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Highlights

• August 25-30, 2002.
• Involving the worlds most renowned authorities
  in Information Technology (IT).
• to SHARE the results of leading-edge research and
  commercial successes
• to EXPLORE benefits for society
• to INSPIRE industry leaders to seize new
  opportunities.
• Collaboration at its best.

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Key dates
January 2001 Call for Papers and
contributions October 31, 2001 Deadline for
submission of papers and other contributions Augu
st 25-30, 2002 World Computer Congress
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Contacts
Jan Wibe Chair, IPC E-mail jan.wibe_at_seu.allforsk
.ntnu.no Gordon Davies Main Editor,
IPC E-mail G.Davies_at_open.ac.uk George H.
Boynton Chair, Organizing Committee Tel (514)
894-0882 Fax [phone] E-mail george_at_cips.c
a Web site www.wcc2002.org IFIP
Secretariat Hofstraße 3 A-2361 Laxenburg,
Austria Tel. [phone] Fax 43 2236
736169E-mail ifip_at_ifip.or.at Web site
www.ifip.or.at
Fédération de linformatique du Québec 550
Sherbrooke Street West Suite 355, West Tower
Montreal, Québec, Canada H3A 1B9 Tel. (514)
840-1240 Fax [phone] Web
site www.fiq.qc.ca Canadian Information
Processing Society 1 Yonge Street, Suite
2401Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5E 1E5 Tel
[phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
info_at_cips.ca Web site www.cips.ca
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Budget HighlightsEuro-Cdn Equivalence 1.35

• Probable Attendance 1300
• Free Registrations 195
• Euro Cdn
• Proposed Early Registration Fee 625 845
• Regular Registration 735 995
• Tutorial 185 250
• Gala 55 75
• Expected Registration Revenue 1,007,500
  1,360,125

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Budget HighlightsEuro-Cdn Equivalence 1.35

• Projected Revenues (contd) Euro Cdn
• Sponsorship (22) 325,925
  440,000
• Exhibitors (6) 96,300
  130,000
• Total Revenues 1,487,500 2,008,125
• GA 98 Projection (1250) 1,598,000

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Budget HighlightsEuro-Cdn Equivalence 1.35

• Projected Expenses Euro Cdn
  
• Programme Committee (10) 127,259
  171,800
• Secretariat (6) 73,889
  99,750
• Organizing Committee ( 84 ) 1,091,351
  1,473,324
• Promotion (29) 373,481 504,200
• Local Arrangements (37) 484,408
  653,951
• Other (17) 226,054 305,173
• Total Projected Expenses 1,292,499 1,744,874
• (GA 98 Cdn 1,272,935 - 1,432,935)

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Budget HighlightsEuro-Cdn Equivalence 1.35

• Estimated Surplus Euro Cdn
• 1300 attendees 195,000 263,251
• GA98 Estimate Cdn 165,065 - 325,065
• 1400 attendees 325,283
• 1500 388,887
• 1600 452,491

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Preliminary Program StructureKey Collaboration
for Success
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TC, IPC, OC Proposal

• IPC and OC provide overall guidelines for
  objectives, quality, theme, etc. of WCC2002.
• IPC, OC, and each TC enter into a performance
  agreement.
• IPC membership comprises TC Conference chairs.

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TC, IPC, OC Proposal

• Kluwer is the publisher.
• TCs are responsible for their own proceedings.
• IPC and OC of WCC2002 are responsible for the
  remainder, e.g. theme-oriented papers.
• This implies that some papers could appear in two
  or more publications.

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A great location for a great event
A safe, lively, multi-cultural city The
festival capital of the world A location within
a corridor comprising high-tech companies and
renowned universities The Canadian capital of
University research Experienced organizing
teams Top Canadian city and third in North
America in staging international
conferences Ample accommodations at unmatched
rates in a cosmopolitan environment
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Activities and attractions
Old Montreal, with its 17th-century
buildings Montreal Botanical Garden and
Biodome Olympic Park, site of the 1976 Summer
Olympic Games Cruises on the St-Lawrence
River Expo 67 islands, with vast wooded areas,
beautiful gardens, Biosphere and, last but not
least, the Casino World Film
Festival Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canadian
Centre for Architecture, Musée dart
contemporain de Montréal Home of the Cirque du
Soleil
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Proposed Pre- and Post-Congress Tours
Whale-watching expeditions in the Gulf of
St-Lawrence Niagara Falls and Toronto
Western Canada and the majestic Rocky
Mountains Quebec City North Americas oldest
city Ottawa Canadas capital city Boston,
New York City, and Washington, DC