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. The aim of the symposium is to promote the interface of 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.
Topics of the Symposium include, but are not limited to:
Navigation Systems: * GNSS Architecture and Implementation * Augmentation Systems and Services *Satellite positioning performance improvement * Marine and Air Navigation * Land Navigation * Loran C * Automatic Identification System (AIS) * Location Based Services * Electronic charts, GIS * 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
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
We at ELMAR are particularly proud to be the organisers of the event with longest tradition in the field in Croatia. Additionally, ELMAR-2004 is the most important conference in the field to be held in Croatia next year. It will also be a meeting point for scientists, engineers, developers, customers, representatives of Croatian Government and Croatian Navy. Manufacturers will be given the opportunity to present their products during numerous commercial presentations and/or on paralel exhibition.

We have just redesigned the ELMAR web-site, and all information (including the ELMAR-2004 Call for papers) can be found at:

http://www.vcl.fer.hr/elmar/2004/index.html