50th International Symposium ELMAR-2008***** 10-13 September 2008, Zadar, CROATIA ****** ******Paper submission deadline: March 03, 2008****** ****** http://www.elmar-zadar.org/ ****** ******CALL FOR PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS ****** The 50th International Symposium ELMAR-2008, the oldest conference in Europe, will be traditionally held in the beautiful old town Zadar on the Croatian Adriatic coast. While the scientific program is expected to create stimulating professional interaction, the crystal clear Adriatic Sea, warm summer atmosphere and wealth of historic monuments promise a pleasant and memorable stay. ******ORGANIZING SPONSOR****** Croatian Society Electronics in Marine - ELMAR****** ===TOPICS=== --> Image and Video Processing --> Multimedia Communications --> Speech and Audio Processing --> Wireless Commununications --> Telecommunications --> Antennas and Propagation --> e-Learning and m-Learning --> Navigation Systems --> Ship Electronic Systems --> Power Electronics and Automation --> Naval Architecture --> Sea Ecology --> Special Session Proposals - A special session consist of 5-6 papers which should present a unifying theme from a diversity of viewpoints; deadline for proposals is February 04, 2008. ===KEYNOTE TALKS === -->* Professor Sanjit K. Mitra, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA: ****** ******Image Processing using Quadratic Volterra Filters ****** -->* Univ.Prof.Dr.techn. Markus Rupp, Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA: ****** vTestbeds and Rapid Prototyping in Wireless Systems ****** -->* Professor Paul Cross, University College London, UK:GNSS Data Modeling: The Key to Increasing Safety and Legally Critical Applications of GNSS -->* Dr.-Ing. Malte Kob, RWTH Aachen University, GERMANY:The Role of Resonators in the Generation of Voice Signals ****** ******SPECIAL SESSIONS (proposals open until February 04, 2008)******

===IMPORTANT DATES=== ****Deadline for special session proposals : February 04, 2008**** Deadline for submission of full papers : March 03, 2008**** Notification of acceptance mailed out by : April 21, 2008**** Deadline for submission of camera-ready papers : May 05, 2008**** Preliminary program available on the web-site by : May 12, 2008**** Registration deadline : May 19, 2008**** Accommodation deadline : June 02, 2008****