Call for Papers

We invite you to participate in the International Network Conference 2010. This conference is the eighth in a series of events that was established in 1998, and will bring together leading figures from academia and industry to present and discuss the latest advances in networking technologies.

Conference themes

Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Internet technologies and applications: Internet architecture and protocols, Search technologies, Semantic web, Multicast/broadcast technologies, SOA/Web services, Content management, Unified communications
• Network architectures and management: NGN, System management, Quality of service, Real time applications, Distributed systems and middleware, Multimedia communications
• Security: Authentication and access control, Network security, Intrusion detection and response, Cryptography, Information security and privacy management, Usability of security applications.
• Applications and impacts: eLearning, eCommerce, Virtual communities, Social legal and ethical issues, Human interaction issues, Pervasive networks, Social networks, Network-enabled devices
• Mobile and wireless networking: 3G and 4G technologies, Mobile wireless Internet, Mobile commerce, Service discovery and management, Mobile device management, Wireless protocols, Wireless sensor or satellite networks, networks of actuators, broadband wireless access

The conference welcomes papers addressing technological and/or application level issues, as well as those illustrating the impact of networking in a societal context (e.g. commerce, communication, education etc.).

In addition there will be three intensive workshop sessions covering interesting and controversial topics:

• Security vs. Usability?
• The Pedagogy of eLearning: Emerging Issues
• Next Generation Networks - Next Revenues?

A PDF copy of the call for papers is available here.

Submission of papers

Authors are invited to submit their full papers by 15th February 2010 (extended deadline). The total length of the paper should not exceed ten pages for full papers and four pages for workshop position papers (in the prescribed template), including all figures, tables and references. A comprehensive set of instructions for preparing camera ready papers can be found here, and the LaTeX2e template is available here. We do not encourage the use of Microsoft Word, particularly as the layout of the pages (the position of figures and paragraphs) can change between printouts. However, we do provide the relevant template. Please refer to this before submission.

All papers should be submitted via the conference paper submission web site (you only need to create an account if you have not used the conference-papers website before). Please upload the following as one zip file:

• Final PDF file.
• Source (input) files:
  • For example, LaTeX2e files for the text and PS/EPS or PDF/JPG files for all figures.
  • RTF files (for word-processing systems other than LaTeX/TeX).
  • Any further style files and fonts you have used together with your source files and that are not generally available at CTAN.

Review and publication

All papers will be reviewed by at least two members of the International Programme Committee. Accepted papers will receive detailed instructions to authors on the finalisation of the camera-ready copy, along with any comments forwarded by the reviewers. Authors may also be invited to revise their papers for poster presentation, at the discretion of the International Programme Committee. Details of the audio-visual equipment available for the presentations will also be forwarded at this time.

All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings, in both print and CD formats. Selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the main sponsoring journal, Internet Research. In addition, further papers, focussing on relevant topics, may be selected for inclusion in the journals Information Management & Computer Security or Campus-Wide Information Systems.

Registration of interest

If you wish to register your interest in this conference, please submit your email address to the INC mailing list.

Summary of Important Dates

15 February 2010	EXTENDED deadline for submission of papers
26 March 2010	EXTENDED Notification of paper acceptance
23 April 2010	EXTENDED Deadline for camera-ready paper submission
23 April 2010	Deadline for author registration