FIPA 97/09/28
FOUNDATION FOR INTELLIGENT PHYSICAL AGENTS Palo Alto
Source: L. Chiariglione usmtgntc

 

Eighth FIPA Meeting Notice

The eighth FIPA meeting will be held on 26-30 January 1998 in Palo Alto, CA, US and will be hosted by Hewlett-Packard Laboratories at

HP Laboratories
1501 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
phone - 650-857-7744
fax - 650-852-8030
Email of contact point (Jennifer Jansen): jansen@hpl.hp.com

The meeting will be open to FIPA member companies and to all those companies that have made substantial proposals in response to FIPA's 3rd Call for Proposals.

Members are reminded that demonstrations of FIPA 97-related implementations are at the meeting are welcome.

If you wish to join FIPA please follow the instructions given here.

Annex 1 gives the meeting agenda
Annex 2 gives the structure of this meeting
Annex 3 gives the registration form (fax)
Annex 4 gives the registration form (web)
Annex 5 gives the hotel information

If you wish to stay at the recommended hotel (Holiday Inn), please register with Jennifer Jansen, HP Labs before 30 November 1997.

Annex 1
Agenda

1. Opening, logistics
2. Chairman's report
3. FIPA 97 matters
4. Comments to FIPA 97 field trial documents
5. FIPA 97 field trials
6. Responses to 3rd FIPA Call for Proposals
7. Final decision on FIPA 98 technologies
8. Technical Committee organisation
9. FIPA 98 baseline documents
10. Liaison matters
11. Workplan
12. Administrative matters
13. Resolutions
14. Closing

Annex 2
Structure of eighth FIPA meeting

The three main goals of the meeting are

The following meeting distribution is planned

    Plenary TC1 TC2 TC3 TC4 TC5 TC6 TC7 SIG
Mon 26 09-11 x                
  11-13   x x x          
  14-18   x x x          
Tue 27 09-10                  
  11-13   x x x          
  14-18   x x x          
Wed 28 09-13 x                
            x x x x  
  14-18         x x x x  
  18-20                 x
Thu 29 09-10 x                
  11-13   x x x          
  14-18   x x x          
Fri 30 09-13         x x x x  
  14-16         x x x x  
  16-18 x                

N. B.: the table is based on the assumption that no existing TC will be disbanded and that no new TC will be established

The following rooms will be used

  Room name Seating
Main room Yosemite 100
Breakout rooms Half Dome 80
  Sigma 70
  room 1 15
  room 2 15

 

Annex 4

Hotel Information

100 single rooms have been booked from Sunday 25 January to Saturday 31 January 1998 at

Holiday Inn Palo Alto Phone: +1 650-328-2800
625 El Camino Real Fax: +1 650-327-7362
Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA Toll free: 800-874-3516

Note: (The area code has been changed from 415 to 650).

The rate is US$159.00 per night.

If you wish to stay at the recommended hotel Please register sending by email/fax the following information

Full Name
Arrival Date
Departure Date
Queen or King size bed
1 person or 2
Smoking or Non smoking room
Credit Card Number
Exp. Date
Name on Card

to Jennifer Jansen, HP Labs by 30 November 1997.

Travel from SFO to Hotel - approx 30 minutes

Travel from San Jose to Hotel - approx 30 minutes

Taxi approx cost - $42.00

Climate in January - well, that’s a bit hard to say. California weather is so unpredictable. It might be raining, temp in the 60 and 70’s.