********Please excuse the cross-posting********

*Final Call for DC-2016 Presentation & Poster Submissions*

The submission deadline is rapidly approaching for the *Presentations* and *Best Practice Posters & Demos* tracks at DC-2016. Both presentations and posters/demos provide the opportunity for practitioners and researchers specializing in metadata design, implementation, and use to present their work as well as work in progress at the *International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications* in Copenhagen. *No paper is required for presentations or posters/demos*. Accepted submissions in the *Presentations* track will have approximately 20-25 minutes to present and 5-10 minutes for questions and discussion.

Proposal abstracts will be reviewed for selection by the Program Committee. The presentation slide decks and the poster images will be openly available as part of the permanent record of the DC-2016 conference.

If you are interested in presenting at DC-2016, please submit a proposal abstract through the DC-2016 submission system before the 15 July deadline.

*==============================* *:: Submission Deadline:* 15 July 2016 *:: Presenter Notice:* 22 July 2016 *:: Presentation Track Description:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/pre16 *:: Submission System:*

http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2016/schedConf/cfp *:: Conference Website:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2016/schedConf/ *==============================*

*Best Practice Posters & Demos* on work on topics from across the metadata ecosystem are invited. For the *Presentation* track, submissions are encouraged in the following *broad* themes:

:: Identifiers, persistent or not :: Metadata profiles and validation :: Maintaining vocabularies :: Practicalities of data integration

Program Committee Chairs:

*Technical Program:*

::* Valentine Charles*, Europeana Foundation, Netherlands :: *Lars G. Svensson*, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Germany

*Professional Program:*

::* Thomas Baker*, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, & Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), Germany *:: Michael D. Crandall*, University of Washington, United States *:: Stuart A. Sutton*, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), United States

*Full Organizing Committee:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/dc-2016/about/organizingTeam