IFIP Congress 2002
Information Technology for our times:
Ideas, Research and Applications in an Inclusive World

Montreal, Canada
25. - 30. August 2002
Congress web-site: http://www.wcc2002.org

Presentation at IFIP – GA: September 2001

  1. International Programme Committee (IPC)
  2. Program work – overall view
  3. Streams
  4. Call for Papers (CFP) and deadlines
  5. Tutorials
  6. Workshops
  7. Youth Program
  8. Special sessions
  9. Keynotes
  10. Other ideas
  11. IPC web-site

1. International Programme Committee (IPC)

The table below shows the members of IPC and which TC they represent.

Name:

Country:

TC:

E-Mail:

Wibe, Jan - chair

Norway

jan.wibe@plu.ntnu.no

Brunnstein, Klaus

Germany

TC9

brunnstein@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

Chapin, Lyman

USA

TC6

lyman@bbn.com

Du, Weichang

Canada

wdu@unb.ca

Etiemble, Daniel

Canada

de@eecg.toronto.edu

Gingras, Lin

Canada

lingin@clic.net

Hammond, Judy

Australia

TC13

judy@socs.uts.edu.au

Hofmeister, Christine

USA

TC2

crh@eecs.lehigh.edu

Kleinjohann, Bernd

Germany

TC10

bernd@c-lab.de

Morel, Raymond

Switzerland

TC3

morel@uni2a.unige.ch

Neumann, Bernd

Germany

TC12

neumann@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

Prey, Jane

USA

jcp8v@cs.virginia.edu

Sakata, Shiro

Japan

sakata@ccm.cl.nec.co.jp

Santoro, Nicola

Canada

TC1

santoro@scs.carleton.ca

Traunmüller, Roland

Austria

TC8

traunm@ifs.uni-linz.ac.at

Wah, Benjamin

USA

b-wah@uiuc.edu

Editor:

Davies, Gordon

UK

g.davies@open.ac.uk

E-mail address: wcc2002-ipc@cips.ca

Workspace web-site for the International Programme Committee (IPC): http://web.plu.ntnu.no/wcc2002/
Password protected.

2. Program work – overall view

Program elements:

Responsible:

E-mail:

Streams

Stream chairs

Keynotes

Jan Wibe

jan.wibe@plu.ntnu.no

Tutorials

Du, Weichang

wdu@unb.ca 

Workshops

Du, Weichang

wdu@unb.ca 

Youth Program

Jane Prey

Jprey@nsf.gov

Special sessions

Jan Wibe

jan.wibe@plu.ntnu.no

History of Computing
Pioneer Day

John Impagliazzo
Jan Lee

john.impagliazzo@hofstra.edu
janlee@cs.vt.edu 

Demonstrations

OC

OC

 

 

 

Other ideas

 

 

3. Streams

The Program consists of nine different streams each with a chair and connection to a TC.

In addition we have a stream on "Industry" with contributions from the other streams.

TC:

Stream:

Chair:

1

IT Foundations in the Era of Network and Mobile Computing

Nicola Santoro

2

Software Architecture

Christine Hofmeister

3

TelE-Learning

Raymond Morel

6

Communication Systems: The State of the Art.

Lyman Chapin

8

Information Systems: The e-Business Challenge

Roland Traunmüller

9

Human Choice and Computers:
Issues of Choice and Quality of Life in the Information Society

Klaus Brunnstein

10

Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems

Bernd Kleinjohann

12

Intelligent information processing

Bernd Neumann

13

Usability: Gaining a Competitive Edge

Judy Hammond

Information Technology: the Need for Convergence between Industry, Practitioners and Researchers

Lin Gingras

4. Call for Papers (CFP) and deadlines

CFP can be found at the Congress web-site: http://www.wcc2002.org

Deadlines:

October 15, 2001:

Deadline for submission of Tutorials and Workshops.

December 3, 2001:

Deadline for submission of papers and other contributions

5. Tutorials

Chair: Du, Weichang
E-mail:
wdu@unb.ca

You are invited to submit a proposal for a tutorial to be considered for inclusion in the 17th IFIP World Computer Congress. See Congress web-site: http://www.wcc2002.org

Tutorials will be arranged before and during the conference.

A tutorial consists of a full day of lectures on specific topics. Parallel tutorials will run from 9am to 12 noon with one break and resume at 1pm and end at 5pm with two afternoon breaks. Tutorial speakers will be given assistance with both their travel, lodging and conference registration fees. This will depend upon the number of participants in the Tutorial and the fee to attend it.

Proposal Topics:
You may propose a tutorial which connects to the conference streams.

Other proposals will also be considered.

Evaluation of proposals:

Each proposal will be evaluated by the tutorial committee whose decision will be based on the overall merit of the proposal and its relative importance to the overall congress. Acceptance and rejection notification will be sent by e-mail no later than January 1, 2002

6. Workshops

Chair: Du, Weichang
E-mail:
wdu@unb.ca

You are invited to submit a proposal for a workshop to be considered for inclusion in the 17th IFIP World Computer Congress. See Congress web-site: http://www.wcc2002.org

Workshops will be arranged before and during the conference.

A workshop will be either a full day or a half day:

1. Full day workshop

It will run from 9am to 12 noon with one break and resume at 1pm and end at 5pm with two afternoon breaks.

2. Half day workshop

It will run from 9am to 12 noon with one break or run from 1pm until 5pm with two afternoon breaks.

Proposal Topics:
You may propose a workshop which connects to the conference streams.

Other proposals will also be considered.

Evaluation of proposals:

Each proposal will be evaluated by the workshop committee whose decision will be based on the overall merit of the proposal and its relative importance to the overall congress. Acceptance and rejection notification will be sent by e-mail no later than January 1, 2002

7. Youth Program

Under planning:

WCC2002 Family/Youth Day Proposal

Purpose:

To provide an opportunity for the general public to see and learn more about technology and opportunities within the information technology field.

Chair: Prey, Jane
Email: Jprey@nsf.gov

Other ideas:

8. Special sessions

Under planning:

Ideas:

From:

E-mail:

Web Enabelled Education for Medical Sciences and Applications

Dr. R.S.Tyagi, INDIA

rstyagi@aiims.ac.in  

Distance Education in Canada

Jan Wibe   

jan.wibe@plu.ntnu.no

History of Computing
Pioneer Day

John Impagliazzo
Jan Lee

john.impagliazzo@hofstra.edu
janlee@cs.vt.edu

9. Keynotes

Dedicated to sponsors: 2
Others: 3

10. Other ideas

11. IPC web-site

Workspace web-site for the International Programme Committee (IPC): http://web.plu.ntnu.no/wcc2002/
Password protected.