3. CEC'2004 FDEC Workshop
The Workshop on Future Directions of Evolutionary Computation started in 2002 involving primarily panelists from the academia who are interested in furthering the development of the EC filed at research and teaching levels. The 2003 FDEC workshop defined problems and potential solutions for each of the three topics within four themes. This year two members of the industries have been invited to participate as panelists of the 2004 FDEC workshop. These include Paul Tabor and Arthur Kordon from Test Advantage Ltd and Dow Chemical Company, respectively.
Session 1: 15.30pm - 17.00pm, 21/06/2004
Members of Panel: Dan Ashlock, Dave Corne, Russ Eberhart, Gary Fogel, Ken De Jong, Arthur Kordon, Paul Tabor, Ali Zalzala.

Session 2: 17.00pm - 19.00pm, 22/06/2004
Members of Panel: Dan Ashlock, Dave Corne, Russ Eberhart, Gary Fogel, Arthur Kordon, Paul Tabor, Xin Yao, Ali Zalzala.
Moderator: Ali Zalzala