Larry Price, W4RA Bio

Larry Price, W4RA

Topic: Amateur radio preparation for the World Radio Communications Conference (WRC) - 2007

Dr Larry E Price is President, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). IARU is a worldwide non-governmental organization (NGO) that represents the interests of the 2.8 million licensed radio amateurs of the world. The Amateur Services (Amateur radio service and Amateur satellite service) are recognized radio services as defined in the Radio Regulations of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and operate all over the world in accordance with those international regulations.

IARU is a federation of 153 national amateur radio societies in that number of world nations. In essentially every nation of the world there is a national amateur radio society that represents the interests of radio amateurs within that country. IARU is the umbrella organization providing overall policy guidance and leadership.

A life long radio amateur, he is a life member of the International Amateur Radio Club (IARC) of Geneva, headquartered at ITU, the specialized agency of the United Nations for telecommunications. He served as a representative of the Amateur and Amateur Satellite Services at ITU World Conferences in 1992, 95, 97 and 99, 2000 and 2003. It is anticipated that he will lead the IARU delegation to WRC 2007. In addition to work within the radiocommunications sector of the ITU, Price is active in the ITU-D (development sector) and was an IARU observer representing the Radio Sector at ITU Council 2005.

Price earned his doctorate in Finance and Economics following the receipt of an MBA degree. His undergraduate study was in electrical engineering with an emphasis on communications that resulted in the BSEE degree. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).