President:
Prof. Branka Zovko-Cihlar, D.Sc.
Vice-president:
Božidar Radanović, M.Sc.
Secretary:
Prof. Viljem Jerič, D.Sc.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Miljenko Dunatov, Tankerkomerc,
Zadar (CRO)
Milan Goja, Tankerska plovidba,
Zadar (CRO)
Sonja Grgić, University of Zagreb,
Zagreb (CRO)
Damir Gulin, Croatian Navy,
Split (CRO)
Zlatko Lenardić, Lenardić d.o.o.,
Zagreb (CRO)
Branka Medved Rogina, Institute "Ruđer Bošković", Zagreb (CRO)
Ivan Pupovac, Tankerska plovidba,
Zadar (CRO)
Božidar Radanović, Brodarski Institute,
Zagreb (CRO)
Karolj Skala, Institute "Ruđer Bošković",
Zagreb (CRO)
Luciano Stifanich, Shipyard "3.MAJ",
Rijeka (CRO)
Ante Tićac, Faculty of Maritime
Studies,Rijeka (CRO)

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Vladimir Brlić, Croatian Post and
Telecommunications, Zagreb (CRO)
Pavel Cukrov, Croatian Navy,
Split (CRO)
Marek Domański, Poznań University
of Technology, Poznań (POL)
Kálmán Fazekas, Technical University
of Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Janus Filipak, University of Mining and
Metallurgy, Kraków (POL)
Jože Furlan, University of Ljubljana,
Ljubljana (SLO)
Janez Gril, Telekomunikacije Slovenije,
Celje (SLO)
Táňa Kováčiková, University of
Transport and Communication,
Žilina (SK)
Andy Kucar, University of Ottawa,
Ottawa (CAN)
Boris Kviz, University of Zagreb,
Zagreb (CRO)
Pavol Podhradský, Slovak Technical
University, Bratislava (SK)
Christel Stakkestad, Concilium Marine,
Göteborg (SWE)
Csabz Szabo, Technical University of
Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Endre Tóth, University of Budapest,
Budapest (HU)
Božidar Vojnović, Ruđer Bošković
Institute, Zagreb (CRO)
Rudi Zorko, VCS d.o.o.,Ljubljana (SLO)
Branka Zovko-Cihlar, University of
Zagreb, Zagreb (CRO)

INFORMATION

Phone/Fax:
+ 385 1 6129 839

E-mail:
not available

URL:
http://www.vcl.fer.hr/elmar

40 years of



40^th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ELMAR'98
Electronics in Marine
&
2^nd UNIVERSITY SAILING REGATTA ELMAR'98

June 23-25, 1998 - Zadar, Croatia

sponsored by FER and in association with IEEE Croatia Section

First Announcement
Call for Papers

ELMAR - Croatian Society Electronics in Marine encourages the exchange of ideas and experience among different specialists engaged in research, development, design and application in the field of marine electronics and a wide range of related fields. The society was established in 1959 in Zadar, Croatia. Since then, the scope of its activities has been considerably expanded.SYMPOSIUM SECTIONS

· Radiocommunications (RC)
· Optoelectronics
· Telecommunications (TC)
· Acoustics and Vibrations (AV)
· Multimedia Communications (MC)
· Ship Power Systems (PS)
· Navigation (NA)
· Sea Ecology (SE)
· Fleet Management (FM)
· General Topics (GT)
· Automation (AU)CALL FOR PAPERS - Authors are invited to submit the registration form for preliminary registration by December 10, 1997 and full papers (5-page limit) for review by February 15, 1998. The papers should be written in English. Accepted papers will be published in the Symposium Proceedings. Submission please send to:

Prof. Branka Zovko-Cihlar, D.Sc.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Department of Radiocommunications - ELMAR'98
10000 Zagreb, Unska 3, CROATIA

AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE

SUPPORT PROGRAMMES - Round table will be organized on the topic GMDSS - Potentials and Limitations. The moderator is Prof. Ante Tićac D.Sc.Mini-exhibition facilities will be available for firms wishing to display their products, services, hardware & software and literature relating to the Symposium topics. The companies whishing to participate in the exhibition are kindley requested to contact the Symposium Secretariat for further details.ACCOMPANYING EVENTS - An international sailing regatta will be organised for the participants and guests of the Symposium. Further organisational details will be supplied in the second announcement.
The official Web page of University Sailing Regatta ELMAR'98 you can find at http://mipro.irb.hr/regata_en.htm

ACCOMMODATION & TRAVEL - There are good connections by aeroplane, rail and bus which make Zadar a very accessible centre. The accomodation will be in the hotel complex BORIK in Zadar situated in lovely pine woods surrounded by flowering parks on a sandy-pebbly beach. BORIK hotels are 3.5 km away from the town centre and 13 km from Zadar airport. For further information see http://www.st.carnet.hr/zadar/index2.html