A draft programme has now been constructed as follows (except where marked otherwise, sessions are presentations):
| Session | Speakers | Session Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.25-9.30 | All | Welcome | Distribution of the IPC-4 questionaire |
| 9.30-10.00 | Stefan Edelkamp, Joerg Hoffmann | Quo Vadis, IPC-4? --- Proposals for the Classical Part of the 4th International Planning Competition | |
| 10.00-10.30 | Michael Littmann and Hakan Younes | IPC 2004 Probabilistic Planning Track: FAQ 0.1 | |
| 10.30-11.00 | Maria Fox, Jana Koehler, and Subbarao Kambhampati | Panel Discussion | Evaluation of planners |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee break | ||
| 11.30-11.55 | Richard Howey and Derek Long | VAL's Progress: The Automatic Validation Tool for PDDL2.1 used in the International Planning Competition | |
| 11.55-12.20 | Biblav Srivastava | A Limited Extension of PDDL for Planning with Non-primitive Actions | |
| 12.20-12.45 | Sylvie Thiebeaux, Joerg Hoffmann and Bernhard Nebel | In Defense of PDDL Axioms | |
| 12.45-13.00 | Daniel Boroajo to chair | Discussion | PDDL extensions |
| 13.00-14.30 | Lunch | ||
| 2.30-2.45 | Carl Henrik Westernberg, and John Levine | Apollo 13: A Challenge Domain for the Planning Community | |
| 2.45-3.05 | Roman Bartak | Real-life Manufacturing Problems: A Challenge | |
| 3.05-3.25 | Stefan Edelkamp | Limits and Possibilities of PDDL for Model Checking Software | |
| 3.25-3.45 | Ruy Luiz Milidi and Frederico dos Santos Liporace and Carlos Jos P. de Lucena | Pipesworld: Planning Pipeline Transportation of Petroleum Derivatives | |
| 3.45-4.00 | David Smith to chair | Discussion | Benchmark domains |
| 4.00-4.30 | Coffee break | ||
| 4.30-5.00 | Sven Koenig, Paolo Traverso, and Derek Long | Panel Discussion | Future of the IPC, role in/for the field, organizational issues, etc. |
| 5.00-5.30 | Lee McCluskey | Invited Talk | KE competition |
| 5.30-6.00 | All | Discussion | Directions for IPC-4, summary of questionnaire results, open discussion structured along the lines of the questionnaire |
The programme is still provisional and we welcome any comments from participants about the organisation and scheduling relative to other parallel workshop schedules.