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 are listed 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 please 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.

TIA CTO Dan Bart was among the winners when the America National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the recipients of its 2007 Leadership and Service Awards last month.  According to ANSI, recipients are recognized for their "significant contributions to national and international standardization activities, as well as an ongoing commitment to their industry, their nation, and the enhancement of the global voluntary consensus standards system." 

Bart will receive the Howard Coonley Medal, which recognizes an executive "[who] has benefited the national economy through voluntary standardization and conformity assessment and has given outstanding support to standardization as a management tool."  ANSI cited Bart's active promotion of standardization programs and partnerships for the industry and his long careers with the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) and TIA.  This is Bart's second ANSI award; he won ANSI's Meritorious Service Award in 2004.

ANSI will honor Bart and 13 other recipients during an October 17 ceremony held in conjunction with the U.S. celebration of World Standards Week 2007.

For questions or comments about the award, please contact Ian Martinez at +1.703.907.7723 or imartinez@tiaonline.org.

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TIA will have a strong presence at the Telephony LIVE summit this October 10-11, with President Grant Seiffert participating in a key panel. TIA members qualify for discounts on registration.  The summit will address industry questions on the converged services, video services and enterprise services sectors.

The two-day summit, at the Westin Park Central in Dallas, features industry speakers and networkers from Clearwire, Verizon Communications, Time Warner Telecom, Tellabs, NewEdge Networks and others. 

Seiffert will sit on an October 10 panel, Technologies for the Transformation, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.  The panel will be comprised of high-level network technology convergence and integration experts, and will focus on the evolution of communications networks. The panel will be moderated by a Telephony editor and will take place in an executive roundtable format. It will be followed by the presentation of the Telephony Innovation Awards and a cocktail reception.

TIA members will save $100 on registration by using the promo code TIA01.

For more information, see the Telephony LIVE site or register now for reduced rates. TIA members can also contact Florence Sumaray at +1.703.907.7471 or fsumaray@tiaonline.org for more information.

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The Corporate Council on Africa will host the second annual U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference in Washington, D.C., October 8-10, 2007. The conference has obvious interest for TIA members, as Africa is an emerging market with much room for broadband and wireless development.

According to its mission statement, the Corporate Council on Africa is "a member organization dedicated to the increase and enhancement of investment and trade in Africa."  The conference will focus on investment and trade opportunities in key African growth sectors such as air, sea, road and rail transportation; urban development; water and sanitation; energy; maritime and food security; and information and communications technology.

Key infrastructure-related sponsors of the conference include GE, Raytheon and DynCorp International.

For more information on the conference, please visit http://www.africacncl.org/Events/Infrastructure_Conference_2007.asp.

For question or comments, please contact Adina Ellis of the Corporate Council at aellis@africacncl.org.

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This November, Tel Aviv, Israel, will host the 13th annual World Electronics Forum (WEF), a congress of global electronics association leaders.  TIA President Grant Seiffert will join his colleagues from around the world to work toward WEF's goal of discussing "major topics of common interest to the various associations," and using the opportunity to "exchange information on services and recent data within the electronics industries worldwide... [and] strengthen relations between associations for the benefit of our industries."

This year's WEF agenda includes the election of a new Secretariat, a report on the WEF 2006 meeting, reports on green manufacturing and waste management, international standards and technical regulations, venture capital in our industries, and a tour of key Israeli electronics industry players around the country. 

For questions or comments about the WEF, please contact Ian Martinez at +1.703.907.7723 or imartinez@tiaonline.org.

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