This year the rollout of Next Generation 911 networks progressed. WEW are moving toward the inclusion of the features and functions that 21st century communications devices and networks can provide.
PSAPs continued to navigate their way through local migration politics and funding issues, while some carriers moved forward delivering an initial core backbone.
Then came the Pandemic of 2020. The commercial world seized, and even Public Safety was stricken with the closure and mass evacuation of some centers. Much like disasters of the past, the world didn’t stop revolving, we simply adapted to new methodologies, some being a bit unconventional but, workable. This brought about a forced adoption of new policies, modified rules, and the first implementations of the ‘work-from-home’ PSAP. Challenges still existed, but work-arounds were developed, and implemented. The new innovators became those who could adapt to new technology and an on-the-fly solution to problems getting the job done with the resources in front of them.
This year’s track will build on the technologies discussed in the past, but present them in the context of real-world use cases. Ideally this will provide information about what worked and why, but more importantly, what didn’t work, and why not.
Join us for some remarkable revelations, on the very track where the seed concept of the Additional Data Repository was planted and flourished forming one of the core elements allowing legacy PSAPs to migrate to the next generation of public safety services, and beyond.
This track will continue to highlight new technologies and challenge the operational impact of new concepts. We will discuss the best practices required for Next Generation emergency services in both the public and private sectors. NG911 is now in play, but are we ready?
Track Highlights
- NextGen Emergency Communications and the FCC – Lisa Fowlkes, Federal Communications Commission – Track Keynote
- Delivering NG911 Functionality While the Network is Built – Mark Fletcher, 911inform, LLC; Brian Anderson, Avaya; Cody GrandPre, 911inform, LLC; Kevin Kito, 911 Secure; Nick Horelik, RapidSOS
- Enabling connected buildings through next generation 911 connections – Cody GrandPre, 911inform
- Federal Communications Commission NG911/E911 Regulatory Update – David Furth, Federal Communications Commission
- Bridging the Gap for Enterprise NG911 Location – Kevin Kito, 911 Secure
- The Birth of NG911 Services and the Network that Supports Them – Nick Horelik, RapidSOS
- NG9-1-1 From End to End – Bill Mertka, Verizon; Brandon Abley, NENA; Brian Beckwith, Intuitus; Michael Hooker, T-Mobile; Fabricio Velez, Nokia
- Building Towards NG911 – Michael Hooker, T-Mobile
About the Conference
The IIT RTC Conference is a globally recognized collaborative event, where industry and academia connect. Leveraging its unique academic setting, this annual conference brings together technical professionals and business executives from the data and telecommunications industry, standards bodies, policy and regulatory institutions, and academic educators and researchers to promote an open exchange of ideas to lead future development in the rapidly changing field of real-time communications.
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