The SAMT Steering Board consists of a group of founding members of the
SAMT conference series and is supplemented by the organisers of SAMT
conferences. It presently (2008) consists of
- Lynda Hardman (retiring 2011)
- Paola Hobson (retiring 2010)
- Ebroul Izquierdo (retiring 2012)
- Stefanos Kollias/Yannis Avrithis, organiser SAMT 2006,
(retiring 2012)
- Thomas Sikora (retiring 2009)
- Alan Smeaton (retiring 2009, chair)
- Steffen Staab, organiser SAMT 2008 (retiring 2012)
- Keith Van Rijsbergen (retiring 2012)
- Paulo Villegas (retiring 2010)
- Li-Qun Xu (retiring 2011)
- Michela Spagnuolo, organiser SAMT 2007, (retiring 2013)
Members appointed based on having organised a SAMT conference remain
on the committee for a period of 6 years.
Individual SAMT conferences are organized and run by individual
institutions, which may be commercial, academic or public sector. It
is the Steering Board's responsibility to select an appropriate
institution to run each year's conference, and to give that
institution whatever advice is needed to ensure the smooth and
effective running of a quality conference. The selection process will
be based on an open competition, under terms set out in an "invitation
to tender" document which will be distributed to all those with a
known interest in SAMT, and placed on the SAMT website. Invitations to
tender will normally be issued over 1 year in advance of the expected
date of the conference. The Steering Board will consider all bids
received before the advertised deadline, taking into account the
proposed conference venue, timing and location, programme of events,
likely financial viability and plans for organization and publicity. A
final decision will be taken by the Steering Board, and both
successful and unsuccessful bidders informed as soon as possible after
that date. The Board's decision is final, and no appeals will be
permitted.
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