Second meeting of the Focus Group on Smart Grid (FG Smart ...



|INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION |Focus Group on |

| |Smart Grid |

|TELECOMMUNICATION |Smart-I-60Rev.1 |

|STANDARDIZATION SECTOR | |

|STUDY PERIOD 2009-2012 | |

| |English only |

| |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).

1 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. Detailed information concerning the precise venue of the meeting along with the list of hotels and practical information will be provided as soon as practicable.

2 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.

3 The items for discussion at the meeting will be made available on the Focus Group web page:

. 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 1400 0930 hours on 29 November 2010. Participant registration will begin at 1330 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:

- 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)

- 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: .

Documents will be processed by TSB and moved to the relevant read only folder:

The deadline for document submission for this meeting is 18 25 November 2010. Please note that this is a paperless meeting.

4 To enable TSB to make the necessary arrangements concerning the organization of the Focus Group meeting, please register via the on-line form at , 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.

5 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.

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 Grid-Interop 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 .

Since the ITU-T meeting will be held at the Grid-Interop meeting site, you need to register at it web page, . The registration fee is as follows:

|  |Early |Normal |Late |

| | to Oct/18 |Oct /19 - Nov/ 15 |from Nov/16 |

|Regular Registration |

|Full Pass - Four Days |$810 |$900 |$990 |

|Tuesday |$180 |$200 |$220 |

|Wednesday - Friday (per day) |$270 |$300 |$330 |

|Government & Academic Registration |

|Full Pass - Four Days |$630 |$700 |$770 |

|Tuesday |$135 |$150 |$165 |

|Wednesday - Friday (per day) |$202 |$225 |$248 |

|Speaker Registration |

|Full Pass - Four Days |$540 |$600 |$660 |

|Tuesday |$112 |$125 |$138 |

|Wednesday - Friday (per day) |$180 |$200 |$220 |

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.

The following is the tentative SGIP meeting schedule. You are free to attend any sessions.

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