TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ENABLING AN OMNIPRESENT WORLD

Based on the initial success of Dubai in 1994, ICT has been held in Bali, Indonesia (1995), Istanbul, Turkey (1996), Melbourne, Australia (1997), Chalkidiki, Greece (1998), Jeju, Korea (1999), Acapulco, Mexico (2000), Bucharest, Romania (2001), Beijing, China (2002), Tahiti, French Polynesia (2003), Fortaleza, Brazil (2004), Cape Town, South Africa (2005), Funchal, Portugal (2006), Penang, Malaysia (2007), St. Petersburg, Russia (2008), Marrakech, Morocco (2009), and Doha Qatar (2010).

ICT 2011 is the 18th year of this event. In the past few years, there has been a growing interest in a pervasive, connected world, where distances shrink and (virtual) presence is everywhere. Next generation wireless networks, heterogeneous access technologies, ad hoc and sensor networks, and new Internet technologies will be part of this new world. The need for new, increasingly robust, self organising, and context aware networking protocols and techniques will challenge our designs. Security, as well greening enhancements are becoming indisputable components of today's everpresent technologies, in a world that relies totally on them. ICT'11 will reflect on such trends.
As well as numerous technical presentations, ICT 2011 will feature plenary sessions, poster sessions, and panel sessions.