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ACM Sigcomm Site Proposal Information
ACM SIGCOMM is always soliciting site proposals.
Please provide information as per the perliminary outline
below. For each conference year, from the set of submitted
proposals, a subset of candidate sites will be selected, for
which additional information will be gathered and from which
the final selection will be made. Each round of decisions
is based on a combination of factors, including the criteria
listed below.
Site proposals should be less than 1 page ASCII text (66
lines, 80 columns). Send proposals via email to Joe Touch,
ACM SIGCOMM Conference
Coordinator (touch@isi.edu) with the header:
"SIGCOMM site proposal - YEAR" (with the appropriate
year in 4-digit format).
Site proposals should address the following issues:
- Site city
Location preferences rotate between US, Europe,
and Asia. Current preferences are listed below.
- Conference General Chair & committee
A complete proposal is generally made by the proposed
conference general chair and includes a partial list of
committee members. The PC chairs are NOT part of a proposal,
as they are selected separately by the SIGCOMM Executive Committee.
- Potential dates
The Sigcomm Festival generally occurs towards the last
week of August or first week of September, ending before
the first Monday in September. Other preferences will
be noted below.
A. Site city
NOTE: (for items 2-4) there is no need to provide financial
details or a list of hotels. Please do NOT contact possible
venues regarding availability or cost. The ACM negotiates
those issues separately at SIGCOMM's request.
- The city should be located near a major international
airport, within 1-2 hours of regular train service and/or
45 minutes of cab/shuttle service.
A major international airport should have at least
two airlines with regular international service to the
4 major continents of SIGCOMM attendees: Asia, Europe,
North and South America.
- The city should have one or more venues for 400-600
attendees, including side-venues for 4 concurrent tutorials
and/or workshops of 100. The venue should support a single
center screen, with unobstructed views.
NOTE: There is no a-priori preference to university,
or convention center venues. Hotel venues often provide
the most economical solution, and should be included if possible.
- The city should have hotels supporting 500-700 people
(attendees and their guests) within easy access (less
than 15 minutes time, preferably at most 1 bus/tram) to
the possible venue.
The city should have potential venues for a reception
and banquet dinner. A sample list of possible venues
with a 1-line description addressing logistics (time
to get there, need for transportation) would be useful.
Transportation to these events should be less than 30
minutes each way.
B. Conference General Chair
& Exec. Committee
Name and affiliation of a widely-recognized member of the
SIGCOMM community based in or very close to the proposed
site city who is willing to serve as general chair; this
may eventually require a statement of support from the chair's
institution, and possibly administrative support.
The proposal may suggest 2 co-chairs, one of which must
be local.
The names and affiliations of a few other candidates which
the chair can enlist to serve on the committee, notably
a local person as local arrangements chair, a publicity
chair, treasurer, etc.
NOTE: the site proposal should not suggest program committee
chairs; that is handled separately by the SIGCOMM Executive Committee.
C. Date conflicts
The dates of SIGCOMM will be ultimately be selected by
the SIGCOMM Executive Committee, based on the proposals
received and feedback from surveys conducted at SIGCOMM.
For the proposal, consider the last three full weeks in
August/Sept that precede the first Monday in September.
Please indicate which dates have major local conflicts,
e.g., major local events, school openings, etc. that would
interfere with either the proposed site or the proposed
conference chair's participation.
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