murthy@homxb.att.com (Srinivasa K R Murthy) (02/06/91)
A SPECIAL CALL FOR ALL THE EARLY BIRDS. TENCON 92 - AUSTRALIA IEEE TENCON 1992, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA The TENCON 1992 will be held in the World Congress Center, Melbourne, Australia. from 9th through 13th Nov 1992. The topics are Computers, Communications and Automation The theme of the conference is TECHNOLOGIES ENABLING TOMORROW I am the International Program Co-ordinator. We are planning for tutorials on 9th and 10th Nov 1992 covering the three topic tracks - Computers, Communications and Automation. I am seeking volunteers for the conference. TENCON is an international IEEE conference. It is a Region 10 conference conducted every year. Region 10 covers the Far East (Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, India, South Korea and other countries), New Zealand and Australia among other countries. The conference organizers and attendees will come from many countries around the world. The conference was hosted in 1989 by the IEEE Bombay Section. I was the Program Co-Chair of the conference. The conference featured around 70 paper sessions, a dozen panel discussions, three two-day tutorials. The conference had a very successful product exhibits program with around 90 stalls participated by companies from around the world. The conference was very successful and even attracted the attention of the press (news papers, TV and radio). The attendance was around 1200 from around 24 countries. The 1990 Tencon was conducted in Hong Kong in September, for which I was an International Advisor. We have received around 600 papers. The 1991 Tencon will be held in New Delhi, India from 26th through 30th August 1991. I am the Program Co-Chair. I am giving below suggestions for your involvement in the conference. I am sure all of you can be creative and think of more ways to contribute to the conference: a. First thing you can do is to publicize about the conference in your organization (university, industry). b. You can submit a paper for the conference and identify people in your organization and professional circles who will be interested in submitting a paper. c. More experienced people can organize a session. Students and new graduates can identify more experienced people (seniors professionals, professors) interested in organizing a tutorial or paper session and pursue it. I will be glad to guide and provide help for any of the activities. You as a volunteer, attendee, paper presenter or session organizer can convince your employer of the benefits of your and your management's participation in this conference. Please send me your session proposal and / or paper by e-mail first. Please include the following: Title of the session Summary of the session Sub-topics of the session Potential / actual papers (title, author, estimated number of pages abstract, if any) Details of the session organizer(s) / chair(s) (address, phone(s), fax, e-mail address bio, IEEE experience, session experience) For a paper please include: Title of the paper Author's details (address, phone, fax, e-mail address) Abstract Estimated number of pages Your role in TENCON can not only benefit you, but also your employer. Please respond as soon as possible with a note / letter giving the role you would like to play in TENCON 1992 (example: session chair or paper presenter with topic(s)). If you send e-mail now, you have to send a hard copy of your submittal later. Thank you, again. With warm regards. K.R.S. Murthy AT&T Bell Labs Room 2N-437 Holmdel NJ 07733 (201)-949-4850 (201)-949-5196 (Fax) E-mail ..!att!homxb!murthy or k.murthy@ieee.org or homxb!murthy@att.com