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GSC Overview

ISACC is a member of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) initiative that is comprised of the standards bodies listed below.

The GSC is a unique by-invitation only meeting which brings many of the top standards leaders from Canada, the U.S., Asia, and the EU together to discuss global standards priorities and to collaborate on the development of global standards for the ICT industry. GSC Members exchange information on the state of the global standards development environment and seek ways to enable ICT standards development in a timely manner for the deployment of new features and services. GSC Members also update each other on major standards accomplishments during the past year, current programs, and specific priorities in their regions.

In addition to Plenary sessions attended by all of the Heads of Delegations (HoDs) and Delegates, GSC conferences may also include:

Global Radio Standards Collaboration (GRSC) meetings;
Global Telecommunications Standards Collaboration (GTSC) meetings;
Working Group meetings (e.g. IPR-WG);
High Interest Subject (HIS) discussion panels;
Reports by GSC Task Forces (e.g. ITS, IMT, EAS, M2M); and
Review of GSC Resolutions

The current GSC Members are as follows:

ARIB		Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan)
ATIS		Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (USA)
CCSA		China Communications Standards Association
ETSI		European Telecommunications Standards Institute
ISACC		Information and Communications Technology Standards Advisory Council of Canada
ITU		International Telecommunication Union
TIA		Telecommunications Industry Association (USA)
TTA		Telecommunications Technology Association (Korea)
TTC		Telecommunications Technology Committee (Japan)

Observers from several other prominent ICT standards-related organizations have also been invited to GSC meetings (e.g. ISO/IEC JTC 1, IEEE Standards Association, Open Mobile Alliance).

The ITU maintains a repository of documents of all previous GSC meetings. This repository can be accessed at: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsc/index.html

GSC meetings are nominally held every 15 months. ISACC hosted GSC-16 (in 2011) in Halifax, and both GSC-8 (in 2003) and GSC-2 (in 1995) in Ottawa.