Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for in-person workshops to be held in conjunction with the ICDE 2024 conference, 13-16 May 2024 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The purpose of the workshops is to provide a forum for exchanging opinions, presenting ideas, and discussing preliminary results in an interactive atmosphere.

A workshop proposal should contain all pertinent information, including:

Workshop title A short (150-200 words) abstract of the topic and format of the workshop A detailed explanation of why the proposed workshop is appropriate for ICDE 2024 Names and contact information of the workshop organizers Special considerations regarding proceedings (if any)

• Tentative schedule including paper submission deadline, notification deadline, etc. The camera-ready deadline must be on or before 20 February 2024.
• Expected number of participants
• In case of previous instances of the workshop:
  • the historical numbers of participants
  • the historical submission and acceptance counts
• Preferred workshop duration (half day or full day)
• A description of the submission review process, including how conflicts of interest will be handled
• Rationale about recruiting the PC of the workshop, for example, diversity considerations (academia/industry, geography, gender, seniority, etc). These criteria should also be taken into account for the choice of the PC Chairs of each workshop.
• Tentative list of PC members
• Potential (or accepted) invited talks, keynotes, tutorials, or panels
• Publicity and sponsorship plans

The ICDE 2024 organization provides:

• A link on the ICDE 2024 site
• Management of registration for participants
• Setup of meeting space and related equipment (if conference happens in person)
• Coffee-breaks arrangements

The main responsibility of organizing a workshop goes to the chairs of the workshop. They must take care of the following tasks:

• Set up and host a workshop webpage
• Prepare and issue the call for papers, and manage the whole submission and review process
• Coordinate paper deadlines and acceptance notifications with the ICDE 2024 Workshop Chairs
• Provide input for publicity to the local organizers of ICDE 2024
• Provide brief workshop description to include on the ICDE 2024 web page
• Coordinate with the ICDE 2024 proceedings editors to collect: (a) camera-ready copies of the papers, and (b)signed copyright forms
• Schedule workshop activities in collaboration with the ICDE 2024 local organizers to adhere to a timetable that facilitates catering
• Inform the Workshop Chairs of the numbers of submissions and acceptances as these numbers become available
• Note that workshops with fewer than 15 expected registrants may be canceled at the discretion of the conference organizers. Only accepted workshops are official ICDE workshops and enjoy the support mentioned above.

The proceedings of the workshops will be published jointly alongside with the conference proceedings. All papers should have the same format as conference research papers.

• Workshop proposal submission due: 1 September 2023
• Notification of acceptance: 1 October 2023
• Camera ready deadline for Workshop Papers: On or before 8 March 2024
• Workshops: 13 May 2024
• Main Conference: 13-16 May 2024

All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE).

Workshop proposals should be submitted directly to the workshop chairs at the email below. Submissions should be in the same format as conference research papers. There is no page limit, but submissions are encouraged to be at most 4 (four) pages long. Clarity, completeness, and brevity are important aspects of a successful proposal. If you have any questions regarding the ICDE 2024 workshop proposals, you can contact the workshop chairs via icde2024workshops@gmail.com:

• George Fletcher (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
• Steven E Whang (KAIST, Republic of Korea)