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The Cable Center presents, Academic & Cable Telecommunications Forum (ACT Forum).

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Media registration is located in the Media Center.

The exhibitor and delegate registration counters are located in the Main Lobby of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Along with picking up your Cable Show badge, you can also purchase Spring Technical Forum proceedings and Session recordings here.

The International Business Center is available to our International guests to use as a place to conduct businesss.

CONVENTION CO-CHAIRS WELCOME
Philip Kent, Chairman & CEO, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Neil Smit, President & CEO, Comcast Cable & EVP, Comcast Corporation

WELCOME
Deval Patrick, Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

KEYNOTE
Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA

PANEL SESSION
In a consumer environment where more people have smartphones than DVRs, devising the right strategies for success in media and communications is more complicated than ever. Yet standout companies continue to deliver growth from mainstay businesses while innovating in the new, always-connected environment. This General Session featuring influential participants in content and distribution takes a wide-angle view of the revolution in media technology, its implications for customer behavior, and the ways innovative companies are positioning themselves to take advantage of an anytime, anywhere, anything-goes media environment.

Meeting for NCTA's Finance and Operations committee.

Exhibitor List | Interactive Floor Plan

Imagine Park Opener: Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA

Host: Will Richmond, Editor/Publisher, VideoNuze

Guests:

"Viewing the Viewer: A Videography of Today’s Multiplatform, Multicultural Multichannel Households"
Adriana Waterston, VP, Marketing & Business Development, Horowitz Associates

"Getting Personal: Personalization for Multiscreen Video & Voice"
Gemini Waghmare, CEO, UXP Systems
Brendan Paddick, CEO, Columbus Communications

"Augmented Reality: Seeing What Isn’t There”
Carey Sonsino, Senior Engineer, CableLabs

"Windmill: Powering the Winds of Change"
John Carlucci, CTO, Alticast, Inc.

“Surfaces: TV Without Borders”
Nick Thexton, SVP & CTO, NDS
James Field, Director of Technology, New Initiatives, R&D, NDS (live remote)

For more information about this event produced by WICT and how to purchase tickets, visit: www.wict.org.

A panel of leading educators from MIT, Boston University and the University of Michigan, will discuss the impact of broadband, cloud computing and distributed learning on the traditional curriculum. Don’t miss this special lunch event presented by BroadbandBreakfast.com, an internet policy news/events service based in Washington, DC and hosts the monthly "Broadband Breakfast Club".

Few subjects are gaining as much attention as machine interfaces – the systems and processes that determine how devices play together, and respond to human instruction. A panel of leading-edge thinkers explores breakthrough approaches to semantic speech, HTML5 applications and gateway caching for cloud-based user interfaces.

Host: Leslie Ellis, Independent Technology Columnist, Ellis Edits, Inc.

Guests:

"Silicon to Cloud: Faster Innovation Up the Stack"
Steve Reynolds, SVP, CPE & Home Network, Comcast Cable
Chris Cholas, Director, Subscriber Equipment, Time Warner Cable
David Colter, VP, Architecture & Technology, Charter Communications

"Cable TV Moving at the Speed of Mobile"
Lakshmi Mandyam, Director, Enterprise Segment Marketing, ARM

"Total Cloud: Advanced Navigation & Apps on Any Set Top"
Edgar Villalpando, SVP, Marketing & Content Relations, ActiveVideo Networks

"Exploring Cable Apps Interactivity Across Consumer Devices"
Kurt Hoppe, Director, Smart TV Innovation & Alliances, LG Electronics

Host: Stewart Schley, Industry Author/Analyst, Stewart Schley Content, LLC

Guests:

"Health on-Demand: Leveraging VOD for Disease Prevention"
Tom Beauregard, EVP, Center for Health Reform & Modernization, UnitedHealth Group
Deneen Vojta, MD, SVP, Business Initiatives & Clinical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group

"Coaster Crafter: Using Online Games to Build Interest in S.T.E.M."
Frank Gallagher, Executive Director, Cable in the Classroom

"Enjoy Better: TWC HD Video for Hospitality - Setback Box"
Greg Von Der Ahe, VP, ATG Product Management, Commercial, Time Warner Cable

"Hot Spot 2.0: Creating Compelling Indoor Mobile Experiences"
Jared Headley, Director, Service Provider Mobility, Cisco Systems

Annual meeting for NCTA's members.

Board meeting for NCTA.

If you thought television images couldn’t get any clearer, watch this. Emerging display technologies are making denser frame rates and bigger screens possible. Get an early read on the technology implications for cable as experts discuss perceptual encoding, the biology behind the medium, and advancements in 4K TV.

Find out how leading investment analysts view the cable industry and its related market segments as some of the best-known and most-quoted experts on Wall Street compare notes and observations about cable’s growth prospects. Discovery points:

• Who wins: Competitive challenges, market disruptors and cable industry strengths
• Macro-economic growth drivers and influences, from housing trends to regulation

From living-room TV set to hand-held tablet, a proliferation of screens, locations and video viewing experiences is reshaping the very definition of “television” – and creating new opportunities for participants across the ecosystem. Get fresh insight about the direction of television technologies, adoption patterns and business model variations from these executives:

• Motorola Mobility President Dan Moloney talks about the impact and future of a multi-screen, watch-anywhere television environment and the possibilities it creates for content providers, cable distributors and technology developers.

• Ian Blaine, CEO of The Platform, shares findings around consumer behaviors tied to the proliferation of video display technologies and pathways to the viewer – and what they mean for industry participants.

From cyber-security over communications networks to the FCC and its budget, critical issues affecting telecom providers are introduced and analyzed by staff from the House Committee on Energy & Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Discovery points:

• Broadband deployment and access policies
• Network security issues and effect on policy
• Internet commerce and implications for service providers

With video content proliferating across every imaginable screen, a redefinition of programming is taking place literally before our eyes. Discover how influential industry participants are applying economic models, content creation approaches and newfound distribution flexibility to disrupt and to thrive in the new video environment. Discovery points:

• Where linear cable channels play in the new ecosystem
• The intersection of online original content with incumbent creators
• Business models for expanding television programming…without draining the bank account

As U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, Ambassador Verveer has a hand in shaping the international growth and development of the cable communications industry. In this one-on-one conversation, he’ll discuss the key international policy issues influencing growth, investment and strategic opportunities for cable within the global communications environment.

Meeting for the CablePAC Committee.

Meeting for NCTA's Corporate Counsel.

Think all Wi-Fi networks are created equally? Think again. Cable is uniquely positioned to create new and satisfying customer experiences in wireless connectivity by bundling best-in-class Wi-Fi access with underlying cable broadband services and subscriptions. Find out what cable companies are doing to extend their customer touch points into the world beyond the wire. Discovery points:

• How consumer behaviors are influencing cable Wi-Fi network technology and provisioning
• Lessons learned about usage, bandwidth, devices and more
• How the migration toward unified identity will change the cable customer experience

Chief Technology Officers, Chief Strategy Officers and cable industry venture capital specialists join to offer a candid appraisal of promising opportunities driven by a confluence of technology innovation, capital formation and strategic outlook. Hear from some of the industry’s most influential thinkers in a panel that offers an advance look at cable-powered products and services coming soon to a device near you. Discovery points:

• New technology innovations and the products they’ll make possible
• A venture capital viewpoint on the most promising technologies and applications
• Cable industry technology investment and deployment priorities

Produced in partnership with The Cable Center.

Drawing on recent industry and academic research findings, this panel examines Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and the application of CLV metrics to frame key business decisions that build long-term company value. How can CLV result in customer value optimization? What impact does CLV have on retention strategies for high-value customers? How can a CLV mindset help you determine which product offerings will boost the bottom line – and why? Bringing together the insights of industry experts and leading cable CEM practitioners plus concrete, real-life examples, this panel presentation provides the strategies and tactics you need to turn CLV into long-term value. Discovery points:

• Identify strategies and tactics that turn CLV into company long-term value
• Find out how experts use CLV as a metric to help increase your bottom-line returns
• Understand how to measure CLV – and apply findings to business strategy

From intellectual property protection to corporate transactions, policy issues affecting cable, media and telecom industry participants are evaluated and discussed by those who know them best: staff from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. Discovery points:

• Intellectual property protection and implications for content distribution
• Viewpoints around cross-industry collaboration and competitive implications
• A forward look at committee focal points and areas of inquiry

Ever since cable networks began making copyright-cleared content available to schools, the industry has had a strong and vital presence in education. But now the possibilities are widening further. Find out how as top cable programming executives team with U.S. education leaders to assess needs and suggest collaborative possibilities between cable, educators and students. Discovery points:

• National education policy perspectives
• Cable industry alliances for higher education and beyond
• The role of broadband in education delivery

Produced in partnership with CAB.

Reaching and serving America’s multicultural audiences is more important today than ever, and there’s one valuable segment of the multicultural audience that has been often misunderstood. The truth is that Black consumers have long been some of cable’s best customers, with higher than average TV viewing and spending on entertainment and premium services — and more recently, high levels of engagement with cross-platform TV content. Yet data on this key segment is hard to find, and insights on the nuances and benefits of effectively marketing to Black consumers are few and far between. This session will open your eyes on what is the best approach for this valuable audience. It will provide you perspective on their viewing patterns and preferences, and guidance on how to engage them with culturally-relevant programming from three points of view:

• Business - An overview with data and insights on the latest demographic, economic and psychographic trends of the Black consumer.
• Media - A preview of the soon-to-be-released 2012 FOCUS: African America, study of Black consumers’ television viewing habits and OTT/broadband usage by Horowitz Associates Market and Multicultural Research.
• Content - A conversation with a programmer poised to enter the marketplace by creating content that resonates with this consumer on the path forward and what it will take to be successful with this marketplace.

Meeting for members of NCTA's Programmer Committee.

Meeting for the members of NCTA's RSSO Committee.

Host: Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications, LLC.

Guests:

Krishna Ramchandran, Co-Founder, UberSense
Cass Sapir, Founder & CEO, Thumbs Up
Nicholas Chakalos, President, Catch Media

A great opportunity to meet and network with other colleagues from around the world.

The Cable Hall of Fame Celebration is produced by The Cable Center. For ticket purchases and other information visit: www.cablecenter.org.