CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS:

The ER2000 Program Committee solicits tutorial proposals.  Each tutorial will
be presented in sessions of either 1.5 or 3 hours in yet-to-be-determined time
slots between Monday and Thursday (October 9-12, 2000).  Topics should be
relevant to conceptual modeling, design, and applications. 

The goal of a tutorial at the conference is to provide a road map (for
beginners or advanced attendees) about a subject area so that attendees can
then pursue work in that area if they are so inclined.  Generally, tutorials
emphasize breadth and cover material from a variety of different authors.  The
conference STRONGLY ENCOURAGES proposals containing NEW ideas and NEW
approaches or proposals on NEW subjects related to conceptual modeling.
Tutorial subjects can be repeated from year to year if there appears to
be continuing interest.

If you are interested in proposing a tutorial, please send a 1-2 page
proposal to the Tutorials Chair by April 11, 2000, describing the tutorial
content and potential audience, its importance to conceptual modeling, and
your qualifications to teach it.  If your tutorial has been presented
elsewhere (or is under consideration for presentation), please mention
this in your proposal.  Send your proposal by e-mail ONLY in a plain text
file (i.e. no PostScript, PDF, LaTeX, etc.) to lingliu@cc.gatech.edu.

The proposal evaluation committee will consist of the Tutorials Chair and
other members of the Program and Organizing Committees.  The notification
date is June 13, 2000.

If your proposal is accepted, you must submit the following by July 11, 2000:
* Name, affiliation, address, phone, fax, e-mail, URL of presenter(s)
* Tutorial title
* A self-contained 300-500 word description of the tutorial
* A 100-200 word biographical sketch for each presenter
* Electronic copy of your presentation (for handouts and Web posting)

IMPORTANT DATES:

* Submission of tutorial proposals             April 4, 2000
* Notification of acceptance                   June 13, 2000
* Submission of required material              July 11, 2000
* Conference                                   October 9-12, 2000

TUTORIALS CHAIR:

Ling Liu
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
801 Atlantic Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 USA
Voice:
Fax: 404-894-9846
E-mail: lingliu@cc.gatech.edu