<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Call for Paper</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b> Communication Software and Multimedia Symposium</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:19.9733px">IEEE International Conference on Communications</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">8–12 June 2025 // Montreal, Canada</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Scope and Motivation</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Communication networks have evolved from physical networks to primarily software and virtual networks. This has made it easier to develop and implement new services considering the emerging technologies such as AI. This symposium aims to present state-of-the-art research and development concerning the complex and difficult problems pertaining to software design, deployment, delivery, and administration of services and multimedia applications. This symposium offers a special forum for specialists from academia and business to debate current and upcoming developments in multimedia technologies and communication software, exchange expertise, and present their most recent research.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Topics of Interest</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Communication Software and Multimedia Symposium covers challenges and advances for network softwarization and enablement, service delivery, management, and multimedia applications in fixed and mobile communication networks. The following subjects are open to original submissions for the symposium:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i>Quality in Services and Multimedia Applications</i></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Enhancing User Experience in Multimedia Applications</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Quality of Service (QoS) Management in Cloud-Based Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>AI-Driven Quality Optimization in Streaming Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor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><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Security Challenges in Network Softwarization and Virtualized Environments</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">AI-Driven Automation in Network Softwarization for Efficient Service Management</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Orchestration of Network Services in Softwarized Environments</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Service Chaining and Resource Allocation in Virtualized Networks</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>QoS and QoE in Software-Defined and Virtualized Networks</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Zero-Touch Service Management in Softwarized Networks</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Energy-Efficient Network Softwarization for Sustainable Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) for Low-Latency Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Interoperability and Standardization in Network Softwarization</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i>Multimedia Systems and Services</i></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Real-Time Multimedia Streaming and Optimization</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Multimedia streaming, multicast and broadcast services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span>Virtual/augmented/mixed reality</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>360-degree video streaming</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Immersive Multimedia Experiences in VR/AR/MR</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Multimedia Content Adaptation for Diverse Platforms</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>AI and Machine Learning in Multimedia Systems</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Multimedia Compression Techniques and Standards</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for Multimedia Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Interactive Multimedia Systems and Applications</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Multimedia Systems for Smart Cities and IoT</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Cloud-Based Multimedia Services and Scalability</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>5G and Beyond for Enhanced Multimedia Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Edge Computing for Low-Latency Multimedia Processing</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Security and Privacy in Multimedia Systems</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Multimedia Systems for E-Learning and Remote Collaboration</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Adaptive Quality of Service (QoS) in Multimedia Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Multimedia Systems for Telemedicine and Healthcare Applications</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Blockchain for Secure Multimedia Content Delivery</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Audio-Visual Synchronization in Multimedia Systems</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Crowdsourced Multimedia Content and Service Quality</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Future Trends in Interactive and Social Multimedia System</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i>Service Management</i></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>AI-Driven Service Management Automation</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Cloud Service Management and Optimization</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Service Management in Multi-Cloud Environments</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Predictive Analytics in Service Management</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Service Lifecycle Management in IoT Ecosystems</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Blockchain for Transparent Service Management</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Managing Quality of Experience (QoE) in Digital Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Incident and Problem Management in IT Services</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Service Management for 5G and Next-Gen Networks</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Sustainability and Green IT Service Management</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Data-Driven Decision-Making in Service Management</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Important Dates:</span></b></p><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="500" style="width:375pt;background:rgb(241,241,242);border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:black"> Paper Submission</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px"></span></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:black">11 October 2024</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px"></span></i></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:black"> Acceptance Notifications</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px"></span></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:black">17 January 2025</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px"></span></i></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:black"> Camera Ready</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px"></span></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:black">14 February 2025</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px"></span></i></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.91px"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Note<font style="font-size:large">:</font></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.91px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:start">The authors of selected papers from this symposium will be invited to submit an extended version of their work for fast-track review and possible publication in the IEEE</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);text-align:start;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit"> </span></i><i><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:start">Open Journal of the Communications Society.</span></i><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);text-align:start;line-height:inherit"><br style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:inherit"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Symposium Co-Chairs:</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Safa Otoum, Zayed University, UAE (<a href="mailto:Safa.Otoum@zu.ac.ae" target="_blank">Safa.Otoum@zu.ac.ae</a>)</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Zhi Wang, Tsinghua University, China (<a href="mailto:wang_zhi@tsinghua.edu.cn" target="_blank">wang_zhi@tsinghua.edu.cn</a>)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p></div>