University of Defence www.unob.cz Centre of Simulation and Training Technologies Veletrhy Brno, a. s. www.bvv.cz Invitation to the International Conference DISTANCE LEARNING, SIMULATION AND COMMUNICATION DLSC 2011 held as a part of CATE 2011 (Community Army Technology - Environment) under the auspices of the Rector of the University of Defence and the Dean of the Faculty of Military Technology of the University of Defence on May 10-11, 2011 as an official accompanying programme of the International Exhibition of Defence and Security Technologies and Special Information Systems IDET 2011
Conference objectives: Experience and information exchange in the field of: the current status and prospects of distance learning and e-learning in the preparation of military professionals and other target groups; using the computer modelling and simulation, especially in the command and control process; current and future communication systems. Conference sections: Distance Learning and e-learning, Modelling and Simulation, Communication Systems. Conference language is the English language only. Conference programme at-a-glance: Tuesday May 10, 2011 08 : 00 08 : 55 Registration of conference delegates 08 : 55 Conference Opening 09 : 00 12 : 45 Presentations 12 : 45 13 : 45 Lunch 13 : 45 17 : 15 Presentations (the sequence of particular sections and breaks will be specified according to the number of papers accepted) 19 : 00 23 : 00 Networking evening (at the Starobrno brewery or another suitable place) Wednesday May 11, 2011 08 : 30 08 : 55 Registration of conference delegates 09 : 00 12 : 30 Presentations 12 : 30 Conference closing 12 : 45 13 : 45 Lunch 13 : 45 18 : 00 Round table discussion and visiting to the IDET 2011 exhibition (the sequence of particular sections and breaks will be specified according to the number of accepted papers)
Professional patronage: Prof. Ladislav BUŘITA Department of Communication and Information Systems, Faculty of Military Technology, Prof. Tomáš HRUŠKA Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic Prof. Miroslav LÍŠKA Department of Informatics, Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovak Republic Prof. Erika MECHLOVÁ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic Prof. Milan MIŠOVIČ Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Prof. Václav PŘENOSIL Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Organizers: University of Defence, Kounicova 65, 662 10 Brno, Centre of Simulation and Training Technologies, Kounicova 44, 662 10 Brno, BVV Trade Fairs, Výstaviště 1, 647 00 Brno. Place: Congress Centre, room B, BVV Trade Fairs, Výstaviště 1, 647 00 Brno.
International Programme Committee: Chairman: Miroslav HRUBÝ Members: Claude ARCHER Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium Paula CHARBONNEAU-GOWDY The Canada School of Public Service, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Franz FEINER Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule, Graz, Austria Petr FRANTIŠ Antonella GIOVE Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy Jyri HÄMÄLÄINEN Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland Marcel HARAKAĽ Armed Forces Academy of Gen. M. R. Štefánik, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovak Republic Jan HODICKÝ Miroslav HOPJAN Aleksandra JARANOWSKA Studio kreski i pixela, Warsaw, Poland. Patricio JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ Systems Engineering for Defence of Spain, Madrid, Spain Vlastimil MALÝ Markéta MAZÁLKOVÁ Steve O CONNELL PDM Training and Consultancy Ltd, Andover, Hampshire, U.K. Ákos POROSZLAI Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University, Budapest, Hungary Gheorghe RADU Henri Coanda Air Force Academy, Brasov, Romania Ioan Gheorghe RATIU George Baritiu University, Brasov, Romania Eugenia SMYRNOVA-TRYBULSKA University of Silesia, Katowice Cieszyn, Poland Eva STAŇKOVÁ Ľubica STUCHLÍKOVÁ Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Jana VEJVODOVÁ University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic Vladimír VRÁB Centre of Simulation and Training Technologies, Brno, Czech Republic Susan M. ZVACEK University of Kansas, Kansas, USA
Conference fee: Standard fee 2500 CZK or 100 EUR Reduced fee for students 1500 CZK or 60 EUR Conference fee includes: conference materials; printed conference proceedings with ISBN; conference CD; 2 lunches; networking evening; refreshment; IDET 2011 admission fee for the exhibition. All payments must be addressed to: EXPERTIA, o.p.s., Oblá 56, 634 00 BRNO, Czech Republic Telephone: +420 547 210 811 Mobile phone: +420 608 341 180 Bank transfer deadline: April 15, 2011 (additional bank fees have to be paid by the participant) Bank name: ČSOB, a.s. Joštova 5, 601 79 BRNO, Czech Republic BIC (SWIFT): CEKOCZPP Purpose of Payment: CATE2011 Information for Beneficiary: Name of Participant Account Name: EXPERTIA, o.p.s. IBAN (Account No.): CZ71 0300 0000 0001 3324 4703 For Czech participants: Account No.: 133244703/0300 VS: 20110510 SS: Last 9 digits of the participant s telephone number Accommodation of the conference participants is not included in the conference fee. Possibility of hotel accommodation: please contact Brno Trade Fairs Ing. Jana Hirlíková phone.: +420 541 152 775 fax: +420 541 152 756 e-mail: hotels@bvv.cz http://www.bvv.cz/travelling-gb
Instructions for participants: Please fill in the Application form and e-mail it to miroslav.hruby@unob.cz (copy to petr.frantis@unob.cz) by January 31, 2011 (speakers), by April 15, 2011 (other participants). Speakers intending to submit papers should write an abstract of at least 250 words in English and a short CV/résumé in English. The notification of the acceptance of abstracts (paper proposals) will be sent to authors by February 10, 2011. The deadline for camera-ready texts in English (please send both formats doc and pdf) is March 10, 2011. The final versions of papers have to be sent to miroslav.hruby@unob.cz (copy to petr.frantis@unob.cz). The paper template has to be used. Every camera-ready paper will be reviewed by two independent reviewers. The authors are fully responsible for the content and language style of the paper. The final decision about publishing the camera-ready papers will be sent by March 31, 2011. The programme of the DLSC 2011 conference will be accessible at the conference web site from March 31, 2011. All accepted papers will be published in a printed conference proceedings and on the CD-ROM. The authors of the accepted papers are responsible for presenting the papers in English at the DLSC 2011 conference. The time allotted for one speech is 20 minutes, including the time for discussion. Additional note: The papers presented at the previous DLSC 2009 conference were accepted by the Web of Science (www.isiknowledge.com). Organizers of the DLSC 2011 would like to achieve this goal again. Therefore, the authors added value must be clearly stated in the papers. Conference web site: https://events.vojenskaskola.cz/dlsc/2011/stranky/dlsc%202011%20en.aspx https://events.vojenskaskola.cz/dlsc/2011/stranky/dlsc%202011%20cz.aspx (for the Czech participants)