Tuesday February 24th, 2004

• 10:00-18:30   Tutorial program

• 18:30   Social Event:  Welcome Cocktail

Wednesday February 25th, 2004

• 09:00-09:30   Registration
• 09:30-10:30   Opening Session
• 10:30-11:00   Coffee break
• 11:00-12:30   Sessions A1/B1/C1
• 12:30-14:00   Lunch
  
• 14:00-15:00   Keynote Speaker: M. A. Lagunas (UPC)
• 15:00-16:30   Sessions A2/B2/C2
• 16:30-17:00   Coffee break
• 17:00-18:30   Sessions A3/B3/C3

Thursday February 26th, 2004

• 09:00-10:30   Sessions A4/B4/C4
• 10:30-11:00   Coffee break
• 11:00-12:30   Keynote Speaker: F. Tobagi (Stanford U.)
• 12:30-14:00   Lunch
  
• 14:00-15:00   Keynote Speaker: G. Vizzard (IBM)
• 15:00-16:30   Sessions A5/B5/C5
• 16:30-17:00   Coffee break
• 17:00-18:30   Sessions A6/B6/C6

• 20:30   Social Event: Banquet Dinner
  

Friday February 27th, 2004

• 09:00-10:30   Sessions A7/B7/C7
• 10:30-11:00   Coffee break
• 11:00-12:30   Sessions A8/B8/C8
• 12:30   Closing session

• Conference room 1: Vertex Building - "Auditorium" room - acts as Main Conference Room, the Conference Registration Desk will be sited besides this room and will be opened during all the conference
• Conference Room 2: Vertex Building - "Sala d'Actes" room
• Conference Room 3: B6 building - "Sala de Juntas" room

• Keynote Speaker, "Design alternatives for MIMO channels with channel state information at the transmitter"

Prof. Miguel A. Lagunas, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain

• Keynote Speaker,  "Wireless Mobile Communication: From Circuits to Packets"

Prof. Fouad Tobagi, Standford University, USA

There has been numerous attempts made to come up with a single network
design that would serve all of our communication needs. These attempts
have not been too successful. However, we have witnessed in the last
decade a phenominal growth in the Internet fueled by the tremendous growth
in data communication needs, making it a particularly strong contender as
the universal networking technology integrating all services. We are not
there yet, but it is indeed clear that there is a constant evolution
towards having the Internet support voice communication, the most
important communication need besides data; and VoIP is rapidly becoming a
household term. Interestingly enough, packet oriented wireless
communication networks based on 802.11 standards (known as WiFi) are also
proliferating at a rapid pace, attracting a lot of attention and
offering the promise of a versatile and inexpensive solution to a range of
wireless communication needs.

This talk explores the promise of packet oriented networks with regards to
supporting voice and data communication needs of the wireless mobile user,
including a discussion of VoIP over Internet backbones and wireless LANs,
the use of layer 2 technologies to handle mobility in large dense
metropolitan areas, and the potential of wireless adhoc networks.

• Keynote Speaker, "Integrated Wireless Connectivity with Broadband Technology"
  

Gabriel Vizzard, Advanced Infrastructure IBM Global Wireless e-business Services, France

As wireless broadband technologies accelerate in the capability and in their market delivery they bring to life many new possibilities of city development and the delivery of city services. As they do so it brings new challenges for cities, incumbant service providers, the regulation of radio frequencies and in the delivery of solutions.

This keynote will cover:

• Market perspective
• Business Framework
• Technical Framework
• Some sample solutions

• Coffee breaks will take place besides conference room 1. 
• Lunches will be confirmed in a few days
• The Welcome Cocktail will be confirmed in a few days.
• The Banquet Dinner will be held in Hotel Arts.