ICDE 2003: Status Update

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ICDE 2003Status Update

• Krithi Ramamritham
• krithi_at_cse.iitb.ac.in

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Executive Summary

• Committees in place
• Conference Venue negotiations complete
• Conservative times suggest conservative plans
• On track for a wonderful
  event

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Down-market suggests conservative plans

• Slashed conference registration rates.
• Conservative budget of sponsorship
• US 15,000.
• Budget with lower number of registrations
• 240
• (115 early, 115 on-site, 10 complimentary).
• This is a VERY CONSERVATIVE estimate.
• At these rates, we expect 400 participants.

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India is best value for money

• less than 250 per participant
• including 3 lunches, banquet, etc
• not planning to charge separately for the five
  advanced technology sessions.
• Budget of US 15,000 for sponsorship. 10,000
  already pledged
• VLDB 1996 received over 100,000 in
  sponsorships

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Large Indian Software Community

• India has a very large software development base
• second largest after the United States.
• exponential financial growth
• All major software development Companies have
  centers in India or work with Indian Companies.
• Large number of Software Developers work on
  Databases.

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Many Active IT Organizations

• IEEE India Council (18K members)
• Computer Society of India (20K members) sponsors
  COMAD
• The National Association of Software Companies
• Association of Indian Hardware Manufacturers
• Confederation of Indian Industry
• Indias Ministry of Information Technology
• All can be counted for their support

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Large Indian Database Community

• Indian Universities have excellent Computer
  Science Departments.
• Track Record of hosting COMAD
• 10th International Conference on Management of
  Data held in December 2000.
• Typical participation 250 participants.
• Workshops for Database Researchers
  http//web-plus.pspl.co.in/dbworkshop/
  --attended by 60-80- researchers.
• Excellent publication record from India and from
  Indians.
• Large number of Indians working in Databases
  abroad.

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Bangalore

• Silicon valley of India
• Pleasant climate
• Direct flights and good connections
• Most multinational IT companies
• All major Indian software houses
• Indian Institute of Sc. plus many top academic
  institutions

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Attractive Prices

• Fares US 1000 1500 from US, less from Europe .
• Direct flights to Bangalore possible
• March is not peak tourist season
• Wide range of choices for accommodation and
  travel to suit all budget needs.
• With some planning a lecture tour with visits to
  Universities and Companies across the country can
  be arranged.

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Attractive Conference Venue

• The Taj Residency
• A 5 star hotel
• Has hosted several international conferences
• Many similar to ICDE.
• Recently, International High Performance
  Computing Conference, 350 participants
• Rates 120/135 plus taxes
• Meeting rooms gratis for meals lunch, breakfast
  etc.
• 8 Km from airport

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Important Dates
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Program highlights

• 2-3 keynote addresses
• a plenary panel
• 14 research paper sessions
• 3 poster sessions
• 3 panels
• 5 industrial sessions
• 5 half-day advanced technology seminars

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Industry Program

• Given the major part played by Indian IT industry
  in the countrys modernization.
• a strong industrial program is a key to the
  success of ICDE 2003
• Two potential themes
• Information Technology for e-services
• Database Issues in Internet Applications

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Advanced Technology Seminars

• will get special attention, due to the training
  that it has the potential to impart to Indian and
  Asian participants.
• will also facilitate obtaining sponsorship for
  ICDE 2003.
• no special fees for tutorials

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Proposal for RIDE 2003

• In Hyderabad, also in South India
• Theme Multilingual Information Management
• Timely topic with obvious import for India and
  Asia
• International Institute of IT, Hyderabad
• has agreed to host RIDE 2003

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Office Bearers

• General chairs
• Deepak Phatak (IIT Bombay)
• Marek Rusinkiewicz (Telcordia)
• PC chairs
• Umesh Dayal (HP Labs)
• Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay and Umass Amherst)
• Steering Committee Liaison
• Erich Neuhold, (GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt)
• Betty Salzberg (Northeastern University, Boston)
• Organizations Chair
• Anand Deshpande, Persistent Systems Private
  Limited, Pune
• Local arrangements
• Jayant Haritsa (Indian Institute of Science,
  Bangalore)
• V. R. Govindarajan (Aztec Software, Bangalore)

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Office Bearers

• Industrial Program
• C. Mohan IBM Almaden Research Center
• S. Ramani HP Labs India
• Panels
• Sham Navathe, Georgia Tech University
• Hongjun Lu, HKUST, Hong Kong
• Gerhard Weikum, University of Saarbruecken
• Advanced Technology Seminars
• Alex Buchmann, Tech University Darmstadt
• S. Sudarshan, IIT Bombay
• Vijay Kumar, University of Missouri, Kansas City
• Publicity Chairs
• Fabio Casati, HP Laboratories
• Kamal Karlapalem, IIT Hyderabad
• Kam Yiu Lam, City University of Hong Kong

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RIDE 2003

• Multi-Lingual Information Management
• Program Chairs
• -- Rajeev Sangal (Intl Institute of IT,
  Hyderabad)
• -- Bruce Croft (University of Massachusetts,
  Amherst)
• General Chair
• -- Kamal Karlapalem (Intl Institute of IT,
  Hyderabad)

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Area Vice-Chairs in place
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Attractive Registration Rates
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Registration Income
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Conservative Income Statement

• Total Registration Income 54,600
• Total Sponsorships 15,000
• US 10,000 already pledged
• Total Income 69,600

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Highlights of Expenses
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Explanation for high social expenses and low
meeting expenses

• Hotels in India charge for the food that they
  serve (lunch and tea) on a per person basis.
• If the number of attendees exceed 150, they do
  not charge any amount for conference facilities.
• This is beneficial to the conference as expenses
  beyond the threshold become variable expenses
  related to the registration count rather than a
  fixed expense.

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Budget Summary
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ICDE 2003 will be successful

• the vibrancy of Indian IT industry
• the guaranteed participation of the different
  professional organizations
• active database research community
• a great place to visit
• a highly successful ICDE 2003 in India

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Bangalore India look forward to ICDE 2003
Thank you