Bidding

Bidding for the 2011 ITS Conference

We hereby invite bids for future locations of the the upcoming ITS conference 2011. Bidders can send their bid to bidforits@its2009.org. Instructions for what to include in your bid are detailed below.

In you bid please give details about the following:

• intended location for the conference
• suggestions for program chair – inc. brief bio
• suggestions for conference chair – inc. brief bio
• brief statement of chairs' experience of running conferences
• who will edit the proceedings (default = both chairs)
• commitment to publish the proceedings with ACM DL
• what are the initial planned dates
• which research groups will support the conference
• which sponsors are likely and how will you attract sponsorship
• any direction/theme change you would envisage (default = none)
• any new features/tracks you would like to include or other changes you would like to make to the conference (default = none)
• brief description (1/2–1 page) of conference venue
• brief description (1/2–1 page) of conference city and region/country
• rough idea of likely costs of (estimates only):
  • approximate registration rates
  • venue hire
  • travel costs and rough times from main world cities
  • a basic decent hotel for 3 nights