IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 to Focus on “Energizing Global Communications” from December 5 – 9 in Houston, Texas

New York, NY, February 25, 2011 --(PR.com)-- IEEE GLOBECOM 2011, the premier international conference dedicated to the global advancement of communications will hold its 54th annual event from December 5 – 9 in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), IEEE GLOBECOM annually hosts hundreds of tutorials, workshops, panels and keynotes designed specifically to advance technologies, systems and infrastructure that are continuing to reshape the world and provide all users with access to an unprecedented spectrum of high-speed, seamless and cost-effective global telecommunications services.

“‘Energizing Global Communications’ is not only the theme, but also the goal of IEEE GLOBECOM 2011,” says Lee Roy F. Gaspard, Jr. of Shell IT International, Inc. and the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 General Chair. “We are currently in the process of developing a comprehensive technical and educational agenda filled with compelling keynote speakers and outstanding technical symposia that will deliver the cutting-edge results of research performed from around the globe.

“We have also dedicated ourselves to making IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 the ideal networking and growth experience for professionals serving nearly every communications area, no matter their expertise or country of origin. Our goal is to provide every attendee with a forum that offers unrivalled educational value and superior networking and career-advancement opportunities. For instance, the conference’s Industry Forum will provide broad-interest programming focused on the telecommunication industry’s latest innovative technology implementations, complex IT business systems, regulatory impact assessments, economic models, and engineering methods used by industry practitioners. In addition, the CEO/CTO Forum will offer numerous insights into challenges and strategies currently confronting today’s industry.”

With IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 planning underway, all interested researchers, academics, government officials and industry professionals are urged to visit www.ieee-globecom.org/2011 for more conference information, event updates and detailed presentation submission guidelines. Original technical paper submissions in the areas of voice, data, image, and multimedia will continue to be accepted up until the “Call for Papers” deadline of March 1, 2011. Among the specific topics to be addressed throughout the course of IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 are:

- Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking
- Cognitive Radio Networks
- Communication Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications
- Communication Theory
- Communications & System Security
- Communications QoS, Reliability, and Modeling
- Next Generation Networking
- Optical Networks and Systems
- Signal Processing for Communications
- Wireless Communications and Networking

Considered one of the most successful events in IEEE GLOBECOM’s history, last year’s record-setting conference included the presentation of nearly 2,000 keynotes, technical symposia and papers, tutorials, panels and workshops focused on the advance of global communications designed to increase the quality of life worldwide. Throughout the five-day event, more than 2,500 attendees were feted to presentations highlighting the latest global telecommunications developments as well as special sessions, banquets and award dinners offering numerous personal networking and educational growth opportunities.

“Each year, IEEE GLOBECOM seeks to build on the success of the previous year’s event by highlighting the newest developments and achievements,” adds Lee Gaspard. “We are currently in the process of building the 2011 agenda with presentations that not only showcase next-generation research, but also methodologies that will solve societal communication problems on an international level. ‘Energizing Global Communications’ is the driving force behind the thoughts, ideas and leadership that are continuing to shape the global communications community and industry.”

“Furthermore, IEEE GLOBECOM is one of the leading venues for technical symposia,” says the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Technical Program Committee Chair Professor Xi Zhang of Texas A&M University. “All of our speakers are experts in their respective fields and committed to forwarding their knowledge on topics ranging from urban sensing, cognitive radio networks and quality of service (QoS) provisioning in wireless networks and networking to multimedia communication, next-generation Internet, seamless mobility and deep space networking.”

In addition to “Call for Papers” details and ongoing event information, all visitors to the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 website at www.ieee-globecom.org/2011 are invited to connect with friends and colleagues via the conference’s Twitter and Facebook. Heather Ann Sweeney of the IEEE Communications Society is also available to answer inquires and provide more conference information at 212-705-8938 and/or h.sweeney@comsoc.org.

The IEEE Communications Society has over 50,000 members and is the second largest of IEEE’s 38 technical societies. Founded in 1952, it has become the major international forum for the exchange of ideas on communications and information networking.

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