Second Press Release
The 11th European Wireless 2005 Conference (EW'05) will take place from 10 to 13 April 2005 at the Hotel Hilton situated in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. Having taken place in various cities throughout Europe, this conference now is organized at Cyprus by the Department of Computer Science belonging to the School of Pure and Applied Sciences, the German ITG/VDE-Conference Services and the Chair of Communication Networks of RWTH Aachen University in Germany. Prominent scientists and industrial representatives will meet to present their achievements and discuss the technical challenges which need to be met in order to make the vision of the ubiquitous provision of innovative wireless services a reality. In short, this conference is one of the most important European events in the area of mobile and wireless communications.
The main theme chosen for the European Wireless 2005 Conference is given by technologies, protocols, services and applications that will enable a full seamless and nomadic user access to new classes of multimedia services with a user-centric focus. Service provision will occur at the home, at the workplace, at leisure and during travel. The vision is to integrate the wireless local area and next generation cellular networks and develop the next generation of future wireless communication. Such networks will enable the provision of ubiquitous wireless services, which will become more and more innovative as they are driven by the consumer demands of the user and as a result of competition between the service providers.
Supported by the European commission and other research bodies, the organizers offer a platform for exchanging ideas and creating innovations. About 350 participants from five different continents are expected to attend the four-day conference in April next year.
Past venues are among Europe's prominent places in the area of wireless communications. The European Wireless (EW) has happened so far alternating with the European Personal and Mobile radio Conference (EPMCC). In 2004 the technical program committees of both conferences decided to join both conferences and continue under the unique name of European Wireless. The 11th event of this combined conference series is happening in 2005 at Cyprus following the events in Barcelona (EW'04), Glasgow (EPMCC'03) and Florence (EW'02). The 11th European Wireless 2005 Conference is a further important step for Cyprus, as youngest member of the European Union, on its integration in the European scientific world.