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Due to many requests, the paper submission deadline has been extended to:

           18, February, 2005
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International Conference on Collaboration Technologies (CollabTech 2005)
TOKYO JAPAN

Sponsored by IPSJ SIG Groupware and Network Services Dates :July 15-16, 2005
Place :Edo-Tokyo Museum, Tokyo, Japan URL :http://www.collabtech.org/ E-mail
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CALL FOR PAPERS
We proudly announce the First International Conference on Collaboration
Technologies (CollabTech 2005) to be held in Tokyo, Japan on July 15-16,
2005. This conference is organized by the Special Interest Group of
Groupware and Network Services, Information Processing Society of Japan.
CollabTech is a single-track conference focusing on collaboration
technologies.

SCOPE
Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not
currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited.
Especially we would like to invite innovative ideas on collaboration
technologies. We have to note that this conference will give higher priority
to innovative technologies over precise evaluation. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:
- CSCW systems architectures and applications
- Interfaces for human-human interaction
- Group decision support systems
- Theories, tools and methods for concurrent engineering
- Internet, Intranet and CSCW
- Computer supported cooperative design
- Shared virtual environments
- Collaboration technology in pervasive/ubiquitous computing
- Other related areas

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION
Authors are invited to submit papers containing previously unpublished work.
All submissions should be written in English and clearly state the title,
author and a contact address (e-mail and/or postal mail). Submissions will
be handled via conference web page in PDF. Papers should be formatted
according to the instructions using the CollabTech Proceedings Template in
LaTeX or in WORD and should be no more than 6 A4 pages in length.
Submissions should be received by February 18, 2005.

IMPORTANT DATES
- February 18, 2005 (Extended): Deadline for submitting paper
- April 15, 2005 (Extended): Notification of acceptance
- May 15, 2005 (Extended): Deadline for receipt of camera ready copies
- May 15, 2005 (Extended): Deadline for early registration
- July 15-16, 2005: Conference in Tokyo, Japan

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Hideaki Kuzuoka
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Ken-ichi Okada
Keio University, Japan

SECRETARY
Hiroaki Yano
University of Tsukuba, Japan

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Satoshi Ichimura
Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
Kouichi Matsuda
Sony, Japan

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS
Shinkuro Honda
NTT Resonant, Japan
Hidekazu Shiozawa
Tamagawa University, Japan

PUBLICATION CO-CHAIRS
Tomoo Inoue
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Jun Munemori
Wakayama University, Japan

REGISTRATION CHAIR
Toshihiko Yamakami
ACCESS, Japan

TREASURER
Minoru Kobayashi
NTT, Japan

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Saul Greenberg
University of Calgary, Canada
Jonathan Grudin
Microsoft Research, U.S.A.
Simon Kaplan
University of Queensland, Australia
Dongman Lee
Information and Communications University, Korea

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Tomoo Inoue, Assoc.Prof.
Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies
University of Tsukuba
Address: Kasuga 1-2, Tsukuba 305-8550 Japan
Phone: 81-29-859-1304 Fax: 81-29-859-1093
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