Exchange information on advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, management, policy, applications, and security in Tampa, Florida with leaders and experts from industry, governmental agencies, and universities around the world at the Ninth Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium.

WTS 2010 will focus on Global Wireless Communications – The Next Generation. Planned highlights of WTS 2010 include:

• An IEEE Communications Society Co-Sponsored Welcoming Dinner with Internet pioneer Dr. Robert E. Kahn, Chairman, CEO, and President of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), as guest speaker
• Addresses and presentations by some of the most respected executives and researchers in the wireless communications industry
• Panel discussions
• Tutorials and workshops
• Presentations of accepted academic and practitioner applied research papers; a poster paper session; a doctoral students session
• A visit to Busch Gardens
  

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. Awards will be given for the most outstanding paper presented and best graduate and undergraduate student papers presented.

IMPORTANT DATES

• January 25, 2010: Initial Full Paper and Tutorial/Workshop Submissions
• February 26, 2010: Notification of Paper and Proposal Acceptances
• March 22, 2009: Final Camera-Ready Submission
• March 22, 2009: Registration Payment Refund Request Deadline