Publication Type: Media Release
Date: 11/15/2011CONTACT: Joy Sims, (202) 222-2350; Eric Thomas, (202) 822-9491
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 2012 Spring Technical Forum – hosted by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®), and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) – will return as part of The Cable Show 2012, May 21-23, 2012 in Boston. The Forum will provide a look into the future of the cable broadband industry, featuring a full line-up of peer-reviewed papers, thought provoking plenary panels, and networking opportunities.
“I am continually impressed with the new ideas and technical advances that come out of the Forum each year. We’re planning to continue pushing critical thinking beyond the here and now by providing an in-depth look at what could become the next big thing in cutting edge broadband applications,” said Dan Pike, Chief Technology Officer, GCI Cable, and Chairman of the Spring Technical Forum Selection Committee.
This year’s Forum will once again be targeted towards a broad cross section of senior-level technologists and those with engineering management, operational, and financial responsibilities, with a specific focus on innovation and the business of technology in the rapidly evolving digital marketplace.
NCTA, CableLabs, and SCTE have announced a call for papers for presentation at the Forum. Any technology-driven topic of interest to cable engineering professionals, particularly from the fields of RF Engineering, Computer Science, and Applied Physics, is eligible. Specific topics of interest include:
- Wide-area Distribution Technologies
- Mobile Video/Applications
- Optical and RF Engineering
- IP Transport/IPv6
- BSS/OSS/ISP Operations
- New Encoding Protocols
- Engineering Economics
- IP Video
- Energy Management
- Cloud Processing
- Ethernet over Cable and other Business Services
- Advanced Advertising/Interactive Services
- Wireless Services
- Enhanced Navigation/Search/Discovery/Share
- Social TV
- Network safety and security
- Cable application frameworks
A blue ribbon panel of industry experts, led by Pike, will jury the papers. Judging will be based on the premise, reference value, content and intended audience of each paper. Multiple entries will be accepted but product pitches and previously published works cannot be considered. Prospective authors interested in preparing and presenting a paper at the 2012 Spring Technical Forum should submit a proposal using the online submission tool available at www.springtechforum.com no later than January 6, 2012. Authors who have been selected to present their papers at the Spring Technical Forum will be notified in late January and will be invited to present the highlights of their written work during the Forum, taking place at The Cable Show 2012. The technical papers proceedings will be available for purchase during the event and thereafter online.
Admission to the 2012 Spring Technical Forum is included with a Cable Show full-program registration, however separate sign-up is required. Registration is now open; visit www.thecableshow.com for further information.
The Cable Show 2012 is NCTA’s 61st annual convention and international exposition and the cable industry’s premiere U.S. event. Events will take place May 21-23, 2012, at the Boston Convention and Exhibit Center. Prime exhibition space and sponsorship opportunities are now available. Visit www.thecableshow.com for further information, or contact NCTA Convention Headquarters at (202) 463-7905 or exhibitinfo@ncta.com.
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NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation’s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access, serving 45 million customers, after investing more than $170 billion to build two-way interactive networks with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to 24 million American consumers.
Cable Television Laboratories was founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry. The Emmy Award winning laboratory is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains additional web sites at www.cablenet.org, www.ebif.tv and www.tru2way.com.
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The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is a non-profit professional association that provides technical leadership for the telecommunications industry and serves its members through professional development, standards, certification and information. SCTE currently has approximately 13,000 members from the U.S. and 70 countries worldwide and offers a variety of programs and services for the industry’s educational benefit. A prime example is SCTE’s Smart Energy Management Initiative (SEMI), an unprecedented effort to help cable operators leverage financial and environmental advantages of implementing Green strategies. SCTE has 68 chapters and meeting groups and more than 3,000 employees of the cable telecommunications industry hold SCTE technical certifications. SCTE is an ANSI-accredited standards development organization. Visit SCTE online at www.scte.org. Follow SCTE on Facebook and Twitter.