1. International Symposium on Wireless Systems and Networks (ISWSN’03)
Presentation by
Dr. Samir Al-Baiyat
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, KFUPM

2. Background
ISWSN’03 was proposed in 2001 to be held in March 2003 and every two years thereafter.
It was proposed that ISWSN’03 will be jointly sponsored by KFUPM, IEEE (Saudi Section) and Saudi Industry.
Areas of submission will be Multimedia Broadband Access, 2G to 3G migration path, signal processing (antenna arrays, MUD, advanced receivers), Coding, Wireless Networks, emerging technologies, WLANs and Protocols etc.

3. Critical Dates
May 31, 2002: Last date of submission of extended abstracts
June - September 30: Paper Reviews
October 15, 2002: Date of acceptance Letters
December 20, 2002: Camera ready papers in.
March 24-26: Date of Symposium

4. Committees Organizing Committee (14 Members)
Technical Program (21 Members)
Finance Committee (5 Members)
Local Arrangements (6 Members)
Registration Committee (7 Members)
Publication Committee (5 Members)
Publicity Committee (4 Members)
Social Program Committee (4 Members)

5. Progress so far! Received 66 papers from 20 countries
Papers have been sent for review (two reviews per paper).
Two parallel Sessions over 3 days are planned.
Work on tutorials has started (4 proposals have been submitted. 8 to 10 tutorials are planned.

6. SPONSORS
Promises have been made by Ericsson, AEC, Aramco, IEEE, Lucent, STC ( but no follow up yet).
Sponsors to pledge the amount.