# NENA Industry Collaboration Event **Entity class:** Multi-vendor interoperability testing series **Aliases:** NG9-1-1 ICE ## Definition The **National Emergency Number Association Industry Collaboration Event (ICE)** series brings vendors together in a neutral environment to test implementations of Next Generation 9-1-1 standards across products. Begun in 2009, the events test location, routing, media, incident-data, cybersecurity, and end-to-end interoperability. Participation is not NENA product certification. ## Consolidated supporting records ### National Emergency Number Association **Entity class:** Emergency-communications standards and professional association The **National Emergency Number Association** develops standards, operational guidance, policy, education, and interoperability programs for 9-1-1 and Next Generation 9-1-1. Its Industry Collaboration Events let vendors test implementations against one another in a collaborative environment; participation or success does not confer NENA product certification. **Sources:** [NENA — About](https://www.nena.org/page/aboutfaq2017); [NENA — NG9-1-1 Industry Collaboration Events](https://www.nena.org/page/ng911_ice) ### Next Generation 9-1-1 **Entity class:** Standards-based emergency-communications architecture **Next Generation 9-1-1** is the transition from legacy circuit-oriented emergency calling toward standards-based, IP-enabled emergency communications capable of carrying voice, text, video, location, and incident data among originating networks, core services, public-safety answering points, and responders. **Sources:** [NENA — NG9-1-1 Project](https://www.nena.org/general/custom.asp?page=NG911_Project); [NENA — NG9-1-1 Industry Collaboration Events](https://www.nena.org/page/ng911_ice) ## Relationships - **sponsor:** **NENA**. - **technical domain:** **NG9-1-1**, emergency call routing, location validation, multimedia, and Emergency Incident Data Objects. - **host network:** later events use Illinois Institute of Technology’s Real-Time Communications Lab. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [NENA — NG9-1-1 Industry Collaboration Events](https://www.nena.org/page/ng911_ice) - [NENA — ICE 14](https://www.nena.org/page/NG911_ICE14)