IEEE/Innovations 2008, Paper submission extended

Dear Colleagues,

As requested by many potential authors, the paper submission deadline of
IEEE/Innovations 2008 is extended by TWO more weeks. Therefore, please
spread the word and inform your colleagues, students and research fellows
about the approaching deadline, to assure a high number of paper submissions
and a high quality and successful conference.

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                            CALL FOR PAPERS 
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                            IEEE/Innovations 2008 
  5th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology 
                          December 16-18, 2008 
                       Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 
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          Conference website:   <http://www.it-innovations.ae/>
http://www.it-innovations.ae/          
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BACKGROUND 
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Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'08), is a premier Forum
for the presentation and discussion of technology advances and research
results in the field of Information Technology (IT). Held for the first time
in the oasis city of Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), Innovations '08 is the fifth in the series that has been
held in Dubai since 2004. The latest research advances in fields ranging
from traditional computer science to evolving web technologies,
bioinformatics and healthcare informatics are explored in Innovations'
technical sessions. 
  
Innovations'08 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communication Society.
Accepted papers will be published by IEEE and fully indexed in IEEEXplore. 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 
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 <http://www.nortel.com/corporate/exec/zafirovski.html> Mike S. Zafirovski,
President and CEO, Nortel 
 <http://www.ececs.uc.edu/%7Edpa/> Dharma P. Agrawal, OBR Distinguished
Professor of Computer Science 
  
SOCIAL PROGRAM 
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- Dubai City Tour and Dhow Cruise 
- Desert Safari 
  
AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE (Deadlines): 
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Paper and poster submissions due:     September 15, 2008 
Notification of acceptance:           October 15, 2008 
Final camera ready paper due:         November 3, 2008 
  
TOPICS OF INTEREST 
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Topics include, but are not limited to: 

- Communication networks and security 
- Information systems and services 
- Bioinformatics and healthcare informatics 
- Computing systems 
  
SPECIAL SESSIONS: 
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- Realtime Visual <http://www.visualbiotech.ch/innovations08.html>  Analysis
and Visual Communication of In-Vivo and In-Silico Biology 
  Organizer: Dr. Pablo de Heras Ciechomski, CEO Visualbiotech , Switzerland 
  
- Innovations <http://www.ifn.ing.tu-bs.de/en/cfp-innovations08/>  in Arabic
Language Technologies 
  Organizer: Dr. Haikal El Abed, Braunschweig Technical University, Germany 
  
TUTORIALS: 
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- Security Challenges in Wireless Mesh Networks 
  By Dharma P. Agrawal, OBR Distinguished Professor of Computer Science 

- Introduction to WAN Planning and Design 
  By Algirdas Pakstas, Professor, London Metropolitan University 
  
- Technology as a driver of innovation and catalyst for growth 
  By Mark Walker, Microsoft Gulf region 
  
- Information Technology in the Financial Services Sector 
  By Ayman Fathallah, Regional Director Middle East 
  
WORKSHOPS: 
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- Robotics and Interactive Media 
- Cognitive Science 
  
CONTACT: 
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Contact:
<http://webmail.uaeu.ac.ae/java_script:main.compose%28%27new%27,%27t=nd=%27%
29> Innovations08@uaeu.ac.ae

Received on Friday, 29 August 2008 05:50:40 UTC