IPCE-mail: [email protected]

Gordon DaviesMain Editor, IPC

E-mail: [email protected]

George H. BoyntonChair, Organizing Committee

Tel: (514) 894-0882

Fax: (514) 861-5800

E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.wcc2002.org

IFIP SecretariatHofstraße 3

A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria

Tel.: +43 2236 73616

Fax: +43 2236 736169E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.ifip.or.at

Fédération de l’informatique

du Québec

550 Sherbrooke Street West Suite 355, West Tower Montreal, Québec, Canada H3A 1B9

Tel.: (514) 840-1240

Fax: (514) 840-1243

Web site: www.fiq.qc.ca

Canadian Information Processing Society1 Yonge Street, Suite 2401Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5E 1E5

Tel: (416) 861-2477

Fax: (416) 368-9972

E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.cips.ca

Budget HighlightsEuro-Cdn$ Equivalence 1.35

• Probable Attendance 1300• Free Registrations 195

Euro Cdn$• Proposed Early Registration Fee 625 845• Regular Registration 735 995• Tutorial 185 250• Gala 55 75• Expected Registration Revenue 1,007,500 1,360,125

Budget HighlightsEuro-Cdn$ Equivalence 1.35

Projected Revenues (cont’d) Euro Cdn$

• Sponsorship (22%) 325,925 440,000• Exhibitors (6%) 96,300 130,000

• Total Revenues 1,487,500 2,008,125• GA ‘98 Projection (1250) 1,598,000

Budget HighlightsEuro-Cdn$ Equivalence 1.35

Projected Expenses Euro Cdn$ Programme Committee (10%) 127,259 171,800

Secretariat (6%) 73,889 99,750

Organizing Committee ( 84 %) 1,091,351 1,473,324

Promotion (29%) 373,481 504,200

Local Arrangements (37%) 484,408 653,951

Other (17%) 226,054 305,173

Total Projected Expenses 1,292,499 1,744,874

(GA ‘98: Cdn$ 1,272,935 - 1,432,935)

Budget HighlightsEuro-Cdn$ Equivalence 1.35

• Estimated Surplus Euro Cdn$– 1300 attendees 195,000 263,251

• GA’98 Estimate: Cdn$ 165,065 - 325,065

• 1400 attendees 325,283• 1500

388,887• 1600

452,491

Preliminary Program StructureKey: Collaboration for Success

WCC ………. ………. ………. ……….

Full TC-a TC-a TC-a TC-a

Partial TC-b TC-b TC-c TC-c

Joint TC-d & e

TC-d & e

TC-d & e

TC-d & e

Small TC-f TC-g TC-h TC-i

TC, IPC, OC Proposal

• IPC and OC provide overall guidelines for objectives, quality, theme, etc. of WCC2002.

• IPC, OC, and each TC enter into a “performance agreement”.

• IPC membership comprises TC Conference chairs.

TC, IPC, OC Proposal

• Kluwer is the publisher.

• TCs are responsible for their own proceedings.

• IPC and OC of WCC2002 are responsible for the remainder, e.g. “theme-oriented” papers.– This implies that some papers could appear in

two or more publications.

• A safe, lively, multi-cultural city

• The festival capital of the world

• A location within a corridor comprising high-tech companies and renowned universities

• The Canadian capital of University research

• Experienced organizing teams

• Top Canadian city and third in North America in staging international conferences

• Ample accommodations at unmatched rates in a cosmopolitan environment

A great location for a great event

• Old Montreal, with its 17th-century buildings

• Montreal Botanical Garden and Biodome

• Olympic Park, site of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games

• Cruises on the St-Lawrence River

• Expo 67 islands, with vast wooded areas, beautiful gardens, Biosphere and, last but not least, the Casino

• World Film Festival

• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

• Home of the Cirque du Soleil

Activities and attractions

• Whale-watching expeditions in the

Gulf of St-Lawrence

• Niagara Falls and Toronto

• Western Canada and the majestic Rocky Mountains

• Quebec City – North America’s oldest city

• Ottawa – Canada’s capital city

• Boston, New York City, and Washington, DC

Proposed Pre- and Post-Congress Tours