Welcomes
2013
Dear Participants of the 9th CNSM 2013!Over the past eight years the CNSM history took off with the 1st International Week on Management of Networks and Services (MANWEEK 2005), which had been composed out of a set of technically related and previously run separate workshops and conferences, especially IEEE/IFIP DSOM, IEEE/IFIP MMSN, and IEEE IPOM.While MANWEEK took place as a joint week with those workshops as separate tracks in 2005 in Barcelona, Spain, 2006 in Dublin, Ireland, 2007 in San Jose, U.S.A., 2008 in Samos Island, Greece, and 2009 in Venice, Italy, the first and fully integrated program of the 6th Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM 2010) was hosted in Niagara Falls, Canada, followed by Paris, France in 2011, by Las Vegas, U.S.A. in 2012, and now in the 9th CNSM instance in Zürich, Switzerland.Thus, it is my pleasure to welcome you in my position as the CNSM 2013 General Chair and Local Arrangements Chair-and on behalf of the entire CNSM Organizing Committee and Local Arrangements Team-to the 9th CNSM!Since you are already holding this program in your hands, you have arrived by now safely to the beautiful location of Zürich, either by plane, train, or even car.Therefore, please find this program now at your hands as a guideline to your technical session planning for CNSM 2013 and its collocated workshops (ICQT 2013, SVM 2013, and SETM 2013), the conference venue, information on the social event and its excursions, conferences services, and last but not least on lots of activities in and around Zürich.As you will have noted, the public transport toward the Swissôtel in Zürich-Oerlikon is most likely the very shortest one you may have ever seen for any conference you may participate in!The 8 minutes travel by train or S-Bahn (so called fast, short distance trains in Switzerland) from the train station of the Zürich Unique Airport (ZRH) to the Oerlikon Bahnhof (station) and only an additional 60 m footpath from there to the hotel's entrance is not only a great coincidence, it is Zürich's dedication to offer a frequent, timely, and efficient public transport, running besides trains, S-Bahn, and tram lines also buses and boats on the same ticket!And you will learn during CNSM 2013 that this public transport is also working for CNSM's social program, supported by CNSM's provision of sponsored local transport tickets, separate ones for workshops and the main CNSM conference.Besides for its use within CNSM 2013 check out these tickets' wide travel options within Zürich's travel zone 110; main details are available on the route map provided in your participants' welcome package.And for sure, do not hesitate to talk to the Zürich local arrangements team and the CNSM 2013 reception desk for more detailed inquiries.During CNSM 2013 and its collocated workshops you can enjoy as a registered participant (please wear always your badge for room access) welcome and key note sessions, technical sessions, poster sessions, a round table and a panel, a modern hotel of up-to-date conference facilities, complimentary WLAN access, and a perfect setting for work, coffee breaks, and joint lunches.Note that meeting attendees may see a slightly different setting.Last but not least it is my pleasure to address many thanks to the sponsors of CNSM and its collocated workshops ICQT 2013, SVM 2013, and SETM 2013, especially the Communication Systems Group CSG of the University of Zürich UZH, DMTF, Orange, MAKI, IBM, Intracom Telecom, the Canton of Zürich, and the City of Zürich, who help to make your experience of CNSM 2013 a unique one!Also, CNSM 2013 is pleased to acknowledge the support by IFIP, the technical co-sponsoring by the IEEE Computer Society, the in-cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM, and the University of Zürich UZH.Thus again, the entire Zürich local arrangements team wishes you a very warm welcome, a highly successful conference and workshops, productive meetings, new contacts and ideas, and some great days out in and around the city of Zürich!