3-day wireless and mobile technology meet begins in Dubai

The 6th Joint IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC'13) opened at Atlantis the Palm on Tuesday, bringing together the world's leading academics, delegates and decision makers from a range of businesses, including government ministries, municipalities, universities, airlines, IT firms, banks and wireless communication giants Etisalat and du. The WMNC'13 is the world's leading discussion forum for researchers, practitioners and students interested in new developments in mobile and wireless networks, services, applications and mobile computing. The conference, hosted and organized by the Canadian University of Dubai was opened by Buti Saeed Al Ghandi, Chancellor of the Canadian University of Dubai, who praised the 'commendable progress' made by Dubai in the field of wireless and mobile networking and emphasised the importance of wireless and mobile technology to the future of the emirate. "The United Arab Emirates in general and Dubai in particular has made commendable progress in the field of wireless and mobile networking," he said. "The United Arab Emirates has shown its commitment to enhance the Federal Government infrastructure and to provide electronic services to its people in the economic, social and medical spheres. "The Electronic Government of Dubai has invested in wireless and mobile networking in order to provide better services to its people and to save them costs and efforts." The Dubai eGovernment Department is among the important private and public sector institutions from the UAE visiting the conference over three days from Tuesday, April 23 to Thursday, April 25. Dr Karim Chelli, President of Canadian University of Dubai, said: "The Canadian University of Dubai has a responsibility to support the strategies and vision set by the government and wireless and mobile networking is a crucial role in that vision. "We are very proud of our research partnerships in Canada and around the world that share our passion for study, exploration and discovery." "This is a new milestone for the Canadian University of Dubai and for Dubai. We have had a record number of papers submitted this year. "We are very proud to be bringing together industry experts and government stakeholders together to discuss the questions and challenges." Prof Muriel Medard from MIT, Boston, was the first keynote speaker to address the conference, joined by fellow speakers Prof Norman Beaulieu from Alberta, Canada, Prof Abbas Jamalipour from Sydney, Australia and Prof Bayan Sharif from Khalifa University in the UAE. Hundreds of delegates from 37 countries were also attending. 134 research papers will be discussed by over 80 academics and industry experts over the three day conference.