The 18th ICT-MobileSummit 2009 will address all the challenges of building the Future Internet, which will be based on mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications infrastructures.

The impact of such Future Networks on the underlying Internet infrastructure will continue to be emphasized in the 2009 Summit. Technology enabling services and applications for billions of users involving trillions of interconnected potentially mobile devices will be addressed at the event.

The Scientific Programme incorporates all the key constituents of future communication networks including the themes Radio Access and Spectrum, Converged and Optical Networks, and Future Internet Technologies.

- Next-generation Radio System Architectures and Protocols

- Cooperative Wireless Networking

- Advanced Physical Layer Techniques

- Cognitive and Reconfigurable Radio Systems

- Radio Spectral Coexistence and Future Frequency Bands

- Radio Network and Terminal Self-configuration and -management

- WDM and long-reach Passive Optical Networks

- Mobile Access Networks based on Free-space Optical Technology including Infrared and Visible Light

- Next-generation Active Optical (P2P) Networks

- Gigabit Home and In-Building Networks

- Fixed-mobile Convergence including Infrastructure Convergence, Centralisation in Radio-over-fibre, Femto-cells and Supporting Solutions

- Future Internet Architecture and Protocol Design

- Scalable Architectures for the Real World Internet

- Future Internet Self-Management Frameworks

- Network Overlay, Virtualisation and Federation

- Future Internet Experimental Facilities and Benchmarking

- Platforms and Middleware for Seamless Service and Content Delivery