Instructions for Organizing a Special Session

Special sessions are held in one or more two-hour blocks of time, each of which typically consist of four 1/2 hour talks or a one hour overview and two 1/2 hour talks.
These times include time for questions. It is preferable that sessions have two organizers, one experienced person and a younger colleague or student.

The duties of the session organizers are:

• Submit a proposal for the session to the conference general chairs.
• Invite the speakers.
• Maintain a web page describing the session with abstracts for the talks.
  Examples can be found on the ACA Conferences web page. The organizers can assist you with the web page.

The scientific quality of a special session is the sole responsibility of the session organizers.

Sample letter of invitation

Dear INVITEE:
ORGANIZER and I are inviting you to make a 1/2 hour (1 hour) presentation, including time for questions, in the Special Session, SPECIAL SESSION TITLE, that we are organizing for the Applications of Computer Algebra Conference ACA 2006 that will be held in Varna, Bulgaria, from June 26, 2005 to June 29, 2006.
More information about the meeting can be found at
http://math.unm.edu/aca.html

You are responsible for all of your expenses for the meeting including registration fee, travel, lodging and food.
In case of some possibilities for financial supportq information about that will be announced on the meeting web page.