Proposals for mini-workshops are due January 22 for the sixth UK e-Science All Hands Meeting, to be held September 10–13 in Nottingham, UK. Mini-workshops are sessions, focused on a particular topic, that bring together a number of presenters in a panel or mini-symposium format.

Mini-workshop proposals should be submitted to Jie Xu, the Chair of the AHM 2007 Programme Committee, at [email protected]. Proposals should include the following:

• The title of the mini-workshop.
• The name, affiliation, and contact details of the organizer.
• The format of the mini-workshop, e.g., panel or mini-symposium.
• The approximate duration of the mini-workshop. It is expected that workshops at AHM 2007 will last between 75 and 180 minutes.
• An abstract of no more than one page giving the aims of the mini-workshop, the motivation for holding it, and the target audience.
• A mini-workshop chair and a tentative list of speakers/participants.

Organizers of approved mini-workshops will be responsible for:

• Liaising with the AHM 2007 Organizing Committee to ensure their session is appropriately resourced.
• Advertising their mini-workshop and soliciting contributions.
• Refereeing contributions and recommending which should be accepted by the AHM 2007 Programme Committee. The PC will delegate to mini-workshop organizers the responsibility for refereeing submissions in accordance with the conference guidelines. To ensure a uniform high quality of submitted papers the PC will retain overall control of the mini-workshop programme.

Applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection by February 1. The workshops will then be publicized on the AHM Web site, and thereafter mini-workshops featuring contributed papers will follow the schedule for regular conference papers, which are due April 16. Mini-workshop papers will appear in the conference proceedings.

For more information please visit the AHM 2007 Web site.