October 7-8, 2014 | Savannah, Georgia The 2014 edition of this bi-annual two day workshop includes new content and offers attendees—past and future alike—a workshop that emphasizes practical implementation of a variety of tools, including tools currently in development. It incorporates more hands-on exercises than ever before and addresses how the attendee can concretely integrate new models for description into their current workflows and...

2014 Tips for Session Chairs (pdf) BEFORE THE SESSION Contact Your Speakers Before the conference contact your speakers to ask them if they have any questions about their presentation. Make sure your speakers know the date and time of their presentation. Ask them to give you a short biography with the relevant curriculum vitae material so that you can introduce them properly. Be Prepared It is assumed that the session chairperson is familiar...

Thank you for serving as a Session Chair for the 2013 Annual Conference! Much of the success of the conference rests on the efficient and consistent execution of our presentations, workshops and sessions. We know that a well-prepared Session Chair can help ensure that the speakers give high quality, trouble-free talks and that the audience appreciates the entire session.  Your program coordinator is available to guide you through the logistics,...

The Preliminary Conference Program is available for download –  download the 2013 Preliminary Program here, or click here to see it online. There is a lot of special programming this year – here’s a sample: The Daily Plenary and Continental Breakfast The daily plenaries will feature sessions that provide big picture perspectives, innovative insights, and broad outlooks on current issues of interest to the entire audience....