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Final CFP - PAAM97

CONFERENCE UPDATE & FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - PLEASE CROSS-POST!


PAAM97 - The Second International Conference and Exhibition on
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The Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Technology
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*UPDATE*
Provisional keynote speakers/presenters so far include Patti Maes, MIT
and Jeff Bradshaw, Boeing.

PLEASE NOTE PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 8th, 1996


The Commercial Value of Agents:- An Exploration Through Practical Applications

Monday 21st April - Wednesday 23rd April 1997, London, UK

Call for Participation

Multi-agent technology is providing increasing benefit to business and
industry. PAAM97 will deal with  key issues. How is agent technology
overcoming todays business problems? What developments can we expect to see
in the future? What are the tangible benefits and rewards of investment in
agents?  What  opportunities can agents create and where are the potential
pitfalls?

PAAM will form part of a five day Practical Application Expo which will
also include PAP97-The Practical Application of Prolog, PACT97-The
Practical Application of Constraint Technology and the introduction of a
new conference PADD97-The Practical Application of Knowledge Discovery and
Data Mining.

For further information on PAAM and PA EXPO97 please visit our Web site:

http://www.demon.co.uk/ar/TPAC

You are invited to register your interest for PAAM97 by completing the
reply form below.

Call for Papers

We invite you to submit a paper or industrial report describing fielded
applications which exploit agent technology. Papers can be of any length,
up to a maximum of twenty pages, and on virtually any agent related topic,
which might include, but are not limited to the following:

Personal agents for:
Email
PDA's
Finding & retrieving information / WWW
Scheduling/diary management
Mobility management

Business/service agents for:
Workflow management
Network Management and control
Buying & selling services
Information Management, Retrieval & Understanding
Information Customisation
WWW and Internet
Negotiation
Price Discovery
Information Arbitrage
Manufacturing Planning & Control

Tools and Techniques
Process Control
Traffic Control
Process Re-engineering
Languages for developing agent systems
Coordination standards
Standards for information transfer
Identity Management
Monetary Instrument Standards


Since PAAM97 focuses on the real-world benefits of agent technology,
preference will be given to papers describing fielded applications,
especially in the business arena. Also of interest are descriptions of
advanced prototypes, tools and techniques, and general survey papers which
indicate the future direction this important technology will take.

Dates:
        Submission Deadline:  November 8th, 1996
        Notification:         January 10th, 1997
        Final Papers due:     February 14th, 1997

Submission Details

Five copies of papers written in English, should be received by the
conference organiser, at the address below, on or before November 8th,
1996.
Please include a short abstract, and covering page containing full contact
details and e-mail address. Authors of successful submissions will be
contacted by 10th January 1997.  Accepted papers (in a camera-ready format)
will be due by February 14th, 1997.
Speakers are expected to present their papers in person, and participate in
the conference at the special reduced speaker rate.
Accepted papers will be published in the PAAM97 proceedings.

Papers should be sent to the following address

PAAM 97
54 Knowle Avenue
Blackpool
Lancs   FY2 9UD
UK


For Programme Committee details please visit our web site .


Organisation

The Conference is organised by The Practical Application Company. The
Sponsorship and Exhibition Coordinator is Clive Spenser, PMG Treasurer, and
Marketing Director of Logic Programming Associates.

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To register interest please take the time to fill in this quick reply form
and send it to agents@pap.com


Name:

Position:

Organisation:

Address:


Postcode:

Country:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

URL:


[ ]     I may submit a paper to PAAM97 (Give provisional title if possible)

[ ]     I may wish to attend PAAM97 as a delegate

[ ]     My company may wish to sponsor or exhibit at the event

[ ]     I have no interest in Intelligent Agents. But keep me informed of other
        events in your advanced software technology series

[ ]    I am interested in other events at the Practical Application Expo

[ ]     I have no interest in this. Please remove me from the mailing list

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The Practical Application Company
PO Box 137
Blackpool
Lancs FY2 9UN
UK
Tel:  +44 (0)1253 358081
Fax: +44 (0)1253 353811

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Robin Drogemuller
Head, Division of Construction Management
James Cook University of North Queensland
Townsville Qld 4811, Australia

http://www.jcu.edu.au/~csrd/    Robin.Drogemuller@jcu.edu.au
ph  : +61 77 814321             fax : +61 77 751184
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