Exchange information on advances in video and broadband telecommunications technology, management, applications, and security in a very pleasant Southern California conference environment with leaders and experts from industry, governmental agencies, and universities around the world at the Ninth Annual Video and Broadband Telecommunications Symposium. VBTS 2009 will focus on The Future of Television. Planned highlights of VBTS 2009 include: Addresses and presentations by some of the key executives and researchers in the television industry Panel discussions Tutorials and workshops Presentations of accepted academic and practitioner applied research papers; a poster paper session; a doctoral students session Peer-reviewed proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be available on its Xplore online publication system. A CD containing the invited speakers' presentations and accepted applied research papers will be distributed to registrants at the conference. Applicable student papers are welcome. Awards will be given for the outstanding paper and best student papers presented. IMPORTANT DATES September 1, 2009     Initial Full Paper, Tutorial, and Workshop Submissions Deadline October 1, 2009     Notification of Paper, Tutorial, and Workshop Acceptances November 1, 2009     Camera-Ready Submissions and Registration Payment Refund Requests Deadline

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