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Med-Hoc-Net 2004: Call For Posters
by Ozgur Baris Akan 04 May '04

04 May '04

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Med-Hoc-Net 2004 The Third Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop June 27-30, 2004, Bodrum, Turkey http://www.medhoc04.diit.unict.it Call for Posters -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Med-Hoc-Net 2004 conference solicits posters that highlight recent and on-going research by students in the area of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking. Summaries of the posters will be published in the conference proceedings. The scope of the poster session is the same as those listed under the areas of interest identified on the technical call for papers (http://www.medhoc04.diit.unict.it). Eligibility: ------------ The first author of a poster submission must be a student. Poster Submission Instructions: ------------------------------- Poster proposals must be submitted as a single pdf file with no more than 3 pages. The first two pages should contain a summary of the research content of the poster, along with title, authors, institutional affiliations and contact information. The last page must contain a draft of the poster's contents and layout. While the draft need not contain all the details that will be available in the final version, it should capture the essence and flow of the poster. The deadline for poster submissions is May 10, 2004. Submissions will be reviewed, and authors will be notified of acceptance by May 15, 2004. Please submit your poster proposal pdf file as an email attachment to medhocnet(a)ece.gatech.edu before the deadline. Basic Information about Posters: -------------------------------- Accepted posters will be presented during a poster session at the conference. A poster is an approximately 30" by 40" rectangular board on which you can put text and figures describing your research. You may choose to print out several sheets of papers, or a single large poster paper (these can be printed, for example, from powerpoint files through document companies). Important Dates: ---------------- Poster Abstract submission: May 10, 2004 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 15, 2004 Conference dates: June 27-30, 2004 Organization Committee: ----------------------- Student Poster Chairs: Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, TURKEY

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NEW VENUE !!! - Athens IFIP-TC6 meeting
by Ioannis Stavrakakis 03 May '04

03 May '04

Dear TC6 meeting participants: I will have to change slightly the venue of the meeting, as it seems it interferes with the Olympic preparations (renovation) fever currently in Athens. I was informed last week that the Old University building in Plaka (that houses the University History Museaum) undergoes some renovation works and - although probably still open on some days - it will be difficult to accommodate our meeting. To avoid any intereference and possible inconveniences, I have decided NOT to use this building for our meeting. The new location will be again at the center of Athens, and it is the second oldest University building, designed to be the first University building (the one in Plaka served temporarily as the first one but was not designed for this purpose). The building is shown at the main page of my university url: http://www.uoa.gr/uoauk/uoaindex.htm There is a map of the area at the same URL under "University Campuses and Transportation". From there, you select "Center of Athens" and you can see the map with streets and the locations of various University buildings in the area. The venue will be the "Rectory and Admin Services" building at 30, Panepistimiou street. It is right at the "PANEPISTIMIO" stop of the new Athens Metro. It is between SYNTAGMA and OMONIA squares and corresponding metro stops. See http://www.ametro.gr/main/imagemap_text_eng.gif . The new venue is closer to the Park Hotel than the old one and will probably cost 2-3 Euros by taxi to get there. Athens Metro: http://www.ametro.gr Athens old electric subway (ISAP -line 1) plus Athens Metro Lines : http://www.isap.gr/en/ I plan to have the Friday dinner and (late?) Saturday lunch in the Plaka/Acropolis area. It is 20 minutes walk or one can take the Athens metro or electric subway (ISAP) go to the metro station "MONASTIRAKI" to access the Plaka/Acropolis area. The room reserved is "The Room of Meetings of the Faculties of the Schools". I plan to have information at the main entrance of the building (at the the guard's desk) with room directions and any other last minute information. So please, look for it upon arrival. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience. My mobile is: +30 6944 989930 , please feel free to call me if you have any questions. Other contact info: Tel: 30-210-7275343 / Fax: 30-210-7275333 / Email: ioannis(a)di.uoa.gr I am looking forward to seeing you in Athens Regards Ioannis ---------------------------------------------------- Ioannis Stavrakakis, Professor Communication Networks Lab (CNL) Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia, 157-84, Athens, Greece. Tel: 30-210-7275343 / Fax: 30-210-7275333 / Email: ioannis(a)di.uoa.gr Home Page: http://www.di.uoa.gr/~ioannis/

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CFP AICCSA-05: Only 15 days left
by hella kaffel ben ayed 03 May '04

03 May '04

Dear Colleagues Apologies for any cross-postings ------------------------------- AICCSA-05 CALL FOR PAPERS ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-05) http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/ Cairo, Egypt, January 3-6, 2005 The ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications is a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent advances in the field of computer systems and their applications. Papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial, or descriptive in nature. In addition to usual research papers, AICCSA 2005 encourages papers that deliver any combination of the following contributions: a survey of the state of the art; an evaluation of an existing technology; a report on a successful technology transfer initiative; a discussion of future technological trends. Papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which are published by the IEEE Computer Society. Conference tracks are (1) Algorithms and Theory (2) Database and Data Mining (3) Networking and Wireless Technology (4) Security and Information Assurance (5) Software and Applications Submission Deadline: May 18, 2004 Notification: August 10, 2004 For more details, please consult http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/. Hella Kaffel Ben ayed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science of Tunis University of Tunis El Manar Senior Researcher CRISTAL Labortory National School of Computer Sciences University of Manouba Tunisia

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CFP: ISSRE04 Workshop on Integrated-reliability with Telecommunications and UML Languages
by Constantin Werner 03 May '04

03 May '04

(This call is posted to multiple mailing lists) (We apologize if you are receiving multiple copies) ++++++++++++++++++++++++ C A L L F O R P A P E R S +++++++++++++++++++++++ ISSRE04 Workshop on Integrated-reliability with Telecommunications and UML Languages (ISSRE04:WITUL) http://www.issre.org/2004/workshop.php 02 Nov 2004: IRISA, Rennes, France ISSRE is a yearly conference organized by the IEEE. WITUL is one of several workshops attached to ISSRE 2004. The great need for reliability and wide use of the system design languages such as UML, SDL, TTCN, MSC and ASN.1 in the last few years has emphasised the need for integration. The recent version of UML (UML 2.0) integrates languages such as MSC and SDL which had been developed by ITU-T into UML. The future perspective is that for real time systems the distinction between UML and use of the ITU languages will disappear. Although UML2.0 is approved, the envisaged evolution is not yet complete and work continues on profiles for various notations (to be published in ITU) and on Model Driven Architecture (MDA) in OMG. The ITU-T has a work plan for standardisation of UML profiles for ASN.1, SDL, MSC and TTCN and a project on language co-ordination. The ISSRE04 conference takes place between the last meeting of the ITU study group for languages in one period and the first meeting in the next period. It is therefore an ideal time to critically review the future of UML 2.0 and the ITU-T languages. The objective of this short workshop is therefore: 1. To consider further evolution of the ITU-T languages, in particular taking into account reliability issues; 2. To allow ISSRE participants to learn more about the ITU-T languages; An indicative collaborative paper is to be produced (post event) that will be contributed to main bodies interested in the language standards (ITU, ETSI, and the SDL Forum Society). The format for the day will be to start with some overview papers on the languages, followed by papers making proposals for evolution of languages or related standards (such as UML, or MDA), and conclude with a discussion as input to the indicative paper. The actual format will depend on contributions, which are invited on the following or related topics: . The vision for the future evolution and use of formal techniques in general (including - but not limited to - the ITU languages, B, VDM, Z) for protocols, web services, software components, and software-on-chip; . Methodology, Model Driven techniques, and Reference Modelling related to ITU-T languages and/or UML in telecommunications particularly with respect to reliability; . Simplicity versus Complexity (ease of use, power of expression, number of languages & tools needed for engineering .). . Integration of ITU-T languages with each other and with UML - the latter both as a set of notations and a framework for the ITU-T languages especially with respect to reliability improvement; . Techniques for specifying and implementing formal languages (graphical syntax specification, meta-grammars and modelling, definition of behaviour, language reference models); . Engineering needs not covered by current ITU-T languages (requirements capture, goal evaluation, performance estimation, proof obligations...); . Tutorial overview papers that emphasise reliability issues in relation to ITU-T languages; The "ITU-T languages" are: ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One ITU X.680 - X.689; SDL Specification and Description Language ITU Z.100 - Z.109; MSC Message Sequence Chart ITU Z.120 - Z.129; eODL extended Object Description Language ITU Z.130 - Z.129; TTCN Test and Test Control Notation ITU Z.140 - Z.149; URN User Requirements Notation ITU Z.150 - Z.159. Papers should preferably be unpublished work, so that they can be considered for post event publication. It is being proposed to publish a selection of papers and the results of the workshop in a Special Issue of Computer Networks (ISSN 1389-1286) after the event. Submissions should not exceed 16 pages (A4 paper, 12pt Times or similar). Electronic file submission via http://sdl-forum.org/issre04-witul/submit.html is mandatory. The preferred formats are PDF or Postscript (compressed) and Authors should ensure information (such as fonts) is embedded in the files, so that they can be printed world-wide. It is anticipated that the final papers will be processed in LaTeX format, so authors may wish to take this into account in submissions, but MS Word is also a good choice for initial work. It is anticipated that between 8 - 14 papers will be selected and the workshop will be divided into 4 sessions. As the intention is to promote discussion at the workshop, for non-tutorial papers it should be anticipated that at most 15-20 minutes is allowed for presentation (excluding questions). However, it is intended to Web publish material in the week before the event, so that participants have an opportunity to review material before the work shop. The objective is to minimise presentation time and maximise discussion time. Selection of papers will be on the contribution made to the work shop objectives above. Dates (tentative) Fri 13 Aug 2004 Submission of title, authors, abstract Fri 27 Aug 2004 Submission of full paper to be presented Fri 17 Sep 2004 Notification of acceptance Mon 18 Oct 2004 Submission of material for WWW publication Mon 25 Oct 2004 Final date for delegate's copy material Tue 02 Nov 2004 ISSRE04 Workshop Using ITU-T languages for reliability Mon 29 Nov 2004 Revised paper for publication Organising Committee Dieter Hogrefe - Institute for Informatics, University of Goettingen (Chair) Rick Reed - SDL Forum Society Constantin Werner - Institute for Informatics, University of Goettingen Programme Committee Fabrice Dubois, France Telecom R&D Anders Ek, Telelogic, Sweden Jens Grabowski, University of Goettingen Clive Jervis, Motorola USA Qing Li, University of Ottawa Eric Wong, University of Texas Arve Meisingset, Telenor, Norway Ana Cavalli, INT, France Steve Randall, PQM, UK Lisa Ritchie, Solinet, Germany Amardeo Sarma, NEC, Germany Umit Uyar, City University of New York, USA ++++++++++++++++ END CALL FOR PAPERS ++++++++++++++++++

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Important: Change of venue
by Otto Spaniol 03 May '04

03 May '04

Dear all, Ioannis informed me that he has to change the venue of the meeting due to renovation work. He will send out a message but here are some short details already: New meeting location: 30, Panepistimiou street; ("Rectory and Admin Services" building of the univ.) between Syntagma and Omonia Squares. "PANEPISTIMIO" stop of the new Athens Metro See <http://www.uoa.gr/uoauk/uoaindex.htm> and there: "University Campuses and Transportation" plus "Center of Athens" where you will find the location of the building. The meeting will start Friday, May 14, at 9 a.m. I hope that the change of the meeting location doesn't make too much of inconvenience for you. My mobile phone is: +49-172 273 4814 Best regards Otto

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CFP AICCSA-05: Only 15 days left
by hella kaffel ben ayed 03 May '04

03 May '04

Dear Colleagues Apologies for any cross-postings ------------------------------- AICCSA-05 CALL FOR PAPERS ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-05) http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/ Cairo, Egypt, January 3-6, 2005 The ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications is a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent advances in the field of computer systems and their applications. Papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial, or descriptive in nature. In addition to usual research papers, AICCSA 2005 encourages papers that deliver any combination of the following contributions: a survey of the state of the art; an evaluation of an existing technology; a report on a successful technology transfer initiative; a discussion of future technological trends. Papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which are published by the IEEE Computer Society. Conference tracks are (1) Algorithms and Theory (2) Database and Data Mining (3) Networking and Wireless Technology (4) Security and Information Assurance (5) Software and Applications Submission Deadline: May 18, 2004 Notification: August 10, 2004 For more details, please consult http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/. Hella Kaffel Ben ayed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science of Tunis University of Tunis El Manar Senior Researcher CRISTAL Labortory National School of Computer Sciences University of Manouba Tunisia

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Qshine 2004 - 18-20/10/2004 Dallas, Texas, USA
by Prof Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 May '04

02 May '04

Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers QShine 2004 - First International Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks 18-20/10/2004 Dallas, Texas, USA http://qshine.org/ Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE COMSOC TCCC, IEEE Dallas Chapter, and ACM. (*Approval pending on ACM) Scope Recent technological developments in broadband high-speed networks, peer-to-peer networks, wireless and mobile networks, and grid computing have led to newer challenging problems, such as providing QoS support to the emerging high-speed internet and multimedia applications across both wired and wireless networks. This conference will focus on all aspects of QoS support for heterogeneous wired and wireless networks. Papers addressing cross-layer design on QoS support for both wired and wireless networks are strongly encouraged. It will serve as a forum for researchers from both academia and industry for presenting recent research results in QoS issues for both wired and wireless networks. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. Please join us in Dallas for QShine 2004! Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to: QoS in wireless local area networks QoS in sensor networks and wireless ad-hoc networks QoS support and mobility management in wireless Internet QoS in wireless and mobile multimedia QoS provisioning in mobile IP and IPv6 Scheduling policies for wireless networks QoS in current and emerging cellular and satellite networks Differentiated service in wireless multimedia networks QoS in broadband high-speed networks QoS in optical networks QoS support for Internet applications QoS across heterogeneous link technologies Middleware support for QoS provision Policy-based QoS differentiation Interactive broadband television, gaming, and video distribution Variable and adaptive QoS QoS modeling and measurement QoS routing, resource management, and admission control QoS pricing and billing QoS architectures, protocols, and systems QoS in web systems and storage systems QoS specification, metrics, and analysis QoS in peer-to-peer networks, grid and application-layer overlay networks Security aspects of QoS systems Publication Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in ACM / Kluwer Wireless Networks (WINET). Submission Guidelines Papers should not exceed 20 pages, must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All submissions should be sent electronically in Postscript or Adobe PDF format. Electronic submission instructions will be available at submission instructions. Important Dates Submission Deadline: May 28th, 2004 Notification of Acceptance: July 26th, 2004 Camera-ready Manuscripts due: August 20th, 2004 Conference Dates: October 18-20, 2004 Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs Jorge Cobb (Univ. of Texas at Dallas) and Shigang Chen (Univ. of Florida) Sudhir AggarwalFlorida State University Giuseppe BianchiUniversity of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy Gregor V. BochmanUniversity of Ottawa, Canada Luciano BononiUniversity of Bologna, Italy Andrew CampellColumbia Guohong CaoPenn State University Xiuzhen ChengGeorge Washington University Sunghun ChoiNational Seoul University S. K. DasUT Arlington Ehab ElmallahUniversity of Alberta, Canada Alois FerschaUniversity of Linz, Austria Mohsen GuizaniWestern Michigan University Zhu HanUniversity of Maryland at College Park Hossam HassaneinQueens Univ CA Jennifer HouUIUC Bo LiHKUST Hong Kong Baochun LiUniversity of Toronto Wei LiUniversity of Toledo Yibei LingTelcordia Jiangchuan LiuChinese University of Hong Kong Mingyan LiuUniversity Michigan at Ann Arbor Songwu LuUCLA King-Shan LuiHong Kong Univ Jelena MisicUniversity of Manitoba, Canada Klara NahrstedtUUIC Sotiris NikoletseasComputer Technology Institute, Greece M. NotareBarddal Univ. Brazil Stephan OlariuOld Dominion University Mohamed Ould-Khaoua University of Glasgow, UK Kihong ParkPurdue Chunming QiaoSUNY at Buffalo Sherman ShenUniversity of Waterloo, Canada Violet SyrotiukArizona State University Terry ToddMcMaster Univ., Canada Dapeng WuUniversity of Florida Hongyi WuUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette Jie WuFlorida Atlantic University Geoffrey XieNaval Post Graduate School Qian ZhangMicrosoft Research Asia Albert ZomayaUniversity of Sydney, Australia Organizing Committee General Chair: Azzedine Boukerche - Canada Research Chair in Mobile Computing and Networking, University of Ottawa, Canada Vice Chair: Michael Fang - University of Florida, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs Jorge Cobb - University of Texas at Dallas, USA Shigang Chen - University of Florida, USA Steering Committee Chair: Imrich Chlamtac - University of Texas at Dallas, USA Publicity Co-Chairs: Mirela Sechi M. Annoni Notare - Barddal University, Brazil Thomas Hou - Virginia Tech, USA Local Chair & Finance ChairHua Zhu University of Texas at Dallas, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------

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Call for Papers - 7th IEEE/ACM MSWiM'2004 - 04-06/10/2004 Venice, Italy
by Prof Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 May '04

02 May '04

Our apologies if you have received multiple copies -------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 7th IEEE/ACM* MSWiM 2004 The Seventh International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems October 4-6, 2004 Venice, Italy http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2004/ * IEEE and ACM Pending Upon Approval MSWiM is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to mobile and wireless systems. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance on all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile computing and wireless networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Performance evaluation and modeling of mobile and wireless networks * Simulation and analysis of wireless protocols and mobile computing systems * Integrated simulation and measurement based evaluation of mobile and wireless systems * Survivability and reliability evaluation and modeling * RF channel capacity modeling and analysis * Design methodologies for wireless systems * QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks * Modeling and analysis of wireless Internet access * Traffic measurements and models for audio, video, multimedia, and WWW services * New simulation languages and tools for wireless systems * Database management systems and mobile computing * Wireless data dissemination * Pervasive computing and ad hoc networking * Wireless PANs, LANs * Sensor networks PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference. Paper length should not exceed 20 pages. Only Postscript and PDF formats are accepted. Instructions for paper submission will be posted at: http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2004/ Accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings. A Journal Special Issue will be planned which will contain selected papers from MSWiM. IMPORTANT DATES Full papers due: June 10th, 2004 Notification: July 20th, 2004 Camera Ready due: August 10th, 2004 Organizing Committee General Chair Simonetta Balsamo Universita' Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy Email: balsamo(a)dsi.unive.it Program Co-Chairs Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini Politecnico di Torino, Italy Email: chiasserini(a)polito.it Lorenzo Donatiello Universita' di Bologna, Italy Email: donat(a)cs.unibo.it Publicity Co-Chairs Luciano Bononi Universita' di Bologna, Italy Email: bononi(a)cs.unibo.it Helen Karatza Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Email: karatza(a)csd.auth.gr Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare Barddal University, Florianopolis, Brazil Email: mirela(a)barddal.br Webmaster and System Chair Luciano Bononi Universita' di Bologna, Italy Email: bononi(a)cs.unibo.it Program Committee Rassul Ayani, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden Anand Balachandran, Intel Research, Seattle, USA Luciano Bononi, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Lorenzo Casaccia, Qualcomm, San Diego, USA Claudio Casetti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Xiuzhen Cheng, George Washington University, USA Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Marco Conti, IIT - CNR, Italy Teresa A. Dahlberg, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Sajal K. Das, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Juan Carlos De Martin, IEIIT-CNR, Italy Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria Vincenzo Grassi, Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy Mohsen Guizani, Western Michigan University, USA Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ericsson Research, Sweden Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Francesco Lo Presti, Universita' dell'Aquila, Italy Michela Meo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Pavan Nugehalli, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil Vikram Srinivasan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Dirk Staehle, University of Wurzburg, Germany Mineo Takai, University of California at Los Angeles, USA David Tipper, University of Pittsburgh, USA Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wurzburg, Germany Geoff Voelker, University of California at San Diego, USA Albert Y. Zomaya, University of Sydney, AU Steering Committee Chair Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Advisory Board Committee Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Sajal K. Das, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Lorenzo Donatiello, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Jason Yi-Bing Lin, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan William C.Y. Lee, AirTouch Inc.

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IFIP WG6.6 Web page
by Raouf Boutaba 30 Apr '04

30 Apr '04

http://bcr2.uwaterloo.ca/ifip

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Bioinformatics - Industry Impact and Outlook
by Lorraine Lescure 30 Apr '04

30 Apr '04

> Bioinformatics 2004 > - Industry Impact and Outlook - > 26th & 27th May 2004, Marriott Kensington, London > > Effective use of bioinformatic systems can drastically > reduce drug discovery and development timescales > * By using information technology and software tools > to analyse gene sequences, genotypes that correspond > to certain medical conditions may be identified. > * Informatics can then lead to the discovery of potential > molecular targets and subsequently the development > and design of drugs far more rapidly than previously possible. > Bioinformatics 2004 will provide a unique overview of > the technologies available and in development: > > ***Latest Confirmed Speaker: Dr Stephen Dobson, Pharmacogenomics Informatics Scientist, Pfizer*** > > Key themes will include: > * In depth analysis and strategies to improve information-flow > * Tactics for knowledge management and evolution of innovative informatic solutions > * Finding the best ways to handle e-clinical data and upcoming opportunities in this market > * Data analysis and integration: pointers on data mining, in silico research and use of informatic tools > * Case studies of informatic systems: learn from leaders in the industry > * Current market and outlook: genomics, proteomics and pharmacogenomics > > Industry Leading speakers confirmed at this event: > * Dr. Mark Swindells, Chief Scientific Officer, Inpharmatica > * Dr. Charlie Hodgman, Chair of Bioinformatics, Uni. Nottingham & Midlands Centre for Integrative Biology & Former Senior Informatics Leader, GSK > * Dr Luca Casareto, Director Bioinformatic Solutions, Invitrogen Bioinformatics (Informax) > * Robin Clark, Managing Consultant, IBM Business Consulting Services > * Dr. Krister Kristianson, Director of Clinical Research, Merck > * Hani Kamel, Quality and Security Advisor, Novo Nordisk > * Dr. Richard Scott, Director of Technology Development, De Novo Pharmaceuticals > * Kevin Wandryk, VP Marketing & Business Development, Silicon Genetics > * Dr. Ulrich Meier, Industry Marketing Manager Life Sciences, Sun Microsystems > * Dr. Kal Ramnarayan, Vice President and CSO, Cengent Therapeutics > * Thure Etzold, Senior VP Bioinformatics, LION Bioscience > * David Lovell, Reader in Medical Statistics, University of Surrey & Former Associate Director, European Head of Statistical Support to Clinical Pharmacology, Pfizer > > Who Should attend? (by job title) > * Global Head, Informatics & Knowledge Management > * Director of Medical Informatics > * Director of Discovery Research Informatics > * Head of Advanced Computing > * Head of Global IT Management > * Head/ Director of Bioinformatics > * Head of Datamining and Visualisation > * Senior Informatics Leader > * Head of Life Science Informatics > * Senior Scientist, Genomic Collaborations > * European Applications Specialist > * Director, Discovery Bioinformatics > * European Manager, Statistics & Information Science > * Director, IT Discovery Pharmaceuticals > * Director, Global Information Solutions > * Head of Informatics > > Please find below the conference agenda. To book your place at > Bioinformatics 2004 simply give me a quick ring or email me > stating whether you require a single place or a group booking > > - PRICING - > Attend the: > ** Conf. + pre conf. workshop GBP 1600.00 Plus VAT > ** Conference only Fee: GBP1299.00 Plus VAT > ** Pre conference workshop only Fee: GBP 650.00 Plus VAT > > - BOOKINGS - > Booking is easy, simply contact Lorraine on: > Telephone: +44 (0)20 8767 6711 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8767 5001 > Email: mailto:lorraine.lescure@visiongain.com > Terms and conditions apply - see below. > I look forward to hearing from you soon. > > Regards, > > Lorraine Lescure > Account Manager > Visiongain b2b Conferences > Tel: +44 (0) 20 8767 6711 > http://www.b2b-conferences.com > mailto:lorraine.lescure@visiongain.com > > > Sponsorship Opportunities> > This event will provide unrivalled opportunities to promote your brand to an audience of senior level delegates. Decision makers from all aspects of the Bioinformatics industry will be in attendance, what better way to elevate your product? We are continually recognised for providing innovative and effective means to support your marketing requirements through sponsorship and exhibitions at our leading events. > Options include: > * Full Conference Sponsorship > * Exhibition Stand/Booth > * Promotional Inserts > * Delegate Bag Sponsor > * Cocktail Reception Sponsor > Whatever your budget, whatever your requirements we can find you a way to place your brand at Bioinformatics 2004. > > > > ***Agenda*** > > > Pre-Conference Interactive Workshop > Successful Licensing and Business Development > Tuesday 25th May 2004 > > Workshop Leaders: Mrs. Sharon Finch and Prof. Bill Dawson, Medius Associates > > Topics Under discussion: > * Logistics and planning the due diligence process > * Scientific and regulatory due diligence > * Intellectual property rights, legal and corporate due diligence > * Commercial and financial issues > * Logistics- planning and negotiation > * Preparation > * Understanding the third party > * Team roles and negotiation styles > * Negotiation tactics > > > DAY 1 Wednesday 26th May 2004 > > Conference Chairman > David Lovell > Reader in Medical Statistic > University of Surrey > > 9:00 Registration and coffee > > 9:30 Opening remarks from the Chair > > STRATEGIC PLANNING > > 9:40 How to Transform Data into Commercially Valuable > Information > *> Overcoming challenges faced by the pharmaceutical industry > *> Key organisational strategies: meeting the needs of the > pharmaceutical vs biotech > *> What is the optimal structure for informatics in R&D? > *> How to use informatic services to facilitate drug discovery and > development > *> A guide to transforming sequence data into validated drug targets > Dr. Mark Swindells > Chief Scientific Officer > Inpharmatica > > 10:20 Aiding Business Strategy: An Information-Flow Model > *> Model: structured map of pharmaceutical information, depicting > issues faced > *> Strategies for reducing costs through portfolio management and > interconnectivity > *> Proposals for using information mechanisms for increased > efficiency > *> Model for biotech: > - where a novel technology might impact upon and improve the > R&D process > - where can service/ information providers position themselves for > maximum benefit > *> Key thinking for business development > Dr. Charlie Hodgman > Chair of Bioinformatics > Uni. Nottingham and Directorship of the Midlands Centre > for Integrative Biology > > 11:00 Morning Coffee > > 11:20 Pointers for Choosing the Best Partnership for You > *> Licensing out products following pre-clinical development > *> How to identifying the correct product to license in > *> Gaining or giving access to technologies, which will be the best for > you? > *> Recommendations on which route to take: comparison of different > agreements > Panel Discussion and Questions > > KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT > > 12:00 Procedures in Driving Data Workflow Integration for > Effective Information Management > *> How to alleviate the bottlenecks in the life science pipeline > - better investment in tools and applications > *> Can better integration techniques ease the burden of delivering > faster processes? > *> Large bioinformatic systems versus integrated discrete solutions > *> Informax bioinformatics solutions for workflow optimisation and > pipeline integration > Dr Luca Casareto > Director > Bioinformatic Solutions > Invitrogen Bioinformatics (Informax) > > 12:40 Lunch > > DATA ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION > > 14:00 In silico Research: Bridging the gap between Drug Discovery and Development > *> How to use in silico tools for rational chemical design > *> Advantages of in silico drug discovery > *> Potential enhancement of the overall R&D productivity> > *> Challenges of in silico biology technology for tomorrow > *> The future of simulation - Systems Biology? > Dr. Richard Scott > Director of Technology Development > De Novo Pharmaceuticals > > 14:40 Informatics Software Market: Breaking Constraints and > Handling Competition > *> Area sectors: specialising in software packages for visualising, > interpreting and analysing data > *> How to overcome constraints of this niche market > - limited number of customers > - diverse informatic needs of clients > *> How to handle direct competition > - free or publicly available software and tools > - direct competition from academic institutions > - small startups v large companies > Kevin Wandryk > VP Marketing & Business Development > Silicon Genetics > > 15:20 Afternoon Tea > > HANDLING E-CLINICAL DATA > > 15:40 Strategies for Reducing the Time and Cost of Running Trials, > whilst increasing the Quality of Data > *> Difficulties faced in drug development > *> Turning challenges to opportunities > *> How to simplify and automate trial processes, for example: > - by transforming trial management > - taking EDC to the next level > - implementing an efficient archival strategy > *> A holistic approach to clinical data > Robin Clark > Managing Consultant > IBM Business Consulting Services > > 16:20 Questions and Discussion > > 16:40 Close of Day One > > DAY 2 Thursday 27th May 2004 > > Conference Chairman > David Lovell > Reader in Medical Statistic > University of Surrey > > 9:00 Registration and Coffee > > 9:30 Opening remarks from the chair > > 9:40 Electronic Medical Records or e-source: how to cut your > monitoring cost in half by no more SDV, no more data entry > no missed data > *> EMR's - a challenge to the conduct of clinical trials > *> How to deal with its rapid entry into the hospital and medical > records > *> Increased complications in the access to the source: security and > privacy of the hospital system > *> How to use opportunities in the market > Dr. Krister Kristianson > Director of Clinical Research > Merck > > 10:20 Data Standards and the FDA: Overcoming the Challenges > Associated with E-Clinical Trials > *> Evaluating FDA acceptance of new technologies in clinical trials > *> Implementation of e-signatures > *> Reconciliation with HL7 standards > *> Using clinical data interchange standards for the development of > e-clinical trials > Charles Jaffe > Director of Medical Informatics > AstraZeneca > > 11:00 Morning Coffee > > 11:20 Key Tactics to Enhance Global Data Security > *> Meeting universal requirements: what regulatory problems could > arise? > *> Overcoming the scientific problems that can arise from poor > security > *> Recommendations for enabling global security to fit unobtrusively > into the clinical environment > *> Proposals to ensure clinical data security over the web > Hani Kamel > Quality and Security Advisor > Novo Nordisk > > PRACTICAL BIOINFORMATICS: IN THE INDUSTRY > > 12:00 CASE STUDY: Grid Computing and its Impact on Your > Network > *> Grid computing solutions- tackles complex computer intensive > tasks quickly and cost-effectively > *> Three basic deployment types: cluster grids, enterprise grids, and > global grids > *> What benefits do grids delivery that traditional computing models > are not able to? > *> Sun's bio-grid strategy > *> Sun infrastructure solutions: transforming technology into business > results > *> Deploying grid computing for a competitive advantage > Dr. Ulrich Meier > Industry Marketing Manager > Life Sciences > Sun Microsystems > > 12:40 Lunch > > 14:00 CASE STUDY: Accelerating Your Drug Discovery with Genes > to Leads > *> How can genes to leads deliver selective hits in as little as 60 > days? > *> Key differentiators from alternative drug discovery approaches > *> Features and benefits of proprietary technology > *> Success in discovering potent small-molecule leads for anthrax > infection and PTP1B> > *> Genes to Leads success summary > Dr. Kal Ramnarayan > Vice President and CSO > Cengent Therapeutics > > 14:40 CASE STUDY: SRS Gateway for Oracle, Reducing the > Challenges for the Life Science Industry > *> SRS and the oracle database > *> What are the benefits of combining the power of two industry-leading > platforms > *> Experience of SRS collaborations, the SRS evolution > *> The drive for drug discovery, a working progress > Thure Etzold > Senior VP Bioinformatics > LION Bioscience > > 15:20 Afternoon Tea > > PROTEOMICS > > 15:40 Managing Collection, Analysis and Interpretation of Data > from Functional Proteomics > *> Data from functional proteomics: how to effectively and efficiently > manage it > *> Statistical input into the design, analysis and interpretation of > functional proteomic studies > *> Achieving synergy between bioinformatics and statistics > *> Linking analysis of pharmacogenomic data into drug discovery and > development > David Lovell > Reader in Medical Statistics > University of Surrey > > 16:20 Pharmacogenomics in drug development > * Impact of pharmacogenomics on the cost of drug development and clinical trials > * Potential value of pharmacogenomics in clinical trials > * Incorporating pharmacogenomics into clinical trials: is it possible? > * Opportunities present > * The challenge of sample collection and data delivery. > > Dr Stephen Dobson > Pharmacogenomics Informatics Scientist > Pfizer > > > > 17:00 Questions and Discussion > > 17:20 Chairman Summation > > 17:30 Close of Conference > > > > > > > > Visiongain/B2B Conferences produce a range of timely business information material, if you wish to receive information of new products, simply reply to this email with ' New Products info' in the subject box > > > > > > > > > > > Terms & Conditions > NB - Due to high demand, we do not 'reserve' or 'hold' places - a request for an invoice to be raised will be treated as an official booking and will be subject to the cancellation policy as outlined below. > Cancellations/substitutions and name changes: All bookings carry a 50% liability after the booking has been made, by post fax, email or web. 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