TIA President Grant Seiffert moderated a lunchtime executive panel on regulation, innovation and competitiveness today at GLOBECOM 2007, an Institute of Electrical and Eelectronics Engineers (IEEE) conference,here in Washington, featuring leading policy executives from top communications industry companies.  GLOBECOM 2007 marked the 50th anniversary of the annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference with an innovation and education-themed expo and symposium this week.

Discussing the top regulatory concerns of the day with Seiffert were Greg Farmer, Senior Vice President, Global Government Relations and International Trade, Nortel; Jake MacLeod, PVP & CTO, Engineering and Technology, Bechtel Communications; and Timothy J. Regan, Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Corning.

The panel discussed the most important legislative or regulatory initiatives currently pending in Washington, the proper role of the government in setting U.S. competitiveness standards, key drivers for innovation and investment, and the tension between cost concerns and long-term research and development needs.

For more information on TIA and its members policy advocacy, please contact Ian Martinez at imartinez@tiaonline.org or +1.703.907.7723.

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As part of its efforts to provide the most valuable information, sessions and programming possible for attendees, NXTcomm is seeking the next generation of thought leaders to speak at its 2008 event in Las Vegas during its Call for Speakers recruitment process. The NXTcomm08 Call for Speakers is now open; deadline for submissions is Friday, November 30. Click here for more information, guidelines for submission and the NXTcomm 2008 Call for Speakers submission form.  NXTcomm08, the leading conference and tradeshow venue for the converged communications industry, comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center June 16-19 and will co-locate with InfoComm.

“If you have a topic, trend, business model or case study relevant to the future of voice, video, data and network-enabled IP communications, NXTcomm wants to hear from you,” NXTComm Executive Director Wayne Crawford said. “Our goal for NXTcomm08 is to build on the success of our 2007 debut and give attendees what they are most interested in, according to our research: useful technology- and business model-oriented conference programming and networking opportunities. Attendees want to hear from the best and the brightest in communications, and our plan is to use the NXTcomm Call for Speakers as an opportunity for individuals to make the case for speaking on the biggest stage in the industry — next year’s NXTcomm, in Las Vegas in June.”

NXTcomm 2008’s conference programming will consist of world-renowned keynote speakers plus several conference partners that will be announced in the coming weeks, as well as original NXTcomm programming that will delve deep into individual topics such as

• IPTV
• VoIP
• WiMAX
• IMS
• Home Networking
• Fixed Mobile Convergence
• Software as a Service
• Communications in the Enterprise
• Infrastructure
• Other industry-related topics suggested by conference partners and/or submission authors.

Proposals will be considered for both original NXTcomm programming sessions and sessions developed by NXTcomm conference partners. Submission authors will be notified via e-mail in late January 2008.

For questions about NXTcomm speaking opportunities, send an e-mail to Speaker@NXTcommShow.com.  For further information on NXTcomm, please contact Neil Gaffney at +1.703.907.7011 or ngaffney@NXTcommShow.com.

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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) will host a major event focusing on information and communications technologies (ICT) in motor vehicles. This event, The Fully Networked Car Workshop 2008, will be held March 5-7, 2008, during the 78th Geneva International Motor Show in Palexpo, Geneva.

Topics to be covered at The Fully Networked Car Workshop 2008 can be found at http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ict-auto/200803/.

The ITU has issued a call for abstracts for the workshop, including demonstrations of ICT in automobiles.  Potential presenters should submit a half-page abstract, including the title of the paper and the author’s full name, short biography, address, telephone and e-mail, to tsbcar@itu.int by Friday, November 16, 2007.  Presenters will be notified of their acceptance status by Friday, December 14, 2007, and should respond with presentations no later than Tuesday, January 29, 2008.

For information on the 2005 Workshop, go to http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ict-auto/200503/index.html; for information on the 2007 Workshop, go to http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ict-auto/200703/index.html. 

For more information on The Fully Networked Car Workshop 2008, please contact Tyler Messa at +1.703.907.7743 or tmessa@tiaonline.org.

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