Special sessions are very small and specialized events to be held during the conference as a set of oral presentations that are highly specialized in some particular theme or consisting of the works of some particular international project.

The goal of special sessions (minimum 4 papers; maximum 9) is to provide a focused discussion on innovative topics. Each prospective organizer is invited to submit a proposal explaining the targeted topic's novelty/importance and listing the contributing authors and their contributions.


Guidelines for submitting a Special Session proposal

Submission should be made by e-mail (ASCII/PS/PDF/DOC format are accepted) using "SIGMAP 2006 Special Session Proposal" as the e-mail subject.

Please include the following information in the proposal:

1. The Special Session title.
2. The organizer(s), contact information and affiliations.
3. The Special Session topics specified in terms of keywords (at least 1 of the keywords should be from the list of SIGMAP 2006 topics).
4. The relevance of the proposed Special Session to SIGMAP 2006 and the significance of the related contributions (max 1000 words).
5. The participants' contact information, affiliations, presentation/paper titles and short abstracts (max 100 words per abstract). This list should contain at least 4 people who have confirmed their participation and who have firmly accepted to present their work at SIGMAP 2006.

All contributions should be written in English. International Special Sessions (i.e.; in which participants come from different universities and countries) are strongly encouraged. The Special Sessions Proposals will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers who will specifically take into consideration the following criteria:

1. Relevance of the Special Session: Is the topic of the proposed Special Session related to the main themes of the SIGMAP 2006 conference?
2. Significance of the Special Session: Is the topic of the proposed Special Session a major, minor, or a trivial scientific problem? Has the problem been solved before? Do the papers cover the problem domain well? Are there many research communities that will care about the solutions proposed in the Special Session papers?
3. Originality and Significance of the Special Session papers: Are there any new ideas proposed? Are there any significant results presented?
4. Overall rating