Some of the most powerful
people in the high-tech world will take the
podium from January 13 to 17 during the 2002
Pacific Telecommunications Council annual Conference
in Honolulu.
Under
the title "Next Generation Communications: Making
IT Work," the conference is expected to bring
together industry heavyweights like 3Com, Ericsson,
Toshiba and Verizon to the Hilton Hawaiian Village
for four days of intensive discussions. Among other
topics, delegates will contemplate the relationship
of society and culture with the following: new technologies
of applications and service developments for business,
industrial and consumer interests, new developments
in wireless communications and fiber optic cable systems.
"The global landscape for technology has
changed dramatically over the past year," said
Hoyt H. Zia, PTC's executive director. "The
technology is here, but it still needs to be put
in the right hands, at the right times, and in
the right places. PTC2002 will provide a glimpse
into the future and help prepare for the next wave
of change."
PTC was born in 1978 when a small group of telecommunication
pioneers created a forum for open dialogue and
exchange of ideas. A year later they organized
the first Pacific Telecommunications Conference.
Even then, before neighborhood fiber optics, private
satellites and the Internet Revolution, the telecommunications
field was moving quickly. That conference attracted
349 people from 18 countries.
As a result the Pacific Telecommunications Council
was formed as an international, nonprofit membership
organization recognizing the need for telecommunications
professionals with an interest in the Pacific Hemisphere-which
included Asia, all of the Americas and everything
in between-to engage in an active dialogue. While
PTC sponsors participate in events throughout the
Pacific Basin, the conference held each January
in Honolulu is its major annual event.
Conference News Daily, a New York-based newspaper
known for its coverage of major United Nations
and other international conferences, has been named
as the publication of record for PTC2002. Companies
interested in placing an ad or becoming sponsors
can contact publisher Ted Kheel at (212) 318-6747
or via email at tedkheel@aol.com.
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