We cordially invite you to participate in WebMedia 2013, the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web, which will be held in November 5th-8th 2013, in the city of Salvador (Bahia), Brazil.

Supported by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), WebMedia has been, since 1995, the most important Brazilian forum for presentations, tutorials and discussions concerning recent advances in research and technology related to Multimedia, Hypermedia and the Web, bringing together professionals from both the academia and industry.

This year, the event will again hold the following categories:

• Full papers and Short papers
• Workshop on Ongoing Thesis and Dissertations (WTD)
• Workshop on Tools and Applications (WFA)
• Workshop on Undergraduate Research Work (WTIC)
• Short Courses

The event's current organization is under the responsibility of the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) and Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS):

• Cássio Prazeres (UFBA) - Chair
• Paulo Sampaio (UNIFACS) - Co-chair

This edition of Webmedia is organized into three tracks:

• Web and Social Networks (co-chair: André Santanchè - Unicamp)
• Multimedia (co-chair:  Celso Saibel - UFES)
• Digital TV, Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing (co-chair: Rudinei Goularte - USP)

As in the last year, the evaluation of full papers will have a rebuttal phase. Also, the Volume 1 of the Proceedings, containing the full and short papers, is planned to be published in the ACM DL during the event.