[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ************************************************************ * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * * * * ACCESSNETS 2007 * * The Second International Conference on Access Networks * * August 21-23, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * * http://www.accessnets.org * * * ************************************************************ Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST Technically sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Ottawa Section Dear colleagues, You are cordially invited to participate in the 2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets'07) to be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Aug. 21-23, 2007. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from the 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. The conference will consist of keynote speaches, keynote talks, 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 exciting area. HIGHLIGHTS: Keynote Speach 1: Advances in Optical Access Networks Prof. Hussein T. Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada Keynote Speach 2: Wireless Access Networks: Recent Developments, Issues and Trends Prof. Raj Jain, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Invited Talks Invited Talk 1: Dynamic Spectrum Access in the IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Network Dr. David Wright, University of Ottawa, Canada Invited Talk 2: WDM PON: Future Applications and Services Dr. Martin Maier, INRS, University of Quebec, Canada Invited Talk 3: Radio over Fiber Networks Dr. John Mitchell, University College London, UK Invited Talk 4: DSL ¨C From A to V and Back Again Dr. Scott Valcourt, University of New Hampshire, USA Panel Sessions Panel 1: Customer Driven Broadband Access Delivery Panel 2: Achieving Rural Broadband Ubiquitous Availability Workshops Workshop 1: Broadband Wireless Access Networks Workshop 2: Microwaves and Photonics in Access Networks The conference and workshops will be held at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel located in the heart of Downtown Ottawa. The hotel special rate cut-off date and early registration deadline are July 22, 2007, 23:59 (GMT). For registration and further information, please visit our website at http://www.accessnets.org. We are looking forward to welcoming you at AccessNets'07 in Ottawa! Jun Zheng, Stefano Galli and Ashwin Gumaste AccessNets'07 General Chair and TPC Co-Chairs CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada TPC CO-CHAIRS Stefano Galli, Panasonic, USA Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Martin Maier, University of Quebec, Canada Yang Xiao, University of Alabama, USA PANEL CO-CHAIRS Kenneth J. Kerpez, Telcordia Technologies, USA Abdallah Shami, University of Western Ontario, Canada PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Baoxian Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China PUBLICATION CHAIR Shiwen Mao, University of Auburn, USA INDUSTRY SPONSORSHIP CHAIR Angel Lozano, Lucent Technologies, USA IEEE LIAISON Burt Christian, Flextronics, Canada FINANCIAL CHAIR Karen Decker, ICST, USA CONFERENCE COORDINATOR Zita Rozsa, ICST, Europe LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Peng He, University of Ottawa, Canada STEERING COMMITTEE Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-net, Italy Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology, Greece Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE See http://www.accessnets.org/2007/