Exchange information on advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, management, policy, applications, and security in Phoenix, Arizona, USA with leaders and experts from industry, governmental agencies, and universities around the world at the 12^th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium.

WTS 2013 will focus on Global Wireless Communications: Future Directions

Planned highlights of WTS 2013 include:

• 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
• Mini-Symposia on E-Health and Telecommunications in Health Care; New Generation Media; and Mobile and Cloud Computing
• Off-site social events and tours

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 21, 2013: Initial Full Paper and Tutorial/Workshop Submissions
• February 18, 2013: Notification of Paper and Proposal Acceptances
• March 17, 2013: Final Camera-Ready Submission
• March 17, 2013: Registration Payment Refund Request Deadline