The 2003 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET'03) will be
held on 8/25 and 8/26/2003 at the University of St. Thomas campus in 
the beautiful downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

The conference web site includes full information and the Call For Papers:
    http://www.rfbinternational.com/ICET03.htm

The goal of this conference is to foster cross-disciplinary interaction in
emerging technologies that are approaching sufficient maturity for initial
commercialization. By providing insights from academia, research, industry,
and funding communities the conference will foster discussions on
interactions of emerging technologies, and the insights that can be
harvested from other disciplines.

Major areas of interest for this conference are:

Trusted and Reliable Systems
Interconnected Computing
Integrated Bio/hardware/software Systems


Here are the important dates:

Conference Dates: August 25, 2003 and August 26, 2003 
Technical Sessions Proposals due date: March 17, 2003 
Papers, Research Reports and Posters due date: May 1, 2003 
Notification of acceptance: June 2, 2003 
Registration: June 20, 2003 
Camera-ready papers due date: June 27, 2003

For further information, contact Saeed Rahimi of the University of St.
Thomas (skrahimi@stthomas.edu).