ICT-Hanoi 2008 is the second in a series of annual international Hanoi Forum on Information-Communication Technology, which is organized by Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and sponsored by The Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS). The forum aims at providing a platform for scientists, engineers, practitioners, managers, businessmen, government leaders, etc. from countries to exchange new ideas and experiences and to discuss opportunities, challenges, solutions, practice/application models and a roadmap for ICT development in Vietnam in particular. Panel discussions will be held as the main activities. A scientific symposium is organized for research papers reporting original R&D results and industrial track papers reporting practical ICT R&D, applications, and management experiences. Social activities including excursion to a famous place in the North of Vietnam and other resource in Hanoi surrounding will be organized as well.

Honorary Chair Prof. Dao Trong Thi, Chairman of the Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children, National Assembly of Vietnam; Former President of VNU, Vietnam Forum Chairs Prof. Mai Trong Nhuan, President, VNU, Hanoi, Vietnam Dr. Kim Jae Youl, President, KFAS, Korea Program Chairs Prof. Vu Minh Giang, Vice President, VNU, Hanoi, Vietnam Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Ngoc Binh, Vice Rector, College of Technology, VNU, Vietnam Secretariat Chair Assoc. Prof. Vu Ngoc Tu, Director, Dept. for Int’l Relations, VNU, Vietnam Publication Chair Prof. Nguyen Hoang Luong, Chairman, Board of Journal of science, VNU, Vietnam Publicity Chair Dr. Nguyen Viet Ha, Deputy Director, ITI, VNU, Vietnam Keynote and invited Speakers Dr. Nguyen Ai Viet, MIC, Vietnam Prof. Ho Tu Bao, JAIST, Vietnam (TBA), KAIST, Korea (TBA), Hitachi/NTT, Japan (TBA), USA (TBA), France/UK Other confirmations will be further updated Contact and submission address Hanoi Forum on ICT 2008 Secretariat Add.: Room 501, 5th Fl., Headquarter Building Vietnam National University, Hanoi 144 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: (84-4) 754 7987 Fax: (84-4) 754 7586 E-mail: hanoiforum@vnu.edu.vn Website: http://www.hanoiforum.vnu.edu.vn

Topics The topics for presentations and discussions at the Forum are mainly with ICT Industry Issues and Challenges. The Presentations will be clustered in Sessions and include but are not limited to the following: ICT Industry * ICT Industry Sectors * Software Industry * Hardware Industry * Content Industry * ICT Human Resource Requirements * ICT Industry achievements and experiences * Role of the Government, Academic Institutions and and Business * Government investment and spin-offs * Technology Transfer and Strategic partners General ICT vision and capacity building * ICT development strategy * E-government * ICT market analysis and forecast * ICT and other related fields * CEO/CIO activities * Commercial software vs. OSS * Experiences from other countries * Socio-economic Infrastructure for IT firms * Entrepreneurship promotion for young talents * ICT outsourcing Education and Training * ICT curriculum development * ICT education quality assessment, ICT standards certifications * Professional training * Enterprises and schools * E-learning application * Experiences Academic – Industrial links for ICT * University – Enterprise – Industry links * ICT skills training * Professional ethics, R&D, enterprise culture, … * Experiences The ICT Research and Development symposium will be also organized; its reviewed selected papers will be published in the VNU’s Journal of Science. Submissions Submissions of abstracts and papers must be done by e-mail. An extended abstract (not longer than 200 words) and full paper should be submitted before the deadline. Papers should be written in English: MS Word format, Times New Roman font, on A4 sized paper (Margin: top: 3.6cm; bottom: 4.3cm; left: 2.5cm; right: 2.5cm). Title of the paper: 18cm, normal print, central adjustment. Name(s) of the author(s): 13.5cm, normal print, central adjustment. Name(s) and address(es) of the affiliation(s): 10.5cm, Italic print, central adjustment. Abstract and keywords: 10cm, normal print, justified (margin: left: 1cm; right: 1cm). Body of the paper: 11cm; justified; splitted into 2 columns (Width: 7.5cm, spacing: 1cm). The reference must be put in the square bracket [] Important Dates Abstract Submission Sep. 15, 2008 Full Paper Submission Sep. 30, 2008 Acceptance Notification Oct. 20, 2008 Camera-ready Oct. 31, 2008 Location The Forum venue will take place at the 5-star Hanoi Daewoo Hotel (See http://www.hanoi-daewoohotel.com).