Here's a link to an interesting video produced by 3GPP during the September 2009 plenary meeting in Seville, Spain. In the video the plenary chairmen of Service Architecture (SA), GERAN (GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio access), RAN (UMTS and LTE radio access) and CT (Core Network and Terminals) give their opinion on the state of the industry, where 3GPP is heading and the main features currently discussed for Release 9. And from a procedural point of view you get short insights in how 3GPP meetings a run and how many people attend.