Steering Committee Charter
Version 1.4 · Modified January 2025
Purpose, composition, elections, terms, code of ethics and procedures of the ICPC Steering Committee.
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Governance documents
ICPC is overseen by its steering committee under a charter first adopted in April 2006. The committee represents ICPC to the IEEE Computer Society, approves proposals for future editions, appoints general and program chairs, and hears complaints and appeals.
Current documents
Guidelines for Program Committee Selection and Composition
Version 1.1 · January 2006
How program chairs assemble a balanced, qualified program committee.
Download PDFGuidelines for Conference Submissions
Version 1.1 · April 2017
Expectations for submitted papers, reviewing, and the tracks of the conference.
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The committee has six elected members who choose a chair from among themselves. At least two seats are open for election at every ICPC. Anyone who has authored an accepted paper, served on the program committee or steering committee in the last five years, chaired the conference in the last ten years, or is registered for the current conference may vote. Nominations are taken at the open steering committee meeting, and write-in candidates are welcome.
Decisions are made by majority vote with at least four votes cast. Members follow a code of ethics that asks for openness, prompt responses, disclosure of conflicts of interest, and the recognition that they are caretakers of ICPC rather than its owners.