# EKAW-24: Call for Workshops & Tutorials

The 24th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW-24) encompasses the diverse realms of eliciting, acquiring, modeling, and managing knowledge.
The conference addresses the pivotal role of knowledge in constructing systems and services for the semantic web, knowledge management, knowledge discovery, information integration, natural language processing, intelligent systems, e-business, e-health, humanities, cultural heritage, and beyond. In particular, EKAW-24 emphasises the role of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Knowledge Engineering and Management.
Besides the regular conference tracks, EKAW will also host workshops and tutorials.
EKAW Workshops provide an informal setting in which participants have the opportunity to discuss specific topics in an atmosphere that fosters the exchange of ideas via networking activities.
EKAW Tutorials will enable attendees to fully engage in emerging methods and technologies relevant to knowledge representation and management, established schools of thought, and exciting application areas.

## Topics of Interest

In order to meet these goals, workshop/tutorial proposals should address topics that satisfy the following criteria:

- their topic falls within the general scope of EKAW 2024 (see: https://event.cwi.nl/ekaw2024/);
- there is a clear focus on any of the following:
- Emergent technologies and methods in knowledge acquisition or management
- New application domains or ways to rethink established ones
- Novel problems in knowledge acquisition
- Domain-oriented, interdisciplinary, or “blue-sky” research that may challenge established KR paradigms
- there is a reference or growing research community interested in the topic

## Submission Guidelines

Proposals should be submitted via EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ekaw2024

Submissions should be a single PDF file of no more than 5 pages, specifying “Workshop Proposal” or “Tutorial Proposal” as their topic, and should contain the following information.

### Guidelines for Workshop proposals:

Workshop proposals must include the following elements:

- Title.
- Abstract (200 words).
- Motivation on why the topic is of particular interest at this time and its relation to the main conference topics
- Format: whether the event will include paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussion, or other elements
- Intended audience and expected number of participants
- Dissemination channel and strategy for attracting submissions
- List of (accepted and potential) members of the program committee
- Indication of whether the workshop should be considered for a half-day or full-day
- The tentative dates (submission, notification, camera-ready deadline, etc.)
- Past versions of the workshop, including URLs as well as the number of submissions and acceptance rates
- Related workshops and their similarities and differences
- Details of the organisers (name, affiliation, email address, homepage) and a short CV

In addition:

- We strongly advise having more than one organizer (with a maximum of four), preferably from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic
- We encourage the workshop organizers to strive for gender and location diversity in the organization and program committee
- We welcome and will prioritize workshops with creative structures and organizations that attract various types of contributions and ensure rich interactions

### Guidelines for Tutorial Proposals:

- Title.
- Abstract (200 words)
- Relation to the conference topics, i.e. why it will be of interest to the conference attendants
- If the tutorial, or a very similar tutorial, has been given elsewhere, an explanation of the benefit of presenting it again to the EKAW community
- Overview of content, description of the aims, presentation style, potential/preferred prerequisite knowledge
- Indication on whether the tutorial should be considered for a half-day or full-day
- Intended audience and expected number of participants
- Audio-visual or technical requirements and any special room requirements (for hands-on sessions, any software needed and download sites must be provided by the tutorial presenters)
- Details of the presenters (name, affiliation, email address, homepage) and short CV including also their expertise, experiences in teaching and in tutorial presentation

In addition:

- We strongly advise having more than one organizer, preferably from different institutions
- We encourage the organizers to strive for gender and location diversity in the organization

## Workshop Organiser’s Responsibilities

The organizers of accepted workshops are expected to:

- prepare a workshop webpage (linked to the official EKAW website) containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timelines
- be responsible for the workshop publicity
- be responsible for the workshops’ reviewing process, decide upon the final program content
- be responsible for compiling the camera ready papers by the 20th of November 2024

Proceedings of all workshops will be published in an EKAW joint electronic proceedings volume (e.g. on the CEUR-WS website)
schedule, attend, and coordinate their entire workshop.

## Tutorial Organisers’s Responsibilities

The proposers of accepted tutorials are expected to:

- prepare a tutorial webpage (linked to the official EKAW website) containing detailed information about the tutorial
- prepare the tutorial materials
- publicity distribute materials to participants
- schedule, attend, and coordinate their tutorial
- tutorial organisers are invited to produce an extended version of the tutorial submission to be included in the EKAW joint electronic proceedings volume (e.g. on the CEUR-WS website)

# Important Dates

Proposals will be evaluated on a rolling basis until: 1 June 2024

# Suggested Timeline for Workshops and Tutorials

- Workshop/Tutorial website up and calls: 3 weeks after notification
- Deadline to submit Papers to Workshops: 15 September 2024
- Acceptance of Papers for Workshops: 15 October 2024
- Provide camera-ready versions and CEUR copyright signed forms: 20 November 2024
- Workshop/Tutorial day: 26 November 2024
- EKAW 2022 days: 26-28 November 2024

# Chairs

Enrico Daga (Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, United Kingdom)

Lise Stork (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Contact: ekaw2024wt@easychair.org