See:  http://www.ittconference.com/2005.html
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                              2005 Conference

   The fifth IT&T conference will take take place on the 26th and 27th October,
   2005 in the National Maritime College, CIT, Cork.
   The theme of this year's event is "Information Infrastructures - Systems,
   Architectures and Content". The scope of the conference theme is intended to
   reflect the diversity of research in these areas by incorporating computing
   and telecommunications systems, architectures and content.
   In a new departure this year there will be two strands to the conference
   calls - like previous years, there will be a call for papers, but also this
   year there will be a call for submissions for an industry track.

   *Note on-line submission will be available on this website in the next week.

   Click here for formatting guidelines for papers. *NB - You MUST SAVE the
   document onto your computer to enable the formatting macros.

   Click here for formatting guidelines for presentations for Industry Track.

   The  conference will be structured around presentation sessions, panel
   discussions and poster sessions.
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   Call for Papers
   Papers are invited on but are not limited to the following topics -
   *Software Services and Applications
   *Wireless and Mobile Systems and Networks
   *Ubiquitous and Distributed Computing
   *Machine Learning
   *Communication and Information Theory
   *Multimedia Content and Delivery
   *Human Computer Interaction
   *Architectures and Applications for Inter-networks
   *Grid and P2P Computing
   *Security in Information and Telecommunication Systems
   *Telecommunication Network and Service Management
   *Autonomic Communications and Computing
   *Techniques for Advance Modelling, Planning & Performance of Networks
   *Congenial Communications & Computing Services
   Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract of 1500 to 3000 words
   including preliminary/final results (in Word format) by 6 May 2005.

   *Note on-line submission will be available on this website in the coming
   weeks

   Click here for formatting guidelines for papers. *NB - You MUST SAVE the
   document onto your computer to enable the formatting macros.
   Key Dates

   Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts - 6 May 2005 

   Notification of Paper Acceptance - 10 June 2005 

   Receipt of Final Paper - 10 September 2005 

   Download the text of Call for Papers here
   Download the Call for Papers here
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   Industry Track Call for Submissions 

   IT Planning - Critical Issues 2006-2010

   The IT development, support and user communities face significant challenges
   on an ongoing basis in terms of identifying and delivering optimum IT-based
   initiatives in the face of a constantly changing technological landscape.
   The Industry Track of this conference seeks contributions from a broad range
   of  constituencies  who can provide action-orientated recommendations,
   direction and advice to key stakeholders in Ireland's IT community that will
   be immediately relevant to the development of IT plans. Submissions will be
   welcome from, but not confined to, the following sources:

   Educators
   Practitioners
   Analysts
   Researchers
   Thought Leaders

   The  broad scope of the Industry Track theme reflects the diversity of
   interests in these areas by incorporating computing and telecommunications
   systems, architectures and content. A committee drawn from industry will
   determine which contributions are most relevant in this context. Submissions
   are invited on, but are not limited to, the following topics:

   *Applications Development
   *Networking
   *Telecommunications
   *Multimedia
   *Strategic Planning
   *Security
   *Sourcing
   *Service Management
   *Benefits Realisation
   *Skills Management
   *IT Convergence

   The conference will be structured around presentation sessions and panel
   discussions with leading experts.
   Submissions to this track are requested in MS Powerpoint format.

   *Note on-line submission will be available on this website in the coming
   weeks
   Click here for formatting guidelines for presentations for Industry Track.

   Key Dates
   Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts - 27 May 2005
   Notification of Paper Acceptance - 1 July 2005
   Receipt of Final Paper - 10 September 2005