[TYPES/announce] Call for Events for <Programming> 2021

[Fabio Niephaus]

<Programming> 2021 : The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming

March 22-26, 2021, Online, United Kingdom
http://2021.programming-conference.org

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 CALL FOR EVENTS
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https://2021.programming-conference.org/track/programming-2021-workshops

To build a community and to foster an environment where participants can
exchange ideas and experiences related to practical software
development, ‹Programming› will host a number of workshops.

As <Programming> is online this year, the main goal of workshops is
to promote social gathering and lively discussions amongst participants.
This edition’s workshops will replace the social experience of a physical
event and as such, their topics and organization may deviate from their
physical counterparts. So they should be the main events in the conference week.

A workshop can be intended as a collaborative forum to exchange recent
and/or preliminary results, to conduct intensive discussions on a particular
topic, or to coordinate efforts between representatives of a technical
community. They can also be regarded as a forum for lively discussion of
innovative ideas, progress, or practical experience on programming and
applied software development in general for specific aspects, specific
problems, or domain-specific needs.

This year, we would like to encourage organizers to be creative and experiment
with all kinds of events including hallways discussions, academic parties
besides the more traditional workshops. Possible types of workshops include
a meeting like a Dagstuhl Seminar or Shonan meeting, a gathering for an
international research project, a tool demo/tutorial, hands-on workshops
in which participants experience one or several aspects of practical
software development, social gathering around a particular topic and so on.
Open meetings are preferable but closed ones could be accepted. We are flexible
and welcome innovative social gatherings; if you have any ideas or questions,
please contact the workshops co-chairs.

The duration of workshops is in general one day, but we encourage the
submission of half-day workshop proposals on focused topics as well.
If desired, the workshop proceedings can be published in the post-conference
Companion Proceedings, in the ACM Digital Library.


### Submission Deadlines

Deadline: December 3rd, 2020

Notifications will go out as soon as possible, within a week after the deadline.

### Workshop Selection Committee

Shigeru Chiba (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Elisa Gonzalez Boix (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

### Submission and Workshop Process

Please submit your workshop proposal electronically via the submission system:
https://2021.programming-conference.org/createProposal/ccc82a7e-eabb-40db-ad98-7c7b761adc1d
Please adhere to the workshop proposal guidelines given below and
provide all requested information about the proposed workshop.

Please keep it brief and use the provided form. The intention is not
to spend time on proposal writing, but on preparing the organization
of the workshop.

To coordinate with the deadlines of the main conference, the following
deadlines have to be respected by workshops:

**Workshop web page/site and CFP:** December 11th 2020

**Deadline for submissions to the workshops:**
  - possibly after January 7th 2021 (final notification issue 3)
  - no later than February 1th 2021

**Notification of authors:** March 1st, 2021, the latest, to be before
the early registration deadline.

**Deadline for Camera-Ready Papers (Companion Proceedings at ACM
DL):**  May 1st 2021

**Workshop dates:** March 22nd to 26th 2021

### Workshop Proposal Guidelines

Please include the following information either directly in the
proposal, or CFP.
The submission system has a form that includes an abstract (for the
website), the CFP, and the remaining proposal. CFPs often cover the
same information, duplication is not necessary for such cases.
Organizers of a workshop previously co-located at <Programming> are
allowed to submit a minimal proposal including information for the
questions marked with (*).

1. What is the motivation for the workshop?
    - Objectives
    - Intended audience
    - Relevance (with respect to the topics of the <Programming> conference)
2(*). Who organizes the workshop?
    - Organizers and primary contact (name / affiliation / email)
    - Brief details on the organizers (previous workshop organizing
experience, etc.)
    - Data on potential previous iterations of the workshop
        - How many participants do you expect (please make at least an
educated guess)
        - What kind of software do you expect to use to run the
workshop (e.g. slack, Zoom, Teams, etc.)
    - Advertisement: Planed advertisement strategy to ensure participation
3. Is there going to be a workshop program committee?
    - if so, please list the members (indicated as finalized or expected)
4. What is the planned workshop format?
    - Planned deadlines
    - Intended submission format (e.g. intended format for articles,
posters, abstracts, or any other kind of submission requested to
participate in the workshop)
    - Evaluation process for submissions
    - Intended workshop format (including duration, number of
presentations/talks, planned invited talks/keynotes, etc.)
5(*). What is the intended publication of accepted submissions?
    - ACM DL post companion proceedings and/or website pre/post-proceedings

### Notes on Companion Proceedings

Workshops that wish to have their proceedings published in the ACM DL
will have the opportunity to have post proceedings. However, chairs
will be responsible for making sure that camera ready deadlines are
respected so that final copies and metadata are collected on time. The
deadlines mentioned above are **strict**. Please consider them
carefully when determining your deadlines for the workshop.