Steering Committee

SMI Steering Committee

SMI is managed by a Governing Board and a Steering Committee.

Governing Board
The Governing Board is a permanent committee whose role is:
• maintaining the quality and visibility of the conference;
• actively promoting the conference;
• deciding on issues related to conference proceedings, “permanent” sponsorships, in-cooperation agreements, co-location with other events.

Members of the Governing Board are:

Tosiyasu L. Kunii, Bianca Falcidieno, Alexander Pasko, Jarek Rossignac, Vladimir Savchenko
Michela Spagnuolo, Brian Wyvill, Geoff Wyvill.

Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is composed of the governing board and of additional members approved by the Governing Board. Additional members will remain in the committee for a period of about three years, and their role will be the active promotion of the conference, the suggestion of specific topics, maintaining connections with professional societies, publishers, and sponsors.

Currently, the additional members of the steering committee are Marie-Paule Cani and Remco Veltkamp.

SMI conference organization
Proposals to host SMI should be submitted to the Governing Board at least two years in advance. Applications should contain details about the proposed venue, the local organizing committee, and an estimate of the local costs for the conference (location of the venue and audio-visual equipment, supprt staff, food, registration, promotion, materials) and for the participants (hotel costs, local travel).

The organizing committee for a SMI conference comprises: 2 or 3 conference co-Chairs and 2 or 3 program co-Chairs who are appointed by the Steering Committee. At least one member of the governing board is invited as Conference co-Chair and one as Programme co-Chair, to guarantee continuity and act as a mentor.

The SMI organizing committee is appointed at least 18 months before the conference.

Last modified: June 6, 2008