Opening Ceremony, Monday, 2 July 2007

Dr. János Kóka, Minister of Economy and Transport

Dr. Joao da Silva, Director of Converged Networks and Services, representing the European Commission

Prof. József Gyulai, President, Section of Engineering Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Prof. István Frigyes, General Chair of the Summit

Keynote Lecture, Monday, 2 July 2007

Enabling technologies for broadband wireless and optical/wireless integration

by Steve B. Weinstein

Plenary Panel Sessions

B3G/4G, The Road Ahead

The purpose of this session will be among others to review the 4G situation in the most advanced regions of the world, with a particular focus on the status of demonstrators and of their tested performances; to outlined different 4G (r)evolutionary approaches, and their background compatibility with existing 3G systems.
Chair: Dr. Stephan Scholz, Head of Research, Technology and Platforms, NSN
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Media in the New Internet age

The session is delve on existing experiences with new media services as well as to explore possible future developments calling for a mobile driven Internet.
Chair: Bosco FERNANDES, NSN
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The Future Internet will be Mobile

The session reviews the likely evolution landscape of those technologies supporting mobile Internet and to outline possible technological challenge and related deployment issues.
Chair: Dr. Tom ROWBOTHAM, former CTO of BT Labs Worldwide
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Near-Field Communication Techniques

The NFC (Near Field Communication) technology is jointly developed by Philips and Sony. The technology is named 'near field', because the communication distance is usually less than 10 centimeters. This is a technology to be used in various consumer electronic equipments to ensure proximity communication but it has the greatest potential when deployed in mobile handsets.
Chair: András Vilmos, SafePay Systems, Project manager of StoLPaN
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Special Sessions

North-American Special Session, Organizer: Witold Krzymien

Authors:

• S. Sigdel, and W. A. Krzymien
• A. G. Zajic, and G. L. Stüber
• E. S. Sousa
• Q. Li, and C. N. Georghiades

ITC in Healthcare, Organizer: Ryuji Kohno

Authors:

• H.-B. Li, K. Takizawa, B. Zhen, and R. Kohno
• R. Dilmaghani, and M. Ghavami
• S. Drude
• M. Hamalainen, and Z. Shelby
• K. Tai, H. Harada, and R. Kohno

Social Events

Welcome Reception, Sunday, 1 July 2007

Beginning at 18:00 at the Summit venue of University Congress Centre it is an excellent opportunity to meet your friends and colleagues and for register in a more relaxed way by a glass of the famous Hungarian wine.

Facultative Danube Cruise, Monday, 2 July 2007

We offer a 3-hour boat trip on the River Danube, from Buda at a fee of € 40. A buffet dinner will wait for you on board, and a short program will complete the evening, when you wish to take your eyes off from the night view of the illuminated city of Budapest and the surroundings.

Gala Dinner, Tuesday, 3 July 2007

Gala Dinner (included in the full registration fee) will take place in the Royal Castle of Buda, which houses the Hungarian National Gallery today. Dinner will be served among famous Hungarian paintings of the 19th Century.

Best Paper Award will be announced during the dinner. A short cultural program will complete the evening. Extra tickets for the Gala Dinner are available at a fee of € 100.