The Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) is pleased to announce the Protection Engineers Group’s (PEG) 2010 Annual Conference. The three day event will be held on March 16 - 18, 2010 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The PEG 2010 Conference will focus on the electrical protection principles applied to today’s core networks, those challenges inherent to tomorrow’s more decentralized networks, and protection engineering practices suitable to the current economy. Scheduled programming will examine multiple areas impacting the current and future protection engineering ecosystem, including: Domestic and International Standardization, Residential Protection Issues for Triple Play Telecommunications Services, High Frequency Protection, Radio Frequency Disturbance, Copper Theft, Evolving Ethernet Applications and Protection, and Solar Power and Microturbines. These educational sessions will feature experts from some of the ICT industry’s leading companies, including: Verizon Wireless, AT&T, CSI Communications, TII, Positron, Telcordia Technologies, Littelfuse, Tyco and others.

The Conference will also feature the second annual PEG Distinguished Lecturer Series. At PEG 2010, Richard Chadwick, of Potential Engineering Consulting – a noted lecturer with more than 30 years of related experience – is scheduled to provide a multifaceted, in-depth surge protection presentation.

For more information and to register for the PEG 2010 Conference, please visit: http://www.atis.org/PEG/conference.asp or contact Jean-Paul Emard, ATIS Director of Industry Forums at jpemard@atis.org.

About ATIS
ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry. More than 250 companies actively formulate standards in ATIS’ 18 Committees, covering issues including: IPTV, Service Oriented Networks, Energy Efficiency, IP-Based and Wireless Technologies, Quality of Service, Billing and Operational Support. In addition, numerous Incubators, Focus and Exploratory Groups address emerging industry priorities including “Green”, IP Downloadable Security, Next Generation Carrier Interconnect, IPv6 and Convergence.

ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a member and major U.S. contributor to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio and Telecommunications’ Sectors, and a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more information, please visit www.atis.org.