4gworld 2012 - first 4G World Asia

Yankee Group, in partnership with Inspira Events, today announced its call for papers for the first 4G World Asia. Prospective speakers for the event, which will be held April 17-19, 2012, at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore, are invited to submit proposals on or before Monday, Oct. 31.

4G World is the only conference and expo focused exclusively on the next-generation trends and technologies fueling growth across mobile network connections, advanced devices, applications and content. More details are available on the conference Web site: http://asia.4gworld.com/ .

"With next-generation communications technologies exploding in Asia, we're excited to be hosting our next 4G World event there," said Michael Cherrington, program director with Inspira Events for 4G World Asia. "We hope to host 100-plus expert speakers at the conference and expect many visionary and innovative topics to be delivered in this call for papers."

4G World Asia 2012 seeks papers describing original ideas, groundbreaking results and/or quantified network/system experiences. In particular, we encourage submissions that highlight real-world deployments, new application domains, innovative system and solution designs, and new approaches to customer experience, business models and monetization of networks.

Submission instructions are provided below.

Scope of call for papers

Topics for 4G World Asia keynotes, tracks and summits include:

-- Innovative growth strategies, business models, collaboration opportunities and investment directions for 4G operators

-- Technology strategies bringing 4G mobility, broadband and cloud together

-- Migration, deployment and launch strategies for LTE, LTE-Advanced, TD-LTE and TD-LTE Advanced and future Wi-Fi directions

-- Radio access network (RAN) innovations, including cloud-RAN, heterogeneous networks and blended deployments

-- Value-added service (VAS) and voice over 4G/VoLTE opportunities

-- Migration approaches and benefits of all-IP, extended packet core (EPC) and self-organizing networks (SON)

-- OSS/BSS 4G migration, security, policy, identity, traffic and revenue management for customer experience excellence

-- Capacity and coverage optimization including Hotspot 2.0, small cell and metro femtocell solutions

-- M2M service provider strategies and future smart services and vertical industry application case studies

-- Backhaul innovation, including optical, fixed broadband, metro Ethernet, LTE-Advanced cell relay and satellite to manage the data and video traffic explosion

-- Mobile cloud services, apps and infrastructure integration; caching and content delivery networks (CDNs)

-- Smartphones, tablets and cloud apps transforming consumer and enterprise markets

-- Monetizing 4G mobile commerce, payments and transactions, social networking and mobile advertising

-- Mobile industry regulation and policy including financing, consolidation, competition and spectrum licensing

Submissions are not limited to these topics; you are welcome to propose additional ideas.

Tips for a successful paper submission

Focus your proposal on why your topic is original and why the audience would find the information important and relevant. Describe the proposed format, e.g., presentation, discussion panel/roundtable, one-on-one interview or other envisaged arrangement.

Submissions that reflect innovative thinking, offer new perspectives or deliver practical insights through case studies highlighting 4G commercial deployments, services and applications will be favored. The topics proposed can be technical or business-related.

Please note that submissions viewed as recycled from other conferences and events will be rejected.

Submission process

Proposals for the call for papers must be submitted electronically on the 4G World Asia Web site; please visit http://asia.4gworld.com/call-for-papers/ to complete your submission.

Important dates

-- Completed proposals are due no later than Monday, Oct. 31, 2011.

-- Submitters of accepted papers will be contacted by Friday, Nov. 30, 2011.

-- The full conference presentation must be completed and submitted at least one month prior to the event, i.e., on or before March 17, 2012.

Peer review

This conference contains high-quality submissions that undergo peer review conducted by the members of the 4G World Asia program committee. The results of the peer review translate into paper selections and topic-driven sessions for the conference. If your paper is accepted, a member of the program committee will contact you directly.

About 4G World

4G World is the first and only conference and expo covering the entire ecosystem of next-generation technologies that enable the mobile Internet revolution, including mobile network infrastructure, advanced devices, applications and content.

Yankee Group believes operator strategies for 4G network evolution will not be driven by technology, but by competition and market demand. As a ubiquitous network takes hold in the mature markets of North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, operators are anticipating massive growth in broadband data usage and planning their network migration strategies and business models for monetizing mobile Internet services. 4G World offers them an opportunity to research state-of-the-practice business models and advanced mobile technologies, and learn from other operators about what works--and what doesn't--as they migrate their networks to 4G. For more information, visit www.4GWorld.com

About Yankee Group

Yankee Group is the preeminent research and advisory firm equipping enterprises to profit in a mobile world. The core of our content is proprietary research and analytics on the attitudes, behaviors and usage patterns of mobile users. Based on this research, we provide a range of actionable data, insights and advice to marketing, strategy and product executives driving the mobility revolution in leading companies worldwide. For more information, visit www.yankeegroup.com

About Inspira Events

Based in Hong Kong, Inspira Events provides unrivaled conference, seminar, large-scale congress and integrated conference-exhibition creation experience, coupled with specialist skills in sponsor program development and management. Founded by two senior executives with over 30 years of combined experience and complementary skills in the Asia-Pacific events industry, the firm maintains successful track records in organizing events of all sizes across the region. For more information, visit www.inspira-events.com