From 19th to 23rd June 2005, the Vodafone Chair at TU Dresden hosted the IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit.

More than 300 scientific contributions from 34 countries and sessions and workshops with more than 700 participants fueled an extensive exchange about latest developments and research in the world of mobile communications. It was a diverse summit programme, featuring

• Technical sessions in 4 parallel tracks, plus posters from individual authors and R&D projects,
• 4 tutorials and 8 workshops,
• Panels on B3G/4G, the Trend towards Simplicity, and IP over DVB,
• Special sessions on 4G system proposals in Asia and on WWRF's activities, and an
• Exhibition, featuring live demos from companies and projects.

The summit helped in identifying trends for wireless research in general, and it gave directions for the European framework programme in particular. Last not least it was the city and its unique, charming atmosphere that contributed to the success of the conference. It set the stage for a welcome reception in Dresden Zwinger, a wine tour, sight seeing in the UNESCO world heritage, and a dinner in the heart city centre.

The Summit has received the Dresden Congress Award 2005.

We now look forward to hosting the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2009) in Dresden, and again we will be happy to welcome you!

Quick Facts

• Most keynote, panel, and special session presentations are available for pdf download; see the individual programme items.
• Review a brief conference documentation with key statictics and other aspects: pdf (3.0 MB).
• Enjoy some of the photographic highlights.
• Read the forewords by the European Commission and by Prof. Gerhard Fettweis, Chairman of the IST Summit.
• A committee of TPC members has selected the best papers and invited the autors to submit and enhanced version of their papers for publication in a special issue of European Transactions on Telecommunications.
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