On November 11, 2005, the School for Information and Knowledge Systems organizes its annual SIKS-day. The location will be conference center Hoog Brabant in Utrecht. The main aim of the event is to give SIKS-members -participating in research groups all over the country- the opportunity to meet each other in an informal setting and to inform them about current developments and some new activities and plans for the coming year. This year a small scientific symposium will be organized at the SIKS-day, as well. Four guest speakers have agreed to participate:

• Prof. dr. Andrea Omicini (University of Bologna)
• Prof. dr. Frances Brazier (VU)
• Prof. dr. Han La Poutre (CWI/TUE)
• Prof.dr. John-Jules Meyer (UU)

Unlike the previous edions of the SIKS-day, this time we focus on one particular topic: (multi-) agent systems / agent technology. This is the personal choice of our scientific director, prof. dr. John-Jules Meyer, who after a period of 10 years will step down as scientific director of SIKS at the end of this year.
By inviting these researchers we hope to have selected the right ingredients for a memorable day. All members of our research school (research fellows, associated members and Ph.D.-students) as well as the members of SIKS' Advisory Board are invited to join the SIKS-day 2005.

Program

(provisionary)

10.00 - 10.30    Coffee and Tea
10.30 - 10.45    Welcome by Prof. dr. H. Akkermans, Chair Board of Governors SIKS
10.45 - 11.45    Agents in many disguises ... Prof. dr. Frances Brazier (VU) SLIDES
11.45 - 12.00    "SIKS Scientific Directors: How to Manage a KNAW-accredited Research School" by Prof. dr. H. Akkermans (VU), Chair Board of Governors SIKS
12.00 - 13.30    Lunch in Hoog Brabant
13.30 - 14.30    Computational Intelligence in Multi-Agent Games Prof. dr. Han La Poutre (CWI/TUE) SLIDES
14.30 - 15.00    Coffee and Tea
15.00 - 16.00    From Funny Logics via Funny Programming Languages to Funny Applications Prof. dr. John-Jules Meyer (UU), Scientific director of SIKS SLIDES
16.00 - 17.00    Artefacts and Workspaces for the Engineering of Multiagent Systems Prof. dr. Andrea Omicini (University of Bologna) SLIDES
17.00 - 18.00    Drinks

Registration

All members of our research school (research fellows, associated members and Ph.D.-students) as well as the members of SIKS' Advisory Board are invited to join the SIKS-day 2005. Participation (lunch included) is free, registration is required. Participants are kindly requested to fill in the registration form

Deadline for Registration: October 24 2005