LOCATION
Online (Web-link )
 

DATES
4-5 November 2026


LANGUAGE
The working language will be English
 

OBJECTIVES
The objective of this technical meeting is to continue the process of completing the IDC Validation and Acceptance Test Plan (VATP). 

AGENDA
The following agenda is draft and may be subjected to changes prior to the technical meeting.  A detailed agenda will be provided to all participants prior to the technical meeting.

•    Report on the status of implementation of recommendations. 
•    Analysis of the status of Validation Tests (VTs) following previous experiments. 
•    Expert presentations on selected VATP-related topics. 
•    Discussion of comments received on VATP Revision 6.0 and the actions taken or proposed in response. 
•    Presentation of preliminary results and lessons learned from the 2026 Experiment. 
•    Discussion of upcoming VATP-related activities and next steps. 
•    Summary of the meeting outcomes and agreed follow-up actions.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE
The meeting is aimed towards scientists, engineers and other persons who have technical expertise in any of the four IMS technologies, the functions of the IDC and in performance monitoring and testing. The participants are expected to provide their technical input to the VATP.

States Signatories are invited to nominate experts who will provide substantive inputs into these topics for discussion.


APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Deadline for registration: 2 November 2026 

Participants are invited to register online at the Commission’s CTNW platform: CTNW

States Signatories wishing to nominate experts to participate are requested to inform the Provisional Technical Secretariat (See Point of Contact) through their respective Permanent Mission..

OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

Presentations
PowerPoint presentations shall not exceed 20 minutes.