Subject: Practical Application of Agents Conference
From: Al Roth <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 09:29:52 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.ai

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Announcing the PAAM96 Preliminary Call for Papers and Participation

PAAM96 - The First International Conference and Exhibition on 
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The Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent 
Technology
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Monday 22nd April - Tuesday 23rd April 1996, London, UK

The Commercial Value of Agents:- An Exploration Through Practical 
Applications

PAAM96 - The First International Conference and Exhibition on the 
Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and MultiAgents is a totally 
new conference which aims to demonstrate the use of agent technology for 
solving real-world problems in business, industry, and commerce.

This exciting European Union sponsored event will showcase powerful 
industrial and commercial applications of agent-based software, and 
include presentations from leading international companies which are 
successfully introducing this key technology. 

The annual PAAM conference provides a major international forum for 
information exchange, and includes plenary sessions, a multi-track 
conference, introductory and advanced tutorials, round-table 
discussions, and full industrial exhibition. The event will provide 
unrivalled insights into leading-edge applications, systems, development 
tools, and techniques.

Call for Participation

Multi-agent technology is providing increasing benefit to business and 
industry. PAAM96 will deal with a number of key issues. How can agent 
technology solve problems faced today? What are the benefits, rewards, 
and return on investment? What developments are in the pipeline for 
tomorrow? What are the opportunities, and the pitfalls for software 
agents?

London in April will provide a pleasant setting and PAAM96 will provide 
an informative and interactive tutorial environment, where delegates can 
explore the commercial value of agent technology through practical, 
fielded, applications.

You are invited to register your interest for this event by completing 
the reply form below. 

Call for Papers

We invite you to submit a paper or industrial report describing fielded 
applications which exploit agent technology. Papers can be of any 
length, and on virtually any agent related topic, which might include, 
but are not limited to the following:

Personal agents for:
        Email
        PDA's
        Finding & retrieving information / WWW
        Scheduling/diary management
        Mobility management
   
Business/service agents for:
        Workflow management
        Network Management and control
        Buying & selling services,
        Information Management, Retrieval & Understanding
        WWW and Internet
   
Tools and Techniques
        Languages for developing agent systems.
        Coordination standards.
        Standards for information transfer.

Since PAAM96 focuses on the real-world benefits of agent technology, 
preference will be given to papers describing fielded applications, 
especially in the business arena. Also of interest are descriptions of 
advanced prototypes, tools and techniques, and general survey papers 
which indicate the future direction this important technology will take. 

Five copies of papers should be submitted by January 26th. Please 
include a short abstract and a covering page containing full contact 
details, including postal and email addresses, and your telephone and 
fax numbers. 

Call for Demonstrations, Workshops and Tutorials

The conference also provides an opportunity for software vendors and 
developers to demonstrate Agent systems. You are invited to contact the 
organiser to arrange for your application to be exhibited at the event. 
If you would like to organise a workshop or tutorial, or wish to see a 
particular topic covered, please contact us. 

Programme Committee

The PAAM96 advisory board comprises a number of highly influential 
figures who are recognised experts in the field of agent technology. 
Chaired by Barry Crabtree of British Telecom, and Nick Jennings of the 
University of London, this programme committee is drawn from industry 
leaders including Daimler Benz, IBM, British Telecom, MIT Media Lab, 
Siemens, and first class universities and research organisations. 

Barry Crabtree             British Telecom, UK
Tim Finin                  University of Maryland, USA
Mark Fox                   University of Toronto, Canada
Mike Georgeff              AAII, Australia
Benjamin Grossof           IBM, USA
Seif Haridi                SICS, Sweden
Mike Huhns                 MCC, Texas, USA
Nick Jennings              University of London, UK
Victor Lesser              University of Massachusetts, USA
Pattie Maes                MIT Media Lab, USA
Joerg Siekmann             DFKI, Germany
Robin Smith                British Telecom, UK
Gert Smolka                DFKI, Germany
Donald Steiner             Siemens AG, Germany
Kurt Sundermeyer           Daimler Benz, Germany
Peter Wayner               Newray Inc, USA

To register interest, or for further information on this exciting new 
conference & exhibition contact:

Al Roth
PAAM96 Secretariat
Tel: +44 (0) 1253 358081        
Fax: +44 (0) 1253 353811
E-mail: [email-masked]
WWW: http://www.demon.co.uk/ar/PAAM96/index.html

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