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Monday, 2 May - Friday, 6 May 2005 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
Please note that the registration rates have changed. There are no longer late fees. Registrations from now until the beginning of the conference will be charged the normal rate.
Please visit the registration page for more information. http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/networking2005/coming/registration.ht...
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
2005 International Workshop "World Class Events: Telecommunications Challenges" WCE2005 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 6 May 2005
To be held in conjunction with '2005 IFIP Networking Conference' http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/Networking2005
Throughout the telecommunications industry, organizing world class events presents unique challenges and drives explosive changes in service offerings, network infrastructures, and product technologies. The host city’s or country’s reputation on being able to organize such world class events may depend on the mastery of providing a "Perfect Network".
This workshop is a unique gathering opportunity for select industry executives, seasoned managers, expert researchers and senior subject matter experts from sponsor organizations of world class events, telecommunication companies, and government officials of host cities/countries to discuss the requirements and steps necessary to build and operate a "Perfect Network" for such events. They will share experiences, plans, "do lists", and their vision to ensure a "Perfect Network". An intense day of selected presentations and possible refreshing panel discussions will focus on how to avoid "re-inventing the wheel" every time that a city or country becomes a candidate/host for such world class events.
Confirmed Key Speakers of the industrial track: - Delivering an Olympic Class Network in 2010, Justin Webb, Vice President Olympic Solutions, Bell Canada - Telecommunication Challenges for the Olympic Games, Spilios Makris, Director Olympic Program, Telcordia - Telecommunications at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, Yiannis Antoniadis, Olympic Games Telecommunications Command & Control Deputy Manager, OTE - World Class Events - Telecommunication Challenges, Alex Iliadis, Athens 2004 Telecom Manager
Key speeches will be 45 minutes long plus 15 minutes for questions. Please note that the industrial track is complemented by a research track with papers presenting new research and development material.
Workshop Organizers: Dr. Charalabos Skianis Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications National Center for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’
Dr. Spilios Makris Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Mike Devetsikiotis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering North Carolina State University