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Dear Colleagues, It appears it is likely IEEE Corporate Advisory Group will sponsor our planned one-day seminar on Friday, April 20th. The contract is not signed yet, but many of the key agreements have been reached. However, I have not received any responses regarding how many people at how many companies we can contact. It would be sad if we have to cancel the seminar because we fail to attract sufficient audience. To estimate the required room size please, let me know how many people and from which companies you will be able to invite (or that you suggest IEEE invites). Please contact other departments in your organizations who may have the necessary contacts in Europe. I expect that this seminar will be of most interest to telecom operators and MSOs who are not very active in standards bodies and may not be aware of latest FTTx developments. But other organizations (vendors, universities, regulatory bodies, etc.) are welcome as well. I think many organizations may be interested in attending meeting in Prague. It is one of the most beautiful places in Europe. You would be well advised to spend the weekend there, if possible. Although, the language may be hard to master, considering that many words lack vowels. For example, a useful phrase "stick a finger through your throat" would be written as "strč prst skrz krk". When spoken it makes sound very similar to what your throat would produce if a finger was actually stuck there. To help you better understand Czechs and their language, here is a popular Czech song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3tG1X5ewAg&feature=fvsr. Please, learn it – we will sing it at the meeting together instead of reciting the patent policy. Cheers, Glen From: Glen Kramer [mailto:gkramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Dear Colleagues, IEEE SA has finally signed a contract with the hotel and we are good to go to Prague on April 17-19. Meeting information details are posted at http://www.ieee1904.org/1/meeting_info/siepon_1204_mtg_info.pdf. I will continue to update this file as more information becomes available. As we discussed at the last meeting, this location presents an exciting opportunity to hold a seminar to introduce SIEPON ecosystem to local operators and equipment manufacturers. IEEE Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) is exploring the possibility to host such one-day event for our group. If CAG succeeds in securing funding for this seminar, we should plan on having this even on Friday, April 20th. When you make hotel reservations, please plan on remaining in Prague all day Friday. Here is the list of action items in preparation for April meeting: 1) Reserve hotel, per instructions in http://www.ieee1904.org/1/meeting_info/siepon_1204_mtg_info.pdf. Please, plan to remain in Prague through the Friday, April 20th. 2) Register for the meeting. Registration form is available at https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=iecs&formId=115292 3) To help us plan the seminar, please identify what business contacts you have in Europe and who would you like to see invited to this seminar. Please, let me know the companies and the number of people you plan to invite (but don’t invite anybody until the seminar is officially approved). I envision this seminar as a promotional even for the SIEPON technology. Every member company will be invited to participate and present, however we will not be talking about market positioning, development status, or differentiating factors of any particular company or any solution. Instead we will focus on technology capabilities, what problems we are solving in SIEPON and how we do it, the completeness of SIEPON ecosystem, including the certification program, and the advantages of developing this certification program at a shared cost. We are clarifying the details as we go here. Please, ask questions to make sure the event organizers are not overlooking any details Thank you, Glen |