Dear EuroGraphics member,

I'm glad to inform you about SVG Open 2005,
the 4th international conference on Scalable Vector Graphics,
Enschede, the Netherlands, August 15-18

SVG...
... is a very versatile format, illustrated by:
"Subjects can vary from specialized technical visualisations, to
interactive multi-media art on your mobile phone or website".
For some nice examples of this 'HTML of graphics' see
http://www.w3.org/2004/Talks/1211-Twente-IH/ , especially the slideset in
SVG.

SVG Open 2005...
... will take place on the beautiful campus of the University of Twente:
http://www.svgopen.org/2005/location.html .
The program features paper presentations, panel discussions, courses and
both beginner and advanced level workshops. There will be ample
opportunity to get to know people from the SVG community.
Previous editions have shown a very diverse and creative crowd.
SVGopen 2005 is organised by the University of Twente (UT), the Telematica
Instituut, and the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and
Earth Observation (ITC).

suggestions for topics&tracks are:
# Application building track:
  application design, scripting, deployment, optimization, ...
# Art & Design track:
  screen art, interface design, logos & icons, cartoons, ...
# Business track:
  how to make money off SVG, selling SVG-based products, ...
# Data-connections track:
  combining SVG with MathML, CML, sXBL, and anyXML , ...
# Evangelism & Specs track:
  pushing forward the SVG language and its use...
# Geo-information track:
  mapping, geodata, SVG and (open)GIS webservices
# Mobile use track:
  small-device challenges, SVG & LBS, ...
# Tools track:
  authoring tools, viewers, convertors, widgets, ...


Call for participation:
You're invited to submit your abstracts for paper presentations, courses
and panel discussions (before feb. 1st). If your paper gets accepted you
will be rewarded with a discount on the attendence fee.
The submittance goes through our website.

mailing list:
There's a news mailing list you can subscribe to at
http://lists.telin.nl/mailman/listinfo/svgopen2005

more info:
Lots of other information, including preliminary pricing, is found on our
website http://www.svgopen.org/2005

feedback:
Questions, ideas and other feedback is welcomed at svgopen2005_AT_telin.nl


Hoping to welcome you in August,

Ruud Steltenpool (on behalf of the SVG Open 2005 team)


PS: If you want some more news, information and other links about SVG i
suggest:
- http://www.svg.org
- http://www.svgx.org

and of course:
http://www.svgopen.org/2004 (Tokyo)
http://www.svgopen.org/2003 (Vancouver)
http://www.svgopen.org/2002 (Zürich)