[Please distribute to your colleagues, apologies for multiple copies] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Innovations'2008 5th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology December 16-18, 2008 Al Ain, United Arab Emirates *IEEE pending upon Approval ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference web site: http://www.it-innovations.ae/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'08), is a premier Forum for the presentation and discussion of technology advances and research results in the field of Information Technology (IT). Held for the first time in the oasis city of Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Innovations '08 is the fifth in the series that has been held in Dubai since 2004. The latest research advances in fields ranging from traditional computer science to evolving web technologies, bioinformatics and healthcare informatics are explored in Innovations' technical sessions. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike S. Zafirovski <http://www.nortel.com/corporate/exec/zafirovski.html> , President and CEO, Nortel Dharma P. Agrawal <http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~dpa/> , OBR Distinguished Professor of Computer Science SOCIAL PROGRAM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dubai City Tour and Dhow Cruise Desert Safari AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE (Deadlines): ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial & special-session proposals due: June 16, 2008 Paper and poster submissions due: September 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance: October 3, 2008 Final camera ready paper due: November 2, 2008 TOPICS OF INTEREST ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics within the following Tracks: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS & SECURITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS & SERVICES BIOINFORMATICS AND HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS COMPUTING SYSTEMS CONTACT: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Innovations08@uaeu.ac.ae