Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:4408] CFP: International Conference on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies and Applications
From: Ladislav Samuelis (Ladislav.Samuelis@tuke.sk)
Date: Wed 26 Feb 2003 - 04:15:19 MET
From: "Ladislav Samuelis" <Ladislav.Samuelis@tuke.sk> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:4408] CFP: International Conference on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies and Applications Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:15:19 +1300
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
ICETA-2003
2-nd "International Conference on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies and Applications"
and the 4th Conference on Virtual University
(Steps towards the E-learning Society of the Future)
September 11-13, 2003, Košice, Slovakia
http://www.elfa.sk/ICETA-2003
Submission of abstracts DEADLINE: March 30, 2003
Hosted by the Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic
Conference is held under the auspices of the Rector of the Technical University in Košice,
Prof. Ing. Juraj Sinay, DrSc.
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The Conference is organized in co-operation with:
* The ATM Association in Slovak Republic
* Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, University of Technology in
Košice, Slovak Republic
* Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
* University of Žilina, Slovak Republic
* Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
* EuroPACE, a trans-European network of universities, enterprises and organisations
with an interest in the field of distance and continuing education and training, Belgium
* FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
* SANET, Slovak Academic Network Association, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
* Open Society Foundation, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
* Cisco Systems, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
OBJECTIVES
This conference is designed to serve as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion
and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications in all
areas related to multimedia, hypermedia, and networking in e-learning and new services
in general. It supports dissemination of experiences related to the utilization of
progressive communication technologies. The aim is to build up an extensive base of
future customers and users of communication services and to support various forms of
co-operation among users and e-learning providers.
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:
· Keynote & Invited Speakers
· Papers
· Panels
· Posters/Demonstrations
· Interactive Sessions
· Corporate Demonstrations
CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
Conference will consist of a plenary session and several technical sessions.
The plenary session will consist of keynotes presented by invited speakers
(representatives of governmental, academic and industrial institutions).
Technical sessions will provide information for a wide spectrum of the general public,
experts and specialists from research, industry and academic institutions,
who are interested in the general areas of broadband communication and emerging
computer nrtworking infrastructures, novel applications over such infrastructures,
and the Internet.
TOPICS:
The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics
as they relate to the educational and developmental aspects of multimedia/hypermedia
and networking:
1. Infrastructure
* Evaluation of the impact of high-speed and new generation Internet access on
users and on Internet performance
* Presentation and sharing of experiences in the implementation and operation of
the emerging broadband communication technologies, in particular of high-speed Internet
* Presentations of verified public-oriented network-based applications and systems
(i.e., multimedia applications, videoconferencing, IP streaming with elements of Quality
of Service);
* Design and architectures of Distributed Learning Environments
* Methodologies for WWW-based course-support systems
* Multimedia/Hypermedia Systems
* Presentation and sharing of knowledge in the implementation and operation of
e-strategies (i.e., telemedical and tele-educational services)
2. Tools & Content-oriented Applications:
* Agents
* Authoring tools
* Interactive learning environments
* Groupware tools
* Virtual reality and virtual e-learning infrastructures
* Quality and effectivity of e-learning
* Complex e-learning environments and solutions
* Concepts and modeling of virtual infrastructures: e-learning, e-business, e-medicine
(virtual lab, virtual university implementations and virtual hospital)
* M-learning: blending the web-based training and wireless e-learning
* Management and engineering of e-learning systems
* Standardization of e-learning objects
* Intelligent tutoring
* Security and research perspectives
3. New Roles of the Instructor & Learner:
* Cooperative/collaborative learning
* Experiences of instructors and learners in the e-learning process
* Instructor in networking and the improvement of the classroom teaching
* Instructor training and support
* Pedagogical issues
* Teaching/Learning strategies
* E-learning degrees and certifications
4. Cases & Projects:
* Country and institution-specific developments
* Virtual universities
* Trends in the development of new communication technologies and services
* Solutions for the state (e-government) and private sector
ICETA 2003 Conference Secretariat
Mrs. Darina Cuntalova, Mrs. Iveta Zamecnikova
elfa, s.r.o., 042 00, Kosice, Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421/55/6253839, -6333112
Fax.: +421/55/6253200, -6253202
e-mail: elfa@elfa.sk
http://www.elfa.sk/ICETA-2003
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