From: dorothy@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca (Dorothy Phillips DGBT/DBR) Subject: CONF: Multimedia Communications '93, Banff, Alberta, Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 15:57:32 EDT CALL FOR PAPERS MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS '93 "FORGING THE LINKS: MARKET-TECHNOLOGY-POLICY" APRIL 13-16,1993 BANFF, ALBERTA Sponsor: International Council for Computer Communications(ICCC) Hosts: Communications Canada ED TEL Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. Unitel Communications Inc. This is the first international conference to focus on the con- vergence of the technical and policy aspects of multimedia com- munications applications and their markets. The conference theme is "Multimedia Communications: Forging the Links: Market, Tech- nology, Policy". The conference is intended to explore the grow- ing emergence of multimedia applications and technology in telecommunications and stand alone systems. It aims to provide a forum for learning and discussion for researchers, system sup- pliers, system users, and policy makers. The official languages of the conference are English and French. Simultaneous transla- tion will be provided for the presentations. THEME TRACKS The conference will be organized around three broad theme tracks linked by plenary sessions. Suggested topics are: 1. Emerging multimedia markets, applications and services - emerging markets, applications, market segmentation, integration - application test beds, entertainment and the arts, educa- tion, training, and business, - evolution in the industry (hardware manufacturers, data base vendors, networks etc.) - impact of changes on the market and media, individuals and quality of life 2. Technologies influencing recent advances in multimedia com- munications -networks and terminals -databases: architectures, features -applications: design, tools for creation, impact on work -standards and protocols -signal processing -coding, compression and error correction -human interfaces, their design and testing 3. Policy, legal, regulatory and standards issues - networks: the role of the common carriers, broadcasters and cable companies; principles of access and allocation of costs; organization for start-up - standards: their role in development; relation to indus- trial and technology development policy - content: cultural policy, regulation of content; intellectual property: copyright and patents AUTHOR INFORMATION Theme Track Presentations: Must be original and unpublished; may be in either English or French. Submit a 1,000-word abstract in four (4)copies and indi- cate the theme. Please indicate audio-visual requirements. Demonstrations: May be in English or French and should deal with leading edge applications and systems relevant to emerging public and private networks (telecommunications or broadcasting) as well as stand alone systems (CD-ROM, CD-I and others). Demonstrations should be aimed at educating and giving a view of future possibilities and trends, and should not be directed at marketing a product. Submit a 1,000-word abstract or a videotape of about 10 minutes. Indi- cate whether the demonstration is short (facilities will be available for demonstrations within the theme sessions; present- ations should last no more than 30 minutes) or continuous (a demonstration room will be open for two days during the con- ference). Please indicate your technical requirements. Please provide your name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and E-mail address. CRITICAL DATES August 1, 1992 Receipt of intent to submit September 30, 1992 Receipt of submission of all abstracts November 15,1992 Notification of acceptance January 15,1993 Complete papers due March 15,1993 Final papers due for conference proceedings ICCC Conference Governor: Dr. Ira Cotton, Martin Marietta, Chantilly, Virginia, USA Conference Chair: Dr. Dorothy Phillips, Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada Program Chair: Mr. Richard Stursberg, Unitel Communications Inc., Ottawa, Canada INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Prem P. Gupta, New Delhi, India Dr. Martin Silverstein, Washington, D.C., USA Professor John M. Bennett, Sydney, Australia Mr. John McKendree, Washington, D.C., USA Dr. S. Ramani, Bombay India Dr. Peter Jackson, Plano, Texas, USA Mr. Alan W. Coulter, Brisbane, Australia Professor Dr. Jens C. Arnbak, Delft, The Netherlands Dr. Heather Hudson, San Francisco, USA Professor A.S. Douglas, London, UK Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia PROGRAM COMMITTEE Paul Hoffert, York University, Toronto, Vice-Chair Michael Century, The Banff Centre for the Arts Ernest Chang, Alberta Research Council, Calgary Jose Costa, Bell Northern Research, Ottawa Raymond Descout, Canadian Workplace Automation Research Centre, Laval, Quebec Richard Simpson, Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver David Ellis, Omni Communications, Toronto Laurent Fontaine, Bell Canada, Montreal Nicolas Georganas, University of Ottawa John Gilbert, Lapp-Hancock Associates, Ottawa Philip Hogg, Canadian Bankers' Association, Toronto Sudhir Joshi, IBM Canada, Toronto John Kelly, DVS Communications, Ottawa Pierre Leduc, Communications Canada, Ottawa Hannes Lubich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Peter Lyman, NGL Consulting, Ottawa Thomas Whalen, Communications Research Centre, Ottawa Jerome Durlak, York University Georges Singer, Universite du Quebec A Montreal Ralf Steinmetz, IBM ENC, Germany Dan Sum, Government Telecommunications Agency, Ottawa Mail submissions to: Dr. Dorothy Phillips Communications Research Centre 3701 Carling Ave. Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2H 8S2 Tel (613) 990-4673 Fax (613) 990-7986 For further information contact: William J. Collins OCRI 340 March Rd., 4th Floor Kanata, Ont. Canada K2K 2E4 Tel (613) 592-8160 Fax (613) 592-8163 AUSSI DISPONIBLE EN FRANCAIS DE Dorothy Phillips (Dorothy@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca)