Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2–3 June , 2003

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The IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) cordially invite you to participate in the 3rd International Enterprise Networking, Applications and Services Conference @ SUPERCOMM 2003 (EntNet @ SUPERCOMM 2003) in Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 2-3 June 2003.

In the current climate of economic challenge and constraint, commercial enterprises of all varieties must look to streamline their operations, increase productivity, and drive ROI. Evolving communications networks and applications—which continue on the path toward convergence—offer real opportunities to achieving this endgame.

The Enterprise Networking and Services Conference@SUPERCOMM 2003 (EntNet @ SUPERCOMM) presents an unparalleled opportunity for enterprise networking and services professionals to examine key network issues, solutions and technologies, and their influence on improving service and increasing productivity. The convergence of voice, data, and wireless networks holds significant opportunity for operational efficiencies, revenue gains, and productivity improvement for end users, enterprises, and carriers.

Organized by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and the International Engineering Consortium (IEC), and Ccollocated with SUPERCOMM 2003, the conference brings visionaries, vendors, practitioners, and technologists to a common forum for discussion of enterprise networking and services issues and solutions. The interactive conferencetechnica l program of EntNet@SUPERCOMM willwill feature business and technology-oriented panel Panel Ssessions, and tutorials Tutorials in the following, but not limited to areas, areas:

· Enterprise wireless strategies and enabling technologies

· New Marketplace Realities and Enterprise Business Drivers

· Enterprise Vertical Market Applications in Health Care, Banking, Insurance, Transportation, etc.

· Virtual Enterprise Technologies and Applications

· Enterprise Mobility and Wireless Access

· Scalability and Enterprise Economy

· Enterprise Mobility and Wireless Access

· Optical Network Implications on the Enterprise

· Next Generation Enterprise Data Centers and Storage Area Networks

· Enterprise Network Security Advances

· Web Services and the Next-Generation Internet

· Establishing, Provisioning and Monitoring Service Level Agreements

· Interoperability and Integration of Enterprise Networks and Services

· Advanced VoIP Technologies and Applications

· Semantic Web and Service Automation

· Enterprise Data Mining and Information ModelingEnterprise network security advances

· Integrated voice & data applications and services

Driving business & marketplace realities within the communications sector

VoIP, teleconferencing, and distance learning within the enterprise

Next generation e-commerce networks and applications

Web services and the next-generation Internet

Optical network implications for the enterprise

· VPN developments, deployments, & strategies

Interoperability and integration of enterprise networks and services

Establishing and managing service level agreements

·Experiences with enterprise management applications

Each panel Panel proposal should contain the titlepanel title, one page abstract, panel chair name and affiliation, and list of potential panelists. It is assumed that each panel session is 1.5 hours long and has 4-5 panelists including the chair. Each Ttutorial proposal should contain the titletutorial title, one page abstract, and the instructor’s name and affiliation. It assumed that the tutorial length is 3 hours. Panel proposals Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to the Technical Program Co-Chair Gabriel Jakobson, gabejakobson@earthlink.net ., and the Ttutorial Pproposals to the Tutorial Chair Lundy Lewis, lundylewis@monad.net.

lewis@aprisma.com.

Important - The due date of the proposals is November 8, 2002.Panel and Tutorial Submissions: 20 December 2002

Final Submissions: 2 April 2003

Conference General Chair: Shri Goyal,

St Petersburg College, USA

Vice-Chair: Masayoshi Ejiri,

Fujitsu, Japan

TPC Chair: Gabriel Jakobson,

Smart Solutions Consulting, USA

Tutorial Chair: Lundy Lewis,

University of New Hampshire, USA

EntNet@SUPERCOMM Organizing Committee:

General Chair: Shri Goyal, Pragati-Path, USA

Vice Chair: Masayoshi Ejiri, Fujitsu, Japan

TPC Co-Chairs: Gabriel Jakobson, Gabriel Jakobson Associates, USA

Richard Morin, EDS, USA

Tutorial Chair: Lundy Lewis, Aprisma, USA

Publication Chair: Araceli Gomez, IEC, USA

Publicity Chair: Kim Simpao, IEC, USA

IEEE Manager: Tom Stevenson, IEEE, USA ,

IEC Manager: Dan Coran, IEC, USA

SUPERCOMM Liaison: Todd Clark, TIA, USA

Pradeep Ray, University of New South Wales, Australia

Organizing Committee Members:

Salah Aidarous, NEC, USA

Vinay Chandhok, Nortel, USA

Samir Chatterjee, CGU, USA

Boris Elman, Verizon, USA

Donald Fye, Don Fye Associates, LLC, USA

Wesley Hicks, Sonus, USA

Bhumip Khasnabish, Verizon, USA

Alan Marcus, CISCO, USA

Scott Marcus, FCC, USA

Seshadri Mohan, Comverse, USA

Stan Moyer, Telcordia, USA

Laurie Shook, VocalData, USA

Pauolo T. de Sousa, European

Commission, Portugal

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