President’s  Message

Remarkable as it seems, PTC’08 will mark our 30th Pacific Telecommunications Conference!

PTC’s great challenge, similar to what most of you face, is ensuring that we embrace the changes around us. Changes in technology, changes in the marketplace, changes in the regulatory environment, changes in financial structures, and most of all, changes in the ways information and communication technologies (ICTs) are improving the human condition in our region.  More than anything else, PTC offers all of us the opportunity to understand and appreciate the magnitude of change in our sector.  We do this through a sterling array of sessions and speakers that tap into the nexus of key changes, as well as through the richest opportunities for networking anywhere in the Asia-Pacific region.

What makes PTC really special, and what has enabled us to thrive through thirty major conferences, is you. The PTC Board of Governors and Advisory Council are the elected stewards of the organization, and we turn over through elections held every year for the BG and every two years for the AC.  We entrust PTC operations to a nimble Secretariat headed by an able Executive Director and committed staff.  Most important however is the constant of member participation throughout PTC’s rich history.  We treasure the continuing participation of those visionaries who established PTC and still participate, and we thrive on the contributions of our newer members, who have also made their own mark on PTC’s evolution with their participation and leadership.

So as you enjoy Honolulu in January at PTC’08, we urge you to think about engaging more deeply with PTC in the year to come.  We’d love to have you become part of the PTC’09 team, with your energy and ideas on how PTC can contribute to our community over the next 30 years.

Aloha,
David Lassner
PTC President & Board of Governors Chair