INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
TELECOMMUNICATION
STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
FOCUS GROUP ON
SMART GRID
Smart-I-60Rev.1
English only
STUDY PERIOD 2009-2012
Original: English
WG(s):
All
Chicago, 29 November - 3 December 2010
DOCUMENT
Source:
TSB
Title:
Fourth meeting of the Focus Group on Smart Grid (FG Smart)
Chicago, 29 November - 3 December 2010
This document provides information on the fourth meeting of the Focus Group on Smart Grid (FG
Smart).
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The fourth meeting of the FG Smart is scheduled to take place in Chicago, USA, from 29
November to 3 December 2010 inclusive in conjunction with NIST Smart Grid Interoperability
Panel at the Grid-Interop 2010 Conference. Additional information on registration fee, hotels and
Grid-Interop 2010 timetable, etc. is provided in Annex A. Please note that participants must pay the
registration fee as shown in Annex A.
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The FG Smart is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members and Associates. It is also open to
any individual from a country which is a member of ITU and who is willing to contribute to the work.
This includes individuals who are also members or representatives of interested standards development
organizations.
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The items for discussion at the meeting will be made available on the Focus Group web page:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/focusgroups/smart/. Information related to the meeting as well as the
contributions received will also be made available on the Focus Group web page.
The meeting will open at 0930 hours on 29 November 2010. Participant registration will begin at
0900 hours.
The discussions will be held in English only.
The documents will be made publicly available. In preparing documents, please use the basic
template for the FG documents available from the Focus Group web page. Participants shall
submit input documents to FG Smart in electronic format to TSB as follows:
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contact TSB at tsbfgsmart@itu.int to receive a number (nnnn) for each document
prepare documents with a file name as follows: FG-Smart-I-nnnn (with the appropriate file
extension)
Contact:
TSB
Tel: +41 22 730 6356
Fax: +41 22 730 5853
Email: tsbfgsmart@itu.int
Attention: This is not a publication made available to the public, but an internal ITU-T Document intended only for use by the
Member States of ITU, by ITU-T Sector Members and Associates, and their respective staff and collaborators in their ITU related
work. It shall not be made available to, and used by, any other persons or entities without the prior written consent of ITU-T.
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using an FTP client, upload the document to the document drop folder in the FG Smart
FTP area, namely:
Host name: ifatemp.itu.int
Path: /t/fg/smart/docs/incoming
Note: contents of the document drop box can be read with a web browser at:
http://ifatemp.itu.int/t/fg/smart/docs/incoming/.
Documents will be processed by TSB and moved to the relevant read only folder:
http://ifatemp.itu.int/t/fg/smart/docs/1011-chi/in/
The deadline for document submission for this meeting is 25 November 2010. Please note that this
is a paperless meeting.
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To enable TSB to make the necessary arrangements concerning the organization of the
Focus Group meeting, please register via the on-line form at http://www.itu.int/ITUT/focusgroups/smart/ , as soon as possible, but not later than 15 November 2010. Please note
that pre-registration of participants to the meeting is carried out exclusively online. To easily
provide you with any updates concerning the meeting planning, please fill in your valid e-mail
address on your registration form.
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We would like to remind you that citizens of some countries are required to obtain a visa
in order to enter and spend any time in USA. The visa must be requested at least four (4) weeks
before the date of beginning of the meeting and obtained from the office (embassy or consulate)
representing USA in your country or, if there is no such office in your country, from the one that is
closest to the country of departure.
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Annex A
Meeting information for the 4th ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Grid
The meeting will be held in conjunction with NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel at the GridInterop 2010 Conference held in Chicago, IL, USA on November 29 – December 3, 2010.
The meeting will be starting on Monday 9:30 am, November 29 and ends Friday, December 3 at
approximately 5:00 pm.
The meeting venue is the Donald E Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont,
Illinois, USA 60018. The official hotel for the meeting is the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, 9300 Bryn
Mawr Avenue, Rosemont, Illinois, USA 60018. Tel: +1 847 696 1234. Fax: +1 847 698 0139.
Hotel conference rate is US$ 119/night, please reserve you room soon, the cut off date is November
11. Please mention group code “sgip”. You can also do it only line at
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/kcla .
Since the ITU-T meeting will be held at the Grid-Interop meeting site, you need to register at it web
page, http://www.grid-interop.com/2010/#registration. The registration fee is as follows:
Early
Normal
Late
to Oct/18
Oct /19 - Nov/ 15
from Nov/16
Full Pass - Four Days
$810
$900
$990
Tuesday
$180
$200
$220
Wednesday - Friday (per day)
$270
$300
$330
Full Pass - Four Days
$630
$700
$770
Tuesday
$135
$150
$165
Wednesday - Friday (per day)
$202
$225
$248
Full Pass - Four Days
$540
$600
$660
Tuesday
$112
$125
$138
Wednesday - Friday (per day)
$180
$200
$220
Regular Registration
Government & Academic Registration
Speaker Registration
Since the week before the meeting is the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, this will be one of peak air
travel days, please make your flight arrangement soon.
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The following is the tentative SGIP meeting schedule. You are free to attend any sessions.
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