1. Salvador - Bahia Brazil August 15-19, 2005 Sponsor: 28 th Intl. ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development and Information Retrieval Organizers:

2. Welcome to Salvador Unique place Magic attractions: –natural beauties –hospitality of its people –artistical and cultural aspects We hope that during your stay in Salvador you can enjoy its magic

3. Location in Brazil & SA Wine Santiago UFMG UChile

4. Pestana Hotel

6. South View from Pestana

8. North View from Pestana Natural Swimming Pool

9. Corporate Supporters

10. Institutional Suporters

11. Participants by Country USA 108 Sweden 4 Brazil36Hong Kong3 Germany19Israel3 China16Italy3 United Kingdom 14 Portugal 3 Canada11Taiwan 3 The Netherlands 10 Chile3 Ireland9Cuba2 Singapore 8 Denmark2 Spain 8 India2 Finland6Austria1 Japan 6 Greece1 South KOREA 6 New Zealand 1 Australia6Switzerland 1 France4Turkey 1 300

12. About the Conference +4,000 e-mails, +1,100 people, +50 countries Full papers: 368 submitted, 71 accepted (19%) Posters: 120 submitted, 53 accepted (44%) Tutorials: 7 Workshops: 7 Demos: 11 Doctoral Consortium: 11 Invited talks: 3 Thanks to all, special thanks to the Chairs!

13. Enjoy the Conference! Thank you