Association for Computing Machinery [ACM] Technical Meeting Request Form (TMRF) For ACM/SIG Sponsored/Co-Sponsored Conferences Section I - General Meeting Information Full Title of Meeting (including year) _The 2008 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference__________________________________ Acronym of Meeting ____SIGMOD/PODS 2008_________________________________________________________________ Meeting Dates___June 9-12, 2008___________________________ Length of Program___4____ days Meeting Facility ___ The Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver_______________________________________________________ Location (city/state/country) __Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada______________________________________________ Meeting type: Frequency: Conference__X_ Annual _X__ Biennial ____ Symposium____ Workshop____ Eighteen months _____One-Time Only _____ Conference type: Sponsored__X_ Cosponsored____ *If this meeting is co-sponsored, please check with your ACM SIG Liaison to make sure a Joint Agreement is on file. List Sponsoring/Co-Sponsoring ACM SIG Sub-units and Sponsorship Percentage of financial responsibility SIG____________ SIG____________ SIG____________ SIG____________ Sponsorship Percentage ______% Sponsorship Percentage ______% Sponsorship Percentage ______% Sponsorship Percentage ______% List Cooperating ACM Sub-units: ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ List Non-ACM Sponsoring/Cosponsoring Organizations and % of financial responsibility Non-SIG____________ Non-SIG____________ Non-SIG____________ Non-SIG____________ Sponsorship Percentage ______% Sponsorship Percentage ______% Sponsorship Percentage ______% Sponsorship Percentage ______% List Non-ACM Cooperating Organizations: _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Is sponsorship/cooperation the same as in previous events? ___X____YES ______NO *If the answer is no, please provide further explanation: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Provide a brief outline of topics to be covered __ All aspects of data management defined broadly will be covered in SIGMOD______________________________________ ___PODS will cover new advances in the theoretical foundation of database systems, including specification, design, or Implementation of data management tools__________________________________________________________________________ Who is your anticipated audience? ____ Database researchers, practitioners, developers, and users ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How will papers be solicited? ____Call for contributions will be broadly distributed and circulated in the database community________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How will papers be selected? ____A program committee will review and select papers from submissions__________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Will there be: Tutorials? Yes___X____ No_________ If yes, how many full-day and/or half-day?_6-8 full day__ Proceedings? Yes__X_____ No__________ If yes, what will the number of pages be?__1200 for SIGMOD, 320 for PODS___________ what is the maximum number of papers?__100 __ what is the maximum number of pages per paper?__12__ Published by ACM Yes____X___ No__________ Sold by ACM? Yes___X____ No__________ Sold by other Organizations? Yes________ No___X______ Will ACM hold copyright? Yes__X_____ No__________ If no, who will hold copyright? ________________ Will this be a SIG Newsletter? If yes, which SIG(s) Yes________ No____X_____ ________________ Will there be a Proceedings CD Rom? Yes________ No____X_____ Sold by ACM? Yes________ No__________ Sold by other Organizations? Yes________ No__________ Will technical sessions be recorded? Yes________ No____X_____ Will technical sessions be videotaped? Yes________ No____X_____ Will there be other conference products? Yes________ No___X_____ If yes, please list - _________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Will there be a conference evaluation? No If yes, what will it include? - __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Submitted by ___________________________________________Committee Position _______________________ E-mail Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number: ______________________________________ Fax Number: ____________________________ Address __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ When is the best time for an ACM to contact you regarding the budget for this meeting? _________Now_______ Committee Information *Following the conference an ACM Certificate or Recognition will be issued to the Chair(s) and the Program Chair(s) based on the information provided which must include mailing address. If this information is not submitted certificates can not be issued. General Co-Chair Name: __ Laks V.S. Lakshmanan _______________________________________________________ Employer: ___ University of British Columbia________________________________________ Mailing Address: ___ Department of Computer Science, The University of British Columbia, 2366 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4 ______________________________________________________________________________ Business Phone Number: ___ 604-822-3193 ________________________________________ Fax Number: ______ 1 (604) 822-5485 _____________________________________________ Email Address: _______laks@cs.ubc.ca____________________________________________ ACM’s Membership Number: ____________________________________________________ General Co-Chair Name: ____ Raymond T. Ng________________________________________________ Employer: ____ University of British Columbia _______________________________________ Mailing Address: ___ Department of Computer Science, The University of British Columbia, 2366 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4 ______________________________________________________________________________ Business Phone Number: ____ 1 (604) 822-2394 _____________________________________ Fax Number: ___________ 1 (604) 822-5485 ________________________________________ Email Address: ________rng@cs.ubc.ca____________________________________________ ACM’s Membership Number: ___4197117__________________________ Treasurer Name: _________Jian Pei________________________________________________________ Employer: ____Simon Fraser University___________________________________________ Mailing Address: __School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University____________ __8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6_____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Business Phone Number: ___1 (778) 782 6851_______________________________________ Fax Number: ___1 (778) 782 3045_________________________________________________ Email Address: ___jpei@cs.sfu.ca_________________________________________________ ACM’s Membership Number: ___2306918_________________________________________ Program Chair Name: ______Dennis Shasha ____________________________________________________ Employer: ____New York University_____________________________________________ Mailing Address: _251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, U.S.A.____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Business Phone Number: ___212.998.3086/212.998.3078_____________________________ Fax Number: _____212.995-4123__________________________________________________ Email Address: ________shasha@cs.nyu.edu_______________________________________ ACM’s Membership Number: _____________2169415_______________________________ Program Chair(s) Name: ___ Maurizio Lenzerini ____________________________________________________ Employer: ___ Sapienza Università di Roma _______________________________________ Mailing Address: __ Via Ariosto 25, I-00185 Roma, Italy _____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Business Phone Number: ___ 39-06-8841954________________________________________ Fax Number: ________ 39-06-85300849____________________________________________ Email Address: _________ lenzerini@dis.uniroma1.it________________________________ ACM’s Membership Number: ________3958543____________________________________ Local Arrangement Chair Name: _______ Edwin M. Knorr_________________________________________________ Employer: ______The University of British Columbia_______________________________ Mailing Address: ___ Department of Computer Science, The University of British Columbia, 2366 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4 ______________________________________________________________________________ Business Phone Number: ____ 1-604-822-4336 ______________________________________ Fax Number: _________ 1-604-822-5485 ___________________________________________ Email Address: _______knorr@cs.ubc.ca___________________________________________ ACM’s Membership Number: ___________UJ92146_________________________________