| Day 1 – Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
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| Session 1: Introduction and Welcome |
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| 08.00 |
Registration |
| 08.30 |
Welcome and Introduction
Charles Curry, Managing Director & ITSF Chair,
Chronos Technology Ltd, UK |
| 08.40 |
Keynote Address
Timing Needs in 2020
Andy Reid, BT, UK |
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| Session 2: Applications (Case studies, Evolution, Services) |
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| 09:25 |
Introduction by Chair
Martin Kingston, Principal Engineer, Orange UK |
| 09.35 |
Overview of Future Sync Applications and Architecture Challenges
Sébastien Jobert, R&D Engineer, France Telecom, France |
| 10.05 |
Synchronization Issues from Packet Encapsulation to Air Interface in DVB-T2
Gilles Boime, Technical Manager, Temex, France |
| 10.35 |
Refreshments
Sponsored by:
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| 11.05 |
Network Content Synchronisation for MBSFN Transmission in 3G
Derek Richards, Consultant, IP Wireless, UK |
| 11.35 |
Time and Timing Issues within the Wireless Application Home Environment
Hugh Melvin, Dept. of Information Technology, National University of Ireland, Ireland |
| 12.05 |
Global Time for Overcoming Internet Challenges: Scalability with Guaranteed Performance
Prof. Yoram Ofek, Dept. of Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, Italy |
| 12.35 |
Lunch |
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| Session 2: Applications (Case Studies, Evolution, Services continued) |
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| 14.00 |
Introduction by Chair
Michael Mayer, Manager, Advanced Networks, Nortel Networks, Canada |
| 14.10 |
Keynote Address
Timing at the Turn of the (Last) Century
David Rooney, Greenwich Observatory Museum, UK |
| 14.40 |
Synchronization in Future VF Mobile Networks
Max Gasparroni, Assistant Chief Engineer, Vodafone Group Services Ltd, UK |
| 15.10 |
Mission Critical Transport Services Need Synchronisation - Diagnosing and Monitoring Sync. Behaviour
Tomas Johansson, Transmission Engineer, Banverket, Sweden |
| 15.40 |
Refreshments
Sponsored by:
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| Session 3: Technology (including Standards, Sync Distribution, Time and Timing) |
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| 16.10 |
Introduction by Chair
Ghani Abbas, Consultant, Ericsson, UK |
| 16.20 |
NGN Standards
Stefano Ruffini, Product Manager, Ericsson, Italy |
| 16.50 |
eLoran: Reliable Timing at the Edge?
Dr Sally Basker, Director of Research & Radio Navigation, General Lighthouse Authorities, UK
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| 17.20 |
IEEE 1588 in Mobile Networks - Migration Scenario
Antti Pietiläinen, Senior Specialist, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland |
| 17.50 |
End of Day 1
ITSF 2007 Conference Dinner |
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| 19.00 |
Conference Dinner
The IET, Riverside Room, London |
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Sponsored by:
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