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Provisional
Programme
ITU Forum on Conformance and Interoperability
for the Americas region
Brasilia
(Brazil)
12-15 June 2012 |
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Day 1 -
Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4
Day 1
(12 June 2012)
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Registration: 8:00
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9:30 – 10:00 hours
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Opening Session
Chair of the Forum: Anatel
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Welcome address from
the Chair of the Forum: Marcus Vinicius Paolucci, Superintendence of
Radio-frequency (Anatel)
- Opening remarks from
ITU: Paolo Rosa (ITU)
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Coffee break: 10:00 - 10:30 hours |
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10:30 – 12:00 hours
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Session 1: ITU Activities on
Conformance and Interoperability
Chair: Bill McCrum (ITU Expert)
This session will review the ITU Resolutions on conformity and
interoperability. It will show the ITU C&I programme implementation
including an overview on the ITU Conformity Database and the ITU C&I
Portal
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Lunch break: 12:00 - 13:45 hours |
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13:45 - 15:30 hours |
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Session 2: International Organizations: Standards,
Procedures and Cooperation
Chair: Jeferson Fued Nacif, Head International Affairs, Anatel
This session will consider the applicability of the global system for
conformity assessment (ISO/CASCO Toolkit) and the views of global
institutions in this field such as UNIDO, ILAC, IAF, COPANT, ISO and IEC
including their approach to Conformity Assessment, Interoperability,
Certification and Mutual Recognition Agreements and Arrangements
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Coffee break: 15:30 - 16:00 hours |
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16:00 - 17:30 hours |
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Session 3: Conformity Assessment and
Interoperability
Chair: Andrew Kwan
This session will consider the conformity assessment procedures set up
by various organizations, test suites, certification schemes especially
from experiences gained in the Americas region. The view of the industry
with respect to conformity assessment and certification will be also
considered.
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Day 1 -
Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4
Day 2
(13 June 2012)
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8:45 – 10:30 hours
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Session 4: Certification,
Accreditation, Regulations: the approach for the Americas region
Chair: Keith Mainwaring
This session will present the situation of the region with respect to
laboratories, accreditation and certification schemes, regulators and
industry views.
Followed
by discussions |
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Coffee break: 10:30 - 11:00 hours |
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11:00 – 12:30 hours
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Session 5: C&I Policies, MRAs
and needs in the region: the experience in developing countries
Chair: Jeferson Fued Nacif, Head International Affairs, Anatel
This session will consider the point of views of regulators concerning
the need of certification of products to be entered in a national
market and to fight counterfeit products. Proposals, experiences, certification and rules, solutions, TBT
issues
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Lunch break: 12:30 - 14:00 hours |
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14:00 - 15:30 hours |
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Session 6: Building Test Labs
Chair: Ouseph Padickakudi, UNIDO
This session will show some key
elements of the BDT guidelines to set up laboratories in the region,
strategies, best practices, costs, status in the industries and their
labs.
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Coffee break: 15:30 - 16:00 hours |
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16:00 - 17:30 hours |
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Session 7: Building Test Labs (continue)
Chair: Ouseph Padickakudi, UNIDO
This session will present the accreditation schemes that could be
applied for the recognition by the ITU of conformity assessment bodies
(Laboratories) and best experiences, IAF and ILAC procedures for MRAs
and MLAs.
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Day 1 -
Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4
Day 3
(14 June 2012)
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8:30 – 10:00 hours
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Session 8: Sharing Regional
Accreditation of Test Labs and Certification of products experience
Chair: Paolo Rosa, ITU This
session will show best practices for labs accreditation, technologies
covered, conformity assessment schemes, associated costs and procedures,
products certification.
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Coffee break: 10:00 - 10:30 hours |
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10:30 – 12:30 hours
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Session 9: Panel Session
vendors, operators and service providers: "Understanding the complexity
of Interoperability"
Moderator/Session Chair: Bill McCrum (ITU Expert)
Panel:
This panel will present
the views of vendors, their proposals to create a win-win status able to
meet the needs of customers and needs of the industry for the progress
of the ITU C&I Programme
Followed by discussions |
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12:30 – 13:00 hours
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Session 10: Formation of Interactive groups
Pillars 1&2, Pillar 3 and Pillar 4
Organizer: Nigel Croft
Three
interactive groups will make possible discussions among the participants to find
possible solutions to a satisfactorily implementation of the four pillars of the
ITU C&I programme Participants will be split in three groups.
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Lunch break: 13:00 - 14:30 hours |
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14:30 – 16:00 hours
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Session 10A:
Interactive session on Pillars 1 and 2 of
the ITU C&I Program: Conformity Assessment
and Interoperability
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Session 10B:
Interactive session on Pillar 3 of
the ITU C&I Program: Capacity Building
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Session 10C:
Interactive session on Pillar 4 of
the ITU C&I Program: Assistance for the creation of test centres in the Americas
region
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Day 1 -
Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4
Day 4
(15 June 2012)
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9:00 – 9:30 hours
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Session 11: Results of the interactive
sessions
Organizer: Nigel Croft
Results of the breakout groups 10A, 10B and
10C: towards a contribution of the ITU C&I action plan. |
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9:30 – 10:30 hours
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Session 12: Implementation of
the C&I Programme and Action Plan
Moderators: Paolo Rosa and Riccardo Passerini (ITU)
Panel:
Follow
up for the implementation of the C&I programme in the region based on
the results of the interactive sessions. Steps to be undertaken to
facilitate the creation of regional test labs and to create capacity
building opportunities at a regional level. Establishment of further
actions economical, technical and regional presence.
Discussions with Panelists will follow - Report of the Session:
File 1 -
File 2 |
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Coffee break: 10:30 - 11:00 hours |
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11:00 - 12:00 hours |
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Remarks and closing Ceremony
- Riccardo Passerini, ITU
- Marcus Vinicius Paolucci,
Superintendence of Radio-Frequency (Anatel)
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Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4
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