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               Second International Conference on


                     Broadband Islands


                 Athens, June 14 - 16, 1993

       Sponsored by CEC (requested) and IEEE (requested)
                  Organized by EuroBridge


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Objectives:
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The conference succeeds the highly successful workshop on broadband 
islands, held in Dublin in 1991. The aim of this conference is to 
bring together researchers and managers involved in broadband 
communications, to exchange experiences and to discuss state of the 
art and future trends in this rapidly evolving field. 

Operational, economical and technical issues as well as management 
tasks will be addressed. In bringing together networking people with 
different backgrounds, responsibilities and views this conference 
will contribute to a better use of broadband communication systems.


Tutorials: 
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The four tutorials will provide in-depth information on the state of 
the art of major problem areas in the field of broadband 
communication.

o       Multimedia Communication and Applications
        D. Shepherd, Lancaster University
o       High Speed Protocols
        A. Danthine, University of Liege
o       Broadband Networks (FDDI, DQDB, ATM,...)
        O. Spaniol, Techn. Univ. of Aachen
o       European Communication Infrastructure of Today and Tomorrow
        K. Ullmann, RARE
        

Papers:
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Extended abstracts (1000 - 1500 words) of original papers on all 
aspects related to broadband communication are solicited. Topics of 
interest include, but are not limited to:

o       Multimedia applications
o       Multimedia communication requirements
o       Service  interworking
o       Network interconnection
o       Protocol architectures
o       Application layer services
o       Synchronization issues
o       Real time communication
o       International and industry standards
o       User aspects
o       Market trends and requirements
o       Economic implications
o       Strategic impacts


Abstracts should be sent to:
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Kai Jakobs
Technical University of Aachen
Computer Science Department (Informatik IV)
Ahornstrasse 55
D-5100 Aachen
Germany
Tel.: +49 241 8021405
FAX:              -29
email: jakobs@informatik.rwth-aachen.de

Dates:
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Deadline for extd. Abstracts:        February 1, 1993
Notification of acceptance:          April 1, 1993
Camera ready paper:                  May 1, 1993
Tutorials:                           June 14, 1993
Conference:                          June 15 - 16, 1993


Program Commitee: 
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O. Spaniol (Chair)      Techn. Univ. of Aachen
S. Schindler            TELES, Berlin
St. Christodoulakis     University of Crete
D. Christodoulakis      University of Patras
A. Casaca               INESC
A. Danthine             University of Liege
P. Martini              University of Paderborn
P. Linington            University of Kent
A. Patel                University College Dublin
D. Sheperd              University of Lancaster
Y. Gujolle              University of Paris
B. Butscher             GMD Fokus


Organizing Commitee:
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Gregory Votsis          IntraCom, Greece
Nickos Pronios          IntroCom, Greece
Fiona Williams          Ericsson Eurolab Deutschland, Germany
Arno Spinner            Ericsson Eurolab Deutschland, Germany
Kai Jakobs              Techn. Univ. of Aachen, Germany
Klaus Lenssen           Techn. Univ. of Aachen, Germany