2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-2004) April 26 – May 1, 2004 New Orleans Riverside Hilton and Towers Poydras at the Mississippi River New Orleans, LA USA Presented by T. J. Tarn Toshio Fukuda Kimon Valavanis Apr. 23, 2005 Barcelona
Conference Organizing Committee Gen. Chairs:Toshio Fukuda: T. J. Program Chair:Kimon Valavanis: Vice Prog. Chair:Bruno Siciliano: Nick Papanikolopoulos: Makoto Kaneko: Paper Awards Chair:Bill Hammel Workshop & Tutorial Chair:Robin Video Proc. Chair:Ken Finance Chair:Xiaoping Publications Chair:Max Exhibits Chair:Brad Publicity Chairs:Maja Ning Local Arran. Chair:X. Rong Samuel
DayMorning (AM)Afternoon (PM) Sunday 4/25OPEN Monday 4/26 OPENWorkshops/Tutorials Registration set up Tuesday 4/27 Workshops/Tutorials (Exhibits set up) Conf. Registration Workshops/Tutorials (Exhibits set up) Conf. Registration Opening reception Wednesday 4/28 Conf. Registration Technical Sessions Exhibits Conf. Registration Technical Sessions Exhibits ICRA’ 04 PC dinner Thursday 4/29 Conf. Registration Technical Sessions Exhibits Conf. Registration Technical Sessions Exhibits Conf./Awards dinner Friday 4/30 Conf. Registration Technical Sessions Exhibits Technical Sessions Closing Reception Financial Com. meeting Executive Com. meeting Saturday 5/1 OPENAdCom meeting Sunday 5/2 OPEN Table I: Overall Schedule
TimeTuesday 4/27 Wednesday 4/28Thursday 4/29Friday 4/30 9:00 AM – 10:40 AM Technical Sessions Technical Sessions Technical Sessions 10:40 – 11:00 AM Coffee Break 11:00 AM – 12:40 PM Technical Sessions Technical Sessions Technical Sessions 12:40 PM -2:00 PM Lunch 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Plenary 3:00 PM – 4:40 PM Technical Sessions Technical Sessions Technical Sessions 4:40 PM – 5:00 PM Coffee Break 5:00 PM – 6:40 PM Technical Sessions Technical Sessions Technical Sessions 7:00 PM -Opening reception ICRA’ 04 PC dinner Conference dinner Closing reception TimeMonday 4/26Tuesday 4/27 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1 coffee break) W/T (2) 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM (1 coffee break) W/T (4-5) (Other technical committee meetings will be scheduled upon request) Technical Program (15 parallel sessions) TABLE II: Technical schedule 3 days: 4 sessions/day, 4 papers/session, 15 parallel sessions (720 papers) Each paper: 25 min (20 min presentation, 5 min for questions) Each session: 100 min total Coffee breaks: 20 min each Lunch break:1 hour 20 min (100 min) Plenary session:1 hour (60 min) Workshops / Tutorials (W/T)
Surplus:$87,000 (17%) Student Support: $20,000 Banquet: All students were invited.