All right, guys, it's official. As of now, the SVG Open 2006 conference is dead: http://www.svgopen.org/ I have just talked with the ISP concerning the site -...
I just submitted a news item on svg.org regarding the 2006 cancellation. Please support the entry to get it on the news quickly. Also, feel free to adopt the...
Since we received 45 paper or abstracts I think it is our duty to personally inform the authors of these papers or abstracts that the conference won't take...
Concerning the conference (and potentially moving it locationwise), I'd like to put things into formal perspective here. The conference was sponsored by my...
Hello, Since we haven't found a suitable local organizer to take over this year's conference, it it necessary to immediately call off the conference. Most...
Hi Kurt and others, I was a bit surprised to read Kurts announcement at http://www.svgopen.org/ about Alastair taking over the conference and having it in...
As I've seen my name batted around a few times I thought I would pipe up. Here are my thoughts on the matter. 1. If the conference is to be held in the...
Hi folks. I understand being asked to have patience. I understand that people are frustrated. I was asked to put up sponsorship money and got it. I am now ...
Hi Kurt! I'd like to see a new schedule about the conference. You promised people to notify them prior to August 15. People are already very frustrated (see ...
Kurt, did you ask the company Trolltech if they are interested in being a sponsor or presenting their SVG capabilities. It seems that their library already...
I think it is time to start the reviewing. We need a team of reviewers and we should start *IMMEDIATELY* after the August 1st deadline. We cannot afford to let...
Hi Kurt, I would like to ask how the status of abstracts, papers and the reviewing process is. There was confusion whether one has to provide an abstract or...
Did we come to a conclusion regarding presentation slot lengths? I read somewhere on the webpage that sessions will be of 50 minutes length. Does this mean...
Hi all, as far as I can tell the last message on this list dates back from over a month ago. The last update to the site was almost two months ago. The...
Just to add in a positive light, no matter how many attendees, we could certainly look forward to making available Conference material/proceedings "live"...
I see that the older content is now on svgconference (and svgopen.org, now that is redirected), but the directory structure was not maintained, which means...
I would like to invite Philip Mansfield to be one of three keynote speakers at the conference. He would be there representing Apple, and would talk about the...
You've got a bit of a mistake in the new May 2nd posting: "One additional immediate consequence of this has been that we are now extending the call for papers,...
the satisfaction of knowing I think your really cool? Not enough? Okay then, how about your own XML.com blog entry (via my blog as a proxy) with full credit...
Hi Kurt and other organizers, A week ago you sent a mail about potential shifts in the conference date. In my opinion, fixing the date is absolutely important...
Dear Gentles, I wish to put this in front of the group to get some feedback. I was expecting to have some financial backing on hotels at this stage from one of...
I have a few remarks on the call for papers and the homepage: At the current time, a fixed date, location and the "Call for Papers" is the most important...
When might we see the following: * Call for papers distributed to the lists mentioned earlier? * Call for participation sent to vendors and open source...
Proposed wording: ================= Mr. Berners-Lee, We would be very honored if you would consider delivering the keynote address this year at SVGOpen 2006 in...
Kurt, how is the state of moving the old content to your server and offering both content on http://www.svgopen.org/ .com .net again? I hope that you are able...
If you have not been following the news of late, I have just published the "early" portal for the SVG Open 2006 conference, at http://www.svgconference.com. In...