The 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2011) will be held in Wollongong, Australia from November 16 - 18, 2011.

The conference theme for PRIMA-2011 of "Agents for Sustainability" seeks to especially encourage thought leadership in the agent community as to how agent computing can be applied to enhance sustainable practices in our world, from agriculture to personal resource usage to the design and operation of more sustainable cities. Papers addressing this theme, across the range from innovative early work to reports on systems in production, are welcomed, as also are papers that continue to explore the "Agents and Services" theme of PRIMA-2010, which addressed connections to service science and service-oriented computing.

PRIMA-2011 proceedings will be published by Springer as a volume in the LNAI series. Papers should be no more than 15 pages in length in Springer LNCS format and submitted as a PDF file. PRIMA-2011's reviewing process, overseen by a Senior Programme Committee (SPC), will allow authors to respond to reviewers' comments prior to final paper selection, and will also provide a "shepherding" process for borderline papers that will see a PC or SPC member work with the authors to provide additional support during the paper revision process. Papers will be judged on originality, significance, presentation, and technical soundness. A broad range of agent topics are of interest, but all papers should clearly identify how their scientific or technical contributions advance the state-of-the-art of agent computing practice or have a strong potential so to do. A footnote should identify those papers whose first author is a student.

Please check the latest information about forthcoming PRIMA on its website.

[Important Dates]
Papers due: July 8, 2011
Author notification: August 10, 2011
Camera-ready papers due: August 26, 2011
Early registration deadline: September 15, 2011
Conference dates: November 16 - 18, 2011