International Association of Pattern Recognition

Sponsorship Applications

HOW TO GET A SPONSORSHIP

The procedure that is followed is set up to allow an efficient and fast decision by IAPR. Please provide the necessary information well in advance of the event (and before any publicity is distributed) to enable quick reactions of the IAPR Conferences & Meetings Committee.  Make sure to indicate whether you are applying for “IAPR Sponsorship” or “IAPR Endorsement” for your event.

Requests should be submitted to the Chair of the Conferences and Meetings Committee, Apostolos Antonacopoulos. All requests should contain the following information:

1. Subject and title of meeting.
2. Date and location.
3. Expected number of participants.
4. Tentative program.
5. Clarification whether the Proceedings will be published before or after the meeting. Please specify the publisher you have selected, eg IEEE, Springer, etc.
6. Names of the organizing societies and the scientific committee members.
7. Review of full papers is a requirement for IAPR backing. Review of abstracts or summaries is insufficient. Describe the reviewing process (number of reviewers per paper, blind, double blind; etc.).
8. Declaration of the conference chairman that participants from all IAPR Member Societies will be welcome without any restriction due to political, race, religion differences.
9. Clarification whether IAPR individual members will be entitled a 5% reduction on the registration fee. This discount, while not a requirement, does help raise IAPR awareness in the scientific community and helps to encourage IAPR membership.
10. Declaration that the registration fees will not be increased for authors of multiple papers to be presented at the conference.

The Chairman of the Conferences and Meetings Committee will determine if the meeting is in compliance with IAPR standards, Constitution and Bylaws, and will obtain approval from the organizer's local Governing Board member. (To speed up the process, you may send copies of the request and additional material to your local Governing Board member). If sponsorship is approved, the Chairman will inform the organizers, the IAPR Secretary, the Newsletter Editor and the Treasurer. The meeting will be announced in the Newsletter. After the meeting, the conference Chairman should submit a short report, extracts of which may be used in the newsletter, and send information on how to obtain Proceedings to the Secretariat.