This Call for Proposals is distributed on behalf of the Steering Committee for the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME). IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) has been the flagship multimedia conference sponsored by four IEEE societies since 2000. It serves as a forum to promote the exchange of the latest advances in multimedia technologies, systems, and applications from both the research and development perspectives of the circuits and systems, communications, computer, and signal processing communities. An Exposition of multimedia products, animations and industries will be held in conjunction with the conference. ICME 2023/2024 will be the 31st/32nd meeting in this series. The conference organizing team is advised to incorporate into their proposal the following items.
- Proposed Dates (approximately mid-year of 2023/2024, preferable July). Please indicate which year(s) (2023, 2024, or both) the proposal would like to bid.
- Organizing Committee Members
➢ Names for all key positions
➢ Biographical information for General Chair(s), Technical Program Chairs, Treasurer/Finance Chair, Workshop Chairs, Industry Chairs, Panel Chairs, Tutorial Chairs, and Special Session Chairs
➢ Membership in the Signal Processing Society: Multimedia Signal Processing Technical Committee, Circuits and Systems Society: Multimedia Systems and Applications Technical Committee, Communications Society: Multimedia Communications Technical Committee, and/or Computer Society: Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing
- Proposed budget (for advice on building an IEEE budget please contact sps-conf proposals@ieee.org)
- Support that can be anticipated from the local government, universities and or corporations
- Reasons for the proposed conference’s location
➢ Airport and transportation information
➢ Customs and Visa regulations
➢ Hotel and convention center information (i.e. space diagrams, maps, etc.) ➢ Tourist destinations (i.e. museums, natural wonders, etc.)
➢ Average weather conditions for the time of year
➢ Are there any security concerns? If there is, what procedure will be taken by the OC team?
- A back-up plan of hosting a virtual ICME conferences if a physical conference cannot be held due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other urgent serious events, which is subject to the approval of the Steering Committee.
Submission of Proposal
Proposal for ICME 2023/2024 is currently being accepted. Please notify the Steering Committee of your intent to propose via an email to Steering Committee Chair Prof. Chia Wen Lin at cwlin@ee.nthu.edu.tw by June 30, 2021. The potential bidders are encouraged to work with a member of ICME steering committee to prepare their bid. If you are interested to solicit Steering Committee feedback for your proposal, please submit a draft proposal no later than July 14, 2021. Final proposals should be sent no later than July 31, 2021. Please send enquiries and the proposal to Conference Services Staff, IEEE Signal Processing Society and Chia-Wen Lin . As there may be limit of email size, please put large file on a shared drive, e.g., Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox, etc.
Proposal Presentation
Proposals of interest to the Steering Committee will be asked to present at the Steering Committee meeting held online in August. The accepted bid will be required to build an ICME web site at consolidated ICME website within 6 months of proposal acceptance.
