58 -- PUBLIC SAFETY LAND MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, SYSTEM INTEGRATORS, AND COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS PARTICIPATION IN A SUMMIT AND EXHIBIT

The Public Safety Wireless Network (PSWN) Program and the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) will co-sponsor a summit at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC, on June 11-12, 2002. (See www.pswn.gov or call 1-800-565-PSWN for additional information on the summit.) This summit is intended to stimulate networking and firsthand information exchanges, among attendees, equipment manufacturers, and commercial wireless service providers about current and emerging solutions to wireless communications interoperability among public safety land mobile radio (LMR) communications systems. The summit participants will include local, state, and federal chief information officers, congressional staffers, elected and appointed officials, and public safety executives. The PSWN Program envisions informative presentations by users of existing wireless solutions, manufacturers, and commercial service providers to include an opportunity for vendors to set up tabletop exhibits for participants to ask additional questions about their solutions. Vendor presentations (up to 7 slots) are planned for June 12, 2002 from 8:00-Noon. Dependent on vendor responses, each vendor will be given 30 minutes to make presentations including, but not limited to, vendor products, status of research and development activities, and compliance with published standards. The information should focus on technical solutions, but should be presented in an easy to understand format for participants from both more technical and less technical backgrounds. Up to 15 tabletop exhibits are planned for June 12, 2002 from 1:30 -3:30 p.m. Vendors will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The Summit co-sponsors will not provide transportation, per diem, or other resources or support for vendors participating in the discussion. Vendors desiring to send a representative to participate in the presentations and/or the tabletop exhibits should make their request via e-mail (preferred), by fax, or in writing to: Mrs. Carole Kirsch, PSWN Program, P.O. Box 3926, Fairfax, VA 22038, (E-mail [email protected], Phone: 703-279-2006, Fax: 703-279-2032). Requests must specify company and participant by name, and provide the following point-of-contact information: business mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address. Requests should be received no later than May 17, 2002. Participation in the summit and exhibit will be confirmed by May 24, 2002. Vendors confirmed to participate in the summit will be asked by the PSWN Program to review and approve all presentation materials (e.g., briefing slides).