Bids to host Euro-Par 2002 now requested
              

The Euro-Par Steering Committee at its next meeting in 2000, in Munich, will 
consider bids to host Euro-Par 2002. Euro-Par is an annual conference merging 
and replacing three major conference series that evolved with the development of 
Parallel and Distributed Computing, namely: PARLE, CONPAR and VAPP, all of which 
started in the early 1980s. Euro-Par therefore provides the major European venue 
for the presentation of research results in this area. 

Institutions wishing to make a bid should be able to provide the usual 
facilities to run a conference for between 200 and 400 delegates including both 
plenary sessions and at least three parallel streams. If you are planning to 
make a bid, you should obtain detailed guidelines from the Euro-Par Steering 
Chairman in advance. Details of the format of the conference will be decided by 
the programme and organisation committee for the conference in each year, but 
would usually include: 

          tutorials
          vendor exhibition
          key note presentation
          invited papers (45 minutes)
          long presentations (30 minutes)
          normal presentations (15 minutes)
          poster sessions
          vendor sessions
          panels
          problem sessions

Bids should include details of the facilities to be used, details of access 
(i.e., local airport and transfer to conference centre etc.), a
draft budget based on a break-even figure of 300 delegates and a brief 
supporting case which takes account of each of the evaluation
criteria listed below. The budget should indicate what is inclusive in the 
delegate fee (e.g., proceedings, refreshments, lunches, etc.).
The conference fee should not be much higher than Euro 300. 

Bids should not exceed five A4 pages in length but may include, as appendices, 
brochures or other printed material concerning the
locale and conference facilities, if these are available. Also, if the 
organisation submitting the bid has a WWW server, then reference
to the home page should be given. 

Bids will be evaluated using the following criteria: 

          Price
          Academic reputation
          Level of involvement
          Sponsorship
          Transport and accessibility
          Maintaining a balance between different European countries
          Experience of the organisation in hosting international conferences

Bids are open to all European countries, including those countries of Central 
and Eastern Europe. 

Bids must be submitted by 30 June 2000 in electronic form to: 
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Appendices (one copy only) may be sent by post to the address below and will be 
made available to Steering Committee members at the evaluation meeting. 


Further information concerning the submission of bids should be directed to: 
                                                                               
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Ron Perrott    		    
Chairman, Euro-Par Steering Committee
School of Computer Science  	    
Queen's University	    	    Email : [log in to unmask]
Belfast BT7 1NN	      		    Voice : 44 (0) 28 9033 5463
United Kingdom    	    	    Fax   : 44 (0) 87 0130 9042
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