1. CMS TC Meeting June 1 st, 2012 Mario Caron Communications Research Centre Canada Chair, CMS TC mario.caron@crc.gc.ca 613-998-2864

2. 2 June 1, 2012 Agenda Introduction/Roll Call Conference Subcommittee Reports (ICSSC 2012, 2013 and future) Membership Japan Forum Web Award Treasury Publications Next Meeting AOB

3. 3 ICSSC 2012 1/4 Joint conference with Ka and Broadband Communications Conference: http://www.kaconf.org  Theme: Satellites in the Service of Humanity  Venue in Ottawa, Canada  Sept. 24-27, 2012 Sponsorship: completed Colloquium  Theme: Meeting the Communications Requirements of a Changing Arctic  Plan well in progress: AM – Requirements; PM - Solutions  Sponsorship: percentage of total joint conference sponsorship –10% if number of conference attendees is less than 200 –13% if number of conference attendees is between 200 and 250 –15% if number of conference attendees is over 250 June 1, 2012

4. 4 ICSSC 2012 2/4 Next email blast from AIAA end of June: Conference Announcement Preliminary program published in July/August Aerospace America. June 1, 2012

5. 5 ICSSC 2012 3/4 Abstract submission deadline extended to April 30 but got more up to May 18 Total received:176 In addition for ICSSC:  3 panel sessions  4 poster papers (students) Attrition rate: no more than 3% expected Preliminary Program in the works. Expect to have posted version on June 15. June 1, 2012 CountryICSSCKaPresentations Australia101 Canada29534 China808 Columbia101 France31013 Germany325 Hong Kong101 Indonesia101 Italy32831 Japan10414 Latvia011 Luxembourg213 The Netherlands336 Nigeria011 Norway303 Portugal101 Singapore011 South Korea101 Spain303 UK10414 USA181533 Total10175176

6. 6 ICSSC 2012 4/4 Jim Dimarogonas/Tony Stajcer June 1, 2012

7. 7 ICSSC 2013 and future 2013: joint conference with Ka and Broadband Communications Conference in Italy – no firm commitment at this point in time but no indication otherwise (ICSSC 2012 outcome will determine – but it looks good to date) 2014: co-located with Space 2014 – current plan  Plan being questioned/reviewed: co-location with Infotech or DASC (Digital Avionics) or Telemetry Conference 2015: in Asia but no definite plan right now. Need to work on this. June 1, 2012

8. 8 Japan Forum Separate slides.

9. 9 June 1, 2012 Other Agenda Items Web  Thanks to Brian Saunders for volunteering to take charge  Status (Saunders) Awards (Smith)  Presentation on September 26, 2012 during ICSSC lunch Treasury (Curtin) Publications (Hoeber) Next Meeting  September 24, 2012 18:00-19:30 at the ICSSC 2012 conference site  Conference call availability to be determined.  Committee’s dinner jointly with Ka Band committee  Need to know who will be there to have a good count of attendees. Please confirm attendance to richard.paiement@crc.gc.ca as soon as possible so that we can book early the restaurant.richard.paiement@crc.gc.ca

10. 10 June 1, 2012 Any Other Businesses Other Businesses Adjournment Thank you for your participation. Much Appreciated !