CALL FOR PARTICIPATION MMNS 2004: 7th International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks & Services October 3-6, 2004, Hilton Hotel Harbor Island, San Diego, California, USA, https://www.itsharenet.org/MMNS

KEYNOTES "Ad-Hoc Multi-Hop Networking: Challenges and Experiences" Pertti Alapuranen, Mesh Networks, Inc.

"Crossing the Multimedia Session Management Chasm" Patrick Reilly, Intel Corporation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- PANEL SESSION: "Knowledge Plane: Hype or Breakthrough in Managing Internet Networks" David Clark, MIT CSAIL, USA Simon Crosby, Intel Research, USA Bob Briscoe, British Telecom, UK John Strassner, MDAPCE, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- MAIN CONFERENCE PROGRAM TECHNICAL SESSIONS: S1: Multimedia over Wireless S2: Adaptive Multimedia Streaming S3: Novel Protocols in Wireless Systems S4: Scalable Multimedia Systems S5: MPLS: Bandwidth Provisioning & Control S6: Distributed Systems Management S7: Proactive Quality of Service S8: Multimedia Service Control and Management S9: Mobility: Control and Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- APPLICATION SESSION A: "New Architectures in Next Generation Wireless/Multimedia Systems" Raymond Liao, Siemens TTB Center, USA Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation Dirk Trossen, Nokia Research, USA Dilip Krishnaswamy, Intel Corporation

APPLICATION SESSION B: "Towards Implementing Network Autonomics" John Strassner, MDAPCE, USA David Durham, Intel Corporation Kevin Twardus, IBM Corporation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- 2ND WORKSHOP ON END-TO-END MONITORING TECHNIQUES AND SERVICES (E2EMON): KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Keith Ross, Polytechnic University, USA

Workshop Sessions: E1: Traffic Measurements and Analysis E2: Path Monitoring E3: Monitoring of Emerging Technologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- TUTORIALS: T1: IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): The Architecture of Choice for Converging Networks John G. Waclawsky, Cisco Systems, Inc. T2: Cross-layer Optimization for Wireless Multimedia Transmission Principles and Standards Mihaela van der Schaar, UC Davis, USA T3: Multimedia Traffic Modeling, Measurement and Control George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK T4: IP-Oriented QoS in Wireless Networks Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Important Dates: Early Registration Deadline: September 1, 2004 Hotel Registration Deadline: September 15, 2004

To register or for more information, visit https://www.itsharenet.org/MMNS.

Organized by: IT@Intel Information Services and Technology Group Research and School of Computer Science, Lancaster University, UK Sponsored by: Intel Corporation, IFIP, IEEE, IEEE Communications Society