IEEE 61st Semiannual Vehicular 
                   Technology conference,  VTC 2005 Spring
                         May 29th     June 1st 2005
                              Stockholm, Sweden 

                             First announcement

The conference will focus on the current state and trends of the wireless industry and research
communities. Technical papers and posters and tutorials will be presented in (but not limited to) 
the following list of topics

                Radio Propagation                                           Mobility Management
                Antenna Systems                                             Affordable Wireless Infrastructure
                Radio Interfaces                                            Location Dependent Services
                Transceiver Design                                          Adaptive Mobile Services & Service Platforms
                Wireless Quality-of-Service                                 Personal Communication beyond 3G 
                Radio Resource Management                                   Mobile Satellite Systems
                Ad-hoc Networks                                             Intelligent Transportation Systems
                Ambient Wireless Networks                                   Vehicular Electronics
                Vehicle Traction Power Control/Conversion                   Rail Signals, Comunication and Control
                Fuel Cells for Vehicle and Mobile Applications              Maritime and Airborn Electronic Applications

Tentative Schedule:                                                        Conference Committee:
Call for Papers                            October 1  2003                 Håkan Eriksson, Ericsson Research- General Chair
Abstract Submission deadline               October 1  2004                 Claes Nycander, Telia Sonera
Notification                               December 20 2004                Hasse Johansson, SCANIA
Deadline for final submission              February 15 2005                Eric Ström, Chalmers Univ  TPC Co Chair
                                                                           Arne Svensson, Chalmers Univ  TPC Co Chair
                                                                           Jens Zander, Wireless@KTH - Local Org Chair


     Welcome to Stockholm, the beauty on water, set on fourteen islands each with a charm of its own.

     Conference venue:               Stockholm International Fair & Congress Center 
     Welcome Reception:              City Hall,  the setting of the the Nobel Prize Banquet each year.
     Conference Dinner:              Vasa Museum. The warship Vasa sunk on her first voyage in 1628.
                                     Today a world wide wonder in her museum in Stockholm.