PACE 2012 - 1st International Workshop on Policy and Context Evolution

The PACE workshop is a specialised platform to discuss all of the above and more. We aim to attract experts in this field and encourage innovation in this evolving sphere.
WORKSHOP TOPICS
Policy strategy and new services
Policy hierarchy, distribution and synchronisation
Regulation policy aspects e.g. fair usage, equal opportunity, consumer protection
Network neutrality
Subscriber controlled privacy and usage policies (by budget, by service type, roaming etc.)
Subscribers’ own policies for home network resource management
Monetising QoS (Quality of Service) and gauging users’ attitudes
Net neutrality versus traffic shaping with advanced policy and context
Security context & policies for types of connections, services and users
PACE for access selection and ‘always-best-connected’
Policy-based services for differentiation and user retention.
Policy for the value chain and stakeholders
Policies for M2M and non-human users
Policies for Home Networks and Home Gateways
Policies for non-subscribers, roaming users and unknown /anonymous users
Enterprise communication network policies
Policies applied to App Stores and 3rd party content aggregators
Policy and context for virtual Network operators
Policy and context for data storage services (local /cloud /server)
Negotiating policies for Web service providers and content providers
Security for the policy process and cross-entity interaction.
Business models, Charging and Monetising Policies
Services driven by charging rules and context
Using PACE for monetising Internet and Cloud services
Online Charging System and PCRF ? dividing roles and responsibilities
New business models for Policy-driven data services
Policy-driven business models that create value and gain users’ acceptance.
Policy and Context capture, interworking and protocols
Policy Description Languages
Performance policies for defining latency, bandwidth, jitter and routing algorithms
Protocols to manage and convey policy and context
Algorithms to evaluate pre-set conditions
Resolving policy contradictions and negotiation contention
Inter-carrier PACE interworking
PACE for Cloud services.
QoS, QoE and Context Evaluation and Telemetry
Evolution of traffic detection and DPI into rich context
Measuring and monitoring QoS and selective policy for monitoring
Evaluating and monitoring QoE (Quality of Experience)
Green Policies e.g. power saving, based on environmental context
Context derived from sensors and telemetry
Context and Presence, differences and overlaps and potential convergence
Context capturing methods and data structures.