Authors are invited to submit R&D and visionary papers, presenting research work related to the practice and theory of ‘High-capacity Optical Networks & Enabling Technologies’. All submissions must describe original and pertinent research educational goals, and future vision. The topics of interest should include, but not limited to the following:


· Nanophotonics & Enabling Technologies

· Emerging Nanotechnologies and Applications

· Optical Internet – the next generation

· IPV6 - Emerging Testbeds

· ICT Service Oriented Architectures

· Convergence of Metro/Access Networks

· Optical Access Networks

· Optical-Wireless Networks

· Security, Survivability and Reliability

· Network Test & Monitoring, and Field Trials

· Wireless & Satellite Communication

· Wireless Mesh & Sensor Networks

· Passive Optical Networks/FTTH/RoF

· e-Applications

· Traffic Engineering and Grooming

· Grid Computing/ Multi-Agent Systems

· Performance Evaluation & Modeling

· Optical Switching

These topics should be discussed in terms of research concepts, state-of-the-art, standards, implementations, developments, field trials/experiments, educational goals and new applications. Submitted or substantially similar papers must not be under review currently for any other publication. The accepted papers will be reviewed using “IEEE standards and criteria”. Authors should note that only the accepted papers that are presented in the workshop/symposium will be eligible for proceedings. The accepted but unattended submissions will be omitted from all proceedings.

Instructions for Authors
All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their papers, which should not exceed seven pages. The format should conform to the guidelines available here, or you can download the sample instructions in template pdf by clicking here. The paper must contain a cover page with title, abstract, and name(s) of author(s) with respective affiliations, postal address(es), phone/fax numbers, and email address(es). The corresponding author must be clearly identified. Additionally, five keywords relevant to the research paper or theme area must also be listed on the cover page. Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published in proceedings (details will follow), and indexed with the major indexes.

All HONET papers should be submitted at;
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=honet09. And deadlines are 11:59 pm US Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Important Dates

Paper Submission: August 31, 2009
Acceptance Notification: October 10, 2009
Camera Ready Due: November 10, 2009

Steering Committee Chairs

Dr. Hussain Mouftah
Distinguished Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada
mouftah@site.uottawa.ca

Dr. Mustafa A. G. Abushagur
President, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Dubai, UAE
maeen@rit.edu

General Chair(s)

Dr. M. Yasin Akhtar Raja
University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
raja@uncc.edu

Dr. El-Sayed Abdel-Moety El-Badawy
Prof. & Dean Alexandria Higher Institute of Engg. & Tech (AIET),
Smouha, 21311 Alexandria, Egypt.
Email: sbadawy41@yahoo.com

International Co-Chairs

Dr. Medhat Shawky
Dean Faculty of Engineering,
Pharos University (PU) Alexandria, Egypt
Email: Medhat_shawky@hotmail.com

Dr. Ahmed E. Kamal
Professor ECE,
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Ph: +1 515 294 3580
Email: kamal@iastate.edu

Dr. Rosni Binti Abdullah
Dean School of CS, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Penang, Malaysia
rosni@cs.usm.my

Dr. Syed M. H. Zaidi
Dean School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
National University of Science & Technology, Pakistan
drzaidi@niit.edu.pk


Technical Program Committee Chairs

Dr. Nasir Ghani
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of New Mexico, NM, USA
nghani@ece.unm.edu

Dr. Awad S. Gerges
Physics and Optical Science UNC Charlotte, NC, USA
agerges@uncc.edu

Dr. Hadia El-Hennawy
Prof & Dean Faculty of Engineering Ain-Shams University, Egypt
hadia@shams.eun.eg

Dr. Said I. El-Khamy,
Prof EED, Faculty of Engineering Alexandria University, Egypt
elkhamy@ieee.org