PUBLIC SAFETY LAND MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS PARTICIPATION IN A PANEL DISCUSSION The Public Safety Wireless Network (PSWN) Program will sponsor its 10th regional symposium in St. Louis, Missouri, May 23-25, 2000. (See www.pswn.gov or call 1-800-565-PSWN for additional informational on the symposium.) POCs are Derek M. Siegle, Program Manger, PSWN Program, Department of Justice; Julio R. Murphy, Program Manager, PSWN Program, Department of the Treasury. This symposium, like earlier ones, is intended to stimulate networking and firsthand information exchanges about developing interoperable public safety land mobile radio communications systems. Past symposiums have attracted local, state, and federal public safety officials who share information about systems planning, site acquisition, funding, spectrum, and other relevant information. An adjunct activity is being planned after the closing session of the symposium. The adjunct activity is planned for the afternoon of May 25, 2000 (1:00-4:00 PM). This activity is to be a moderated panel discussion that will have participation by all interested equipment vendors that manufacturer radio communications equipment commonly used by public safety. The panel moderator will be a member of the public safety community. The moderator will stimulate discussion among the panel participants through questions including but not limited to vendor products, status of research and development activities, and compliance with published standards. Symposium attendees will be encouraged to participate from the audience by asking relevant questions. All vendors desiring to participate on the panel will be allowed to participate. The PSWN Program believes that manufacturers of land mobile radio equipment typically used by public safety entities will find this panel discussion applicable to their respective businesses. The participating vendors will not be allowed to provide set presentations, individual briefings, or marketing pitches, and sales rhetoric will be discouraged. Information exchange and dialogue will take place only in the form of responses to questions posed by the moderator or symposium attendees to vendor panelists, who will each be allowed to respond in kind. Vendor marketing materials such as banners, brochures, slick sheets, actual equipment, etc., will not be allowed in the room where the symposium is taking place or in the general vicinity of the room (e.g., registration area). The PSWN Program will not provide transportation, per diem, or other resources or support for vendors participating in the panel discussion. Only one representative from each participating vendor will be allowed to sit on the panel. Equipment manufacturers desiring to send a representative to participate in the panel discussion should make their request via e-mail (preferred), by fax or in writing to: Mrs. Carole Kirsch, PSWN, Engineering Research Facility, Building 27958A, Quantico, Virginia 22135 (E-mail: cakirsch@earthlink.net, Phone: (703) 279-2006, Fax: (703) 279-2032). Requests must specify company and participant by name, and provide the following point-of-contact information: business mailing address, phone, fax, and email. Requests should be received not later than April 3, 2000. Participation in the panel will be confirmed by April 10, 2000. Posted 02/29/00 (W-SN429693).

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