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     *                 CALL FOR PANEL PROPOSALS                 *
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     *                      ACCESSNETS 2007                     *
     *  The Second International Conference on Access Networks  *
     *       August 22-24, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada        *
     *            http://www.accessnets.org/2007/               *
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                 Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST

                      Technically sponsored by 

          IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Ottawa Section


OVERVIEW: 
The annual International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets) is an exciting forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from industry and government organizations to meet and exchange ideas and recent work on all aspects of access networks and how they integrate with their in-home counterparts. AccessNets'07 is the second edition of this exciting event, which will be held in Ottawa, the beautiful and historical capital city of Canada, in August 2007. The conference will consist of technical sessions, workshops, and panels. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the workshops and panels will focus on development, application, and related business issues in this hot and exciting area.  Topics of interest include all aspects of access networks.

WHAT TO SUBMIT: 
We solicit panel proposals on hot and controversial topics in wired and wireless access networks. A proposal should focus on a specific topic of current interest related to optical access, wireless access, integrated optical and wireless access, broadband powerline communication, xDSL technologies, etc.  A proposal should include the following information:

* Panel's topic
* Panel organizer's name, affiliation, and contact information
* Panelists'names, affiliation, and contact information
* A one-page abstract

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: 
Please send panel proposals in PDF format by March 10, 2007 to the panel co-chairs, Dr. Kenneth J. Kerpez (kkerpez[at]telcordia[dot]com) and Dr. Abdallah Shami (ashami[at]eng[dot]uwo[dot]ca).

IMPORTANT DATES:		

Proposal submission due                 April 1, 2007 (Extended)
Notification of acceptance              May 1,   2007
Conference dates                        August 22-24, 2007


PANEL CO-CHAIRS
Kenneth J. Kerpez
Telcordia Technologies, USA

Abdallah Shami
University of Western Ontario, Canada

GENERAL CHAIR of ACCESSNETS 2007
Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada