CLOSING SESSION REPORT Dirk Weiler, GSC-18 Chairman GSC-18 Meeting, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis, France Document No: GSC(14)18_043 Source: GSC-18 Chair Contact: Dirk Weiler Agenda Item: 8.8
REPORTING FROM EARLIER SESSIONS Opening Session Report (see document GSC(14)18_040) Report from Strategic Topic session #1 on M2M/IoT (see document GSC(14)18_039r1) Report from Strategic Topic session #2 on SDN/NFV (see document GSC(14)18_041) Report from Strategic Topic session #3 on Critical Communications (see document GSC(14)18_042r1) GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis2
REPORT FROM HOD MEETING IEEE-SA welcomed as a member of GSC and inducted into HoD group Request from TSDSI to become a member of GSC accepted New format of GSC meeting discussed: HoDs agreed that the new format provided for better opportunities for discussion and collaboration More work will be put in the preparation of the strategic topic sessions, with regards to their content, format, key issues to address and expected results Next HoD conf call will discuss these ideas, including the feedback from the members’ survey, with a view to further refining the structure for GSC-19. GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis3
PRESS RELEASE Draft Press release presented by Adrian Scrase as convenor of the drafting group. Discussion and some changes agreed Revision required to include the acceptance of TSDSI as a member of GSC (this was not known at the time of the drafting) Revised Press release will be issued as document GSC(14)18_037r2) for release on Monday 28 th July GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis4
NEXT MEETING: GSC-19 GSC-19 will be hosted by ITU-T in Geneva ITU will propose suitable dates for July 2015 Final dates to be decided by the GSC HoDs after review of the GSC-18 new format experience. GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis5
CLOSE OF MEETING GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis ETSI thanked for hosting the GSC-18 meeting Photos from the Social Events will be uploaded to the server over the following few days All documents can be found at: or All documents will subsequently be moved to the Repository hosted by ITU-T: 6