Call for Papers

MilCIS2008 will address:

Operational concepts
Information management
Command support systems
Network architectures
Routing and protocols
IPv6 migration

Network management
Tactical data links
Wireless technologies
Modelling and analysis
Evolving and future technologies

Author Registration

All presenting authors MUST register and pay for their attendance at the conference.

Papers

Papers are sought for oral presentation on all aspects of military communications and information systems, especially those focusing on the Conference themes. All papers will be refereed (on the full paper.) Authors will be advised in writing of acceptance or non acceptance of their paper.

Papers must:

be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc) format;
be no more than six pages in length without prior agreement of the organisers;
conform to the requirements of the conference template (MILCIS_Shell.doc);
only contain material that is unclassified and not commercially sensitive; and
be submitted via the automatic submission system (submit here).

The following timetable will apply:

Submission of contributed (refereed) papers for review	Tuesday 8 July 2008
Notification and comments to authors of refereed papers	Tuesday 5 August 2008
Deadline for author registration	Tuesday 26 August 2008
Deadline for early-bird registration	Tuesday 2 S eptember 2008
Submission of final papers for publication in proceedings	Tuesday 26 August 2008
Submission of final presentation	Monday 10 November 2008

Authors of selected papers will be invited to publish their paper in a special edition of the Journal of Battlefield Technology.

Prizes

A prize will be offered for the best paper and best student paper at the conference.

Oral Presentations

Fifteen minutes will be allocated for oral presentations with 5 minutes for questions. Papers are to be presented using PowerPoint XP2000 projection. Overhead transparencies will not be permitted. Computers and projection facilities will be provided in all presentation rooms.

Final presentations are to be submitted by Monday 10 November 2008. The presentation schedule will be promulgated early October 2008.

Conference Proceedings

All accepted refereed papers will be published as Conference Proceedings on the MilCIS web site. Hard-bound copies of paper abstracts will be published in the Conference Program.

Call for Tutorials

Topics for tutorials are sought on pertinent aspects of military communications and information systems, especially those focusing on the Conference themes. Proposals for a tutorial may be sent to tutorial@milcis.com.au by 7th May 2008.

Information for Australian University Authors

Full papers will be refereed in line with the DEST requirements for and E1 conference paper.