Tutorials in FIS2009 will complement the main conference by providing sound state of the art background material. Tutorials should cover topics related to the Future Internet and may cover cross-domain issues or take a multidisciplinary approach. Tutorials may be either for a half day or full day and should follow the agenda and the research key challenges of the main conference.

Interested parties are invited to submit Tutorial proposals by email to Mehrdad Dianati ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
Presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by the proposal acceptance date below according to the Symposium Program organization.

Tutorial organization

Upon acceptance the tutorial organizers will be responsible for the following:

• Producing a "Call for Participation" text for the tutorial. The call should mention that all tutorial participants must pay the tutorial registration fee.
• Publicizing the tutorial, distributing the call to relevant newsgroups, mailing lists, targeting the relevant interdisciplinary audience.
• Producing a Web page for the tutorial and submitting the URL for the Web page to the tutorial chair no later than June 27.

The FIS2009 Organizing Committee will support the workshop organizers by:

• Providing publicity for the tutorial on the conference's Web page and through additional dissemination channels.
• Providing logistics facilities for the tutorial at the conference venue including hardcopies of the tutorial slides.

Submission Format

Proposals should be 1000 to 1500 words long (i.e., up to 3 pages). Proposals must include the following information:

• Tutorial title.
• Tutorial abstract
• Tutorial outline, for review stating the relevance for the Future Internet (include timing).
• Presenter name(s) & contact information (email, telephone).
• Tutorial format description (lecture, interactive lecture, Q&A session, hands-on, etc.). Be specific.
• Recording: explicitly indicate if you agree to the tutorial being recorded.
• Intended audience (difficulty level, experience required): non-programmers, beginning programmers, advanced users, business developers, etc.
• Prerequisites: What experience must attendees have in order to fully benefit from this tutorial? If one tutorial is a prerequisite for another, this must be clearly noted in both proposals.
• Presenter Requirements: any special requirements you may have.
• Notes for reviewers.
• Presenter short biography including experience.

Important Dates

Proposal submission deadline: July 17, 2009
Proposal acceptance: July 23, 2009
Handout PDF deadline: August 15, 2009
Conference: September 1-3, 2009

Tutorial chair
Mehrdad Dianati | University of Surrey, Guildford, UK