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Welcome to WCC 2004, welcome to Toulouse!
We are proud to present the Advance Programme. Thanks to the hard work of tens of volunteers, the programme is extremely rich, featuring more than 600 presentations. Indeed, the attendees will be offered a large variety of opportunities:
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Five keynote talks by prestigious speakers |
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Nine co-located conferences for accomplished results, with 374 papers from 48 countries (selected from more than 900 submissions originating from 60 countries), 15 invited talks, and 7 panels |
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Fourteen topical days, an innovative feature for high-level surveys and prospective views, with 94 invited talks and 5 panels |
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A student forum for doctoral research, with 46 papers |
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Eleven workshops for on-going research (selected from 26 workshop submissions), with some 100 presentations |
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Eleven tutorials for state-of-the-art and state-of-practice, with 14 presentations |
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An exhibition of 1500 squ.m for display of latest products and services |
The coverage of the whole domain of information and communications sciences and technologies is truly exceptional, and the high quality of the programme can be assessed when reading the contents, with the presence of an unparalleled number of internationally recognised top experts.
The Toulouse Congress will therefore be a unique event, where attendees will be able to appreciate the latest results in their field of expertise, and to acquire additional knowledge in other fields. Attendees arriving as specialist experts will thus have the opportunity to leave the Congress as enriched scientists, be they from academia or industry.
We are extremely satisfied to see that most of the hundreds of people that have already registered have expressed preferences for several events. The message has thus been carried.
The programme has been structured in order to favour interactions among attendees coming from many diverse horizons, scientifically, geographically, from academia and from industry, including social events in prestigious sites.
Toulouse possesses the right mix of qualities for favouring the success of WCC 2004:
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A wide diversity of computing and communications activities, both in industry and in research or higher education |
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Strong involvement of local bodies |
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Dynamic universities gathering 110 000 students |
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A friendly life style and a mild climate at that time of the year |
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A wide variety of places of interest, natural, historical and cultural sites, not to mention high quality regional gastronomy |
Join for sharing during a week l'Esprit de Toulouse !
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Jean-Claude LAPRIE
Congress Chair |
Reino KURKI-SUONIO
Programme Chair |
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