TELECOM 95

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

TELECOM 95
CALL FOR PAPERS - TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT, FORUM 95




THE TELECOM 95 FORUM TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT


   TELECOM is the "Olympics of Communications", held every four years
by the International Telecommunication Union, and is the largest event
of this type in the world. TELECOM is a truly international event.
TELECOM 91 attracted over 130,000 attendees, 850 exhibitors, and 1700
press representatives from 164 countries.


   TELECOM 95 will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 3-11 October
1995 and will comprise an Exhibition and Book Fair, Strategies Summit,
and Technology Summit. The Technology Summit will, for the first time,
provide an interactive arena for users, traditional telecoms
companies, computer and consumer electronics giants, broadcast and
cable television interests, and entertainment and software companies.


   This Technology Summit will present keynote speeches, discussion
panels, and session papers representing state of the art or new
visions of technology, services, and applications. Thousands of
leading users, managers, scientists, and engineers will attend.  Given
the rapid convergence of technologies and the need for timely
solutions, this is an opportunity not to be missed.


   The theme of the Technology Summit is: "Convergence of
technologies, services and applications".




THE NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT


   A new communications industry is emerging. Computers, networking
and software are already key components of telecommunications.
Broadcast, entertainment and consumer electronics industries are now
also important players. The Technology Summit of FORUM 95 will address
this re-balancing. As examples:


*     Portable computing and mobile communications are both
      targeting a mass consumer market.


*     The entertainment industry is seeking delivery of
      interactivity and broadband services to the consumer.


*     Business users are demanding seamless and cost-effective wide
      area networks to link their local networks.


*     The integration of highly complex functions on a single chip
      is creating paradigm shifts in all related industries.


*     Designing applications has emerged as the challenge of the
      future.


   Because technological solutions cannot be divorced from
developmental, social, economic, and environmental issues, the
Technology Summit also welcomes applications contributions from these
related areas.




TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT - MAIN TRACKS


   Featuring papers that will focus on applying technology and
creating applications in this cross-sectoral environment, the event
will be structured on three levels of human communication needs:


   1. Communications services for the individual
   2. Communications services for business
   3. National, regional and global issues




TRACK 1 - Communications services for the individual


   This track addresses voice, text, data and video communications
services for individuals whether at home, at work, or on the move.
The aim is to attract contributions from consumer, entertainment,
computing and software businesses, in addition to the
telecommunications business on:


*     Personal and personalized services, including personal number
      and mobility;


*     Entertainment services provided on cable television or
      telecommunications-based systems;


*     Networked computing applications;


*     Mass market consumer technologies and applications
      (inexpensive, easy to use, pocketable);


*     Personal assistant, telemedicine, tele-education,
      teleshopping, home security, support for disabled people and
      the elderly;


*     Broadcasting and other information/entertainment services
      including cable television and interactive broadcast services;


*     Wireless technologies and applications.




TRACK 2 - Communications services for business


   This track addresses higher performance networks, distributed
computing and information systems which are enabling improved services
for business users and which are becoming increasingly market
specific.


   It seeks papers which report experiences of the new "telebusinesses"
e.g. medicine, finance, telemarketing, telelogistics, as well as papers
on new developments in the enabling technologies such as:


*     Computer-supported cooperative working, including desk top
      videoconferencing.


*     Security, privacy and authentication.


*     Network management, intelligent networks and virtual
      networking.


*     Network interoperability, availability, and reliability.


*     Broadband communications.


*     Intelligent information services.


*     Enterprise and corporate networking.




TRACK 3 - National, regional and global issues


   This track addresses issues of general interest of telecommunications,
including the view on economic and regulatory aspects and their inter-
relationship with convergent technologies.  The aim is to attract contri-
butions from telecommunications experts as well as from economists,
regulators, and other governmental agencies in such areas as:


*     Regulatory aspects of portability and interconnection of
      services, e.g. numbering, billing, security/privacy, frequency
      allocation, etc.


*     Environmental applications, e.g. teleworking, teleconferencing,
      traffic and fleet control, telesurveillance, etc.


*     Restructuring of the telecommunication sector and service
      evolution in developing and developed countries.


*     Cross-cultural applications, e.g. real time interpretation,
      voice recognition and synthesis, conversion between text, voice
      and picture based services, etc.


*     The implications of regional standards and trading
      organizations.


*     The implications of convergent industries and technologies.




GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:


*     Papers should give an overview of the present situation
      and/or the direction for the next century.


*     Papers on detailed theory and specific products, or company
      presentations, are outside the scope of the event and will
      be rejected, as will those which are overtly commercial or which
      treat military subjects.


*     Papers must be unpublished and based on original research,
      developments and approaches.


*     Papers delivered in the Technology Summit will be published
      in the Book of Speakers' Papers. Written contributions to
      the panel sessions will also be included in the Book of Speakers'
      Papers. Additional papers will be selected for publication only.


   Authors are requested to submit a one-page (single-sided) abstract
of their proposed paper to the TELECOM 95 Forum Secretariat as shown
on the attached form.  Abstracts must give a clear indication of the
paper's contents.


   Abstracts must be submitted in one of the conference languages
which are English, French and Spanish.




DEADLINES


   All abstracts must be received in the TELECOM 95 Forum Secretariat
by 15 August 1994. Abstracts received after this deadline will be
automatically rejected.


   National representatives listed on the reverse side of the
abstract form are available for guidance.




IMPORTANT


   Companies or administrations are requested to coordinate their
submissions of abstracts so that only one copy of each abstract is
received by the TELECOM 95 Forum Secretariat.  Abstracts may be
submitted by mail, telefax, or e-mail. Receipt will be acknowledged.
The TELECOM 95 Forum Secretariat will correspond directly with
principal authors.


   The TELECOM 95 Forum Secretariat will notify authors by 10
January 1995 as to whether their proposed papers have been:


   a)  accepted for oral presentation;
   b)  accepted for a panel session;
   c)  accepted for publication only;
   d)  not accepted.




INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION


   The ITU is an inter-governmental organization, within which the
public and private sectors cooperate for the development of
telecommunications and the harmonization of national telecommunication
policies. The ITU adopts international regulations and treaties
governing all terrestrial and space uses of the frequency spectrum, as
well as the use of the geostationary- satellite orbit and develops
standards to ensure the interconnection of telecommunication systems
on a worldwide scale. It's 182* Member Administrations, and the much
wider network that forms the ITU family, are proud of the ITU's record
of achievement in keeping pace with technological change. With this
goal in mind, and also to keep up with the convergence of
technologies, the ITU has been restructured, with clear objectives
outlined for each of the three new Sectors: Radiocommunication,
Standardization and Development.


* as of 12 November 1993




                7th WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION FORUM


President          Dr. Pekka Tarjanne, Secretary-General of the ITU


Chairman,
Management
Committee          Mr. Tom Dahl-Hansen, Executive Director, TELECOM


Project Manager
TELECOM 95         Mrs. Lili Rison


Project Officer
Technology Summit  Ms. Elizabeth A. Lake




                   TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE


Chairman           Mr. Keith W. Hoffman, STENTOR Resource Center Inc.
                     (Canada)
Vice-Chairman      Dr. John E. Thompson, BT Laboratories (United Kingdom)
Honorary Chairman  Mr. Marcel Thui, CNET (France)


Members     Prof. Minoru Akiyama, Shibaura Institute of Technology
              (Japan)
            Mr. Peter Bachofner, Siemens-Albis (Switzerland)
            Mr. Roberto Blois, Department of Private National Services
              (Brazil)
            Mr. Joachim Claus, Generaldirektion Telekom (Germany)
            Prof. Dr. Hermann Ebenberger, Technical University of Vienna
              (Austria)
            Mr. Glenn H. Estes, Jr., Bellcore (USA)
            Mr. Bertil Fougstedt, Telia Research (Sweden)
            Mr. Maurice Ghazal, Lebanon Permanent Representative to the
               international telecommunications authorities (Lebanon)
            Mr. Denis Gilhooly, Communications Week International
            Mr. Josi Gonzalez, Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones
               (Venezuela)
            Prof. Giza Gordos, Scientific Society for Telecommunication
               (Hungary)
            Dr. Rolf B. Haugen, Norwegian Telecom Research (Norway)
            Dr. Viljo Hentinen, Nokia Corporation (Finland)
            Mr. Bruce Hunter, Voice of America (USA)
            Dr. Theodor Irmer, Standardization Bureau, ITU
            Dr. Marko Jagodic, Iskratel (Republic of Slovenia)
            Mr. Zhou Jixin, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
               (People's Republic of China)
            Mr. Richard Kirby, Radiocommunications Bureau, ITU
            Mr. Corentin Penn, SEE (France)
            Mr. William Robinson, Bell-Northern Research (Canada)
            Mr. Fred Sammartino, Sun Microsystems (USA)
            Dr. A.R. Sharafat, Tarbiat Modarres University (Islamic
               Republic of Iran)
            Mr. Stuart Sharrock, Pan European Mobile Communications
            Prof. B.S. Sonde, Indian Institute of Science (India)
            Prof. Guido Tartara, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
            Mr. Ib Thomsen, Jydsk Telefon (Denmark)
            Mr. Johan van Egmond, Philips Communication Systems
               (Netherlands)
            Dr. Seungtaik Yang, ETRI (Republic of Korea)
            H.E. Prof. Dr. Andrzej Zielinski, Ministry of Posts and
               Telecommunications (Republic of Poland)




        TELECOM 95 FORUM CALL FOR PAPERS - ABSTRACT FORM


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One-page (single-sided) abstract i.e. approximately 500 words. Abstracts
exceeding these limitations will be rejected.


















Please return to:  TELECOM 95 Forum Secretariat
                   International Telecommunication Union
                   Place des Nations
                   CH-1211 Geneve 20, Switzerland
                   Tel: +41 22 730 5680
                   Fax: +41 22 730 6444
                   X400: s=forumcfp;a=arcom;p=itu;c=ch
                   Internet: forumcfp () itu ch


(Deadline: 15 August 1994)




                      NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES




AUSTRIA
Prof. Dr. Hermann Ebenberger
Technical University of Vienna
Tel: +43 1 94 4312
Fax: +43 1 587 0583
e-mail:e389011@awituw01 (BITNET)


BRAZIL
Mr. Roberto Blois
Department of Private National Services
Tel: +55 61 218 6945
Fax: +55 61 223 3916


CANADA
Mr. Keith W. Hoffman
STENTOR Resource Center Inc.
Tel: +1 519 745 8236
Fax: +1 519 745 6941


Mr. William R. Robinson
Bell-Northern Research
Tel: +1 613 763 2246
Fax: +1 613 763 2880
e-mail:robinson () bnr ca


CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Mr. Zhou Jixin
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Tel: +861 601 1332
Fax: +861 601 1370


DENMARK
Mr. Ib Thomsen
Jydsk Telefon R&D
Tel: +45 89 45 4545
Fax: +45 86 29 9068


FINLAND
Dr. Viljo Hentinen
Nokia Corporation
Tel: +358 0 43 761
Fax: +358 0 45 52082


FRANCE
Mr. Corentin Penn
Alcatel CIT
Tel: +33 96 04 7341
Fax: +33 96 48 0238


Mr. Marcel Thui
CNET
Tel: +33 1 45 29 4812
Fax: +33 1 45 29 6070


GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF)
Mr. Joachim Claus
Generaldirektion Telekom
Tel: +49 228 181 9200
Fax: +49 228 181 9299


HUNGARY
Prof. Giza Gordos
Scientific Society for Telecommunication
Tel: +36 1 153 1027
Fax: +36 1 153 0451


Prof. George Lajtha
Hungarian Telecommunications Company
Tel: +36 1 555 485
Fax: +36 1 202 3256


INDIA (REPUBLIC OF)
Prof. B.S. Sonde
Indian Institute of Science
Tel: +91 812 341 800
Fax: +91 812 341 683


IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Dr. A.R. Sharafat
Tarbiat Modarres University
Tel: +98 21 800 5900
Fax: +98 21 800 6544


ITALY
Prof. Guido Tartara
Politecnico di Milano
Tel: +39 2 239 94576
Fax: +39 2 239 93413


JAPAN
Prof. Minoru Akiyama
Shibaura Institute of Technology
Tel: +81 48 687 5805
Fax: +81 48 687 5198


KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Dr. Seungtaik Yang
ETRI
Tel: +82 42 861 9564
Fax: +82 42 861 1033


LEBANON
Mr. Maurice Habib Ghazal
Lebanon permanent representative to the international
telecommunication authorities
Tel: +96 1120 0888
Fax: +96 1188 8600


THE NETHERLANDS
Mr. Johan van Egmond
Philips Communication Systems
Tel: +31 40 7 57417
Fax: +31 40 7 57492
e-mail:NLEVLICC-A707513


NORWAY
Dr. Rolf B. Haugen
Norwegian Telecom Research
Tel: +47 63 809 247
Fax: +47 63 800 511
e-mail:Rolf.Haugen () tf tele no


POLAND (REPUBLIC OF)
H.E. Prof. Dr. Andrzej Zielinski
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Tel: +48 22 26 73 66
Fax: +48 22 26 65 56


SLOVENIA (REPUBLIC OF)
Dr. Marko Jagodic
ISKRATEL
Tel: +386 64 331 664
Fax: +386 64 221 581


SWEDEN
Mr. Bertil Fougstedt
Telia Research
Tel: +46 8 707 5474
Fax: +46 8 707 5460


SWITZERLAND
Mr. Peter Bachofner
Siemens-Albis AG
Tel: +41 1 495 4743
Fax: +41 1 495 5172
e-mail:peter.bachofner.saz.siemens.arcom.ch


UNITED KINGDOM
Dr. John E. Thompson
BT Laboratories
Tel: +44 473 644 775
Fax: +44 473 637 600


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mr. Glen H. Estes Jr.
Pacific Telesis Group
Tel: +1 415 394 3707
Fax: +1 415 391 6714
e-mail:ghe () bellcore com


Mr. Bruce Hunter
Voice of America
Tel: +1 919 752 7181
Fax: +1 919 752 5959


Mr. Fred Sammartino
Sun Microsystems
Tel: +1 415 336 2938
Fax: +1 415 336 3156
e-mail:fred.sammartino () eng sun com


VENEZUELA
Mr. Josi Gonzalez
Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones
Tel: +58 2 926 611
Fax: +58 2 926 555