AT A GLANCE
The IFCS 2019 conference theme is ‘Data Analysis and Rationality in a Complex World’. The conference opening will take place on August 26 late afternoon and pre-conference workshops will be held in the morning. The conference sessions will start on August 27 in the morning, and will close on August 29 with a full day conference program. The conference will include a President’s invited session and a Presidential address, invited presentations, invited and contributed sessions.
NEWS
*The book of abstracts is now available*
*The conference program is now available*
*President’s Invited Talk by Prof. David J. Hand, winner of the Research Medal of IFCS*
*Abstract Submission is CLOSED.*
*BEWARE OF SCAM CALLS!* Scam offers for hotels are rampant and we can do nothing to stop them except to educate you. If you need to book hotel rooms, please book them only through the conference page,. When in doubt, email us.
*Pre-conference Workshops on Compositional and Symbolic Data Analysis*
*Cluster Benchmarking Challenge Second Call*
IMPORTANT DATES
| Monday, November 19, 2018 | Start early bird registration and abstract submission |
| Sunday, |
Deadline for abstract submission |
| Sunday, |
Notification of acceptance for abstract submission |
| Sunday, |
Deadline for early bird registration |
| Sunday, June 23, 2019 | Deadline for standard registration |
| Sunday, July 21, 2019 | Deadline for late registration |
| Monday, August 26, 2019 | Conference opening and pre-conference workshops |
| August 27-29, 2019 | IFCS-2019 conference sessions |
POST CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Post conference proceedings will be published in Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization (Edited by Theodore Chadjipadelis, Berthold Lausen, Angelos Markos, Tae Rim Lee, Angela Montanari, Rebecca Nugent). Single papers can be made open access on payment of the open access to Springer.
CONFERENCE AWARDS
The following awards and medals ceremony will be scheduled at the conference:
- Helga and Wolfgang Gaul Stiftung Award (age < 30)
- Chikio Hayashi Award (age 30 – 35)
- IFCS Research Medal for outstanding research achievements (age > 35)
- Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Paper Competition and Travel Award (age 22 – 29)
- Cluster Benchmarking Competition Award
CONFERENCE FEES
| Early Bird
until June 02, 2019 |
Standard
until June 23, 2019 |
Late
until July 21, 2019 |
On site | |
| IFCS Societies Member* | 260,00 € | 300,00 € | 340,00 € | 370,00 € |
| Non-Member | 340,00 € | 380,00 € | 420,00 € | 450,00 € |
| Student** | 150,00 € | 150,00 € | 150,00 € | 150,00 € |
| Accompanying person*** | 100,00 € | 100,00 € | 100,00 € | 100,00 € |
Registration fees include participation to all sessions, conference material, lunches, coffee breaks and a welcome reception. The conference dinner is open to registered conference participants but additional registration is required (“See what is in the store” option in the registration page). The dinner fee is 50,00 € for regular participants and accompanying persons.
* IASC members are entitled to IFCS societies members reduced fees
** The Student fee is reserved to undergraduate, graduate, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows without a permanent position. Proof of status required.
*** The Accompanying person fee includes access to the welcome reception, lunches and coffee breaks and a tour in Thessaloniki city centre on Tuesday 27th August.