​​​​​​​​​​​​​​1.  Background

Following the IMT-2020 developing process “Submission/Reception of the RIT and SRIT proposals and acknowledgement of receipt” in accordance with Document IMT-2020/2(Rev.2)​, ITU-R Working Party (WP) 5D started the evaluation process for Independent Evaluation Groups (IEGs) as of its 31st meeting in Oct. 2018, in conjunction with the ongoing IMT-2020 development under Step 3 and Step 4 of the IMT-2020 process.​

Working Party 5D has received, at its July 2019 meeting, several candidate technology submissions for IMT-2020 from six proponents, under Step 3 of the IMT-2020 developing process. ​

WP 5D will hold a workshop on IMT-2020, focusing on the evaluation of the candidate terrestrial radio interfaces at its 33rd meeting taking place December 2019 in Geneva, at which interim evaluation reports are expected. This will help the IEGs understand the details of the proposed candidate technologies, and interact amongst themselves as well as other WP 5D participants. This workshop is a continuation of the previous one on IMT-2020 held in 2017, Munich, which addressed the process, requirements, and evaluation criteria for IMT-2020 as well as views from proponents on the developments of IMT-2020 radio interfaces and activities of the IEGs.

2.  ​Objectives

The objectives of the workshop are as follows;

• ​​​​to promote information sharing on IMT-2020;​
• to facilitate dialogue within ITU-R WP 5D and amongst the proponents as well as the evaluation groups; and in particular;
  

Draft Program of the Workshop

Note 1: The program and time schedule are subject to change.​

Note 2: The program of sessions 1 and 2 would be based on number of requests for presentation from the interested bodies.​

Note 3: For planning purposes: Session 1 presentations are anticipated to be ~ 10 mins each as the submission details have already been received by WP 5D and the IEGs. Session 2 presentations are anticipated to be ~ 20 mins each. Session 1 and Session 2 will have separate Q & A sessions outside of the presentation time slots.  Individual presentation slot time may be extended/allocated as the program evolves as indicated in Note 2 and the deadlines in Section 7 above.

4.  Schedule

The workshop will run from the 10th to 11th of December 2019 in conjunction with the 33rd meeting of WP 5D. Please refer to Attachment 2 for the anticipated high level time plan of the workshop and the WP 5D meeting.

In addition, in the course of meeting #33, the IEGs and proponents may wish to participate in the discussions in certain sessions of Working Party 5D meeting on Thursday and Friday.​

5.  Participants

WP 5D delegates, representatives from the proponents of the RITs/SRITs and representatives of the registered independent evaluation groups.​

6.  Workshop convener​

The convener of the workshop is Mr. Yoshino HONDA, Contact details are in Section 11.

7.  Critical deadlines

​The following deadlines are established to facilitate the arrangements of the workshop programme and to permit the convener to finalize the workshop organization and time allocations to the speakers.

• Deadline for participants to register​                                           10 December 2019 ​
  
• ​Convener provides consolidated workshop materials: ​              3 December 2019
• ​​​Final presentation ready materials to convener:                        25 November 2019​
  
• Request to present to convener (copy to SG 5 Counsellor):     before 15 November 2019
  

9.  Registration  

A separate registration for the workshop is not required for participants who registered for the 33rd meeting of WP 5D.

Participants not registered for the WP 5D Meeting (i.e. non-members of ITU-R / Study Group 5) must separately register for the workshop before 3 December 2019.

​The registration form (included in Section 11) may also be found here (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/study-groups/rsg5/rwp5d/imt-2020/Pages/submission-eval.aspx)

Additionally, participants specifically from RIT/SRIT proponents or registered Independent Evaluation Groups who register for the workshop will be able to join the WP 5D meeting #33 as invited guests in the related sessions, in accordance with the provisions of Resolution ITU-R 9-5.

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