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2002 Agenda Announced April 16, 2002

Pictures of the 2001 Conference

Proceedings of the 2001 Conference

New Book: Forecasting the Internet: Understanding the Explosive Growth of Data Communication.

2002 Conference Dates/Location:

Grand Hyatt, San Francisco, CA, USA
June 25-28, 2002

Introduction:

The ICFC is an international communications conference for marketing, forecasting and demand analysis. The ICFC is a professional forum for telecommunications forecasters, demand analysts, market researchers, product managers and planners. The ICFC provides the opportunity to hear and present state of art information and analysis of existing and emerging issues as they pertain to telecommunications forecasting and planning, demand analysis, market research and cost analysis.

Please see the page What is ICFC for further information or one of the ICFC Links.

The 2002 ICFC is hosted by:

Illinois State University
Illinois State University, the first public institution of higher education in the state, is a student-centered, multi-purpose institution committed to providing undergraduate and graduate programs which are of the highest quality. The Department of Economics offers a Master's Degree in Applied Economics in Electricity, Natural Gas, and Telecommunications. For more information, call 309-438-8625 or visit the web page of Graduate Program directly.

International Telecommunications Society (ITS)
The International Telecommunications Society (ITS) is an association of professionals in the information sector with the aim of providing a forum where research, policy and industry communities can meet and forge new linkages relating to the evolving applications, services and infrastructure of the converging communications. ITS is an independent, non-aligned and not-for-profit organization. It has a world-wide network of about 400 members and it organizes biennial international conferences and regional workshops. For information on becoming an ITS member, please see http://www.itsworld.org/

The 2002 ICFC is sponsored by

National Economic Research Associates (NERA), is an international economic consulting firm founded in 1961 to provide clients with practical and analysis of economics and financial issues arising in litigation. NERA consultants are recognized for their work in the areas of antitrust matters, environment, energy, health, securities litigation, intellectual property, telecommunications, employment and discrimination, transportation, and international trade and sports. For more information visit http://www.nera.com/.

M/A/R/C Research As a full-service marketing research and consulting firm, M/A/R/C Research measures attitudes and behaviors to quantify and explain the market share, revenue, and bottom-line impact of actual or contemplated actions. We design and execute traditional and Web-based studies to help our telecom clients confront marketing issues such as: Forecasting and New Product Development; Customer Acquisition & Retention; Data Mining & Model Building; Evaluating Marketing Effectiveness; Targeting/Segmentation; and Optimizing Prices & Products. For white papers, case studies or a proposal, contact Chief Marketing Officer Karen Ahlgrim at 800.884.MARC(6272), Karen.Ahlgrim@marcresearch.com, or www.marcresearch.com