Co-Chairs Head Steering Committee
Geraldine Laybourne, Chairman & CEO, Oxygen Media, and Tom Rutledge, Chief Operating Officer, Cablevision Systems Corporation, will serve as co-chairs of The 2006 National Show, NCTA's 55th Annual Convention & International Exposition, the principal annual trade show of the cable and telecommunications industry.
Under their leadership, a Steering Committee for the Show will be assembled to map out an overall strategic direction for the convention, including discussion of its theme, content and marketing strategy. The 2006 National Show will be held April 9-11 at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta.
One element from the 2005 show that will return is the high-energy Sunday-to-Tuesday format that was well-received by attendees and exhibitors in 2005. The schedule will offer attendees a wide variety of business, learning, and networking opportunities as well as a bustling exhibit floor, shaping up once again to be the industry's largest and most diverse marketplace for entertainment, technology and advanced services.
Proposals for 2006 NCTA Technical Papers™ Now Open Through December 12th
NCTA also issued its annual call for technical papers to be presented during The National Show, and published in The 2006 NCTA Technical Papers™. Next year marks the 47th year in which NCTA publishes the NCTA Technical Papers™, generally regarded as the archival-quality technical record for the cable and telecommunications industry.
Submissions will be juried by a panel of top industry technologists chaired by Dan Pike, Chief Technical Officer, GCI Cable, Inc. Proposals are due by December 12. Any topic of interest to broadband cable and telecommunications engineering professionals is eligible. For further information and a list of suggested topics, please visit www.thenationalshow.com/technicalpapers or email [email protected].
General registration for The 2006 National Show will begin in November. Potential exhibitors can get more information on exhibit packages by contacting NCTA convention headquarters at 202/775-3606 or by emailing [email protected]
Schedules and additional up-to-the-minute information for The 2006 National Show is available via the official website, www.thenationalshow.com, or by contacting NCTA's Industry Affairs Department at 202/775-3669.
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