Call for Workshops
                             1 - 7 November 1997 
	                to be held in conjunction with

        The 16th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER'97)

                         Los Angeles, California, USA
                              3 - 6 November 1997


The ER'97 program committee invites proposals for workshops.  The workshops
are intended to provide an opportunity to meet and discuss selected topics on
conceptual modeling.  Workshops can be scheduled around the conference as
workshop organizers see fit -- for example, the weekend before, evenings
during the conference, the afternoon of last conference day, the day
following the last conference day, or combinations of these times.
Attendees at workshops must register for the ER'97 conference and must
also pay an additional workshop fee.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submit by electronic mail the following information to one of the program
co-chairs below.

*  Title of the workshop.
*  A brief description of the technical issues to be discussed.
*  A statement of why the workshop is of interest at this time.
*  Information about the proposed organizing committee.
*  Contact information for the chair of the organizing committee.
*  An estimate of the number of expected participants.
*  Proposed dates and times for the workshop.
*  A budget for any items beyond room rental, coffee breaks, and rental
   of overhead, easel and markers.

Proposals for workshops on technology development should be sent to Embley,
and proposals for workshops on technology application should be sent to
Goldstein.

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
David W. Embley                     Robert C. Goldstein
Department of Computer Science      Management Information Systems Division
Brigham Young University            Faculty of Commerce and Bus. Administration
Provo, Utah  84602                  University of British Columbia
USA                                 Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z2
email: embley@cs.byu.edu            email:  bob.goldstein@ubc.ca
phone: 801-378-6470                 phone:  604-822-8389
fax:   801-378-7775                 fax:    604-822-9574

Each workshop organizing committee will be responsible for producing a Call
for Participation for the workshop and for selecting participants.  The
ER'97 committee will make the Call for Participation available as part of
the ER'97 web site.  Workshops registration forms will be included with the
registration material for ER'97.

Workshop organizers are responsible to produce a short summary report
(3 - 7 pages).  These summary reports will be made available on the web
as part of ER'97.  Any additional reports, summaries, or proceedings are
the responsibility of the workshop organizers.

IMPORTANT DATES
Workshop Proposal Submissions:                    6 May 1997 (or earlier)
Notification:                                     9 May 1997 (or earlier)
List of Participants Sent to ER'97 Committee:    30 August 1997
Registration of Sufficient Participants:         (early registration deadline)
Workshops:                                       1 - 7 November 1997
Summary Report Due:                              21 November 1997

The ER'97 committee reserves the right to cancel any workshop if deadlines
are missed, or if the number of registered attendees at the workshop is too
low to support the costs of running the workshop.

More information: http://osm7.cs.byu.edu/ER97/