Papers can be submitted online at the EasyChair submission website.

http://www.ismick.org/ismick-2006-program/

What to do in Southern Africa ?

Put together, the countries of Southern Africa offer the most incredible scenery in all the world.
Here are the unique destinations: the Namib desert in Namibia, the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Bazaruto Island (incredible coral reefs) in Mozambique, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe/Zambia (the world’s most voluminous falls), the Luangwa valley in Zambia, the Chimpanzees in Rwanda, the Serengeti plains and Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania, Mount Kilimajaro in Tanzania.

In Town

Life & leisure: owns and operates apartments in Church Street, the centre of town, and 10 minutes walking distance to campus, these apartments are self-service, and they include full kitchens etc.. The rates are from R 345 towards R 525, per single person per night, depending on the apartment. A pre-ordered breakfast is available at R 50 per person day extra. www.lifeandleisure.co.za
Roosenwijn Guesthouse: is located about 1 minute walking distance from campus, and the offer traditional bed & breakfast accommodation. Their rates are R 350 per single person per night, breakfast included. www.stellenguest.co.za
Evergreen Manor & Spa: is located about 2 minutes walking distance from campus, and more luxurious, priced from R 455 per single person per night, breakfast included. www.evergreenmanor.co.za
The Caledon Villa: is around 4-5 minutes walk from campus, and also more luxurious accommodation priced from R 440 towards R 550, breakfast included. www.caledonvilla.co.za
Stellenbosch Hotel: is situated in the historical heart of town, about 10 minutes from campus, and their rates start from R 415 per single person per night, breakfast included. www.stellenbosch.co.za/hotel
Labri Manor: is 4-5 minutes from central campus, and rates start at R 370 per single per night, towards R 425 ppn, all rates including breakfast. www.labrimanor.co.za

In the Winelands

Lanzerac Hotel: Is an old and beautiful winery and hotel, just outside Stellenbosch, much more luxurious, but definitely a more unique experience, starting from R 1140 per single person per night, breakfast included.www.lanzerac.co.za
Kleine Zalze: Situated 6 km outside Stellenbosch on a beautiful wine farm, with very luxurious accommodation starting from R 690 per bedroom (sleeping 2) per night. www.kleinezalze.com

Approximately 55 airlines fly to South Africa.
With South African Airlines (SAA) joining Star Alliance from 1 April 2006 Johannesburg and Cape Town become hubs in the world’s largest flight consortium.
Your route plans will depend fundamentally on whether you want to spend time in a game park or not. If so you will want to include a stopover in Johannesburg – either on the way in or out. It is, however, also feasible to choose one of the non-stop flights to Cape Town (see below) and buy a domestic return ticket between Cape Town and Johannesburg to go game viewing. There is also a daily flight from Cape Town to Kruger International adjacent to the Kruger National Park.
For domestic flights we recommend SAA (www.flysaa.com) for price, frequency, quality and punctuality, but there are two no-frills airlines (Kulula.com and 1Time.aero) as well as BA, SA Airlink, SA Express and Nationwide to choose from.

Major Airlines flying to Cape Town (either non-stop or with a stop in Johannesburg)

Malaysian, Qatar, Singapore, Lufthansa (non-stop from Frankfurt), KLM (non-stop from Amsterdam), BA (non-stop from London), SAA (non-stop from Frankfurt, London)

Major Airlines to South Africa (mostly with a change of aircraft in Johannesburg)

From Europe and Arabia

Etihad, Emirates, Qatar, Gulf, Air France, Swiss, Lufthansa, KLM, BA, Iberia, Virgin, TAP, Olympic, SAA (From Heathrow, Frankfurt, Charl de Gaule, Zurich), El Al.

From Asia

Singapore, Malaysian, SAA (from Mumbai, Hong Kong, Perth), Cathay Pacific, Qantas

From South America

Malaysian, Varig, SAA (Sao Paulo)

From North America

United, Delta, SAA (Atlanta, Washington, JFK)

From Africa

Botswana, Namibia, Kenyan, Ethiopian, SAA (From Accra, Dakar, Lagos, Kigali, Kinshasa, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, Harare, Lusaka, Luanda, Entebbe, Lilongwe), Egypt air

Transport in South Africa

South Africa, like America, Australia and Brazil, is a country where people fly or drive. Bus companies service the major routes but for a tourist that is not adequate.
Car rental is inevitable in most cases. Al the major companies are represented. Favourites are: Imperial (http://www.imperialcarrental.co.za ) and Europcar (www.europcar.co.za ).
NOTE: normally rental car companies do NOT allow you to take the car cross border.

ISMICK started as a series of conferences that were organised by the IIIA (Institut International pour l’Intelligence Artificielle, Compiègne France) in 1993. IIIA, an industrial program, was created in 1989 by five major European companies (Aérospatiale, today EADS ; Framatome ; Rhône Poulenc ; SGN, a subsidiary of AREVA ; Shell ; Solvay) and the University of Technology of Compiègne. At first the goal of IIIA was to coordinate work and exchange of information on artificial intelligence and knowledge engineering. Progressively IIIA became a center for cooperative work between industry and academia, for mastering industrial and corporate knowledge, which led IIIA to launch the first ISMICK meeting, and progressively open it to other countries and cultures.

After more than a decade ISMICK renewed itself as a networked community of both scientists and practitioners working in the field of knowledge management. The current ISMICK community wants to express its gratitude to these founding fathers