We are soliciting proposals for workshops centered around a coherent theme or topic within the general scope of UPCON 2022. The workshops will take place on 1st December, 2022 at the same venue as the main conference. The purpose of the workshops is to provide a comprehensive platform for researchers and practitioners from academia and industry in the related domains to disseminate knowledge in their areas of expertise, share novel ideas, research challenges, issues, and innovative next-generation applications like “AI Everywhere To Everyone” with the research fraternity, especially early-career researchers and students. Workshops may have invited talks, hands-on sessions, poster sessions, and/or panel discussions, but will not have contributed papers as part of their technical program. We encourage the prospective workshop organizers to submit well-planned proposals that are specific and detailed in justifying relevance and viability.

Submission Instructions:

Submit your proposals in PDF format on or before 31st July, 2022 by email in the attached format to the Workshop and Tutorials Chairs: Dr. Anshu S Anand (anshu@iiita.ac.in) and Dr. Ramesh Kumar Bhukya (rkbhukya@iiita.ac.in). Proposals should be submitted in the following format.
Proposal Format

• Title of the Workshop, Workshop Acronym
• Technical Program: Please include (but not limited to) the following details:
• Abstract, main topics, invited or keynote speakers, hands-on session(s), panel discussion (optional), a tentative list of PC Members (optional), poster presentation (optional).
• Topics that will be covered: Describe the topics that will be covered in the workshop.
• Broader impact statement: Describe why the workshop is relevant to the community and how relevant the topics or discussion are to the UPCON audience.
• Relationship to previous workshops (if any): Describe how this proposal relates to previous workshops including participation statistics. Duration of the workshop (Half Day/Full Day)
• Expected number of participants (please specify the Minimum and Maximum number of expected attendees), Registration fee, plan for advertisement, and Budget for the workshop
• Organizing team’s experience and background: Information that supports the organizers’ ability to run a workshop, and appropriateness to a workshop on the chosen topic. Include brief bios for the main organizers.
• Any other information (e.g., Infrastructure/logistics support required)

Important Dates:

Call for Workshops Opens on : 29 June, 2022
Proposal Submission Deadline : 31 July, 2022
Notification of Selection : 15 August, 2022
Early Registration Deadline : 10 November, 2022
Workshop Date : 1 December, 2022

For any questions, please feel free to contact the Workshop Chairs with questions about the suitability of a workshop for UPCON or any other related matters.