UK ETSI MEMBERS’ CONFERENCE
The UK ETSI Members’ Conference provides a forum for the UK members to prepare for their participation in ETSI General Assembly meetings where representation is by National delegation, the conference is chaired by the head of the UK delegation to the ETSI General Assembly.
The next ETSI General Assembly meeting, No. 54 (GA#54) (which includes a Specially Convened Meeting) will be held in the Hotel Martinez, Cannes, France starting on Tuesday 24 November 2009 at 09h00 and will continue until 16h30 on Wednesday 25 November.
Registration for GA#54 is available at: http://webapp.etsi.org/MeetingCalendar/MeetingDetails.asp?mid=27346, whilst Collective Letter 09_2728r1, the ETSI Invitation and can be downloaded at: http://portal.etsi.org/docbox/C_Letter/CL2009/CL09_2728r1.pdf
The UK Members’ preparation for General Assembly, No. 54 is planned for Tuesday 17 November 2009, to be hosted by Wragge &Co, 3 Waterhouse Square, London, EC1N 2SW, Location Map at http://www.wragge.com/london.asp
UK ETSI Members’ will receive an invitation (via the UK Members’ e-mail list) with the registration details together with the first draft of the UK Members’ brief - the final version of the UK Members’ brief for GA#54 will be e-mailed following the preparatory meeting.
If you are a UK ETSI Member and are not in receipt of the UK Members’ mailings, then please advise at the e-mail address below.
Please Note: Security restrictions will require that all members’ notify their participation in advance - registration details to be advised later
BACKGROUND
ETSI – the European Telecommunications Standards Institute is based in Sophia Antipolis, France and is responsible for preparing voluntary and harmonised standards for the complete range of telecommunications, including radio and broadcast, products. Day to day management is the responsibility of the Director General, who is appointed by the General Assembly.
The ETSI General Assembly (GA) normally meets twice per year in the Acropolis Centre, Nice, France and is responsible for the overall ETSI policy, it appoints the Director General (DG) - the ETSI Board members and Board chairman and is supported by a Finance Committee and ad hoc groups as required.
GENERAL INFORMATION
ETSI’s best known product is GSM, the ‘Global System for Mobile’ communication, though originally the term GSM was the abbreviation for ‘Groupe Spéciale Mobile’, from the standardisation activity’s origins within CEPT, ETSI’s predecessor
ETSI Standards can be downloaded free of charge via the Publications Download Area, but note that only publicly available drafts and publications can be downloaded via this application
General Contact for UK ETSI members – mail@uketsi.org.uk