Conference Day 1 - Wednesday, October 31 |
7:00-8:00 |
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
8:00-8:20 |
Welcome/Introduction |
Chuck Graff
Verizon, Director NEBS Compliance and Conference Chairman |
8:20-8:40 |
Keynote Address |
Jim Sylvester
Verizon, VP-Systems Integration & Testing |
8:40-10:00 |
GR-63 Fire Resistance Criteria |
Fire Resistance Criteria |
Bob Backstrom
Underwriters Laboratories |
| Fire Test Methods/Standards |
Brian Kushler
Telcordia Technologies |
| RBOC Viewpoints on Fire |
Chuck Graff
Verizon |
10:00-10:15 |
BREAK & EXHIBITS |
10:15-10:35 |
Virtual Tour of a Verizon Central Office
Get a unique look inside a Verizon Central Office |
10:35-11:00 |
Disaster Recovery - Effects on Electronics After a CO Fire |
Chao-Ming Liu
Telcordia Technologies |
11:00-12:00 |
Ask the Experts
RBOC and Industry Panel on Fire Resistance Criteria |
NEBS SMEs from all four RBOCs & Industry Leaders |
12:00-1:00 |
LUNCH & EXHIBITS |
1:00-2:45 |
GR-63 Earthquake/Thermal Criteria |
| NEBS Earthquake Criteria |
Larry Wong
SBC Communications |
Thermal Criteria and Test Methods |
Rich Kluge
Telcordia Technologies |
| GR-3028 New Thermal Requirements Document |
Magnus Herrlin
Telcordia Technologies |
2:45-3:10 |
BREAK & EXHIBITS |
3:10-3:45 |
Airborne Contaminants Criteria and Test Methods |
Francoise Sandroff
Telcordia Technologies |
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3:45-4:30 |
Ask the Experts
RBOC and Industry Panel on Earthquake, Thermal and Airborne Contaminants Criteria |
NEBS SMEs from all four RBOCs & Industry Leaders |
5:00-7:00 |
RECEPTION & EXHIBITS |
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| Conference Day 2 - Thursday, November 1 |
7:00-8:00 |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & EXHIBITS |
8:00-9:15 |
Vendor's Corner |
| HP's Approach to NEBS Compliance |
Frank Dembski
Hewlett Packard |
| What Every Startup Should Know About NEBS |
Dave Lorusso
General Bandwidth |
| Cisco's View of NEBS Compliance |
Paul Zahra
Cisco |
9:15-9:40 |
GR-78 Criteria |
Frank Terlato
Verizon |
9:40-10:00 |
New Verizon Programs |
Chuck Graff
Verizon |
10:00-10:20 |
BREAK & EXHIBITS |
10:20-10:40 |
Test Planning and Lab Considerations |
Troy Franklin
MET Laboratories, Inc. |
10:40-11:00 |
Verizon NEBS Requirements for CLECs |
Tom Amatulli
Verizon |
11:00-12:00 |
Ask the Experts
RBOC and Industry Panel on Morning Session |
NEBS SMEs from all four RBOCs & Industry Leaders |
12:00-1:00 |
LUNCH & EXHIBITS |
1:00-1:50 |
GR-1089 EMI/ESD Criteria and Test Methods |
John Lichtig
Lichtig Consulting |
1:50-2:40 |
GR-1089 Sections 4-9 |
Jon Curtis
Curtis-Straus |
2:40-3:20 |
GR-1089 Relationship to Other US Standards |
Jon Curtis
John Lichtig |
3:20-3:40 |
BREAK & EXHIBITS |
3:40-4:30 |
Ask the Experts
RBOC and Industry Panel on GR-1089 Session |
NEBS SMEs from all four RBOCs & Industry Leaders |
4:30-6:00 |
RECEPTION & EXHIBITS
Reception hosted by MET Laboratories, Inc. |
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Conference Day 3 - Friday, November 2 |
7:00-8:00 |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & EXHIBITS |
8:00-10:00 |
Laboratory Corner |
| Testing Span Powered Devices to NEBS Lightning Requirements |
Cliff Jones
Intertek ETL SEMKO |
| NEBS Lessons Learned |
Jim Press
National Technical Systems (NTS) |
Now That I've Modified My Product, How Do I Ensure It's Still NEBS Compliant? |
Troy Franklin
MET Laboratories, Inc. |
10:00-10:10 |
BREAK |
10:10-11:30 |
RBOC Unique Requirements and NEBS Process |
NEBS Requirements for Qwest Incumbent Local Exchange Network |
John Larson
Qwest |
SBC TP76200 Unique Requirements |
Bon Pipkin
SBC |
Verizon NEBS Compliance Process |
Chuck Graff
Verizon |
11:30-11:50 |
Ask the Experts
RBOC and Industry Panel on the Laboratory Corner and RBOC Unique Requirements |
NEBS SMEs from all four RBOCs & Industry Leaders |
11:50-12:00 |
Closing Remarks |
Chuck Graff
Verizon |
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