1) Management Technologies
• Monitoring techniques
• Event correlation and root cause analysis
• Integrated control and management
• Performance and fault management
• Configuration and accounting management
• Resource inventory, planning, and allocation
• Service management and Service-oriented architectures
• Semantic modeling and management
• Biologically-inspired management systems and techniques
• Quality-of-Service (QoS) management
• Security management
• Mobility management
• Energy management
• Cross-layers management
2) Management for Networks, Services and Operational Experience
• Software Defined Networks (SDN)
• Smart Cities, Smart Grids
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Future Internet
• Content Distribution Networks (P2P, CDN, ICN)
• Virtual and Overlay Networks
• Data Centers, Storage Area Networks
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Wireless and Mobile Networks (Ad-Hoc, Mesh, Sensor, Vehicular)
• Smart Devices and Home Networks
• Broadband Access Networks
• Cognitive Radio Networks
• IP/MPLS Networks
• Optical Networks
• Heterogeneous Networks
• Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• IT Service Management
• Multimedia and Data Services
• QoE-Centric Management
• Service Discovery, Migration and Orchestration
• Resource Provisioning and Management
• Hosting and Virtualized Infrastructures
• OTT Service Management
• Management as a Service
3) Advanced Approaches for Management
• Theory (control, optimization, economic) for management
• Self-* and autonomic aspects of management
• Virtualization and its role in management
• IT process management
• Distributed, decentralized, and scalable management
• Policy and role based management
• Business impact analysis
• Economic models for management
• Programmable, active, and adaptive management
• Resilience, dependability, and survivability
• Evaluation and benchmarking of management systems and technologies
• Legal and ethical issues