CCNC 2018 Call For Workshop Proposals

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

The CCNC 2018 Organization Committee invites members of the research,  
development, and practitioner communities to submit workshop  
proposals. Workshops provide a forum for people to discuss areas of  
special interest pertinent to consumer communications and networking  
with like-minded researchers and practitioners. Workshops aim at  
examining an area in a less formal, more open environment for the free  
exchange of views, and possibly in a more focused way than in the main  
track of the conference itself.  Workshop proposals are welcomed in  
all areas of consumer communications and networking.

CCNC workshops will be organized on the first and last day of the  
conference (January 12 and 15).

Proposal Format:
The workshop organizers should submit a workshop proposal by May 21,  
2017.  Each Workshop proposal is limited to 2-3 pages and should  
include:

Title of workshop and proposed URL of site to host CFP, program etc.
Theme of the workshop and topics of interest, and how these relate to  
the overall conference.
Names, affiliations, and a short bio (up to 200 words) of the organizers.
Brief description (up to 1 page) of research, industry, and  
practitioners? topics of interest that the workshop will address, and  
why the workshop is of interest to the conference participants.
Expected number of participants and potential program committee members.
Description of the publicity plan on how to attract participants and  
submissions.
Planned format: participant selection, time line, type of  
contributions, discussions and integration of non-presenting  
participants:
Full-day workshops should aim for 8-9 accepted papers or invited  
technical talks. Half-day workshops should aim for 4-5 accepted papers  
or invited technical talks. Indicate the maximum length of the papers  
to be submitted.
If the workshop will include invited technical talks (i.e.,  
presentation of a non-peer-reviewed paper ), the proposal should  
include a subset of invited speakers who are willing to attend and  
participate if the workshop is accepted.
If applicable, a description of past editions of the workshop,  
including location (i.e., which conference), dates, number of  
submitted and accepted papers, and number of attendees.
A draft workshop call for papers with the names, affiliations,  
addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of the workshop organizers.
The review criteria for workshop proposals is merit based and priority  
will be given to workshops with topics relevant to the conference  
theme.  Accepted workshop papers will be published in the IEEE CCNC  
2018 Conference Proceedings and subitted to IEEE Xplore® as well as  
other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

All proposals and questions should be submitted to the Workshops Co-chairs.

Workshops Co-Chairs:
Qusay Mahmoud, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada mail
Omar Badreddin, University of Texas El Paso, USA mail

Important Dates:
Workshop proposals due: May 21, 2017
Workshop proposals acceptance notification: June 5, 2017
Workshop papers due: September 15, 2017
Workshop papers acceptance notification: October 25, 2017
Final camera ready: November 4, 2017