Next Generation Networks Standardisation

Since the creation of the NGN Focus Group in 2004, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is in the process, through its newly established study groups at its World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly (WTSA’08) held in South Africa in October 2008, of developing standardisation of next generation networks to address the above and other equally important issues in the context of convergence.

About the Event

In association with the ITU, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) is organising a forum on “Next Generation Networks Standardisation” in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 7 - 10 April 2009.

The event is hosted by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka. It will bring together ITU experts, officials from government and regulatory agencies, and industry leaders actively involved in the approval, monitoring, manufacturing, planning or deployment of next generation communications equipment and services.

As such, this gathering is designed to offer a unique platform to:

* Explain the latest developments on NGNs architecture, service requirements, network capabilities, and migration

* Understand the ongoing changes in ITU-T working methods on NGN and beyond, as well as its new mandate on IPv6

* Appreciate security issues, including cyber security

* Review the new ITU agenda on telecommunications standards, including on global greenhouse gas emissions, traffic accounting principles, and QoS

* Learn from existing ongoing NGN and fixed-mobile integration case studies from various operators from Asia-Pacific and beyond

* Discuss policy, regulatory and developmental issues related to NGNs

* Report on the main results of the ITU-T WTSA-08, including resolutions related to developing countries, conformity and interoperability issues and bridging the standardisation gap …and much more

Speakers will include members of ITU-T Study Groups 11, 13 & 15, technical experts from regulatory agencies, operations managers from operators, and technical managers from industry manufacturers, including:

* Malcolm Johnson, Director, Telecommunication Standardisation Bureau, ITU
* Priyantha Kariyapperuma, Director General, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
* N. K. Goyal, Chairman, Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturers Association, India
* Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Operating Officer, TM, Malaysia
* Yogesh Kochar, Head E-government Business Unit, TATA Teleservices

Other invited speakers include:

* N. Mishra, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
* Kuldeep Goyal, Chairman, BSNL
* Paul Sullivan, CEO, SingTel Optus, Australia
* Ajay Ranjan Mishra, Global Head of Innovations Management, Nokia Siemens Networks
* Paul Wilson, Director General, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, Australia
* H.E. Mohamed Naser Al Ghanim, Director General, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, UAE
* David Burks, Director, Telecommunications Industry, Asia-Pacific, IBM, Singapore
* Nigel Dye, Director Business Development, Global Telecom Markets, BT Global Services
* Dr Hakan Ohlsen, Director, Access Standardisation, Ericsson
* Yap Ping, General Manager and Head, Regulatory Department, Maxis Communications, Malaysia
* Ian Buchanan, Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton, Sydney
* Anirban Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer, TN, Bharti Airtel

For speaking opportunities, contact Nomita at +44 20 8834 1573 or email [email protected]

If your organisation seeks to take advantage of the high exposure that this event will provide, there are various sponsorship packages available to communicate your market leadership and ensure direct access to senior decision makers. For more information, please contact Mehedi Khan at +44 208 834 1611 or email [email protected]

To contact ITU for this event, email [email protected]