TECHNOLOGY
TRACK
COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE & SERVICES
Communications & Information Security
Middleware for networked applications
Communications Quality and Reliability
Network Operations and Management
Autonomic Communication Systems
VoIP, IPTV, MobileTV, TVOD, Gaming
e-Government, e-Health,
Networked Medical Applications
NETWORKING
Ad Hoc & Sensor Communications & Networks
Communications Switching & Routing
Delay/Disruption tolerant wireless networks
High-Speed / Optical Networking
Next Generation Internet
Multimedia Communications
Optical Networking
Home and Enterprise Networking
Personal Communications
Peer-to-peer & overlay networks
Tactical Communications and operations
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
Communication Theory
Power Line Communications
Wireless Communications
Satellite and Space Communications
Transmission, Access and Optical Systems
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POLICY TRACK
TELECOM FINANCE and ECONOMICS
Telecom price regulation, pricing strategies
Cost accounting, cost structures for telecom
Economic model of international interconnection
Economic & intellectual property issues
CONVERGENCE AND COMPETITION
Competition in International Service
Municipal broadband
Net neutrality issues
Global telecom business, country and region cases
TELECOM AND SOCIETY
Communities in connectivity policy making
Training, support, relevant applications
Non-Governmental Organizations
Professional organizations and standards activities
Implications of new telecom technologies
Digital Opportunity Index
POLICY AND RESTRUCTURING
Region and country specific telecom policies
Services focused telecom policy
Strategies for growing rural connectivity
Spectrum management policies
DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL ACCESS
Development plans and activities
Economics and financing of the global access
Prospects for stable development and growth
Organizational issues – deployment and operations
Oversight issues - transparency and accountability
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