This forum may wish to know that numerous officials from telecomms regulatory and approvals bodies around the globe and other experts are gathering in the USA in October. They include:
· Piero Ravaioli, Head of Unit, Implementation of EU Telecom Law, DG XIII, European Commission · Art Wall, Chief, Customer Service Branch, Federal Communications Commission · Mary Saunders, Chief, Office of Standards Services, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology · William Corbett, Director, Telecom Goods and Services, U.S. Trade Administration · Bill Garrison, Director, International Communications Studies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies · Bill McCrum, Director of Standards and Interconnection, Industry Canada · Jonathon Streeter, Manager, Global Technology Policy, Telecommunications Industry Association · Andy Kwan, Deputy Director, Standards and Interconnection, Industry Canada · Henry Mar, Manager Interconnection Standards, Industry Canada · Alexander Castro, General Manager Certification and Engineering, ANATEL, Brazil · Enrique Melrose, Commissioner of Telecommunications Standards and Technology, Commission de Federal Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL), Mexico · Daniel O Lupi, Director, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Industrial, Argentina · Toshiro Nagasawa, Director and General Manager, Equipment Approvals Department, Japan Approvals Institute · Kim Hoe-Soo, Deputy Director, Monitoring Division, Ministry of Information and Communication, Republic of Korea · Kim Wha Young, Deputy Director, Ministry of Information and Communication, Republic of Korea · Doug Burrus, Manager Access Standards, Telecom New Zealand · Nape Maepa, Chairman, South Africa Regulatory Authority (SATRA) · Boris Goldstein, Technical Director, Head of Branch, Leningrad R&D Institute of Telecommunications · Csaba Szathmary, Senior Counsellor, Licensing and Inspection, Communication Authority Hungary · Abdul Ghani bin Zainal Abidin, Assistant Director of Networks and Services, Jabatan Telemunikasi, Malaysia Regional Disability Regulation and Global Product Platforms Steve Crosby, Regulatory Standards Manager, Lucent Technologies Canadian Provisional ADSL Requirements Henry Mar, Manager Interconnection Standards, Industry Canada European Union Perspective - ADSL Requirements (UK, Germany, Switzerland) Martin Lambert, BABT Product Service They are getting together to speak at the 1998 Global Telecoms Conformity Conference (GTCC), 6-8 October 1998, in Waltham, MA. The conference is organized by BABT Product Service and new information has just appeared on the web site which can be found at www.babtps.com along with news about CTR 21. Laurence Richardson
