Preliminary CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The 7th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2003)
━ Managing Pervasive Computing and Ubiquitous Communications ━

October 1 – 3, 2003
FUKUOKA EXIBITION HALLS
Fukuoka, JAPAN

Sponsored by IEICE TM, KICS KNOM
Supported by IEEE CNOM, IEEE APB, IEEE COMSOC Japan Chapter and TMF
http://www.apnoms.org/2003/

The 7th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2003) will be held in Fukuoka city of Kyushu, Japan from October 1 to 3, 2003. The theme of APNOMS 2003 is "Managing Pervasive Computing and Ubiquitous Communications". With the rapid progress in the information networking technologies supported by broadband networks, solutions for network/service operations and management play key roles for establishing our e-World environments. APNOMS 2003 will provide excellent opportunities for researchers, engineers, network planners, service providers and network operators in telecommunications to learn and share ideas, views, technologies and experiences on network/service operations and management.

Fukuoka is a center city of southern Japan located in Kyushu Island and has been flourishing as a gateway to Korean Peninsula and also by their vigorous economic activities. Cultures from East Asia were harmonized with Japanese ones and left unique heritages . The seaside gives a place of relaxation to Fukuoka citizens. You can easily reach here by frequent flights from Tokyo and Osaka and also by direct flight from many Asian big cities. Jet foil plies between Busan./Korea and Fukuoka taking less than three hours. Fukuoka Exhibition Halls was completed in March 2003 ,located in seaside within 30minutes access from Fukuoka airport and downtown.

Please join us to enjoy APNOMS 2003 and venerable and exciting city, Fukuoka!!

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Network Management Area: · IP Network/Service Management · Management of Broadband Access Network · Management of Mobile/Wireless Converged Networks · Management of DWDM, Optical Cross-connect · Active Network Management · Home Network Management · Management of Wireless LAN · End to End Network/Service Management Business Operation Area: · ISP/ASP/CSP Management · Business Process Engineering · Customer Care and Self Operations · e-Business Management Specific Management Function Area: · SLA/QoS Management · Security Management

· Billing Management · Service Creation and Delivery · Human Factors and User Interfaces Management Architecture and Technology Area: · Architecture and Modeling · Web/Java Based Management · Mobile Agent-based Management · Policy-driven Management · XML-based Management · Next Generation OSS Platforms · CORBA, SOAP, SNMP, CMIP · Distributed Systems Management · OSI Management and FCAPS Experiences: · TMN Implementation · Experiences, Migration and Case Studies · Interoperability Issues

Overview of Programs(Tentative):

Tutorials: Oct. 1 (Wednesday) AM/PM

Keynote Speeches: Oct. 2 (Thursday)

Special Sessions: Oct. 2 (Thursday)

Technical Sessions: Oct. 2 (Thursday) – Oct. 3 (Friday)

Products Exhibit: Oct. 2 (Thursday) – Oct. 3 (Friday)

Poster Session: Oct. 3 (Friday)

Panel Discussion: Oct. 3 (Friday)

Banquet: Evening in Oct. 2 (Thursday)

Access to Fukuoka Exhibition Hall:

By Air:
Narita International Airport is the largest airport in Japan. Three flights to Fukuoka Airport a day.

Another choice is Kansai International Airport. Six flights to Fukuoka Airport a day.

Non-stop flights from Seoul, Busan, Taipei, and other Asian cities come to Fukuoka International Airport

Fukuoka airport is situated near the center of Fukuoka city. A subway from Fukuoka Airport Station to Hakata Station (6 min.), and a bus (No. 11, 19, 47, and 48) from “Fukuoka Center biru-mae” But stop E to “Fukuoka Kokusai Kaijou, Sun palace-mae” (13 min.).

By Sea: You can also get to Fukuoka by sea. It takes less than three hours from Busan to Fukuoka by a jet foil. Seven minutes walk to the hall from the Fukuoka Center Pier..

From Fukuoka Station (Nishitetsu Railway)/ Tenjin Station (Subway): A bus (No. 55, 151, 152, and 209) from “Soraria State-mae” Bus Stop 2A to “Fukuoka Kokusai Kaijou, Sun palace-mae” (8 min.).

Registration Fees(Tentative):

	Before September 1.	On and after September 1
Regular Fee	30,000 yen	40,000 yen
Student from Japan	5,000yen
Student from abroad	Free

#Student fees do NOT include Banquet.

Organizing Committee:

General Chair	Kenichi Mase	Niigata Univ., Japan
Vice Chair	Il-Soo Ahn	Samsung Electronics, Korea
TPC Co-Chairs	Nobuo Fujii	NTT, Japan
	Young-Chul Shim	Hong-Ik Univ., Korea
Tutorial Co-Chairs	Shoichiro Niwa	Hewlett-Packard, Japan
	Tae-Sang Choi	ETRI, Korea
Local Arrangement Co-Chairs	Yoshiaki Tanaka	Waseda Univ., Japan
	Akira Fukuda	Kyushu Univ., Japan
	Hiroshi Kuriyama	NEC, Japan
Exhibition Co-Chairs	Osamu Miyagishi	NTT Advanced Technology, Japan
	Scott Lee	Vertel Korea
Publicity Co-Chairs	Toshio Tonouchi	NEC, Japan
	Jong-Sei Kim	Modacom, Korea
Financial Co-Chairs	Toshiaki Hirata	Hitachi, Japan
	Choong Seon Hong	Kyung Hee Univ., Korea
Publication Chair	Naoto Miyauchi	Mitsubishi, Japan
Special Session Chair	Joong-Gu Song	KT, Korea
DEP Session Chair	Mitsuhiro Azuma	Fujitsu, Japan
Secretaries	Toshio Asano	NTT, Japan
	Dongsik Yun	KT, Korea
International Liaisons	Carlos Westphall	Santa Catalina Federal University, Brazil
	Kenzo Takahashi	Multimedia Univ. Malaysia
	Victor WJ Chiu	Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan
	Hiroyuki Okazaki	NEC Europe Ltd.
	Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn	AIT, Thailand
	Graham Chen	EPAC Technologies, Australia
	Jun Yuan	Beijing ZZNode Company
Standing Committee	Masayoshi Ejiri	Fujitsu Limited, Japan
	Jong-Tae Park	KNU, Korea
	Makoto Yoshida	Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
	James Won-Ki Hong	POSTECH, Korea
	Hiroshi Tokunaga	NTT AT, Japan
	SeongBeom Kim	KT, Korea

Contact us: jskim@modacom.co.kr, tonouchi@cw.jp.nec.com

Symposium Web Site: http://www.apnoms.org/2003/