Advance Programme 18th IFIP World Computer Congress The premier international forum on Information and Communications Technologies and Sciences 22-27 August 2004 Toulouse, France http://www.wcc2004.org ******************************************************************* The Advance Programme is online! It can be browsed or downloaded as a .pdf document. This attractive programme offers more than 600 presentations: - Five keynote talks by prestigious speakers. - Nine co-located conferences for accomplished results, with 374 papers from 48 countries (selected from more than 900 submissions originating from 60 countries), 15 invited talks, and 7 panels. - Fourteen topical days, an innovative feature for high-level surveys and prospective views, with 94 invited talks and 5 panels. - A student forum for doctoral research, with 46 papers. - Eleven workshops for on-going research (selected from 26 workshop submissions), with some 100 presentations. - Eleven tutorials for state-of-the-art and state-of-practice. The programme offers a large variety of opportunities. Attendees will be able to compose their own menu, by mixing on-the-edge research and state-of-practice results in their own field of expertise, together with surveys and prospective views in other domains of interest. An exhibition will display the latest products and services. The overall schedule of sessions and the social events have been designed to facilitate fruitful interactions between attendees. Registration (advance fee until June 30) and hotel booking can be made online via secure transactions. Join us during a week and share l'esprit de Toulouse! For more information : Jean-Claude Laprie [jean-claude.laprie@laas.fr] Patrick SCHOULLER Ministère de l'Economie des Finances et de l'Industrie DIGITIP - STSI Représentant national aux comités des programmes IST, E-TEN, E-CONTENT, SIAP Point de contact national E-TEN et SIAP