Call for Proposals to Organize CP-2004 The International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming is the premier annual event of the rapidly growing inter-disciplinary community of constraint programming. Past meetings have been held in Ithaca, Paphos, Singapore, Alexandria (VA), Pisa, Linz, Cambridge (MA), and Cassis. The next meeting will be held in Cork from Sept 29th Oct 3rd 2003. Meetings are usually held in September or October, and attract around 200 participants.
Proposals are solicited by August 18, 2003 to organize CP-2004. An informal and brief plain text email message should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing relevant details. Proposals should address in brief as many of the following items as is possible at this time: 1. Location 2. Possible dates 3. Local organizers and brief description of previous experience organizing similar events 4. Conference facilities and hotels (with URLs if available) 5. Availability of student accommodation 6. Possible social events 7. Financial considerations (e.g. local sponsorship) 8. Travel information 9. Support of local and national organizations 10. Any other information that might be of relevance The final decision will be made by the CP Organizing Committee, which also selects the Program Committee Chair for each year. Elections are soon to be held to select the new CP Organizing Committee. It is hoped that deciding the site for CP-2004 will be one of the first acts of new Organizing Committee so that the plans for CP-2004 can be announced before the end of the CP-2003 conference.
