The IEEE Communications Society, the IFIP – International Federation for Information Processing, the Organizing Committee and the patrons of NOMS 2008 invite you to participate at this prestigious event that will be held at the city of Salvador da Bahia in Brazil, from 07 to 11 April 2008. For the first time, and after been held in many places over the world since 1988, NOMS now goes to a south hemisphere country.

Many interesting technical and social activities have been prepared to provide for attendees ahigh level program, including presentations by many international experts in subjects related to the theme of the conference, that is focused on the management of an each time more pervasive IT world. The interest in this issue of NOMS can be seen by the record number of submitted papers and attendee registrations so far.

The programs include sessions to present 64 technical papers, 12 application papers, exhibition of more than 70 technical posters, 4 software tools demonstration, 8 Ph.D. thesis digests presentation, 6 panels, 4 keynote speeches, 8 tutorials, 6 workshops, and more.

An exciting social program is waiting for you and your family in Salvador, the first city of Brazil and that keeps attractive by its architecture, wonderful nature, culture, and very hospitable people.

There are still chance to participate as a presenter in the various workshops that are now accepting paper submission. Please check this web-site for more information.