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IORS

September 17–19, 2024 in Golden, Colorado

Announcement: Featured Speaker

We are excited to announce that U.S. Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves will join IORS to discuss the U.S. government strategy to advance secure, resilient, and trustworthy networks globally. Deputy Secretary Graves will give opening remarks on Tuesday morning. 

Vision

The International Open RAN Symposia (IORS) is a series of annual, multi-day convenings to accelerate the global adoption and deployment of interoperable Open Radio Access Networks (RAN). The goal of the symposia is to create a community of practice for consistent and repeatable Open RAN testing which includes existing or newly initiated testing laboratories, government partners, industry, and standards development organizations.

Coordination

IORS is open to everyone with no admittance fees. 

Participation

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration will spearhead the establishment of IORS, and will host the first symposium in Golden, Colorado, USA, September 17–19, 2024.  We welcome participation from interested, like-minded companies and governments from around the world.

After the first symposium, NTIA will seek volunteers to host future in-person events. These symposia will be hosted at different venues around the world to enable a wide variety of participation.

In-person attendees will register to attend either the policy track or the technical track. This is mainly for planning purposes. In-person attendees can move between these two tracks as desired. On Day 3, technical track attendees will continue interactive workshop discussions, while the policy track attendees will go on a tour. See the agenda for details. 

Activities

The first symposium will include a technical track to examine testing procedures and a policy track to facilitate discussions on policy considerations for international Open RAN adoption.  The two tracks will come together at the end of the symposium to present their key conclusions and discuss next steps.

The first symposium will organize specific lab testing projects. Of particular interest are open, collaborative efforts that leverage resources from multiple organizations to establish general solutions, and collaborative testing efforts between labs in established countries and emerging economies.

DISH Tour

The policy track attendees will tour the new DISH lab (530 EchoStar Drive, Building 4, Cheyenne, WY) on September 18. The tour begins at 11:00 am. Busses will leave Golden at 9:00 am.  

Contact Us

Send questions about IORS to iors@ntia.gov