FIPA 96/11/11
FOUNDATION FOR INTELLIGENT PHYSICAL AGENTS tomtgntc
Source: L. Chiariglione  


Fourth FIPA meeting notice

The Fourth FIPA meeting will be held on 20-24 January 1997 and hosted by CSELT (Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni S.p.A.), at

CSELT
Via G. Reiss Romoli, 274
I-10148 Torino, Italy

The meeting will be open to FIPA member companies and to all those companies that have submitted a proposal. If you wish to join please follow the instructions given here.

Annex 1 gives the meeting agenda

Annex 2 gives the structure of this meeting

Annex 3 gives information on meeting logistics

Annex 4 gives the registration form

Annex 5 gives information on how to submit a proposal

Annex 6 gives general logistic information

 

Hotel booking deadline is 20 December. 


Annex 1
Agenda

1. Opening, logistics
2. Chairman's report
3. Election of Directors
4. Report on submissions
5. Presentation of submissions
6. FIPA Technical Organisation
6. FIPA 1997 applications
7. FIPA 1997 requirements
8. FIPA 1997 technologies
9. First baseline documents
10. Workplan
11. Administrative matters
12. Resolutions
13. Closing

 


Annex 2
Structure of Fourth FIPA meeting

The primary goal of this meeting is to produce a first set of baseline documents using information received though the first FIPA Call for Proposals. The baseline documents are expected to evolve over all of 1997 and eventually become the 1997 FIPA specification.

This is the anticipated sequence of events at the Fourth meeting

Mon 20 am Administrative issues
Presentation of proposals
  pm Presentation of proposals
Tue 21 am Establishment of study groups
Parallel study of proposals
  pm Parallel study of proposals
Wed 22 am Reporting
Structure of FIPA 1997 specification
Establishment of Technical Committees
Parallel meetings of TCs
  pm Parallel meetings of TCs
Thu 23 am Parallel meetings of TCs
  pm Drafting of baseline documents
Fri 24 am Drafting of baseline documents
  pm Final reporting, integration and approval of baseline documents
Resolutions

The meeting schedule will be daily from 9 am to 6 pm (if necessary, the closing time may be extended to 7 pm)

08:00 - 09:00 Registration - auditorium lobby
09:00 - 11:00 Meeting
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break - bars near the auditorium / meeting rooms
11:15 - 13:40 Meeting
13:40 - 14:30 Lunch (CSELT canteen)
14:30 - 16:30 Meeting
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break - bars near the auditorium / meeting rooms
16:45 - 18:00 Meeting
Social dinner at Tiffany Restaurant,
Piazza Solferino 16
January 22 (Wed.) 20.00-22.00

 


Annex 3
Meeting logistics

Meeting Rooms

Plenary Meeting Auditorium (172 people)
Break-out room 1 Meeting Room "Leonardo" (40 people)
Break-out room 2 Meeting Room "Michelangelo" (20 people)
Break-out room 3 Meeting Room "Tiziano" (15 people)
Break-out room 4 Meeting Room "Raffaello" (10 people)
Computer Room and Secretariat Office Meeting Room "Tintoretto"
Registration Auditorium Lobby

Venue Facilities

(The number in brackets shows the number of available units)

Each Meeting Room Personal computer display (1) with input terminal of VGA (15pins)
  OHP (1)
  Power line (socket with table tap, AC main, 220V)
  Blackboard
Computer Room Leased telephone line with modular jack
  Personal computer (IBM PC, Windows 3.1) (3)
  Printer (Postscript) (2)
  Internet access environment
  Software (Netscape, MS-Office)
Secretariat Office Leased telephone line with modular jack
  Telephone (+39.11.2287220 / +39.11.2287221)
  Copier
  Fax (+39.11.2287222)

 Annex 4
Logistic information

  Hotel

 

Cat. Hotel Address Telephone
Telefax
Single room
(with breakfast)
Double room
(with breakfast)
1st City Hotel Via Filippo Juvarra, 25 +39.11.540546
+39.11.548188
160,000 ITL 210,000 ITL
1st Holiday Inn Via Assietta, 3 +39.11.5167111
+39.11.5167699
165,000 ITL 215,000 ITL
2nd Genova e Stazione Via Sacchi, 14 +39.11.5629400
+39.11.5629896
135,000 ITL 170,000 ITL

70 rooms have been booked.
Reservation must be done by each participant before 20th December 1996.
Please mention "CSELT Convention for FIPA meeting".

 

Transportation from the hotel to CSELT
 

by taxi (approximately 30,000 ITL ~=20 USD))

by bus no. 52 (refer to Cselt WWW Page)