How to Submit a Workshop/Tutorial Proposal

Format

The workshop/tutorial format is a single stream of oral presentation of papers followed by questions or discussion. Panel sessions may also be included. Poster sessions may also be held concurrently with the workshop/tutorial. The duration of a workshop/tutorial will be either half (09:00-13:00 or 14:00-18:00) or full day (09:00-18:00) and includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, as appropriate, where further exchange and discussion can continue informally.

Submission

Workshop/tutorial proposals must be submitted by email in PDF or Microsoft Word to the workshop/tutorial Chairs by January 20, 2008. Proposals should provide sufficient information to evaluate the relevance and importance of the topic, and the size of the interested community. Prospective workshop/tutorial organisers must follow the guidelines in submitting a workshop/tutorial proposal and are encouraged to contact the workshop/tutorial Chairs should any questions arise .

Budget

MICCAI 2008 will not pay for registration, travel, or other arrangements for workshop/tutorial organisers or any of their invited guests. All participants, including workshop/tutorial organisers, must register for the workshop.

Organisation

The workshop/tutorial organisers must arrange for advertising of the workshop/tutorial, submission and reviewing of papers, notification of acceptance, compilation of the workshop/tutorial program, and print ready layout of the proceedings.

Venue

The venue for the workshop/tutorial will be the Kimmel Center of New York University, and onsite services and catering arrangements will be organised by the MICCAI 2008 organisers.

Guidelines

Workshop/tutorial proposers are requested to submit a 1-2 page proposal in PDF or Microsoft Word format and include:

• Title and brief (150 words) outline of workshop/tutorial topic scope
• Name/s and contact details (email, telephone number, postal address, webpage) of workshop organisers
• Workshop academic objectives and justification of relevance to MICCAI
• Workshop/tutorial format plans
• Anticipated number of participants with reasons (or numbers from previous workshops/tutorial)
• Names of invited speakers or anticipated major contributors
• Space requirements and special equipment or technical support needed

Workshop/tutorial organisers are strongly encouraged to negotiate a special edition journal for the best papers in the workshop.

Important Dates

January 20, 2008	Tutorial and workshop proposals
February 10, 2008	Acceptance of tutorials and workshops
March 7, 2008	Submission of full papers
May14, 2008	Acceptance of papers
June 9, 2008	Camera ready copy for papers
September 6 - 10, 2008	Tutorials, Conference, Workshops

Please avoid sending electronic proposals exceeding 3 MB.