**************************************************************** 46th International Symposium ELMAR-2004 focused on Navigation, Multimedia and Marine 16-18 June 2004 Zadar, Croatia CALL FOR PAPERS The 46th International Symposium ELMAR-2004 focused on Navigation, Multimedia and Marine will be held in the beautiful old town Zadar on the Croatian Adriatic coast While the scientific program is expected to create stimulating professional interaction, the crystal clear Adriatic Sea, warm June atmosphere and wealth of historic monuments promise a pleasant and memorable stay researchers involved in the development, design and application of methods and techniques within the framework of navigation systems, marine electronics, multimedia communications, image and video processing, wireless communications, etc. The scientific program includes keynote and invited lectures by eminent international experts and contributed papers. Papers accepted by two independent reviewers will be published in symposium proceedings available at the symposium and abstracted in the INSPEC database. ELMAR-2004 symposium is sposored by the Croatan Society Electronics in Marine ELMAR), and co-sponsored by IEEE Region 8 and Croatia Section. TOPICS Navigation Systems: * GNSS Architecture and Implementation * Augmentation Systems and Services * Terrestrial, Marine and Air Navigation * Automatic Identification System (AIS) * Location Based Services * Security, Jamming, Interference * In-door Navigation Technologies * Radar Navigation * Receiver Technology Multimedia Systems: * Multimedia Communications / Networking * Multimedia Signal Processing * Wireless Communications * Mobile Technologies and Services * Image and Video Processing and Coding * Image Scanning, Display and Printing * Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) * Speech and Audio Processing Marine: * Naval Architecture * Remote Sensing / Monitoring * Marine Education * Acoustics and Vibrations * Fleet Management * Ship Power Systems * Power Electronics and Automation * Sea Ecology Other Topics: * Radiocommunications * Telecommunications * Optoelectronics * Antennas and Propagation * Meteorology * General Topics SUBMISSION "Instructions for Authors" are available on the ELMAR web-site. Authors are invited to submit their papers in electronic form by March 12, 2004. Please send the electronically version in PDF format by e-mail to: elmar@fer.hr SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission of full papers: March 12, 2004 Notification of acceptance mailed out by: April 16, 2004 Deadline for submission of camera-ready papers: April 30, 2004 Preliminary program available on the web-site by: May 10, 2004 Registration deadline: May 17, 2004 Mini-exhibition facilities will be available for companies wishing to display their products, services, hardware & software and literature relating to the symposium topics. The companies wishing to participate in the exhibition are kindly requested to contact Asst.Prof. Tomislav Kos by e-mail: elmar@fer.hr CROATIAN SOCIETY ELECTRONICS IN MARINE President: Branka Zovko-Cihlar University of Zagreb, Croatia Vice-president: Ivan Pupovac Tankerska plovidba, Zadar, Croatia Secretary: Viljem Jeric University of Zagreb, Croatia ELMAR-2004 IS SPONSORED BY: Croatian Society Electronics in Marine - ELMAR ELMAR-2004 IS CO-SPONSORED BY: IEEE Region 8 IEEE Croatia Section ELMAR-2004 GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Ive Mustac Tankerska plovidba, Zadar, Croatia Branka Zovko-Cihlar University of Zagreb, Croatia ELMAR-2004 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Tomislav Kos University of Zagreb, Croatia Mislav Grgic University of Zagreb, Croatia Renato Filjar Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia ELMAR-2004 ORGANISING COMMITTEE Winton Afric, Croatia Sonja Grgic, Croatia Jakov Kitarovic, Croatia Zlatko Lenardic, Croatia Branka Medved Rogina, Croatia Ivan Pupovac, Croatia Karolj Skala, Croatia Ante Ticac, Croatia ELMAR-2004 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Juraj Bartolic, Croatia David Broughton, United Kingdom Pavel Cukrov, Croatia Zarko Cucej, Slovenia Marek Domanski, Poland Kalman Fazekas, Hungary Janusz Filipiak, Poland Renato Filjar, Croatia Borko Furht, USA Joze Furlan, Slovenia Mislav Grgic, Croatia Sonja Grgic, Croatia B. Hofmann-Wellenhof, Austria Tomislav Kos, Croatia Andy Kucar, Canada Boris Kviz, Croatia Rastislav Lukac, Canada Gabor Matay, Hungary Pavol Podhradsky, Slovak Republic K. R. Rao, USA Marian S. Stachowicz, USA Christel Stakkestad, Sweden Rajko Svecko, Slovenia Csaba Szabo, Hungary Jan Turan, Slovakia Frantisek Vejrazka, Czech Republic Nick Ward, United Kingdom Krzysztof Wayda, Poland Branka Zovko-Cihlar, Croatia CONTACT INFORMATION Asst.Prof. Tomislav Kos ELMAR-2004 FER, Unska 3 / XII HR-10000 Zagreb CROATIA Telephone: + 385 1 6129 772 Facsimile: + 385 1 6129 717 E-mail: elmar@fer.hr PLEASE VISIT ELMAR-2004 WEB-SITE: http://www.vcl.fer.hr/elmar/2004/