IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 To Be Held In New Orleans From November 30 To December 4

Source: IEEE

New York, NY – The IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), the leading worldwide professional organization dedicated to the advancement of communications technologies, will host its annual flagship IEEE GLOBECOM event at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel from November 30 through December 4.

Themed "Building A Better World Through Communications," IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 is expected to bring together more than 2,500 academia, engineers, designers, developers and industry professionals to discuss & showcase the latest developments in voice, data, image and multimedia communications.

In addition to hundreds of symposia, technical sessions, workshops and tutorials as well as a special session dedicated to the History of Telecommunications, this year's event will be held in conjunction with the 3rd Annual IEEE Communications Industry Forum, which includes the Design & Developers Forum. Other prominent events co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 will be the World Telecommunications Congress (WTC) as well as EntNet 2008, a long-running event organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) to promote the development and evolution of enterprise-level networking technologies.

IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 will officially commence on Sunday, November 30 by holding numerous tutorials and workshops dedicated to topics such as "Near-Capacity Wireless Multimedia Communications," "Wireless Telemedicine" and "Web Security." In all, 22 tutorials and nine workshops exploring topics ranging from WIMAX advanced broadband wireless systems to wireless mesh and senor networks will be held on Sunday, November 30 and Thursday, December 4.

Starting on Monday, December 1, leading industry experts will also address IEEE GLOBECOM attendees on numerous key telecommunications topics. These keynote speakers include Kaoru Yano, president of the NEC Corporation; Dr. Flavio Bonomi, head of Cisco Research; John Donovan, chief technology officer at AT&T; and Richard J. Lynch, executive vice president & chief technology officer at Verizon Communications.

Another IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 highlight includes a special session on the History of Telecommunications, which will begin with a tutorial on The History of OFDM and culminate with a panel discussion on the invention of radio and the history of the events involved with creating the modern communications world. The conference's extensive technical program encompassing more than 150 sessions will also begin on December 1 and extend through December 3.

In addition to these events, IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 attendees will have the benefit of experiencing the 3rd Annual IEEE Communications Industry Forum & Expo, which will be held from December 1 to 3. During the course of the conference, visitors will have the opportunity to tour the Expo exhibit hall and learn about the latest telecommunications solutions currently under development and being introduced by leading companies such as Telecordia Technologies, NEC, NIKSUN, OPNET Technologies and more.

Included within the Expo will be the Design & Developers Forum, which will offer 20 sessions from Monday, December 1 to Wednesday, December 3 dedicated to cutting-edge topics such as "Wireless Access for Vehicular Environments," "B3G & 4G Mobile Wireless Broadband Technologies" and "Security for Seamless Mobility."

Other key events held concurrently with IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 are the IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Networking and Services (EntNet) 2008. This event will host several panel discussions under the theme of "Enterprise Solutions for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning" on December 3.

The World Telecommunications Congress (WTC), which is also co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, will dedicate 12 sessions to areas ranging from next generation mobile networks to packet/optical network infrastructures on the 1st and 2nd of December.

Another key event expected to attract a great deal of attendee interest will be the Gold Session titled "The Road to the Future." On December 3, a panel of scholars, researchers, business leaders and academia will discuss issues of special interest to industry professionals currently in the early stages of career planning.

For more information on IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, contact: Heather Ann Sweeney, IEEE Communications Society, 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 705-8938. E-mail: h.sweeney@comsoc.org. Or visit: www.ieee-globecom.org/2008.

The IEEE Communications Society has nearly 40,000 members and is the second largest of IEEE's 37 technical societies. Founded in 1952, it has become the major international forum for the exchange of ideas on communications and information networking.

SOURCE: IEEE