See: http://www.contel.hr/2003/index.html

                              Call for Papers


   ConTEL 2003
   7th International Conference on Telecommunications
   Zagreb, Croatia, 
   June 11-13, 2003

   The 7th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2003,
   will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, from June 11-13, 2003. Through its
   technical program, the conference will provide an opportunity for the
   academic and industrial community to address new challenges, share
   solutions and discuss research directions in telecommunications. A
   broad range of topics is proposed, following current trends of merging
   communication and computing technologies.

   We particularly invite authors in the field of Networked Virtual
   Environments to submit papers which will be considered in parallel for
   publication at ConTEL and in a Special Issue or Feature Topic of the
   major journal in area of Communications (e.g. IEEE Communications
   Magazine, Computer Communications or similar - details to be
   announced) expected to appear in summer 2004. The papers should cover
   the state of the art and recent advances in the field of Networked
   Virtual Environments and their applications.
   WORKSHOPS
   Workshops and Tutorials will be presented on June 10, 2003, at the
   Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of
   Zagreb.

   ORGANIZED BY
   Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
   and IEEE Croatia Section, Communications Chapter

                            TECHNICAL CO-SPONSOR
                               IEEE Region 8

                                 SPONSORS:
     * Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia
     * Ericsson Nikola Tesla
     * HT Croatian Telecom

                                   TOPICS
                        Topics of interest include:
                              Access networks
                            All-optical networks
                       Augmented and virtual reality
                     Broadband and intelligent networks
                            Content distribution
                         e-Commerce & e-Government
                        ICT in environmental science
                            Inovation management
                   Internet applications and performance
                               Mobile agents
                        Mobile networks and services
                         Multimedia communications
                          Modeling and simulation
                       Networked virtual environments
                          Network design & planing
                      Network operations & management
                          Next generation network
                          Personal area networking
                             Quality of service
                              Security issues
                            Software engineering
                               Telecom market
                           Traffic & performance
                              Web engineering

   IMPORTANT DATES
   The  Program  Chairs  are  soliciting  original  contributed technical
   papers  for  presentation  at  the  Conference  and publication in the
   Conference  Proceedings.  Authors are also invited to submit proposals
   for invited sessions/papers/talks by topic of interest.

     January 10, 2003: Special Session Proposals, Due
     January 24, 2003: Full Papers, Tutorial Proposals, Due
     March 7, 2003: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
     April 4, 2003: Final, Camera Ready Papers, Due

   PAPER SUBMISSION
   Papers  must  be submitted electronically by January 24, 2003, via Web
   upload only. Instructions and guidelines for electronic submission are
   given at the ConTEL Web site.

   Papers  should be submitted in standard IEEE double-column format. The
   first  page  of  the  paper, centered on the top below the top margin,
   should   include  the  paper  title,  the  authors'  names  and  their
   affiliations,  an  abstract, and keywords. Eight pages are allowed for
   each  paper.  Illustrations  and  references  are included in the page
   count.   Submitted   papers   will  undergo  a  peer  review  process,
   coordinated  by  the  International Program Committee. Authors will be
   notified  of acceptance or rejection by March 7, 2003. Accepted papers
   in final form must be received no later than April 4, 2003.

   SPECIAL SESSIONS AND TUTORIALS
   Proposals  for  special sessions should contain the tentative title of
   the  session,  and  a  list  of four to five speakers, with titles and
   extended   summaries  (up  to  2000  words)  of  their  presentations.
   Proposals  should be sent by e-mail to either of the Program Chairs to
   be received no later than January 10, 2003.

   Proposals  for  tutorials  should  contain  the tentative title of the
   tutorial,  an  extended  abstract  (up  to 2000 words), and a table of
   contents  of  the  material to be covered. Proposals should be sent by
   e-mail  to  either  of the Program Chairs to be received no later than
   January 31, 2003.

   For  more  information  about  the Conference feel free to contact the
   Program Chairs.