The 11th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2008) will be held in Beijing China from October 22 to 24, 2008. The theme of APNOMS 2008 is "Challenges for Next Generation Network Operations and Service Management". Recently, various convergences in wired and wireless networks, and convergence of telecommunications and broadcastings are taking place for ubiquitous multimedia services. APNOMS 2008 will provide excellent opportunities for researchers, engineers, network planners, service providers and network operators in telecommunications to learn and share ideas, views, technologies and experiences on network/service operations and management.

Beijing is the capital of China and the hosting city of 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Beijing is the political, educational, and cultural center of China, where the participants can also enjoy the Chinese ancient as well as modern culture. The famous tourist sites such as Tinamen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heavens are within the city and the Great Wall and Ming Tombs are nearby.

- Issues on Internet Architecture, Hualin Qian (China Academy of Sciences, China)

- Towards New-Generation Networks: Japanese Approach, Masayuki Murata (Osaka University, Japan)

- A Key to Survive: Service-oriented Operation and Management for Accelerating Business Transformation, Tae Il Park (KT, Korea)

- Current and Upcoming Development in Network Technology, Lintao Jiang (China Academy of Telecommunication Research, China)