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Provisional Programme

ITU Forum on Conformance and Interoperability for the Americas region

Brasilia (Brazil)
12-15 June 2012

 

 

  

 

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4

Day 1 (12 June 2012)

Registration: 8:00

9:30 – 10:00 hours

Opening Session
Chair of the Forum: Anatel

  • Welcome address from the Chair of the Forum: Marcus Vinicius Paolucci, Superintendence of Radio-frequency (Anatel)
  • Opening remarks from ITU: Paolo Rosa (ITU)
Coffee break: 10:00 - 10:30 hours

10:30 – 12:00 hours

Session 1: ITU Activities on Conformance and Interoperability
Chair: Bill McCrum (ITU Expert)

This session will review the ITU Resolutions on conformity and interoperability. It will show the ITU C&I programme implementation including an overview on the ITU Conformity Database and the ITU C&I Portal

Lunch break: 12:00 - 13:45 hours

13:45 - 15:30 hours

Session 2: International Organizations: Standards, Procedures and Cooperation
Chair: Jeferson Fued Nacif, Head International Affairs, Anatel

This session will consider the applicability of the global system for conformity assessment (ISO/CASCO Toolkit) and the views of global institutions in this field such as UNIDO, ILAC, IAF, COPANT, ISO and IEC including their approach to Conformity Assessment, Interoperability, Certification and Mutual Recognition Agreements and Arrangements

Coffee break: 15:30 - 16:00 hours

16:00 - 17:30 hours

Session 3: Conformity Assessment and Interoperability
Chair: Andrew Kwan

This session will consider the conformity assessment procedures set up by various organizations, test suites, certification schemes especially from experiences gained in the Americas region. The view of the industry with respect to conformity assessment and certification will be also considered.

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4

Day 2 (13 June 2012)

8:45 – 10:30 hours

Session 4: Certification, Accreditation, Regulations: the approach for the Americas region
Chair: Keith Mainwaring

This session will present the situation of the region with respect to laboratories, accreditation and certification schemes, regulators and industry views.

Followed by discussions

Coffee break: 10:30 - 11:00 hours

11:00 – 12:30 hours

Session 5: C&I Policies, MRAs and needs in the region: the experience in developing countries
Chair: Jeferson Fued Nacif, Head International Affairs, Anatel

This session will consider the point of views of regulators concerning the need of certification of products to be entered in a national market and to fight counterfeit products. Proposals, experiences, certification and rules, solutions, TBT issues

Lunch break: 12:30 - 14:00 hours

14:00 - 15:30 hours

Session 6: Building Test Labs
Chair: Ouseph Padickakudi, UNIDO

This session will show some key elements of the BDT guidelines to set up laboratories in the region, strategies, best practices, costs, status in the industries and their labs.

Coffee break: 15:30 - 16:00 hours

16:00 - 17:30 hours

Session 7: Building Test Labs (continue)
Chair: Ouseph Padickakudi, UNIDO

This session will present the accreditation schemes that could be applied for the recognition by the ITU of conformity assessment bodies (Laboratories) and best experiences, IAF and ILAC procedures for MRAs and MLAs.

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4

Day 3 (14 June 2012)

8:30 – 10:00 hours

Session 8: Sharing Regional Accreditation of Test Labs and Certification of products experience
Chair: Paolo Rosa, ITU

This session will show best practices for labs accreditation, technologies covered, conformity assessment schemes, associated costs and procedures, products certification.

Coffee break: 10:00 - 10:30 hours

10:30 – 12:30 hours

Session 9: Panel Session vendors, operators and service providers: "Understanding the complexity of Interoperability"
Moderator/Session Chair: Bill McCrum (ITU Expert)

Panel: This panel will present the views of vendors, their proposals to create a win-win status able to meet the needs of customers and needs of the industry for the progress of the ITU C&I Programme

Followed by discussions

12:30 – 13:00 hours

Session 10: Formation of Interactive groups Pillars 1&2, Pillar 3 and Pillar 4
Organizer: Nigel Croft

Three interactive groups will make possible discussions among the participants to find possible solutions to a satisfactorily implementation of the four pillars of the ITU C&I programme Participants will be split in three groups.

Lunch break: 13:00 - 14:30 hours

14:30 – 16:00 hours

Session 10A:

Interactive session on Pillars 1 and 2 of
the ITU C&I Program: Conformity Assessment
and Interoperability

Session 10B:

Interactive session on Pillar 3 of
the ITU C&I Program: Capacity Building

Session 10C:

Interactive session on Pillar 4 of
the ITU C&I Program: Assistance for the creation of test centres in the Americas region

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4

Day 4 (15 June 2012)

9:00 – 9:30 hours

Session 11: Results of the interactive sessions
Organizer: Nigel Croft

 

Results of the breakout groups 10A, 10B and 10C: towards a contribution of the ITU C&I action plan.

9:30 – 10:30 hours

Session 12: Implementation of the C&I Programme and Action Plan
Moderators: Paolo Rosa and Riccardo Passerini (ITU)

Panel: Follow up for the implementation of the C&I programme in the region based on the results of the interactive sessions. Steps to be undertaken to facilitate the creation of regional test labs and to create capacity building opportunities at a regional level. Establishment of further actions economical, technical and regional presence.

Discussions with Panelists will follow - Report of the Session: File 1 - File 2

Coffee break: 10:30 - 11:00 hours

11:00 - 12:00 hours

Remarks and closing Ceremony

  • Riccardo Passerini, ITU
  • Marcus Vinicius Paolucci, Superintendence of Radio-Frequency (Anatel)

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4

 

 

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