IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT) 2003 Maribor, Slovenia http://www.ro.feri.uni-mb.si/ICIT03/ CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS On behalf of the Organizing Board it is my pleasure to invite you to organize a Special Session at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (IEEE ICIT 2003), which will be held in Maribor, Slovenia, on December 10-12, 2003. The Conference is organized by the Institute of Robotics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor in close cooperation and with support of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and other international and national electrical engineering institutions. More information on the Conference may be found on the conference web site: http://www.ro.feri.uni-mb.si/ICIT03/ Special sessions are prestigious and endow an opportunity to the organizer to define and elevate the quality of the conference by bringing in eminent people and serious researchers to present their results that potentially impact the direction of research in that topic. The reward to the organizer and other presenters of such a session is to network closely with the top researchers in their research field, to have an opportunity to impress, to influence other researchers in this field, and to mentor young researchers. Procedure to submit a proposal for a special session: 1. Please send a proposal to organize a special session: (i) (ii) To General Chair: Karel Jezernik (karel.jezernik@uni-mb.si) To special session co-chairs: Yasutaka Fujimoto (fujimoto@ynu.ac.jp) Miro Milanovic (milanovic@uni-mb.si) 2. The proposal, preferably, should contain the following: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Topic Organizer’s name, complete address, phone number and email address How many papers in that session planned for (Between 5 and 10 papers per session) Who are being invited to present papers in that session Submit the names of the authors who will participate in the session and their addresses and email addresses (vi) Names of the session’s chair and co-chair Some of this may be filed at a later date when all the info is available. Please start with items (i) to (iii) and then send other info as they become available. Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail as soon as possible, but in any case no later than June 14th, 2003. We are looking forward to your proposals and an opportunity to work with you for a successful IEEE ICIT 2003. With best wishes and regards! Prof. Karel Jezernik, Ph.D. General Chair IEEE ICIT 2003