XML is used in applications running the gamut from content management and databases through publishing to web services, transaction management, and e-commerce. It's used for describing music and graphics as well as purchase orders and technical documentation. The only conference to tie all these uses together, as well as to inform attendees of the latest news and information from the standards world, is the XML series of conferences.
XML 2005 Conference and Exposition, once again produced by IDEAlliance and chaired by Lauren Wood, will give attendees the chance to hear what they need to know in order to build or improve the XML-based systems in their organizations, be they business, government, academic, or consumer. Attendees at the XML conferences are typically senior developers, project managers, and software architects, looking for the right information and the right contacts.
To do this we need your help. We are looking for speakers willing to share XML experiences, talk about new solutions, and show new developments. Speakers who are accepted (on the basis of peer- reviewed abstracts) will join the list of recognised experts in XML- based technologies who have made this conference one of the best technical conferences available on the subjects it covers.
In particular we are looking for deployment talks that highlight real problems and solutions to those problems, as well as talking about return on investment.
View the list of speakers from last year here.
WAYS TO PARTICIPATE NOW:
Marketing/promotional presentations will not be considered for conference presentations (exception being product presentations). The talks must be submitted online in the requested abstract format and must be original work of professional quality.
Registration Discount Available to All Participants
All selected primary presenters and tutorial instructors will receive one free registration/per presentation/tutorial for the conference (November 15-17), provided their paper and/or handout is received by the deadline (see Submission Schedule - top right). In addition, all abstract submitters not chosen for the conference are entitled to receive a $100 discount off the non-member full conference registration rate.
All deadlines to submit conference presentations has passed. Please consider submitting a poster proposal instead.
A PAPER MARKED UP USING THE DESIGNATED XML DTD IS REQUIRED FOR PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE SELECTED FOR THE CONFERENCE. PRESENTERS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THIS PAPER WILL BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW.
Several XML authoring tool vendors made customized versions of their product available for presenters to use. Some of these include conversion tools from formats such as Word, HTML, and PowerPoint, making it easier for you to get your content into XML. Closer to the event we will be collecting all slide presentations in addition to the XML paper. Special Note: All presenters will need to provide their own laptop.
The Purpose of the conference presentations is to provide a forum for focused discussion on related topics. These topics may include any of the subjects listed under Submission Areas.
The Timing of each presentations is 45 minutes (35 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A). Two 45-minute presentations will be presented consecutively in each room.
Attendance will range from 50-150 people in each room.
Deadline for proposals is May 13, 2005. In addition, a complete paper marked up in XML is due September 16, 2005.
Marketing/promotional presentations will not be considered for conference presentations (exception being product presentations). The talks must be submitted online in the requested abstract format and must be original work of professional quality.
Registration Discount Available to All ParticipantsAll selected presenters and tutorial instructors will receive one free registration/per presentation/tutorial for the conference (November 15-17), provided their paper and/or handout is received by the posted deadline (deadlines vary depending upon presenter type). In addition, all abstract submitters not chosen for the conference are entitled to receive a $100 discount off the non-member full conference registration rate.
May 13 deadline to submit tutorial proposals has passed. Late Breaking News, Product Presentation and Town Hall Meeting proposals are still being accepted.
A complete handout for accepted tutorials is REQUIRED by October 3, 2005!
All selected instructors will receive a FREE registration for the conference. In addition, all those who submit proposals, but are not chosen for the conference program will receive a $100 discount off the non-member full conference registration rate.
The Purpose is to provide a task-oriented, small-group educational experience directed toward the understanding and acquisition of specific skills and methodologies.
The Timing of each tutorial may be half-day or full-day. (Break and lunch times will be included.) Tutorials will be held on Monday, November 14 and Friday, November 18. More introductory tutorials will be assigned to the Monday schedule and more advanced to the Friday schedule.
Attendance will range from 15-50 people in each room.
Deadline for proposals is May 13, 2005. Handouts are due by October 3, 2005 (additional handout formatting guidelines will be provided upon acceptance).
Registration Discount Available to All Participants All selected presenters and tutorial instructors will receive one free registration per tutorial for the conference (November 15-17), provided their handout is received by October 3. In addition, all abstract submitters not chosen for the conference are entitled to receive a $100 discount off the non-member full conference registration rate.
The deadline for late-breaking news has passed and the PC has decided which submissions will receive a speaking slot. Please consider submitting a poster proposal instead.
The Planning Committee has reserved a number of speaking spots on the program for "Late-Breaking News Sessions." These presentations are intended to be filled with late-breaking news; however good presentations on other topics that don't duplicate material already on the program will also be considered for these slots. These sessions will be awarded at the discretion of the conference chair and Planning Committee.
The Purpose is to provide attendees with timely and interesting, fresh, XML-related presentations.
The Timing of each presentations is 45 minutes (35 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A). Two 45-minute presentations will be presented consecutively in each room.
Attendance will range from 50-150 people in each room.
Deadline for proposals is September 16, 2005. In addition, a full XML paper from accepted late-breaking news presentations will be due at a later date for inclusion in the online conference proceedings. Details will follow upon acceptance.
Registration Discount Available to All Participants
All selected presenters and tutorial instructors will
receive one free registration/per presentation/tutorial for
the conference (November 15-17), provided their paper and/or
handout is received by the posted deadline (deadlines vary
depending upon presenter type). In addition, all abstract
submitters not chosen for the conference are entitled to receive
a $100 discount off the non-member full conference registration
rate.
The deadline for product presentation submissions has passed and the PC has decided which proposals will receive a speaking slot. Please consider submitting a poster proposal instead.
Product presentations are forums used by the XML developers and product suppliers. Presentation grading will be based on whether the product demonstrates:
a new technology
a new feature
standards-compliance
interoperability/execution with other products
Precedence will be given to those submissions that will be announced or demonstrated first at XML 2005. Precedence is also given to those participating in the exposition area (including the incubator area).
The Purpose of these presentations is to give vendors and developers the opportunity to showcase the latest in XML-related products and/or services.
The Timing of each presentations is 45 minutes (35 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A). Two 45-minute presentations will be presented consecutively in each room.
Attendance will range from 20-75 people in each room.
Deadline for proposals is September 16, 2005. In addition, a full XML paper from accepted product presentations will be due at a later date for inclusion in the online version of the conference proceedings. Details to follow upon acceptance.
Registration Discount Available to All Participants
All selected presenters and tutorial instructors will
receive one free registration/per presentation/tutorial for
the conference (November 15-17), provided their paper and/or
handout is received by the posted deadline (deadlines vary
depending upon presenter type). In addition, all abstract
submitters not chosen for the conference are entitled to receive
a $100 discount off the non-member full conference registration
rate.
All submissions must be made via the submission site; we cannot track email or faxed submissions, nor pass them on to the reviewers for review and grading. Submissions need to include an abstract (up to 500 words), keywords and an estimate of the level of technical knowledge required of the attendee. We welcome submissions at all levels; many of the conference attendees are experts in their fields, while many are new to some areas of XML.
Submissions must meet all the requirements. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed. Please review the required information for presentations and/or tutorials.
Submissions must be made using the submission site. E-mailed or faxed submissions will not be considered.
Please do not submit the same proposal in more than one topic area/track; the planning committee may move the proposal into a more appropriate topic area/track.
Here are some helpful hints when writing your abstract.
Here is a list of keywords to use when submitting your proposal.
Accepted presenters are expected to write a paper in XML, using the paper guidelines & conference schema and submit this paper by the given deadline. This paper will be part of the conference proceedings, given to all attendees. (High-quality HTML and PDF versions.) This paper is required; therefore any presenter unable to provide this paper will be subject to review. An XML validation system has been built to upload the XML papers and can be found linked within the submission site. Any paper upload that is not marked up in XML will be immediately rejected. PowerPoint, PDF and other formats are not acceptable for the paper portion of the proceedings.
We do expect several XML authoring tool vendors to make customized versions of their product available for presenters to use. Some of these will include conversion tools from formats such as Word, HTML, and PowerPoint, making it easier for you to get your content into XML. Later in the planning stages for the event, we will be collecting all slide presentations in addition to the paper.
Accepted tutorial instructors must provide handouts for the attendees. IDEAlliance will duplicate and ship them to the venue if received by the deadline. Otherwise the instructor will be responsible for providing the handouts onsite (at their expense).
All selected primary presenters will receive one free registration for the conference/per presentation , provided their paper, tagged in XML, is received by the given deadline (a discount will be set up for additional presentation speakers). All tutorial instructors will receive a complimentary registration for the conference.
All abstract submitters not chosen for the conference will receive a discount of $100 off the conference registration amount. Registration instructions will be included on the main event registration form.
Presenter substitutions are not permitted, except in the case of an emergency and are subject to Planning Committee approval. In the event a presenter cannot fulfill his/her commitment, the presenting company will not be guaranteed a speaking spot for an alternative representative.
CO - Collaboration
The use of technologies such as blogs, wikis, and hybrid systems for collaboration.
CS - Case Studies
The application of some XML technology to a project that has moved well into the implementation stage, and preferably to the production stage. The talk should concentrate on the lessons learned during implementation and production, particularly if these lessons can be generalized.
CT - Core Technologies
The basic standards and specifications that are the foundation of XML technologies and systems.
DX- Deploying XML
The challenges and techniques involved in deploying XML systems.
EA - End-User Applications
Applications of XML that are focussed on the user experience, including desktop applications and graphics and multimedia.
GV - Government
XML and government related projects.
IT - Large-Scale Architectures
Integrating products from different parts of a company, or different companies, to enable information to be transferred from one application to another, or to enable combining of information from more than one application. This area includes business-business communication, ebXML, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Web Services. It also includes identity management and security for these systems.
KM - Knowledge Management
Tools, techniques,and strategies for formalizing the patterns implicit in unstructured or semi-structured content, and in the relationships among people who create and use the content.
LB - Late Breaking News
Sessions reserved for bringing you up-to-date news on a technology or case study. The deadline for late-breaking news is in September.
MS - Metadata and Semantics
XML Technologies (DC, RDF, Topic Maps, OWL, SPARQL) used to describe and infer the practical meaning of specific data. This area includes approaches such as "folksonomies" and other informal tagging systems.
PP - Product Presentations
Presentations which allow vendors the opportunity to showcase the latest in XML-related products and/or services. The deadline for product presentations is in September.
PB - Publishing
All aspects of publishing information, including publishing to print, online, CD-ROMs, and on demand.
SR - Storing XML
Storing and retrieving XML, including databases of all types and content management systems.
TH - Town Halls
Interactive forums designed to allow all attendees (and non-attendees) the opportunity to voice their opinion in an open session.
VI - Vertical Industries
The systems and markup languages in use in different vertical industries. Talks should concentrate on application in the industry rather than the details of Yet Another Markup Language. In particular we are looking for interesting applications from the fields of health care, finance, insurance, automotive, and mobile/telecom technologies.
Please use these keywords rather than using your own, if they fit your subject matter. You may add your own keywords to your submission as well.
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Here are some helpful hints on writing abstracts to help you avoid your abstract being given a worse grade by the reviewers than it might otherwise get.
Your abstract will be reviewed by a number of experts. Since the talk submissions are blind-reviewed, they only thing they have to go on is the quality of the abstract. Help them to regard your abstract favorably by:
creating an abstract of between 400 - 500 words. Abstracts that are too short don't give enough information for the reviewers to judge the quality properly.
ensuring any technical terms and acronyms are used correctly. If these are wrong, the reviewers will assume you don't know what you're talking about and grade appropriately.
checking grammar and spelling. Reviewers appreciate a well-crafted, grammatically correct abstract and will assume someone who can write a good abstract can also write a good talk.
being clear about the expected audience. We welcome talks for all technical and managerial levels, whether the expected audience consists of XML novices or gurus. The abstract should make it clear who is expected to benefit most from hearing the talk.
not submitting a product pitch except in the product presentation track. The reviewers will not grade product pitches favorably.
IDEAlliance is encouraging other organizations (especially standards groups) to meet the week before or after XML 2005.
If you have a meeting or an event you would like to schedule around or during XML 2005, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your requested space.
For more information on organizing a related activity, or if you have any questions regarding related meetings or events, please contact:
Marion Elledge
melledge@idealliance.org
+1 703 837-1096
The deadline for town hall submissions has passed and the PC has decided which proposals will receive a speaking slot.
Once again, this annual conference will host "Town Hall Meetings". Held throughout the conference, these interactive forums are designed to allow all attendees to join open-mike forums.
This is a great way to:
...ask questions
...listen to suggestions
...soak up praise
...endure abuse
...hold straw polls...
...or go into more detail on particular issues
These evening sessions are not limited to conference attendees, but are open to the public as well.
The Purpose of the town hall meeting is to provide a venue that allow all attendees (and non-attendees) the opportunity to voice their opinion on controversial topics in the XML community. It also provides the facilitators an opportunity to get feedback on the topic.
The Format is a brief intro by the facilitator, followed by
extensive open discussion. Each Town Hall meeting lasts up to 90 minutes.
Attendance will be up to 75 people in each room, depending on the topic.
To Organize a town hall meeting volunteer to be a facilitator and submit a topic along with three starter questions you would ask the audience to get the discussion going.
Deadline for submissions is September 16, 2005.