Diary

ITU Conferences

The calendar for all ITU conferences and meetings can be found on the Web at: http://www7.itu.int/events-public

2000

10–15 April (Rio de Janeiro)

ITU Telecom Americas 2000

1–5 May (Istanbul, Turkey)

Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-2000)

8 May–2 June (Istanbul)

World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-2000)

19–28 July (Geneva)

Council 2000 (C-2000)

27 September–6 October (Montreal, Canada)

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-2000)

4–9 December (Hong Kong)

ITU Telecom Asia 2000

General Secretariat

19–28 July (Geneva)

Council 2000 (C-2000)

Telecommunication Development Sector

28 February–3 March (Geneva)

Third meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG) and related subgroups

11–15 September (Geneva)

Third meeting of Study Group 1

18–22 September (Geneva)

Third meeting of Study Group 2

9–13 October (Geneva)

Fourth meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG) and related subgroups

Radiocommunication Sector

6–14 January (Bangalore, India)

Task Group 1/5 (Unwanted emissions and the modification of Recommendation ITU–R SM.328-8 concerning out-of-band emissions)

17–20 January (Geneva)

RAG (Radiocommunication Advisory Group)

21 January (Geneva)

Information Exchange Meeting on Satellite Network Coordination and Notification Processes

24–28 January (Orlando, FL)

Working Party 7B (Space radio systems and radio astronomy)

24–28 January (Orlando)

Working Party 7C (Earth exploration satellite systems and meteorological elements)

24–28 January (Orlando)

Working Party 7D (Radio astronomy)

25–27 January (Geneva)

Task Group 10/6 (Digital sound broadcasting at frequencies below 30 MHz)

31 January–3 February (Orlando)

Joint Rapporteurs Group 7D-9D (Frequency sharing between space science services and the fixed service)

2–8 February (Munich, Germany)

Working Party 3K (Point-to-area propagation)

7–9 February (Geneva)

Working Party 11A (Television systems and data broadcasting)

7–9 February (Geneva)

Task Group 11/5 (Interactive television broadcasting system)

7–9 February (Geneva)

Joint Task Group 10-11 (Multimedia broadcast evolution and common content format)

10–11 February (Geneva)

Study Group 10 (Broadcasting service (sound))

10–11 February (Geneva)

Study Group 11 (Broadcasting service (television))

21–25 February (Geneva)

RRB (Radio Regulations Board)

21–29 February (Geneva)

Working Party 4A (Efficient orbit/spectrum utilization)

28 February–3 March (Abidjan)

WRC-2000 Information Meeting

28 February–10 March (Geneva)

Working Party 8A (Land mobile service excluding IMT-2000; amateur and amateur-satellite services)

3–7 April (Islamabad)

Regional Radiocommunication Seminar

1–5 May (Istanbul)

Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-2000)

8 May–2 June (Istanbul)

World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-2000)

5–9 June (Istanbul)

CPM (Conference Preparatory Meeting)

5–9 June (Istanbul)

CVC (Radiocommunication Study Group Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen Meeting)

28 June–11 July (Geneva)

Working Party 3K (Point-to-area propagation)

28 June–11 July (Geneva)

Working Party 3M (Point-to-point and Earth-space propagation)

29 June–11 July (Geneva)

Working Party 3J (Propagation fundamentals)

4–10 July (Geneva)

Working Party 3L (HF propagation)

12–13 July (Geneva)

Study Group 3 (Radiowave propagation)

11–15 September (Geneva)

RRB (Radio Regulations Board)

13–19 September (Geneva)

Working Party 10B (Terrestrial sound broadcasting at frequencies above 30 MHz)

13–19 September (Geneva)

Joint Working Party 10-11Q (Audio and video quality assessment)

13–19 September (Geneva)

Joint Working Party 10-11R (Recording for broadcasting)

13–21 September (Geneva)

Working Party 11C (Terrestrial television (emission and planning parameters))

13–22 September (Geneva)

Joint Working Party 10-11S (Satellite broadcasting)

14–22 September (Geneva)

Working Party 11A (Television systems and data broadcasting)

18–21 September (Geneva)

Working Party 10C (Audio-frequency characteristics of sound broadcasting signals)

18–21 September (Geneva)

Task Group 11/5 (Interactive television broadcasting system)

18–21 September (Geneva)

Joint Task Group 10-11 (Multimedia broadcast evolution and common content format)

18–22 September (Geneva)

Working Party 10A (Sound broadcasting at frequencies below 30 MHz and antennas for sound broadcasting)

18–22 September (Geneva)

Working Party 11B (Digital television (source coding))

18–26 September (Geneva)

Working Party 9D (Sharing with other services (except for the fixed-satellite service))

19–26 September (Geneva)

Working Party 9A (Performance and availability, interference objectives and analysis, effects of propagation, and terminology)

19–27 September (Geneva)

Working Party 9B (Radio-frequency channel arrangements, radio system characteristics, interconnection, maintenance and various applications)

25–27 September (Geneva)

Study Group 10 (Broadcasting service (sound))

25–27 September (Geneva)

Study Group 11 (Broadcasting service (television))

27–29 September (Geneva)

Working Party 4SNG (Satellite news gathering (SNG), outside broadcast via satellite)

27–29 September (Geneva)

Working Party 9C (HF systems)

27 September–5 October (Geneva)

Working Party 4A (Efficient orbit/spectrum utilization)

27 September–5 October (Geneva)

Working Party 4-9S (Frequency sharing between the fixed-satellite service and the fixed service)

29 September–5 October (Geneva)

Working Party 4B (Systems, performance, availability and maintenance)

6 October (Geneva)

Study Group 4 (Fixed-satellite service)

9–17 October (Geneva)

Working Party 7A (Time signals and frequency standard emissions)

9–17 October (Geneva)

Working Party 7B (Space radio systems and radio astronomy)

9–17 October (Geneva)

Working Party 7C (Earth exploration satellite systems and meteorological elements)

9–17 October (Geneva)

Working Party 7D (Radio astronomy)

9–20 October (Geneva)

Working Party 8A (Land mobile service excluding IMT-2000, amateur and amateur-satellite services)

16–27 October (Geneva)

Working Party 8D (All mobile satellite services and radiodetermination satellite service)

17–27 October (Geneva)

Working Party 8B (Maritime mobile service including Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS); aeronautical mobile service and radiodetermination service)

18–19 October (Geneva)

Study Group 7 (Science services)

23–31 October (Geneva)

Working Party 1A (Engineering principles and techniques, including computer-aided analysis for effective spectrum management)

23–31 October (Geneva)

Working Party 1B (Principles and techniques for spectrum planning and sharing)

23–31 October (Geneva)

Working Party 1C (Techniques for spectrum monitoring)

23–31 October (Geneva)

Task Group 1/5 (Unwanted emissions and the modification of Recommendation ITU–R SM.328-8 concerning out-of-band emissions)

30–31 October (Geneva)

Study Group 8 (Mobile radiodetermination amateur and related satellite services)

1–2 November (Geneva)

Study Group 1 (Spectrum management)

6–10 November (Geneva)

Radiocommunication Seminar

20–24 November (Geneva)

RRB (Radio Regulations Board)

Telecommunication Standardization Sector

24 January–4 February (Geneva)

Study Group 4 (TMN and network maintenance) and its Working Parties

2–10 February (Geneva)

Study Group 8 (Characteristics of telematic systems)

7–18 February (Geneva)

Study Group 16 (Multimedia services and systems) and its Working Parties

21–25 February (Geneva)

Study Group 5 (Protection against electromagnetic environment effects) and its Working Parties

28 February–10 March (Kyoto, Japan)

Study Group 13 (General network aspects) and its Working Parties

7–17 March (Geneva)

Study Group 2 (Network and service operation) and its Working Parties

20–31 March (Geneva)

Study Group 7 (Data networks and open system communications) and its Working Parties

3–14 April (Geneva)

Study Group 15 (Transport networks, systems and equipment) and its Working Parties

5–14 April (Geneva)

Study Group 3 (Tariff and accounting principles including related telecommunications economic and policy issues) and its Working Parties

8–12 May (Geneva)

Study Group 6 (Outside plant) and its Working Parties

9–19 May (Geneva)

Study Group 12 (End-to-end transmission performance of networks and terminals) and its Working Parties

15–19 May (Geneva)

Study Group 9 (Television and sound transmission) and its Working Parties

7–14 June (Geneva)

TSAG (Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group)

27 September–6 October (Montreal)

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-2000)

Conferences external to the ITU

2000

10–11 January (London)

Mobile IP

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

10–21 January (Gainesville, FL)

Seventh International Training Program on utility regulation and strategy

Tel.: +1 352 392 6148

Fax: +1 352 392 7796

E-mail: purcecon@dale.cba.ufl.edu

http://www.cba.ufl.edu/eco/purc

17–19 January (London)

Broadcast @ Internet 2000

Tel.: +44 207 453 5495

Fax: +44 207 636 6858

E-mail: cust.serv@ibcuk.co.uk

http://www.ibctelecoms.com/ broadcast2000

18–20 January (Bordeaux, France)

ICIN 2000 — 6th International Conference on intelligence in networks

Tel.: +33 5 5615 1158

Fax: +33 5 5615 1160

E-mail: icin2000@adera.fr

http://www.adera.fr/icin2000

19–20 January (London)

Submarine fibre optic cables Summit 2000

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

24–25 January (London)

Network and service management

Tel.: +44 171 453 5495

Fax: +44 171 636 1976

E-mail: cust.serv@ibcuk.co.uk

http://www.ibctelecoms.com/nsm

26–27 January (London)

Value added services through intelligent networks

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

30 January–2 February (Honolulu, HI)

22nd Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference — PTC2000: a new vision for the 21st century

Tel.: +1 808 941 3789

Fax: +1 808 944 4874

E-mail: genevieve@ptc.org

http://www.ptc.org/ptc2000

2–3 February (London)

IP telephony 2000

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

21–22 February (London)

Interconnect billing

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

23–24 February (London)

MNS — Managed network services

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

24–25 February (London)

Broadband On-line Entertainment & Media Legal Forum

Tel.: +44 207 453 5492

Fax: +44 207 636 6858

E-mail: cust.serv@ibcuk.co.uk

http://www.ibc-uk.com/ML175

28–29 February (London)

IP based VPNs

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

13–14 March (London)

Data over mobile

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

20–21 March (London)

Valuation and forecasting for telecoms

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

25–28 March (Beirut)

ARABCOM 2000 — Congress and exhibition on telecommunication development for the Arab States

Tel.: +961 5 450 212

Fax: +961 5 455 477

E-mail: ktayar@arabcom.com

http://www.arabcom.com

27–28 March (London)

Speech recognition for mobile

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

29–30 March (London)

Cable telephony

Tel.: +44 171 252 2222

Fax: +44 171 252 2272

10–14 April (Honolulu, HI)

NOMS 2000 — Network Operations and Management Symposium (IEEE/IFIP)

Tel.: +1 212 705 8941

Fax: +1 212 705 8999

E-mail: noms2000@comsoc.org

http://www.noms.org/2000

27–30 June (Wroclaw, Poland)

15th International Wroclaw Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility

E-mail: emc@il.wroc.pl

http://www.emc.wroc.pl

10–13 July (Guildford, United Kingdom)

Eighth International Conference on HF radio systems and techniques

Tel.: +44 171 344 5471

Fax: +44 171 240 8830

E-mail: hf2000@iee.org.uk

http://www.iee.org.uk/Conf/