Dave Thompson to Represent 1394 TA at IEEE Conference on Product Certification and Conformity Assessment

Dave Thompson of LSI, a long-time 1394 Trade Association board member and officer, will represent the Trade Association at the 1st annual IEEE Conference on Product Certification and Conformity Assessment. The conference will take place June 1-2, 2009 at the IEEE Conference Center in Piscataway, New Jersey.

The conference is being organized by the ISTO, in collaboration with the IEEE Standards Association, as a part of their joint initiative on supporting industry conformity assessment activities. This initiative provides support to IEEE members and standards development groups to help accelerate implementation of new standards and technologies through conformity assessment activities and programs.

Speakers represent many industries and technology areas, as well as varying perspectives including industry consortia, government/regulatory, independent test labs, manufacturers and end users.  Dave will join representatives from the WiMAX Forum, The University of New Hampshire’s Interoperability Laboratory, Verizon Corporation, the Ethernet Alliance, the WiFi Alliance, and other groups and corporations at the two-day session.

For more details, visit www.ieee-isto.org/2009-conformity-conference.html