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ICSD-2007 Call For Participation

Early Bird Registration is now open till 25th January, 2007
(Hard deadline)
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMANTIC WEB & DIGITAL LIBRARIES

February 21-23, 2007 (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd), Bangalore, India
Conference Venue: NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore

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| TUTORIAL SPEAKERS & TOPICS
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# Dr. Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead
"Introduction to the Semantic Web"
# Dr. Anupriya Ankolekar, Research Associate, AIFB Institute, University of
Karlsruhe, Germany
"Semantic Technologies for Digital Libraries"
# Mr. Anurag Arora, (Coordinator - Digitization) & Mr. Vaibhav Chauhan,
(Conservator), National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi, India
"Digitization and Conservation of Manuscripts"
# Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi,
India
"Digitization and Digital Preservation of Indian Cultural Hertitage"

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| PLENARY SPEAKER
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# Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia, Department of Information and Communication
Technology, University of Trento, Italy

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| INVITED SPEAKERS
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# Prof. Peter Schirmbacher, Institut for Bibliotheks- und
Informationswissenschaft, University of Humboldt, Berlin, Germany
# Prof. Frederick Friend, JISC Scholarly Communication Consultant, Honorary
Director Scholarly Communication UCL, England
# Dr. Johannes Keizer, Library & Documentation System Division, Food &
Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italy
# Prof. Michael Shepherd, Dept of Computer Science, University of Dalhousie,
Canada

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| REGISTRATION
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To avail early bird registration price, please register on or before 25th
January, 2007.

* Early Bird registration: Till 25th January, 2007
Rs. 4000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates) ;
USD 150 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC)

* Late Registration: 26th January, 2007 onwards
Rs. 5000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates);
USD 175 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC)

* Tutorial:
Rs.1000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates);
USD 40 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC)

Note: Registration Fee includes conference kit, tea/coffee and working lunch

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Registration form is available for download at
http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd/icsd-files/icsd_registration_form.doc

Kindly post the filled-in registration forms to the address below:

Dr. A.R.D. Prasad
Convenor, ICSD 2007
DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),
8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post,
Bangalore, Karnataka (India)
Pin - 560059

Electronic copy of registration form duly filled and signed can be sent to
icsd@..., but official copy should also be sent by regular mail.

Please note:
The Demand Draft (DD) Should be made in favour of Indian Statisitcal Institute,
payable at Bangalore. Outstation cheques should include additional transaction
fee.

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Dr. A.R.D. Prasad
Convenor ICSD-2007
DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute
Bangalore INDIA