Call for Proposals for the IIFC Official Conference in 2012
(CICE 2012)
The CICE (International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering) conference series started with CICE 2001 (http://www.cse.polyu.edu.hk/cice/) in Hong Kong and became the official conference series of IIFC in 2003.
CICE 2004 (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/cice2004/), held in Adelaide, Australia in
December 2004, was the first biennial official conference of IIFC.
CICE 2006 (http://www.iifc-hq.org/cice2006/), the second official conference of IIFC, was held in Miami in December 2006.
CICE 2008 (http://www.cice2008.org/), the third official conference of IIFC, will be held
in Zurich in July 2008.
CICE 2010, the fourth official conference of IIFC, will be held in Beijing in September
2010.
A call for proposals from interested organisations has been announced for hosting and
organising CICE 2012, the fifth official conference of IIFC. Your proposal should contain the following details:
(1) Proposed Chair of the Local Organising Committee;
(2) Tentative composition of the Local Organising Committee;
(3) Tentative dates of conference and justification for the choice of dates;
(4) Type of conference venue (hotel or campus etc.);
(5) How the proceedings will be published (hardcopy full papers; CD etc.);
(6) Tentative registration fee. Based on the IIFC constitution, the registration fee for all delegates must include the IIFC membership fee for the following year. The total membership fee owing is to be electronically transferred to the IIFC account at the conclusion of the conference;
(7) Availability of affordable accommodation including types of accommodation and
their rough costs per night;
(8) Attractiveness of the conference city in terms of three aspects:
- Technical (e.g. because there are many FRP applications in your region/country);
- Geographical (e.g. The region has not had an international conference on
FRP etc.);
- Social aspects (e.g. a historical city with many things to see);
(9) Any financial support from your organisation;
(10) Any other aspects that make your proposal attractive (e.g. publication of papers
in journal special issues; pre- or post-conference short course for local engineers +
conference participants).
Please submit your proposals by email to j.f.chen@ed.ac.uk by 15 June 2008.
The Local Organising Committee will be supported by the IIFC Executive Committee in the setting-up of the International Scientific Committee and in publicising the event. The Local Organising Committee may also recommend Keynote Speakers but the decision lies with the IIFC Executive Committee. The Chair of the Local Organising Committee will automatically become a member of the Executive Committee from September 2010 for one term as the Conference Coordinator.
The IIFC will give out its usual best paper awards in four categories to papers presented at the conference. The IIFC will also present an IIFC Medal and a Distinguished Young Researcher award. The winner of the IIFC Medal will be invited to give the IIFC Distinguished Lecture and the winner of the Distinguished Young Researcher award will be invited to deliver one of the keynote lectures.
If you are not interested to host this conference yourself, but would like to nominate a
particular institution or location for CICE 2012, please also email your suggestions to
me for consideration by the Executive Committee.
All proposals will be assessed by the IIFC Executive Committee. Proposals shortlisted by the Executive Committee will be submitted to the IIFC Council for decision at its next meeting at CICE 2008 in Zurich. Proposers of the shortlisted proposals will be invited to give a short presentation at the Council meeting in Zurich. The IIFC Executive Committee will work closely with the wining team to ensure a successful conference.
It should be noted that the ownership of the conference lies with the IIFC. Should an unlikely situation arise where disagreements between the Local Organising Committee and the IIFC Executive Committee cannot be resolved through negotiation, the IIFC would reserve the right to withdraw the right awarded to the Local Organising Committee and to award it to an alternative team.
Jian-Fei Chen
Vice-President of IIFC
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