Topics to be addressed include, but not limited to:

1. Networking Theory and Technologies
1 .1 Broadband Communication and Networks
1 .2 Computer Communication and Networks
1 .9 Data Communications
1 .3 Intelligent Networks
1 .10 Internet and Intranet
1 .5 Network Management
1 .6 Network Planning and Optimization
1 .8 Network Reliability
1 .11 Next Generation Networks
1 .13 Optical systems, Networks and Applications
1 .12 Photonic Switching and Interconnections
1 .4 Switching and Routing
1 .7 Traffic Engineering
1 .14 Video Communication Networks

2. Transmission Systems and Technologies
2 .22 Antennas and Propagation
2 .21 Earth Station Technologies
2 .25 Merger of Services in Radio Systems
2 .23 Microwave Theory and Techniques
2 .19 Millimetric Wave Systems and Technologies
2 .26 Radio Communications for rural development
2 .20 Satellite Communication and Applications
2 .18 Terrestrial Radio Systems
2 .24 WDM, DWDM and CWDM Transmission Systems

3. Access Networks
3 .36 Last Mile Access Topologies
3 .35 New Broadband Access Technologies
3 .39 Wireless Access
3 .38 xDSL, HFC, FTTH, Ethernet


4. Wireless Communications
4 .33 Adaptive Antenna Systems
4 .32 Cellular and Ad-Hoc Networks
4 .29 Mobile Communications
4 .27 Modern Wireless Systems
4 .28 Personal Communications
4 .30 Standards (IEEE 802.15 and 16)
4 .31 Wireless IP and Wireless ATM
4 .34 Wireless Multimedia

5. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
5 .46 CAD Algorithms and Techniques
5 .50 Customer Care and Billing
5 .51 IT Applications
5 .47 Modeling and Simulation
5 .54 Network Security
5 .52 Optimization Methods
5 .53 Search Engines and Information Mining
5 .56 Socio-economic Effects of Telecommunications
5 .55 Strategies, Policies and Legal Matters
5 .49 Telecom Protocols and Standards

6. General Theory
6 .60 Electromagnetic Theory
6 .58 Image Processing
6 .57 Information Theory
6 .59 Speech Processing