Future Network and MobileSummit 2010 takes place in the Historical City of Florence, 16 - 18 June 2010. This is the nineteenth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 600 delegates from industry and research to share experiences and research results, identify future trends, discuss business opportunities and identify opportunities for international research collaboration under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7 (FP7). It will thus contribute to showcasing European research in the field, and position it within the multiplicity of related initiatives supported in other regions of the world.

In the context of convergence, the 19th Future Network and MobileSummit will address the challenges of building the Future Internet, based on mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications infrastructures.

Supported by the European Commission and eMobility, the reputation of the Future Network and MobileSummit (previously known as ICT-MobileSummit) is based on high quality networking, plenary sessions that discuss strategic issues in core thematic areas and paper sessions that showcase original results in all areas of mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications systems and networks.

Plenary speakers confirmed to date include:

- Dr Roberto Saracco, Director, Telecom Italia, Italy

- Jean Charles Hourcade, Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France

- Mario Campolargo, Director, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission

- Prof. Yrjö Neuvo, Research Director, Aalto University, Finland (Former CTO of Nokia)

- Alberto Lotti, Director, Alcatel-Lucent, Italy

- Ezio Zerbini, Head of Technology, Ericsson

The Scientific Programme (which incorporates Radio Access and Spectrum, Converged and Optical Networks, Future Internet Technologies) is based on an open Call for Papers which closed on 08 December 2009. The Advance Programme will be published in mid February.

Future Network and MobileSummit 2010 is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Italy Section, IEEE Italy Communications Chapter and IEEE Italy Computer Chapter.

The Call for Pre-Conference Workshops closed on 31 October 2009. Pre-conference workshops will be published in mid February with the publication of the Advance Programme.

The Call for Exhibitors will be published in late January with a closing date of 26 February 2010.