| 15 March 2004 | Call for open submission paper |
| 20 March 2004 | Task Overview become partially available |
| 30 April 2004 | Notification of acceptance for open submission paper |
| 2 -4 June 2002 | Workshop meeting, NII, Tokyo, Japan |
| 31 March 2004 | Submission of final camera-ready working notes |
| 15 April 2004 | Submission of Extended abstract of the public paper |