The Third 1999 Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS'99) will be held September 1-3, 1999 in Kyongju, Korea. The symposium is co-sponsored by KICS KNOM (Korea) and IEICE TM (Japan). The symposium will give valuable opportunities to researchers, developers and practitioners by learning and sharing their ideas, views, technologies and experiences on network operations and management.

The following topic areas are covered:

        * CORBA-based Management                    * Customer Care and Billing
        * Experiences with TMN                            * Distributed Systems Management
        * Intelligent Network Management               * Event Management & Correlation
        * Management Platforms                             * Human Factors and User Interfaces
        * Management of Broadband Networks       * Hot New Technologies & Trends
        * Models and Architectures                         * Inter-working with Legacy Environments
        * PCS/Mobility Management                       * Intelligent Agent Technology
        * Performance Management                         * Internet/Intranet/Extranet Management
        * Service Management                                 * Management of Access Networks
        * Security Management                               * Operations Experiences & Case Studies
        * Web-based Management                          * Quality-of-Service Management

Overview of Programs:

• Tutorials (Sept. 1)

• Technical Sessions (Sept. 2-3)

• Products Exhibit (Sept. 2-3)

• Poster Session (Sept. 2)

• Panel Discussion (Sept. 3)

• Banquet (Evening, Sept. 2)

International Liaisons                          Standing Committee
Graham Chen (CiTR/Australia)           Jong-Tae Park (Kyungpook Univ./Korea)
Carlos B. Westphall (UFSC/Brasil)     Masayoshi Ejiri (Fujitsu/Japan)
Salah Aidarous (NEC America/USA)   Makoto Yoshida (NTT-AT/Japan)
Amitava Roy (HSS/India)                   J. Won-Ki Hong (POSTECH/Korea)
Ronlon Tsai (ITRI/Taiwan)
Roberto Saracco (CSELT/Italy)

Hotel Accommodations:
The conference will be held at the TEMF Hotel, which is located in the heart of Kyongju and ten-minute by taxi or by free shuttle bus by the courtesy of the hotel from the Kyongju Train Station. The hotel can also be accessible via limousine bus or taxi from either Ulsan or Pohang Airport. Attendees are responsible for making their own hotel reservations.

Address: TEMF Hotel, 150-2, Sinpyong-Dong, Kyongju, Korea
Tel: +82-561-745-8100 Fax: +82-561-748-8563

Transportation:
The TEMF hotel is located in the Pomun Tourist Complex of Kyongju. The detailed travel information can be obtained from the APNOMS'99 homepage.

For more information, please contact:
Prof. James Won-Ki Hong, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering POSTECH
Hyoja San 31, Pohang Korea 790-784
TEL: +82-562-279-2244, FAX: +82-562-279-5663, Email: jwkhong@postech.ac.kr

Takafumi Chujo, Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
4-1-1 Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, 211-8588 Japan
TEL: +81-44-754-2635, FAX: +81-44-754-2741, Email: chujo@flab.fujitsu.co.jp