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<div class="">Dear All ICNrs,</div>
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<div class="">The papers for this years ACM ICN conference, that will be held in Berlin Sep. 26-28, 2017, <a href="http://conferences2.sigcomm.org/acm-icn/2017/" class="">http://conferences2.sigcomm.org/acm-icn/2017/</a>, is currently under review. While you
are waiting for your review responses we would like you consider the possibility of hosting the 2018 ACM ICN conference.</div>
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<div class="">Please find our request for site proposals below. </div>
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<div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>The ACM ICN conference Steering Committee / Börje</div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:21pt; font-family:'Trebuchet MS'; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">ACM SIGCOMM Conference on
</span><span class="" style="font-size:21pt; font-family:'Trebuchet MS'; font-weight:700; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Information-Centric Networking</span><span class="" style="font-size:21pt; font-family:'Trebuchet MS'; font-weight:700; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="x_kix-line-break">
</span><span class="" style="font-size:21pt; font-family:'Trebuchet MS'; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Call for Site Proposals for 2018</span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The Steering Committee of the ACM Information-Centric Networking is inviting interested
groups and individuals to submit proposals for hosting the 2018 ACM ICN conference. After ACM ICN 2014 in Paris, ACM ICN 2015 in San Francisco, ACM ICN 2016 in Kyoto and ACM ICN 2017 in Berlin, we are especially interested in proposals for hosting ACM ICN
2018 in (North) America (without excluding proposals from other parts of the world).</span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Site proposals should include information regarding the following three items:</span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">A: City</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The city should be located near a major international airport, within 1-2 hours of regular train service and/or 45 minutes of cab/shuttle service. A major
international airport should have at least two airlines with regular international service to the 3 major continents of ICN attendees: Asia, Europe, North America.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The proposed venue should have one conference meeting room that can accommodate approximately 200 attendees (our current estimate), together with a few other
rooms for potential tutorials and/or workshops. The conference room should support a single center screen or two side-by-side screens with unobstructed views. The venues should include, or allow for rental of, equipment for Internet connectivity for 200 attendees
in the main conference hall and for multiple parallel demos.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The city should have hotels supporting 200-250 people (attendees and their guests) within easy access (less than 15 minutes time, preferably at most 1 metro/bus/tram)
to the venue.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The city should have potential venues for a reception and banquet dinner. A sample list of possible venues with a 1-line description addressing logistics
(time to get there, need for transportation) would be useful.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The proposal should include
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<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">the name and affiliation of a widely-recognized member of the networking community with ties to the
proposed site city who is willing to serve as the General Chair, or up to 2 co-chairs with at least one of them local or with ties to the site.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The names and affiliations of a few other candidates which the General Chair can enlist to serve on
the organization committee, notably a local person as local arrangements chair, a publicity chair, and a treasurer, etc.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Optionally but desirably, the proposal may including an estimate cost for the conference venue and the hotel price range.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">NOTE: This site proposal should not suggest program committee chairs; which will be appointed separately by the ACM ICN Steering Committee.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">C. Date conflicts</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The conference is typically held between September 15 and October 15. Please indicate which dates have major local conflicts, e.g., major local events, school
openings, etc. that would interfere with either the proposed site or the proposed General Chair's participation.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline: 2017-07-31</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Proposal format: up to two pages in A4 or letter format</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Send proposals in PDF to:
</span><a href="mailto:icnconf-sc@lists.cs.ucla.edu" class="" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(17,85,204); text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">icnconf-sc@lists.cs.ucla.edu</span></a></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Please do not hesitate to contact the Steering Committee (at the above email address)
in case of any questions.</span></div>
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