This symposium calls for research papers to be submitted on topics about Information Access. We especially encourage submissions on late breaking and formative research which presents initial work that survey and present future challenges and opportunities, present pilot studies, explore conceptual and/or theoretical models, or which present results, findings and future directions on experiments conducted using an existing approach in a new space or on a new collection.

Submissions focusing on new directions and emerging work in Information Access/Retrieval which create discussion and provoke reaction are strongly encouraged. Submissions should provide the necessary background and motivation of the topic, so as to maximize the benefit to the author and fellow participants. A paper should aim to include the following:

• Motivation for the research
• Background and related work (with key references)
• Particular issues highlighted for discussion and main research questions/challenges

Late breaking and formative research papers may also wish to include:

• Description of proposed or performed research
• Outline of Conceptual/Theoretical Models
• Research methodology and experiment

Use of existing approaches papers should also include:

• Outline of Conceptual/Theoretical Models
• Description of performed research methodology and experiment
• Experiment findings and future directions

Areas of research include, but are not limited to:

• Databases
• Information Retrieval
• Human Computer Interaction
• Multimedia and Multimodal
• Knowledge Management
• Bio, Chemo, Med, Eco, etc. Informatics

All papers will be peer reviewed by at least one senior researcher on the Programme Committee. Papers should be up to 6 pages. All submissions should be in eWics Format using the Word or Latex templates. Note submissions should be converted to PDF.

All submissions should be from a solo author: the idea is to encourage and promote one's own research.

Call for posters

We would also like to invite shorter submissions which provide a summary of your current research to present as a poster during the symposium. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss your research with your peers and senior IR researchers and practitioners during FDIA / ESSIR. All posters will be reviewed. Poster papers should be 1-2 pages in length in eWics Format using the Word or Latex templates. Submissions should be converted to PDF.

The Proceedings will be printed online as part of the Ewics series. All submissions should be uploaded via the EasyChair site ( https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fdia2013).

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