IEEE Middle East Conference on Communications and Networking

The inaugural IEEE Middle East Conference on Communications and Networking (MECOM) will take place 17-20 November 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and will be held annually in the countries within the region of the Middle East. IEEE MECOM will bring together visionaries in academia, research labs and industry from all over the world to the Middle East, with programming that will address many of the outstanding challenges that exist in the areas of communications and networking. The conference will solicit research papers on a wide range of research topics, spanning both theoretical and systems research along with vertical technologies. There are several trends that have shaped the telecom industry in the Middle East over the last few years. The first and most noticeable trend is that the race for faster, more reliable technology has continued and the gap between technology leaders and late adopters has increased. The Gulf countries — the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar — have been the leaders in rolling out 5G technology and offering it commercially. IEEE Communications Society aims at engaging local IEEE Sections, ComSoc Chapters, and possibly Sister Societies, from all over the Middle Eastern region.