CONTENTS : - NCF/NEC CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT - NEW TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS - 1. Impact of Digital Switching and Transmission on the Loop Plant - 2. Designing Reliable Software - 3. Recent Developments in Microcomputer Architecture - 4. Extreme Value Engineering in Telecommunications - 5. Managing the Software Team - 6. Fiber Optics - Recent Advances - 7. Digital Automatic Private Branch Exchange Systems - 8. Methods of Testing Software Systems - 9. Successful Application of Minicomputers in Real-Time Systems - 10. Human Factors Considerations in the Design of Telecommunications/Computer Systems - 11. Modern Applications of Telecommunications Switching Systems - 12. Impact of Modern Telephone System Technology on the Exchange Plant - 13. Digital Switching: Analog Interface Design - 14. Advantages and Uses of Data Base Management Systems - 15. Computer Networking and Distributed Processing - 16. Novel Applications Using LSI Technology - 17. LSI Application in Telecommunications Systems - 18. Data Switching - TECHNICAL PAPER SESSIONS - SESSION 1: MICROPROCESSOR EDUCATION - SESSION 2: NETWORK ARCHITECTURE PLANNING MECHANIZATION - SESSION 3: FIBER OPTICS - SESSION 4: SENSOR TECHNOLOGY - SESSION 5: MAGNETIC DISK TECHNOLOGY - SESSION 6: ENERGY RESEARCH - SESSION 7: FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS - SESSION 8: MICRO-ELECTRONICS IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY - SESSION 9: PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND PERSONAL TERMINALS - SESSION 10: CONCEPTS IN COMMUNICATION PROTECTION - SESSION 11: VIDEO TEXT - SESSION 12: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES - SESSION 13: MICROPROCESSOR APPLICATIONS AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS - SESSION 14: ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS FOR COST EFFECTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT - SESSION 15: NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES - SESSION 16: RELIABLE COMPUTING SYSTEMS USING DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING TECHNIQUES - SESSION 17: NEW TRENDS IN MOBILE TELEPHONY - SESSION 18: EXPANDING IMPACT OF EMI/EMC - SESSION 19: SOFTWARE RELIABILITY - SESSION 20: AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS - SESSION 21: MULTIPLE-SERVICE SUBSCRIBER LOOPS - SESSION 22: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN: INNOVATION SOLUTIONS TO DESIGN AUTOMATION PROBLEMS - LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS