New forum - might be of interest

Call for Papers and participation in WWRF
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Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)
Kick-off meeting in Munich, March 6-7, 2000

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Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens announced the creation of the
"Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)" in December 2000. The objective
of the new forum is to formulate visions on strategic future research
directions in the wireless field, among industry and academia, and to
generate, identify, and promote research areas and technical trends for
mobile and wireless system technologies. It is intended to
constructively contribute to the work done within the UMTS Forum, ETSI,
3GPP, IETF, ITU, and other relevant bodies regarding commercial and
standardisation issues derived from the research work.

available through WSI homepage  (http://www.ist-wsi.org) are:
- WWRF pressrelease (Dec 2000),
- call for contributions and
- registration form for the Kick-off meeting

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THE FORUM IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.

Members are expected to contribute papers and ideas.
In 2001, the forum will organise three working sessions
and a workshop towards the end of the year.
As input to the Kick-Off Meeting of the WWRF in Munich
on March 6-7, WE INVITE WRITTEN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Papers may address any issue beyond third generation
wireless communications, including, but not limited to the
following subject areas:
1. Applications, Services, and the User's Perspective
2. New Wireless Technologies
3. System Concepts
4. Spectrum Issues
5. General Issues
Contributions should preferably contain 1 - 3 pages and
should be submitted by e-mail, either in plain ASCII text
or with MS Word or PS attachments, to:

visions@ist-wsi.org

The contributions must include a title, the proposed subject
area as well as the names, affiliations, addresses, and e-mails
of the authors. Contributions will be published in an electronic
"Book of Visions" of the WWRF, if permitted by the authors.
Several contributions will be selected for presentation at the WWRF
Kick-Off Meeting.

Important WWRF Dates 2001
Feb. 4, 2001  Deadline for the submission of contributions
Feb. 9, 2001  Notification of acceptance for presentation at the
   WWRF Kick-Off Meeting
Feb. 25, 2001  Deadline for the submission of the presentation slides
Mar. 6 - 7, 2001  WWRF Kick-Off Meeting in Munich, Germany
May 22-23, 2001 WWRF meeting in Helsinki, Finland
Sep. 25-26, 2001 WWRF meeting in Stockholm, Sweden

To get more information about the WWRF and the EU-project
that initiated it, please visit the WSI web site:
http://www.ist-wsi.org


Best Regards,

Malin Emmerich
EU Framework Support, Ericsson Research
Ericsson Eurolab Deutschland GmbH (EED)
e-mail: malin.emmerich@eed.ericsson.se
tel: +49 (0)2407 575 7882
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Received on Sunday, 4 February 2001 19:10:11 UTC