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 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

  

IMPORTANT MILESTONES
  • Evaluation of abstracts : 9 December 2002 – 15 January 2003
  • Paper Selection Meeting : 5, 6 & 7 February 2003
  • Notification of authors : 8 -14 April 2003
  • Electronic publication of Forum Preliminary Programme : from April 2003, constantly updated on the Web
  • Deadline for receipt of Final Manuscripts : 22 September 2003
  • TELECOM WORLD 2003 : 12-18 October 2003

SELECTION OF SPEAKERS

Following the individual reviews by the Forum Programme Committee, the Paper Selection Meeting will be held in Geneva on 5, 6 and 7 February 2003.

During this meeting, the Forum Programme Committee will :

  • establish the Preliminary Forum Programme, e.g. define session themes and the sequence of the sessions;

  • define the structure of the various sessions (e.g. Paper presentation, panel, roundtable etc.);

  • submit speakers names to be invited to contribute to the various Forum sessions, according to the session themes and the  ratings of the abstracts;

  • define the roles attributed to the various participants.

NOTIFICATION OF AUTHORS

All authors/high-level speakers will be notified if they have been selected or not by the end of March 2003

You may be invited to participate in one of the following roles:

Keynote Speaker, Speaker, Panelist, Roundtable/Workshop Participant,
Chairman or Moderator

Selected Authors may be invited to: 

  • present their paper in a Paper presentation Session;

  • present their paper as a background contribution to a Panel or a Roundtable Session;

  • participate in a debate on a Panel, Roundtable Session or Workshop Session;

  • publish a full manuscript in the Forum Proceedings.

Please note that only an invitation to act as a keynote speaker or speaker will permit a standard presentation of a full paper.

MANUSCRIPTS

However, all Forum selected participants will be invited to submit a full manuscript to be published in the CD-Rom of the  Forum Proceedings and on the Forum website open to all Forum delegates, Forum Participants and the Press.

This manuscript (5000-6000 words) should be submitted in electronic format

Deadline for receipt of Final Manuscripts for inclusion in the Forum proceedings: 22 September 2003

Sales/product promotion papers will not be accepted
Your paper must be original and previously unpublished

 

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