IEEE 802.11 FUTURE SESSION PLANS

IEEE 802.11 WLAN WORKING GROUP SESSIONS

All interested parties are welcome to attend our open Public meetings of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group, you do not have to be an IEEE member to attend. There is a registration fee, to defray the cost of the session. At Plenary sessions these are administered by the IEEE 802 LMSC organization. Interim sessions are administered by the IEEE 802.11/15 Working Groups. This is in-addition to your individual hotel accommodation, and travel expenses.  Click here to view an Example Plenary and Interim Session Agenda, or review the latest Combined Tentative Agenda for the next IEEE 802.11 WG Session below.
For Year 2014   Session Type
March 16-21

  China World and Traders Hotel, Beijing, China
Announcement
Session Registration
Hotel Reservations

Agenda

Registration Fees & Deadlines: 

Early:  Before 6pm Pacific Time, Friday, February 7, 2014
(UTC Time: 2am Saturday, February 8, 2014) 
* $US 600 for attendees staying at the China World or Traders Hotel Beijing
* $US 900 for all others (including local attendees not staying at the group hotel) 

Late/On-site:  After 6pm Pacific Time Friday February 7, 2014
(UTC Time: 1am Saturday, February 8, 2014) 
* $US 800 for attendees staying at the China World or Traders Hotel Beijing
* $US 1100 for all others (including local attendees not staying at the group hotel)

Student Registration: 
* $US 150 for all student attendees (college students at the bachelor or post-graduate level)
* The Student meeting fee is available to full-time college students at the bachelor or post- graduate level. The Student meeting fee is available only one time per person. The person using the Student meeting fee will not be able to use meeting attendance to gain or maintain voting rights. 
* A valid current student ID must be shown when picking up the meeting badge.

   University Outreach:  Tuesday March 18, 2014
* $US 25 US for all student attendees (college students at the bachelor or post-graduate level)

The day will start at 8:00 am with an orientation session of about one hour long. IEEE 802 University Outreach students and faculty attendees are then free to observe sessions. A list of meetings recommended for observation by the Working Groups (a self guided tour) will be supplied. The day will end at 5:00 pm with a closing session to provide the opportunity for IEEE 802 University Outreach participants to ask questions about what they have observed.

Please carefully check your visa requirements and review this visa information.   Allow plenty of time for the processing of any visa you require.

 144 Plenary
May 11-16 Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI, USA
Registration
Hotel Reservation
Visa Letter

STANDARD GROUP RATE: $US 169 per Night (plus applicable taxes)*
* Rate applies to Single/Double Occupancy Run of House Rooms and includes Internet access.
* Extra Adults (>2) are an additional $20 US per Night (plus applicable taxes).
* Standard Group Rate Deadline*: Monday April 21, 2014 6PM Pacific Time

SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY: *The Early Bird and Standard Group Rate are subject to the availability of rooms in the IEEE 802 Wireless Group Room Block. If the block is sold out before the deadline date, April 21, 2014 the rate may no longer be available

 145 Interim*
May 21-22 New Century Hotel (http://www.newcenturyhotel.com.cn/)
Beijing, China		 145.5 China Interim
July 13-18   Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, CA, USA 146 Plenary
September 14-19 Athens, Greece (TBC) 147 Interim*
September 23-27 China (TBD) 147.5 China Interim
November 2-7   Hyatt Regency San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA 148 Plenary
       
For Year 2015   Session Type
January 11-16 Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA 149  Interim*
March 8-13 Barcelona, Spain (TBC) 150 Plenary
May 10-15 TBD - Possibly Hyatt Regency Vancouver 151 Interim*
July   Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, USA 152 Plenary
September Kobe, Japan 153 Interim*
November Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX, USA 154 Plenary
       
For Year 2016   Session Type
January 17-22 Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA 155  Interim*
March 13-18 Sands Venetian Hotel, Macau, PRC (TBC) 156 Plenary
May Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI, USA 157 Interim*
July   San Diego, CA, USA 158 Plenary
September   159 Interim*
November 6-11 Grand Hyatt San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA 160 Plenary
       
For Year 2017   Session Type
January   161  Interim*
March   162 Plenary
May   163 Interim*
July   Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI, USA (TBC) 164 Plenary
September   165 Interim*
November   166 Plenary

NOTES

China Interm - denotes an interim meeting of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group held in China,  at which the only task group meeting is TGaj (China Millimetre Wave).

* Denotes - The IEEE 802.11 Working Group for Wireless Area Networks (WLANs) session is co-located with the IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), IEEE 802.18 Technical Advisory Group for Radio Regulatory (R-REG), IEEE 802.19 Technical Advisory Group for Wireless Coexistence (COEX), IEEE 802.20 Working Group for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA), IEEE 802.21 Working Group for Media Independent Handover Interoperability (MIHI), and IEEE 802.22 Working Group for Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRAN) sessions. A joint opening session with the five Working Groups and both the Technical Advisory Groups is normally carried out, at all Interim sessions.

 

GENERAL SESSION INFORMATION

  • New attendees should check the agenda file for any new members orientation session. This session typically takes place on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning,  and is intended to bring new attendees rapidly up to speed with how to operate effectively within the group.

  • The Online Tentative Session Agenda displayed is always subject to change, after review at the start of the Full Working Group session for each meeting, and may be revised during the week to incorporate any necessary work.

  • All Working Group sessions start promptly on time, as detailed in the session agenda.

  • Attendees should bring a Laptop computer (or other small form factor computing device) equipped with 802.11 connectivity for use at the meetings.  This is needed to access meeting documents and draft standards and to record meeting attendance.

  • The Working Group operates under a hierarchy of IEEE, IEEE-SA, IEEE LMSC and 802.11 policies and procedures as described in http://www.ieee802.org/11/Rules/rules.shtml. You are deemed to be aware of and compliant to these rules by your participation in an 802.11 meeting.

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