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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - INET'98


Papers, Panels, Tutorials & Poster Sessions


Deadline:  24 October 1997


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INET'98 ~~~


THE INTERNET:  ENTERING THE MAINSTREAM


Internet Society's 8th Annual Networking Conference


21-24 July 1998


Palexpo Conference Center


Geneva, Switzerland


http://www.isoc.org




INET, the annual meeting of the Internet Society, is the premier


international event for Internet and internetworking professionals.


It is the crossroads at which the world's cyberspace pioneers meet


to exchange experiences and plan their next steps. Each year, network


technologists, industry and government representatives, and policy


experts meet to share information and shape the future of the Internet


and its related internetworking technologies.




In 1998, INET will address both the traditional and evolving frontiers


of the Internet as well as its significant impact on education,
commerce,


and societies throughout the world. Multiple conference tracks will


address critical issues ranging from network engineering to user needs,


from regulatory issues to the Internet's role as a conduit for social


change, and from the transformation of education to the redefinition


of commerce.




The INET'98 Program Committee solicits abstracts of papers and


suggestions for panels, tutorials and poster sessions which describe


innovative developments, encourage vigorous discussion and further


the understanding of the Internet's frontiers.




CONFERENCE ~~~~~~~~~~




     INET'98:  21-24 July 1998


     Exhibition Hall Open:  22-24 July 1998




PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS ~~~~~~~~~~




     Network Training Workshop:  12-19 July 1998


                (France, Latin America and Switzerland)


     Technical Tutorials:  20-21 July 1998


     K-12 (Primary & Secondary) Workshop:  21 July 1998


     African Networking Symposium:  21 July 1998




KEY SUBMISSION DATES ~~~~~~~~~~




24 October 1997


~~ Deadline to submit Abstract, Tutorial, Panel and Poster Session


proposals for Program Committee review.




8 December 1997


~~ Authors notified of accepted Abstracts and invited to submit full
Papers.


~~ Presenters notified of accepted Tutorials, Panels and Poster
Sessions.




13 February 1998


~~ Deadline to submit full Papers for Program Committee review.




27 March 1998


~~ Authors notified of accepted Papers.




10 April 1998


~~ Deadline to submit final copy of Paper for inclusion in the INET'98


Proceedings.




20-21 July 1998


~~ Technical Tutorials




21-24 July 1998


~~ INET'98 Conference




TOPIC SCOPE ~~~~~~~~~~


The following list is indicative of the scope of the conference.  It
should


not be interpreted as limiting submissions:




New Applications


        ~~Push Technologies


        ~~Caching and Replication


        ~~Digital Libraries




Social, Legal and Regulatory Policies


        ~~Security and Cryptography


        ~~Regulation


        ~~Legal


        ~~Governance




Commerce


        ~~New Industries and Services


        ~~Electronic Commerce


        ~~ISPs


        ~~Electronic Publishing




Teaching and Learning


        ~~Curriculum Innovations


        ~~Network Learning


        ~~Collaboration


        ~~Teacher Empowerment




Globalisation and Regional Implications


               ~~Internationalisation


        ~~Multilingual


        ~~Community Networking


        ~~Development




Network Technology and Engineering


                ~~High Speed Networks / High Speed Applications


        ~~International Infrastructure


        ~~Wireless Technologies


        ~~Hardware and Software


        ~~Nomadic Computing


        ~~Collaboration


        ~~ATM


        ~~Satellite-Based Networking




User-Centered Issues


        ~~Multimedia


        ~~Access


        ~~Disabilities








TRACK DESCRIPTIONS ~~~~~~~~~~




TRACK 1: New Applications


The exponential growth of the Internet involves not only computers,
domain


names, addresses and packets, but also content and people. The
Applications


Technologies track focuses on innovation that taps this growing wealth
of


information and people, including mechanisms for finding and accessing


information and collaborative environments. In addition, this track
covers


technologies just below the user interface that are equally important:


caching and prefetch technologies to improve access to information, and


security technologies to support interactions such as contract signing
and


Internet commerce.




TRACK 2:  Social, Legal, Governance, and Regulatory Policies


As the Internet keeps evolving and covering new territory, new forms of


communication emerge and new social groupings appear.  Sometimes these


changes reinforce the old, sometimes weaken it or even threaten it.
Weaving


new human communities is a tricky business. Cultures, legal systems and


institutions must find new compromises and mesh in new ways.  What are
the


possible long-run governance structures for the Internet, and what are
the


implications of adopting them?




TRACK 3: Commerce


The promises of commerce on the Internet have come nearly as fast as 
new


commercial sites. Yet many organizations are struggling to come to 
grips


with the realities of the Internet for their business. What are these


realities? Share the experience of successful projects, see how
traditional


forms of electronic commerce are adapting to the Internet and listen to


experts argue the benefits and pitfalls of commerce on the Net.




TRACK 4: Teaching and Learning


The Internet evolved from computer science research projects to connect


disparate and decentralized computer systems.  Is this the same
technology


that is the hottest thing to  happen in education in years?  Once the


private laboratory of university and post-secondary education, the
Internet


is now firmly entrenched in primary and secondary schools around the
world.


This track will look at what is happening on the Net today in support 
of


primary, secondary and post-secondary education. Papers will cover
current


research in educational technology, case studies from the classroom,


examples of collaborative learning and thought-provoking discussions on


what effect the Internet will have on how we teach and learn.




TRACK 5:  Globalisation and Regional Implications


Every day, the Internet is expanding to new parts of the world, to new


groups of population, and to new, sometimes unanticipated, areas of
usage.


How far has the Internet gone on the road to true globalisation? What


obstacles remain to its expansion in developing countries and to less


advanced regions of the globe? What challenges should be expected in 
the


future by those who, like ISOC, want to "take the Internet where it has


never been before"? This track will address these questions, looking at
the


political, legal, cultural and economic aspects of the issues raised,
while


giving a central importance to the respective experiences of users and


promoters of the Internet in all regions of the world.




TRACK 6:  Network Technology and Engineering


The physical and administrative infrastructures of the Internet are
being


subjected to many stresses created by the explosion in the number of
users


and the demands of many new and exciting applications being developed.
New


support technologies are required in many areas to counter these
stresses.


This track will present a range of developments designed to make the


network more reliable, more predictable, more scaleable and more
manageable


in the immediate future.




TRACK 7: User-Centered Issues


Frontiers don't exist just at the cutting edge of technology or in the


remote regions of the world. Today, nearly everyone is an Internet user
and


many are responding to the challenge in unique and valuable ways to put


this new tool to use. This track will examine contributions from a range
of


users, what they are doing and the impact the Internet has had on their


daily lives.




SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES ~~~~~~~~~~


Register your interest in contributing to the INET'98 program by


subscribing to the INET'98 Authors and Presenters Contact List.  Send
the


command "SUBSCRIBE INET98-PRESENTERS" in a one-line email message to:


<<listserv () listserv isoc org>.   You will receive an immediate


acknowledgment of your subscription and periodic updates from the
INET'98


Program Committee.




I.  PAPERS AND PANEL SUBMISSIONS




~ To view a sample Abstract, visit the Web-site


<<www.isoc.org/inet98/presenters>.




~ An Abstract should provide the following:


a.  Motivate/define the problem addressed (1-2 sentences)


b.  Outline the results obtained or expected (1-2 sentences)


c.  Explain why the work/results are significant (1-2 sentences)


d.  Describe the work sufficiently for the Program Committee reviewer 
to


have confidence that it was done well and that the result will be of


interest to conference attendees (half to one page)




~ The official language of the conference is English.  All abstracts
must


be submitted in English.




~ Abstracts of papers and proposals for panels should be submitted in


plain ASCII by


24 October 1997 to:  inet-abstracts () isoc org.  (No attachments will be


reviewed by the Program Committee).




~ The following must be at the beginning of every abstract or proposal:


a)  A title (paper) or topic (panel).


b)  First and surname/family name(s) of all authors/presenters.


Note: Please CAPITALIZE each surname/family name.


c)  Organisational affiliation(s).


d)  Full mailing address(es), telephone and fax number(s) for each


author/presenter.


e)  E-mail address(es) for each author/presenter.  Note: All
correspondence


is via e-mail.  It is imperative that e-mail addresses are viable and
that


ISOC be informed of any changes to e-mail addresses.


f)  Identify a single point of contact if more than one author is
listed.




~ Each abstract or proposal should be between one and two pages long


(approximately 250 words) and contain a list of key words or topics.  
An


abstract should be a brief summary of a paper and should not be divided


into subsections or include tables, footnotes, or reference lists.


Submissions will be acknowledged within 72 hours.  If acknowledgment is
not


received within this timeframe, contact ISOC immediately at


inet-program-chair () isoc org.




~ The Exhibition Hall will provide the exclusive medium for product


advertising.  Papers should be directed at substantive issues and not
focus


upon marketing or sales issues.




~ Each panel proposal should indicate and justify the theme of the


proposed session and include the names (with full presenter information)
of


suggested panelists.




~ Accepted abstract submissions will be invited to contribute full
papers.


Final selection will be based on full papers.




II.  TECHNICAL TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS


The Internet Society is pleased to invite submissions for Technical


Tutorials, which precede the INET'98 Conference, 20-21 July 1998.




~ Tutorials are three hours (1/2 day) or six hours (full-day) in 
length.




~ All tutorials must be presented in English.




~ Tutorial proposals should be submitted in plain ASCII by 24 October
1997


to:  inet-abstracts () isoc org.




~ Each tutorial proposal must contain the following information:


a)  A topic or tutorial title.


b)  A 100-word description of the proposed tutorial, including three 
(3)


learning objectives, three (3) learning outcomes, and a brief lesson
plan.


c)  An indication that it is a tutorial proposal and the proposed length
of


the tutorial (1/2 day or full-day).


d)  Presentation titles, locations, and dates of previous


seminars/tutorials/presentations the presenter/s have made on topics


related to the proposed tutorial.


e)  First and surname/family name(s) of all presenters.  Note: Please


CAPITALIZE each surname/family name.


f)  Organisational affiliation(s).


g)  Full mailing address(es), telephone and fax number(s) of all
presenters.


h)  E-mail address(es).  Note: All correspondence is via e-mail.  It is


imperative that e-mail addresses are viable and that ISOC be informed 
of


any changes to e-mail addresses.


i)  Identify a single point of contact if more than one presenter is
listed.




~ Each tutorial proposal should be no more than two pages in length.


Submissions will be acknowledged within 72 hours.  If acknowledgment is
not


received within this timeframe, contact ISOC immediately at


inet-program-chair () isoc org.




~ The Exhibition Hall will provide the exclusive medium for product


advertising.  Tutorials should be directed at substantive issues and 
not


focus upon marketing or sales issues.






III.  POSTER SESSIONS SUBMISSIONS


The Internet Society is pleased to invite submissions for Poster
Sessions,


which will be held during the INET'98 Conference, 22-24 July 1998.




~ Posters will be on display throughout the conference, with a number 
of


speaker opportunities for the poster session presenter.




~ Proposals should be submitted in plain ASCII by 24 October 1997 to:


inet-abstracts () isoc org.




~ Each poster session proposal must contain the following information:


a)  A topic or poster session title.


b)  A 50-word description of the proposed session, including two (2)


learning objectives.


c)  An indication that it is a poster session proposal.


d)  First and surname/family name(s).  Note: Please CAPITALIZE each


surname/family name..


e)  Organisational affiliation.


f)  Full mailing address, telephone and fax number.


g)  E-mail address.  Note: All correspondence is via e-mail.  It is


imperative that e-mail addresses are viable and that ISOC be informed 
of


any changes to e-mail addresses.




~ Submissions will be acknowledged within 72 hours.  If acknowledgment
is


not received within this timeframe, contact ISOC immediately at


inet-program-chair () isoc org.




~ The Exhibition Hall will provide the exclusive medium for product


advertising.  Poster Sessions should be directed at substantive issues
and


not focus upon marketing or sales issues.




REGISTRATION FEES ~~~~~~~~~~


Chosen presenters of papers, panels and poster sessions will be 
admitted


into INET'98 at the ISOC member/early conference fee, although a 
limited


amount of partial support may be available to assist presenters,
generally


from developing countries.  Tutorials instructors will receive a
stipend.


Expenses such as travel, hotel, and meals are borne by presenters.




GENERAL INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~


INET'98


The Internet Society


12020 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 210


Reston, VA  20191-3429  USA




Telephone:      +1 703 648 9888


Fax:            +1 703 648 9887


Email:          inet98 () isoc org




PROGRAM INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~


Email:          inet-program-chair () isoc org




We would appreciate if you would forward this announcement to your


interested colleagues and within your own networks.




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Best Regards,




Beth Bercaw


Internet Society Membership


members () isoc org




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