CALL FOR PAPERS - INET'98

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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


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@localhost.   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@localhost.
(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@localhost.

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@localhost.

~ 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@localhost.

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@localhost.

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@localhost.

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@localhost

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Email:          inet-program-chair@localhost

We would appreciate if you would forward this announcement to your
interested colleagues and within your own networks.

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