ITU WT11 2011 - Technical Symposium at ITU Telecom World 2011 (ITU WT11) Global Technical Symposium on Communications Technologies and Enablers

Technical Symposium at ITU Telecom World 2011 (ITU WT11)
Global Technical Symposium on Communications Technologies and Enablers

URL: http://www.itu.int/WORLD2011/
Geneva, Switzerland, 24-27 October 2011

SCOPE AND MOTIVATION

ITU Telecom events have traditionally provided a global focal point for all stakeholders in the public and private sectors involved in the development of networks and services. The emphasis in the past has been on exhibitions displaying new technologies. But now ITU Telecom World 2011 brings a new focus to ITU Telecom events in which the emphasis is on networking, knowledge-sharing and consensus-building and in these activities the Technical Symposium plays a pivotal role.

The Technical Symposium at ITU Telecom World 2011 focuses on knowledge-sharing in the area of communications technologies and enablers. Whilst the application of new technologies has created a number of major challenges for the ICT sector, it is their further development to address broad issues such as interoperability and openness between devices, services and networks that will turn those challenges into opportunities.

The Technical Symposium at ITU Telecom World 2011 invites the ICT community to share information on technological developments that will define and influence the future of networks and services. Original contributions are welcomed from players across the entire ICT ecosystem and are intended to reflect current technological advances and capabilities within R&D communities as well as forthcoming commercial deployments.

Contributions that include a consideration of relevant issues in emerging economies and markets are particularly welcomed.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Applications
Broadcast and cable
Cloud computing
Cognitive networks
e-everything
Feature interaction
Future access networks
Future internet
Identity management
Interworking and interoperability
IT applications
Mobile broadband
Multimedia devices
Multimedia services
New materials
Packet transport and optical networks
QoE and telecoms management
Satellite services
Security
Smart grids
Spectrum management
Traffic management
XaaS

IMPORTANT DATES

o Review Manuscript Submission: March 7th , 2011
o Notification of Paper Acceptance: May 27th , 2011
o Final Paper: July 30, 2011

ORGANISING COMMITTEE (core members as of 6 December 2010)

Mr Blaise Judja-Sato, Executive Manager, ITU Telecom
Dr Stuart Sharrock, Chairman, Technical Symposium Steering Committee
Dr Marko Jagodic, Vice-Chairman, Technical Symposium Steering Committee
Dr Roberto Saracco, Comsoc, Director, Telecom Italia
Mr Bosco Fernandes, Chairman, ITU Telecom World 2011 Forum Advisory Committee
Prof. Howard Williams, Head, ITU Telecom Forum

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (Confirmed members as of 6 December 2010)

Co-chairs:
Marko Jagodic, Iskratel, Slovenia
Stuart Sharrock, Telemates, UK

Members:
Ivan Andonovic, University of Strathclyde, UK
Marcus Brunner, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany
Marco Carugi, ZTE, France
Asok Chatterjee, Ericsson, USA
Chi-ming Chen, AT&T, USA
Anton Donner, SatNex, Germany
Takashi Egawa, FG-FN, NEC, Japan
Tarek El-Bawab, Jackson State University, USA
Igor Faynberg, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Alojz Hudobivnik, Iskratel, Slovenia
Philip Kelley, Alcatel-Lucent, France
Chaesub Lee, ITU-T SG13, Korea
Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Roger Marks, WiMAX Forum, USA
Roberto Minerva, Telecom Italia, Italy
Kou Miyake, NTT Service Integration Labs., Japan
Tomoaki Ohtsuki, Keio University, Japan
Hideo Okinaka, KDDI, Japan
Peter Siebert, DVB Project, Switzerland

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Authors are invited to submit review manuscripts of up to six double-column, IEEE conference-style pages. Submissions should be written in English and must represent original, previously unpublished work that is not currently under review by another workshop, conference, or journal; commercial presentations will be automatically rejected. Submissions that are regarded as recycled presentations from other events or conferences will also be rejected.

Papers must be submitted electronically through the EDAS system at http://edas.info//N9911. A short (50 word) abstract is required on registration of the submission. A review manuscript of between 1000 and 1500 words in PDF format should then be uploaded for review by the Technical Programme Committee. Only PDF files are accepted for paper review. Detailed instructions for authors on using EDAS can be found at http://edas.info/doc/authors.html. Further details for submitting papers using the EDAS system will be posted early in 2011.

All review manuscripts will be carefully evaluated on the following criteria: originality, significance, technical soundness, clarity of expression and interest to a wide audience. Accepted papers will be published in the ITU Telecom WORLD 2011 Proceedings.

At least one of the authors of an accepted paper must attend the Technical Symposium to present the paper. An accepted paper must be registered before the registration deadline. ITU reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference if the paper is not presented at the symposium.

For further information please contact: Technical.Symposium-AT-itu.int