{"id":4910,"date":"2017-02-10T02:09:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T02:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irsg.bcs.org\/informer\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2017-02-10T02:09:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T02:09:55","slug":"call-for-industry-day-proposals-at-ecir-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-irsg.bcs.org\/informer\/?p=4910","title":{"rendered":"Call for Industry Day Proposals at ECIR 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"ECIR 2017\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.abdn.ac.uk\/business-info\/events\/images\/preview\/ECIR_Horns_Screen1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"269\" \/>This year\u2019s ECIR conference will include an Industry Day, following  very successful events at ECIR in recent years. The Industry Day will be  held on Thursday 13<sup>th<\/sup> April 2017, immediately after the regular conference program.<\/p>\n<p>The Industry Day\u2019s objectives are three-fold. The first objective is  to present the state of the art in search and search-related areas,  delivered as keynote talks by influential technical leaders from the  search industry. The second objective of the Industry Day is the  presentation of interesting, novel and innovative ideas related to  information retrieval. Finally, a highly-interactive panel session will  conclude the day, topic to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers confirmed so far include:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Edgar Meij \u2013 Bloomberg<\/li>\n<li>Peter Mika \u2013 Schibsted<\/li>\n<li>Charlie Hull \u2013 Flax<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Industry authors are invited to prepare proposals for presenting  interesting, novel and innovative IR ideas, and submit these by email to  the Industrial Day co-chairs. The proposal should contain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short company portrait (~100 words)<\/li>\n<li>Short CV of the presenter(s) (~100 words)<\/li>\n<li>Title and abstract of the presentation (~500 words)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When submitting a proposal, please bear in mind the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure the presentation is relevant to the ECIR audience<\/li>\n<li>Try to highlight interesting R&amp;D challenges in the work you present<\/li>\n<li>Please do not present a sales pitch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look forward to receiving your submissions by email (see the email  addresses below), and welcoming you to the ECIR 2017 Conference and to  the Industry Day.<\/p>\n<p>Important Dates<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 Feb 2017: Industry Day proposals due<\/li>\n<li>03 March 2017: Notification of proposal acceptance<\/li>\n<li>13 April 2017: Industry Day presentations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Industry Day Co-Chairs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Udo Kruschwitz, University of Essex (udo AT essex.ac.uk)<\/li>\n<li>Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs, (tgr AT uxlabs.co.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s ECIR conference will include an Industry Day, following very successful events at ECIR in recent years. The Industry Day will be held on Thursday 13th April 2017, immediately after the regular conference program. The Industry Day\u2019s objectives are three-fold. 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