Message from the General Chair
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On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the Third International Conference on Access Networks, which will be held in Las Vegas, USA, on October 15-17, 2008. The annual International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets) aims at providing a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from industry and government organizations to meet and exchange their ideas and recent work on all aspects of access networks. As the third edition of this event, AccessNets’08 will present you an exciting technical program consisting of keynote speeches, invited talks, technical sessions, and panels. The keynote speeches will be delivered by Prof. Leonid G. Kazovsky, world-wide renowned research leader in the area of access networks, and Dr. Kevin Schneider, CTO of ADTRAN Inc., USA. The invited talks will be given by leading experts with different research backgrounds in the area. The technical sessions will present original research results while the panels will focus on development and application issues in this hot area. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the organizing committee members for their enthusiastic and great contributions to organizing this event. I am also thankful to all the ICST staff for their active support and assistance during the entire process of organizing the event. In addition, I would like to acknowledge ICST and Create-Net for their invaluable co-sponsorship for this event. I hope that you will enjoy our technical program and the time at the conference. I also hope that you will take the advantage to visit the amazing city of Las Vegas and have a pleasant and memorable stay. I am looking forward to welcoming you in Las Vegas. General Chair, AccessNets 2008
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