From: fgct@socio.org.uk <fgct@socio.org.uk> Sent: 21 January 2020 16:01 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Second International Conference on Science & Technology Metrics (STMet 2020) Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhuhai, China September 21-23, 2020 http://socio.org.uk/stm/workshops/ STMet 2020, the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on science evaluation metrics, is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops provide a venue to discuss and explore emerging areas of Scientometrics and other related metrics with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. Workshop Format In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program comprising different workshop formats, combining newly emerging, currently evolving and established research topics. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; participants may be asked to submit a white paper or position statement Mini-conferences on specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the state general research topics. Joint panels for different workshops Instructions for Proposers Workshop proposals should not exceed 5 pages and should be organized as follows: Workshop title and acronym Workshop chair(s), including affiliation, email address, homepage, and experiences in organizing such events Abstract (up to 300 words) and topics of interest Motivation on why the workshop is of particular interest at this time Workshop format, discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussions Intended audience and expected number of participants List of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be confirmed at the time of the proposal) Requested duration (half-day or full day) When available, past editions of the workshop, including URLs, a brief statement on the development of the workshop series, e.g., in terms of topics, number of paper submissions and participants, post-workshop publications over the years and acceptance statistics Submission and Review Process Workshop proposals should be submitted in PDF format via email to stm@socio.org.uk<mailto:stm@socio.org.uk> We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of contributions and may ensure rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. Schedule Proposal submission: February 20, 2020 Notification of proposal acceptance: February 29, 2020 Send the workshop description & website URL: March 08, 2020 Workshop papers camera-ready deadline: September 10, 2020 Workshop Date: September 22, 2020 Workshop Chair Juan Jose Prieto-Gutierrez PhD Communication and the Digital Society Research Group University of La Rioja, La Rioja Spain -----------------------------------------------