--- Call for Proposals to host MUM 2017 - 15th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia --- Submission deadline: October 31, 2016. The Steering Committee of the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM) calls for proposals to host MUM 2017, the 16th conference in the series. MUM 2016 (http://www.mum-conf.org/2016/) will be held in Rovaniemi, Finland, on Dec 12-15, 2016. MUM has established itself as a well-known annual international conference, which brings together experts from both academia and industry for a fruitful exchange of ideas and discussion on future challenges in a comfortable and effective single track conference format. MUM is typically organized in late November or early December and with submission deadline in late August or early September provides a fast track for presenting latest research results. MUM is organized in co-operation with corresponding ACM SIGs and conference proceedings are archived in the ACM Digital Library. MUM is dedicated to being an international conference, which rotates between all three areas of the globe (Europe/Africa, the Americas and Asia/Pacific). As the 2016 conference will be held in Europe, MUM 2017 would prefer sites in the Americas or in Asia/Pacific. However, overall proposal substance has priority over plain location. A proposal is expected to address the following issues (please structure the proposal accordingly): 1. Conference location (international travel connections should be highlighted). 2. Conference venue(s) (conference facilities should be highlighted, the hall allocated to the main conference track should have at least 100 seats, additional smaller rooms are needed for tutorial and workshops, all public facilities should be covered with a proper WiFi network for Internet access). 3. Tentative dates when the conference can be held (possible overlap with competing conferences should be reported). 4. Short biographies of key persons (general chair(s), PC chair(s), local arrangements chair(s), other chairs). A proper distribution of geographies and expertise should be pursued. Please note that a full PC is not expected to be named. 5. Proposed conference structure with daily scheduling (main conference (single track), tutorials, workshops, special tracks/sessions, demos, doctoral colloquium, pre/post conference social program etc.) While a proposal is most welcome to follow the structure of past MUM conferences, innovative modifications are encouraged and should be highlighted. 6. Proposed conference timeline with key dates (1st CFP distributed, 2nd CFP distributed, submission deadlines, reviews due, notification of acceptance, camera ready version due, registration deadline). 7. Preliminary budget (itemized cost estimate, itemized funding plan including projected registration fees and potential sponsorship). Please note that the general chair(s) assume(s) full financial responsibility for the conference. 8. Overview of local arrangements (hotel block reservations including a low-cost option, conference publicity and marketing, conference website, paper submission system, handling of credit card payments, student volunteers, pre/post conference social program, etc.) 9. Description of planned ACM co-operation (identification of SIGs whose co-operation will be sought, see http://www.acm.org/sigs/volunteer_resources/conference_manual/1-3incop). The proposal should be submitted as a PDF file via email to the chair of the MUM Steering Committee, Timo Ojala ([log in to unmask]), by October 31, 2016. The Steering Committee will make its decision in November 2016, to be announced at MUM 2016 in Rovaniemi. The Steering Committee reserves the right to correspond with bidders during the review process and to negotiate with the winning proposal about the details of the conference. Previous MUM conferences: MUM 2016: Rovaniemi, Finland MUM 2015: Linz, Austria MUM 2014: Melbourne, Australia MUM 2013: Luleå, Sweden MUM 2012: Ulm, Germany MUM 2011: Beijing, China MUM 2010: Limassol, Cyprus MUM 2009: Cambridge, UK MUM 2008: Umeå, Sweden MUM 2007: Oulu, Finland MUM 2006: Stanford, USA MUM 2005: Christchurch, New Zealand MUM 2004: College Park, USA MUM 2003: Norrköping, Sweden MUM 2002: Oulu, Finland --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------