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The 2007 SUIRG Annual Conference
 Every year SUIRG brings together its members and guests for a "meeting of the minds" on issues, solutions and trends in the battle against satellite interference. The annual conference is held at a different host location each year. It provides a unique opportunity for members of the satellite community to openly discuss their experiences in dealing with interference issues.
The 2007 conference was held in Hong Kong in late November, co-hosted by member organization AsiaSat. Nearly 50 attendees from 32 companies and 19 countries participated in the two and a half days of meetings.
Informative Sessions . . .
The conference opened with a session on "Defining the Problem." Several member companies made presentations outlining past and current interference incidents they had dealt with recently. The resulting discussion revolving around these reports was lively and informative, devoid of competitive tensions.
The SUIRG annual meeting featured other informative and participatory sessions, including:
 Military interference implications
Training and SUIRG certification programs
Interference Source Identifier testing and conclusions. Colem Engineering and Advent Communications, who have incorporated SUIRG's source location specifications into their latest digital video exciter, the DVE5000, expanded on the benefits of this technology.
Report on the WiMax and C-band interference tests conducted jointly by SUIRG, the U.S. Navy and the Global VSAT Forum, as well as results from SUIRG's Regulatory working group Chair, Angela Maimo of Intelsat, attended the World Radiocommunications Conference 2007 (WRC-07).
An overview on the various tools developed by member companies SAT Corp, and IN-SNEC for interference detection, characterization and geo-location. A presentation was also made on tools available from member company Thales Alenia Space for managing and optimizing satellite payload capacity when interference is present.
SUIRG working groups updated attendees on several databases under development, including the Metrics of Interference Sources, Interference Characterization, and Interference Scenarios.
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