The Shannon Foundation, founded in 1990, is a non-for-profit corporation under Dutch law chartered for the advancement of the Information- and Communication Theory and its applications and sciences in all their branches by, among other means, making grants, endowment of university chairs, publishing books and conference proceedings, and holding conferences.

The Shannon Foundation conferences program was initiated in 1990 to further small, leading edge conferences. It is administered by a proactive committee which identifies new areas, recruits chairs, monitors existing series, and which welcomes unsolicited proposals. Some 15 conferences and workshops have been held with attendance generally in the range of 50 to 150. Conferences are intensive and generally last one to three days. They are held in Europe and Japan. The conference program's goal is to be self supporting. The current chairman is Prof. Dr. Han A.J. Vinck.

The Shannon Foundation Publishers publishes books and Conference Proceedings. A list of available books and proceedings can be found here.

Mailing Address:
Shannon Foundation,
Att.: Veerle Vanneste,
Willemskade 15 d, 3016DK Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Fax: +31 842 215732
Email: secretary(at)shannonfoundation.org

Last updated on October 2006