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Show Agenda
North Central Cable Show Agenda
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
March 16-18, 2008
Sunday,
March 16, 2008
4:00 p.m.
North Central Association Board of Directors
5:00 p.m.
Registration
- 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Welcome
Reception
Sponsored by the Africa Channel, a North Central Premium
Sponsor
Monday,
March 17, 2008
8:00 a.m.
Continental
Breakfast
Sponsored by Fox Business Network
9:00
a.m. Opening Session
Speaker: William W. Wells, Jr., President, W. Wells and Associates,
Minneapolis
Mr. Wells is a management consultant specializing in diversity and
inclusion, human resources and recruitment and retention. He
provides expertise in the areas of organization development, change
management, culture change and transformation. He has extensive
experience as a business professional and has held various executive
level positions with major corporations in several different
industries.
Presented by NAMIC
Minnesota
10:15
a.m.
Refreshments
Promenade
Sponsored by
ReelzChannel
11:00
a.m. Management Session
Speaker: Kim Robinson, #1 SMMarT Guy the
SMMarT Consulting Group, Inc.
Kim Robinson is an
ex door-to-door sales rep cable dog who is now the president of the
sales training company, the SMMarT Consulting Group, Inc.,
and founder of the industry-specific sales training and collections
company, Door-to-Door Cable (www.D2Dcable.com).
His 22 published articles on sales and sales communication, his
co-authorship of the book, Communicate Clearly, Confidently and
Credibly, and his new book in the works, The Door-to Door
Sales Bible for Cable Companies, clearly show him to be an
expert in his field. His North Central keynote, “How to Get and
Keep Good Customers in a Competitive Environment” promises to be
both enlightening and entertaining.
Sponsored by TBN Networks
11:00 a.m.-4:00
p.m. Exhibit Set-Up
Hyatt Center
Noon Luncheon
Nicollet B/C
Speaker: Matt Polka, President, American Cable Assoc.
Matthew M. Polka
is president of the American Cable Association (ACA), an
1,100-member non-profit association dedicated to serving the needs
of independent, smaller and medium-sized cable businesses and the
owners of smaller cable television systems across the United
States. ACA members serve more 8 million cable television
subscribers primarily in smaller markets and rural areas in all 50
states. ACA is the only group of its kind solely representing the
concerns of independent cable businesses before Congress, the
Federal Communications Commission, other federal agencies and in the
50 states.
Sponsored by NBC Universal,
a North Central Premium Sponsor
1:30-4:00 p.m.
3D Leadership: How to Lead Up, Over,
Around, and Sideways for Results
Speaker: Shawn Doyle, MindLight
Group
Shawn Doyle is
a leading development professional and a team member with MindLight
Group. For the past 19 years Shawn has developed and implemented
training and career development programs in sales, communications,
creativity and leadership. Mr. Doyle is an author, a certified
speaker, corporate coach and Pinnacle Award winner. He will be
conducting a special seminar in leadership in cooperation with Women
in Cable Telecommunications-Midwest Chapter.
Presented by WICT,
Midwest Chapter
1:30
p.m. Technical Training Session
#1
DOCSIS 3.0
David Claussen, Sales Engineer, Arris
Solutions, Midwest Division
Mr. Claussen holds degrees in electrical
engineering, strategic management, and finance. He has been in
development at both ARRIS and Motorola and has served as a
consultant at Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena, California.
Presented by North Country Chapter,
SCTE
Sponsored by Action
Battery
2:45
p.m.
Refreshments
Sponsored by Disney and ESPN Media Networks
3:00
p.m. Technical Training Session
#2
RF Management for Narrowcast Services and Node
Brad Nikkari,
R&D Engineering
ATX Networks,
Ajax, Ontario
Presented by North
Country Chapter, SCTE
4:00
p.m. Exhibit Area
Opens
Hyatt Center
4:30
to 5:00
Emergency Alert Systems Update
Wendell Woody, Monroe
Electronics, Kansas City, Missouri
Wendell Woody
is a past president of the National Society of Cable Telecommunications
Engineers [SCTE]; served as an At-Large Director and was reelected
to the Board for 11 years. He is the founder of the Heart of
America SCTE Chapter and the recipient of the 1987 SCTE National
Achievement Award. Woody is a SCTE Senior Member; SCTE Circle of
Eagles recipient; and at the 1994 SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO, the
prestigious “SCTE Member of the Year” honor was bestowed upon him by
its 16,000 membership
5:00
p.m. Cocktails in the Exhibit
Area
Hyatt Center
Sponsored by the 2008 North
Central Exhibitors
7:00
p.m. Exhibit Hall Closes
Tuesday,
March 18, 2008
8:00
a.m. Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Harmonic
9:00
a.m. Management Session – Nicollet
A
Successful Competitive Consumer Strategies
Moderator: Kathy Alexander,
Founder/Chief Strategist, Beagle Insight, Chicago, IL
Kathy Alexander founded Beagle
Insight in 2006 as a strategic research consultancy with a core
focus in the media and entertainment industry. Capitalizing on
her broad industry experience over the past 15 years, her practice
is dedicated to understanding how consumers interact with and use
media and technology. With an emphasis in quantitative research,
Kathy demonstrates an in-depth understanding of industry trends and
consumer needs. She has conducted a wide variety of projects
including programming evaluation, brand positioning, market
segmentation, customer service satisfaction, pricing and packaging,
and new product development. Her current clients cover all aspects
of media including many of the top brands in cable and
entertainment.
Panelists: Greg Calvert, Director,
Video Product Management, Time Warner
Bill Jensen, Vice
President, Mediacom, Waseca
Nick Kozel,
Comcast
Bill Haarstad,
Charter Communications, St. Cloud
Presented by CTAM,
Midwest Chapter
Sponsored TV Guide
9:00
a.m. Technical Training Session
Nicollet D
Fiber
Characterization and Fiber Fault Locating
Speaker: Amie Cox,
PhD, JDSU
Amie Cox holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in electrical engineering and both a Masters and PhD in
engineering management. She has been at JDSU since 1999 as a sales
engineer in support of their fiber, transport and data test
solutions. Her program will cover fiber optic fault locating, fiber
characterization and WDM.
Presented by North
Country Chapter, SCTE
9:30
a.m. Jimmy Schulz Memorial Golf Directors
Meeting Grant Room
10:15
a.m. Refreshments
Promenade
Sponsored by
The Inspiration Networks
10:30 a.m.
Technical Training Session
Deploying VoIP on the Outside Plant
Speaker: Ron Hranac,
Technical Leader, Broadband
Marketing,
Cisco Systems,
Inc.,
Englewood, CO
Ron Hranac is a Technical Leader for Cisco Systems,
Broadband Marketing Group, and is based in the company’s
Englewood, Colorado office. In this role Ron provides high-level
engineering support and training to Cisco’s customers;
internal account team support and training; works with new business
development and marketing teams; and is involved in outbound
marketing efforts, defining product requirements and high-level
architectures for new cable-related technology.
Presented by North
Country Chapter, SCTE
10:30 – 12:30
p.m. Exhibit Area
Opens
Hyatt Center
12:30
p.m. Luncheon Nicollet B/C
Sponsored
by Lifetime Entertainment, a North Central Premium Sponsor
2:00 p.m.
NCTA Key Contacts Conference (Invitation Only)
2:00
p.m. Technical Training Sessions
#5
FTTH Applications
Speaker: Dan Harmon, OFS
FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA
Dan Harman is the OFS Manager of
FTTx Applications for the Western USA. In that capacity he consults
with customers mostly on the design and deployment of Fiber to the
Home networks. With a degree in Science from Brigham Young
University and more than 20 years of experience in the networking
and telecommunications industry he has also served most recently as
the Chair of the Fiber Optic LAN Section (FOLS) of the
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).
Presented by North
Country Chapter, SCTE
2:00
p.m. Exhibits
Open
Hyatt Center
2:30 p.m.
Refreshments
Hyatt Center
Sponsored by A
& E Television Networks
4:30
p.m. Exhibit Area Closes
4:30-7:00
p.m. Closing Party Nicollet Ballroom
Sponsored by Aurora Networks, a North Central Premium Sponsor
Convention ends
The
North Central Cable Show is produced by the North Central Cable
Television Association in cooperation with the following
organizations:
CTAM-
Midwest Chapter
Iowa
Cable Telecommunications Association
Minnesota Cable Communications Association
NAMIC - Twin Cities Chapter
North
Dakota Cable Television Association
SCTE-
North Country Chapter
South
Dakota Cable Telecommunications Association
Wisconsin Cable Communications Association
WICT-
Midwest chapter
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