Industry organizations have partnered to host a series of interference prevention meetings throughout IBC, to be held in Amsterdam from Sept. 12 through 17. Image credit: IBC

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-13]The Global VSAT Forum (GVF), the Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG), the World Broadcasting Unions- International Satellite Operators Group (WBU-ISOG) and the Radio Frequency Interference – End Users Initiative (RFI-EUI), have partnered to host a series of interference prevention meetings throughout IBC, to be held in Amsterdam from Sept. 12 through 17.

The Satellite Interference Mitigation Forum, sponsored by Eutelsat, aims to address recent developments, as well as discussing the next steps in interference prevention. It will cover a number of topics, including training, earth station testing, carrier identification, and geolocation techniques.

The groups will also collaborate on a series of breakout briefing meetings, sponsored by SES. These meetings are aimed at educating the industry and users about interference prevention techniques, technologies, and initiatives, providing them with the tools and information to ensure they can mitigate interference and its effects on their business.