Dear colleague,

The 1st International Conference on E-business and Telecommunication Networks (ICETE), in cooperation with IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, ACM, SIGMIS, IEICE and SWIM, is a world class forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results in the fields of e-business and telecommunication networks. This first edition will bring more than 200 speakers, 6 distinguished keynote speakers, 6 tutorials and 2 satellite workshops. The regular sessions include several areas:

• Global Communication Information Systems and Services

• Security and Reliability in Information Systems and Networks

• Wireless Communication Systems and Networks

• Multimedia Signal Processing

Please check the conference website below for more information:

http://www.icete.org

In addition, we have lined up exciting Social Events, including a Welcome Reception in the evening of 25 August 2004 (Wednesday) and a guided tour followed by a Banquet in the evening of 27 August 2004 (Friday).

A more detailed program is now available at http://www.icete.org/program.htm and the registration is now open at: http://www.insticc.org/icete/registration/

The members of the Organizing Committee are looking forward to welcoming you and to meeting you in the sunny city of Setúbal, Portugal in 25-28 August, 2004.

______________________________________________________________________ KEYNOTE LECTURES

Keynote 1: E-Business Security and Information Assurance Manu Malek, Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Techonology, USA.

Keynote2: On Deterministic Packet Marking Against DDoS Attacks Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Keynote 3: Integrating IT into the Banking Business Model Deepak Pareek, Business Consultant, Pakistan.

Keynote 4: Fundamental Challenges of Next Generation Information Retrieval Henry Tirri, University of Helsinki, Finland

Keynote 5: TraSH: A Transport Layer Handoff Protocol for Mobile Terrestrial and Space Networks Mohammed Atiquzzaman, School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, USA.

Keynote 6: Biometric Recognition- Security and Privacy Concerns Luminita Vasiu, Middlesex University, London, UK.

______________________________________________________________________ TUTORIALS Tutorial 1: E-Business Security Manu Malek, Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Techonology, USA.

Tutorial 2: On IP Traceback Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Tutorial 3: Wireless Carrier Grade Platforms: Characteristics and Ongoing Open Source Development Efforts Ibrahim Haddad, Open System Lab, Ericsson Corporate Research, Montreal, Canada.

Tutorial 4: Integrating IT into the Banking Business Model Deepak Pareek, Business Consultant, Pakistan.

Tutorial 5: Fundamentals of Wireless Networks Systems Mohammad S. Obaidat, Department of Computer Science, Monmouth University, USA.

Tutorial 6: Rethinking Manageability - Advances in the Management of IP Networks Alexander Clemm and Geng Lin, Cisco Systems, San Jose, California, USA.

_____________________________________________________________________ SATELLITE WORKSHOPS

The 1st International Workshop on Electronic Government, and Commerce: Design, Modeling, Analysis and Security (EGCDMAS 2004)

The 1st International Workshop on Shaping the Broadband Society - users and services (SBS 2004)