Program for the Seminar on Future Network Evolution

Caracas, Venezuela, 14 May 2001

09:00- 09:30 Opening of the seminar Chaired by Mr. B. W. Moore, Chairman, ITU-T SG 13

09:30-10:00 Keynote address: Standardization market - ITU-T role Mr. H. Zhao, Director, TSB

10:00-10:45 ITU-T studies and products Mr. F. Bigi, Deputy Director, TSB

10:45-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 ITU-T Study Group 13 Structure and priorities

• GII Project
• IP Project
• Satellite matters
• B-ISDN

Mr. B.W. Moore, Lucent Technologies, UK, Chairman of Study Group 13 (Multi-protocol and IP-based networks and their interworking)

12:00-14:15 Lunch Break

Targets for the Study Group 13 Caracas Meeting

14:15-15:15 Presentation of WP 1/13 activities Mr. J.Y. Cochennec, Chairman of WP 1/13 (Project Management and Coordination)

Architectures and Interworking in ITU-T SG13 Mr. C.S. Lee, Chairman of WP 2/13, (Architectures and Interworking Principles)

Overview of WP3/13 Mr. Y. Maeda, Chairman of WP 3/13, (Multi-protocol Networks and Mechanisms)

Targets for the Study Group 13 Caracas Meeting Mr. N. Seitz, Chairman of WP 4/13 (Network Performance and Resource Management)

15:15-16:00 Priorities in standardization - Latin America Mr. A. Lezama, Manager of Telecommunication Services, CONATEL, Venezuela

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

Venezuela's operators' point of view

16:30-17:30 Wireless local loop Sr. C. Pérez, Gerente de Acceso, TELCEL

21st century - New networks environment Sr. C. Fuenmayor, Manager of the Technical Area of Interconnection, CANTV

17:30-17:45 General discussion and conclusion

17:45-18:00 Closing of the seminar

Presentations made during the ITU-T Study Group 13 meeting, Caracas

• Brain Storming on NGN (Mr. Lee Chae-Sub, Chairman of WP2/13, Korea Telecom)
• Conclusion