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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContacts: Gayle Weisman

IEEE Communications Society

+1-212-705-8941

Jean Baronas

Sony Electronics Inc.

+1-408-955-5758

CCNC 2005 DEMONSTRATES THE ENABLING
OF PERVASIVE CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS

IEEE ‘Consumer Communications and Networking Conference’
To Take Place January 3 – 6, 2005 in Las Vegas

Travel and Accommodation Information

NEW YORK, September 20, 2004 – The time has come to mark your calendar and to prepare to attend the upcoming IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) 2005. Last year’s CCNC attracted over 335 participants, and the ideas and directions taken for CCNC 2005 suggest that an even greater number of participants will attend CCNC 2005! IEEE’s discounts and Travel Service can help with logistics, and the CCNC 2005 organizers strongly encourage early visa applications.

The conference will take place at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, from January 3 – 6, 2005 immediately before the 2005 International CES trade show sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association, so one can easily attend both events. CCNC is an annual conference sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc).

“CCNC 2005 will provide researchers, individuals involved with consumer electronics development, and those entrenched in the business of consumer communications and networking with state-of-the-art information and opportunities to the meet experts and visionaries,” says Naohisa Ohta, Ph.D., CCNC 2005 General Chair and Research Director of Sony Corporation’s Information Technologies Laboratories in Tokyo. Sony will be a Premier Patron of CCNC 2005. “The IEEE has established beneficial travel discounts for CCNC 2005 attendees.”

For example, CCNC 2005 attendees can request a discounted room rate of $149 U.S. dollars per room, per night (single or double occupancy) at Caesars Palace. Located at 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada, ‘Caesars’ can be reached by phone: +1 702-731-7110 (or, +1-800-634-666X ---- in Canada and the U.S. need the other number for toll free here); fax: +1 877-427-7243, or via: The rate is subject to local (9%), state and federal taxes. With a maximum number of occupants per room of three adults, there is an additional $20.00 per night charge for any occupants in excess of two per room. Please use the group code, SCIEE5 to get the CCNC 2005 attendees rate. (Need to add information about the cut off date for the discount.) Participants staying at the Caesars Palace will directly help the IEEE Communications Society receive discounts on the CCNC 2005’s meeting arrangements. CCNC 2005 attendees can book their flight arrangements through the IEEE’s Travel Services which offers discounted airfares, travel counselors, 24-hour emergency service, passport/visa service, and automated fare quotes rates with many carriers. Discounts on car rentals are also available. For more information, please contact , or call +1 800 TRY IEEE (+1 800 879 4333) in the U.S. and Canada; +1 732-562-5387 elsewhere.

Those needing a visa to enter the U.S. should apply as early as possible, since visa applications are subject to a greater scrutiny than in the past. For example, a personal appearance interview could be required as part of visa processing for some applicants, some may require additional screening, and others are advised to expect delays. Starting October 1, 2003, each Visa Waiver Program traveler must present a machine-readable passport (MRP) at the U.S. port of entry in order to enter the U.S. without a visa, otherwise a nonimmigrant visa is required. Additional information can be found on the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Services: http://travel.state.gov/nonimmigrantvisas.html

Other CCNC 2005’s details are available at CCNC 2005’s potential topics include ad-hoc and sensor networks, body and personal area networks, middleware, networked appliances, and peer-to-peer applications and services. The conference will also include a ‘Workshop on Digital Rights Management (DRM) Impact on Consumer Communications.’

IEEE CCNC 2005 Timeline

Event Submissions

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Contact Information

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Due Dates

Papers for Review / / July 19, 2004
Panel Proposals / / Sept. 15, 2004
Tutorial Proposals / / Sept. 15, 2004
DRM Workshop Abstracts / / Sept. 30, 2004
Poster and Demonstration Proposals / / Nov. 15, 2004

The IEEE Communications Society has over 60,000 members and is the second largest of IEEE’s 38 technical societies. Founded in 1952, the IEEE Communications Society has become the major international forum for the exchange of ideas on communications and information networking.

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For more information on the CCNC 2005, contact: Gayle Weisman, IEEE Communications Society, 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 705-8941. E-mail: . Or visit:

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