Good evening, TPDL 2011 (International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries - September 26-28 Berlin) is planning to host a small number of highly focused panel discussions. Panels should be lively, controversial, and provoke discussion on a specific topic of interest to the community. Panel sessions should not consist of paper presentations, but should have plenty of discussion engaging the audience. A two-page abstract of the tutorial will be included in the proceedings. The proceedings will be published as a volume of Springer's Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series <http://www.springer.com/lncs <http://www.springer.com/lncs> > . More info: http://tinyurl.com/5uhu6lr Proposal Submission Proposals should be 2-3 pages in length and should contain: * The topic, if possible formulated as a provocative question * The issues to be discussed, including a short listing of pro and con arguments * Short biographies of the moderator and prospective panelists * Any special requirements Panel proposals in PDF or plain ASCII format must be sent via email by February 14, 2011 to the panel chair, Johan Oomen ([log in to unmask]) with "TPDL 2011 Panel" in the subject field. The submissions will undergo peer review and will be selected by the Panel Programme Committee. Panel proposal submission February 14, 2011 Notification of acceptance March 14, 2011 Submission of final panel abstract June 6, 2011 Panel Chair Johan Oomen, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Netherlands · · · · · · · ·· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · drs. Johan Oomen Head of Research · Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision PhD candidate · VU University Amsterdam e: [log in to unmask] t: @johanoomen s: johan.oomen