1. Proposal for ECDL 2011: Willkommen in Berlin! Prof. Dr. Stefan Gradmann / Jenny Oltersdorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / School of Library and Information Science stefan.gradmann@ibi.hu-berlin.de

2. Stefan Gradmann: ECDL 2011: Our Proposal Outline Organising Committee Hosting Institution Conference Planning Financial Issues

3. Stefan Gradmann: ECDL 2011: Our Proposal Organising Committee Coordinator:Stefan Gradmann + Marlies Olensky (Humboldt-Universität) Finance & Host Committee: Michael Seadle(Humboldt-Universität) Peter Schirmbacher(Humboldt-Universität) Wolfgang Coy(Humboldt-Universität) Program Committee:Vivien Petras(Humboldt-Universität) Carlo Meghini(CNR/ISTI) Heiko Schuldt(University of Basel) Herbert van de Sompel(LANL)

4. Stefan Gradmann: ECDL 2011: Our Proposal Hosting City & Institution “Berlin combines the culture of New York, the traffic system of Tokyo, the nature of Seattle, and the historical treasures of, well, Berlin.” (Hiroshi Motomura, US Law professor, 2004) Berlin School of Library and Information Science was founded in 1928 and is the only library school at a German research university. The Erwin-Schrödinger-Centre at the Adlershof campus will host ECDL 2011. Its modern, well equipped buildings are well suited for big congresses and since 2003 more than 50 congresses, workshops and conferences have taken place there.

5. Stefan Gradmann: ECDL 2011: Our Proposal Planning Parameters A three day main conference is scheduled during 26th – 28th of September 2011, preceded by one day for tutorials and followed by two days for workshops There will be a conference dinner at the second day of conference at one of the several convenient locations in the city of Berlin, and at least one excursion will be planned for the participants to learn more about Berlin and Humboldt-University. At least four rooms will be available in the conference venues for workshops and tutorials. The conference venue provides also plenty of space to accommodate posters, exhibits, etc. Hard copy proceedings as a volume of the Springer’s Lecture Notes on Computer Science series will be offered to all participants.

6. Stefan Gradmann: ECDL 2011: Our Proposal Proposed Schedule 2010SeptemberFirst call for papers OctoberWebsite, Poster, Leaflets NovemberProgram Committee members and other Chairs invitation DecemberSecond call for papers including tutorials, workshops, panels and demonstrations 2011MarchPapers, Workshops, Panels, Tutorials and Demonstrations deadline JunePapers in camera-ready format AugustConference proceedings publishing SeptemberConference

7. Stefan Gradmann: ECDL 2011: Our Proposal Financial Issues According to past experiences the budget has been estimated for about 250 and 300 participants. StudentNormal Conference only Work shop TutorialConference only Work shop Tutorial Early300 €100 € 450 €120 € Late/ on site ---500 €--

8. Stefan Gradmann: ECDL 2011: Our Proposal Thank you very much for your attention.