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

Partners: The Cable Center

Exhibitor registration for The Cable Show is located in the Cable Courtyard found in the Main Lobby of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Pick up your badge a day before The Cable Show starts or purchase a program pass on location. Registration is located in the Main Lobby of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Media registration is located at the Media 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.

The Boston initiative is part of Sportsman Channel's annual tour to help feed the homeless. Hunt.Fish.Feed. will serve more than 400 meals to the men, women and children at a worthy shelter in the greater Boston area.

Separate sign-up is required. Please email Melinda Schwartz at mschwartz@ncta.com if you want to help.

Meeting for the State Regional Executive Directors.

Meeting for The Cable Show Convention Committee.

For more information visit: www.cabletvpioneers.com. Black tie recommended.

Network with other members of the media who are covering The Cable Show 2012. RSVPs for this event are required. If you are registered as media for The Cable Show and would like to receive an invitation for this event, please email Pam Ford at pford@ncta.com.

For further information, contact: Rick Dickson at 951-265-5661 or email iirdk@aol.com.

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

Partners: The Cable Center

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.

Multichannel News Presents: Maximizing the Impact of Multicultural TV. This is an annual breakfast with a panel discussion.

Media registration is located in the Media Center.

The exhibitor and delegate registration counters are located in the North 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.

Hosted by NCTA and Cable Europe.

Breakfast meeting for members of CablePAC.

Gigabit-class DOCSIS® and new possibilities from OSI physical layers are just two of the provocative possibilities for raising the cable broadband performance bar even higher. Here, experts share breakthrough thinking about the HFC network of the future, including implications of moving IP packets closer to the network edge and devising a software-friendly DOCSIS control plane.

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Neil Smit, President & CEO, Comcast Cable & EVP, Comcast Corporation

INDUSTRY PANEL
Digital Disruption: Leading distributors, tech innovators and content creators come together from the media, wireless, music and film industries to discuss the profound impact that digital distribution has on [the future of] entertainment, communications and commerce in our daily lives.

ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION
Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Hosted by Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA

POLITICAL PANEL
Campaigns in Context, brings together top television news figures for a candid discussion of the U.S. political scene and the forthcoming presidential election in the context of a rapidly changing environment for the delivery of news and the framework for civic dialogue.

Optimizing wireless networking, managing video calling and building bridges to HFC networks are among subjects addressed by leading developers in cable-delivered Wi-Fi and wireless communications. With cable’s Wi-Fi investments and deployments proliferating, the panel offers a comprehensive picture of technology advances tied to a fast-emerging category.

Even as screen time rises, cable networks are discovering the power behind brand extension and marketing presence in the physical world, through retail presence, magazine publishing, event marketing and even fashion tie-ins. Experienced marketing and brand management experts talk about extending the cable experience into the world beyond the screen. Discovery points:

• Demonstrations and examples of cable network retail and event promotions
• Creative strategies for brand extension and partnerships
• Crossover benefits to video distributors and cable affiliates

This topical and highly current examination of the television content landscape tracks two influential contributors to a television marketplace that’s undergoing a wholesale reinvention.

• The 2012 Olympic Games in London won’t just be about athletic accomplishment. New dynamics in television production, distribution and audience behavior will play a more prominent role than ever as the Summer Games set a new standard for multi-screen, all-access video coverage. Listen as NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel talks about what’s in store for the Games.


• Time magazine’s first-ever bilingual cover in March heralded the rising influence of Hispanic Americans across U.S. politics and culture. That same demographic force is creating a transformation in television, as new networks, new marketing approaches and new business opportunities play to a changing market. Univision Network President Cesar Conde discusses how cable can (and is) embracing an epochal cultural shift.

Discovery points:

• How media companies are evolving to embrace changing consumer demographics, lifestyles and technology adoption behaviors
• Breakthrough approaches in production and programming for the 2012 Olympic Games
• The influence of multi-screen delivery on content creation and consumption across a range of viewer categories

From current-day enforcement issues to long-term views around telecom policy, experienced legal advisors to the Federal Communications Commission address the top issues confronting the competitive U.S. telecom marketplace and the Commission’s role in addressing them. A panel that offers an in-depth immersion in some of the most important legal issues facing the cable industry today.

Get a glimpse of promising new technologies and applications as a select group of start-up companies present ideas for breakthrough services to cable operators. This interactive panel offers candid assessment and feedback from cable industry technology and investment specialists. Discovery points:

• Get an early read on the technologies that will support advanced services powered by cable
• Understand how tech investors view strategic investments
• nderstand the interplay between technology innovation and go-to-market strategy

Produced in partnership with CAB.

As “view-biquity” increases, so do options for advertising that connects, engages and persuades. Get an inside look at consumer behavior and interaction with video platforms, then hear from advertising buyers and sellers on what it all means for advertising and marketing products and brands in the multi-screen era. Discovery points:

• Be among the first to see findings from a proprietary CAB multi-screen study
• Hear from senior agency buyers and cable network ad sales experts
• Understand strategies for extending advertising reach by playing to multiple screens

Exhibitor List | Interactive Floor Plan

Host: Nicol Turner-Lee, President & CEO, NAMIC

Guests:

Michael Grover, Executive Director, Government Affairs, Cox Communications
Sonja Murray, EVP, Chief Program Officer, Connect2Compete
Bret Perkins, VP, External & Government Affairs, Comcast Cable
Gary Shorman, President & CEO, Eagle Communications
Madura Wijewardena, Director of Research & Policy, National Urban League

Host: Will Richmond, Editor/Publisher, VideoNuze

Guests:

"Wave Goodbye to Your Remote: Discover Natural TV"
Viroo Mirji, Industry Principal, Cable & Communications US, Infosys
Mit Majumdar, Head of U.S. Cable Practice, Infosys

"SSO-Audio: User ID for Media Personalization"
Steve Coutts, VP, Sales & Business Development, Wyplay

"Automated Content Recognition: Revolutionizing the TV Viewing Experience"
Jay Friedman, VP, Marketing, Audible Magic

"Enabling Operators to Own the Second Screen Using EBIF Watermarking"
Sam Pemberton, CEO, Softel

A symmetric DOCSIS® network delivering 1 Gbps to and from customers? It’s on the drawing board now as technologists theorize about new ways to capture more performance from the core cable architecture. From HFC capacity expansion options to the promise of EPON, you’ll hear provocative thinking about the emerging revolution in cable broadband.

Cable Executive Management at Harvard Business School Presents a Conversation with Neil Smit, President, Comcast. Supported by the CTAM Educational Foundation. Separate registration is required for this event.

Panelists:

• Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
• Robert McDowell, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
• Maureen Ohlhausen, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
• Tom Power, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Telecommunications, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
• Larry Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce

Meeting for NCTA's Finance and Operations committee.

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

Guests:

"These Boxes Keep Turning Green! Inside the CableLabs Energy Lab"
Ralph Brown, Chief Technology Officer, CableLabs (with live remote)

"SCTE’s Smart Energy Management Initiative: Powering Next Generation Networks"
Daniel Howard, SVP, Engineering & CTO, SCTE

"Infrastructure Efficiencies by Deploying a Universal Wideband Edge QAM Solution"
Shane Eleniak, VP, Advanced Broadband Solutions, CommScope

"Efficient and Eco-friendly Standby Power for Cable"
PH Bhatt, VP, Engineering, Alpha Technologies

From adaptive streaming to MPEG DASH implementation, emerging approaches for managing IP video traffic across cable networks are shared by peer-reviewed authors and experts in a category that’s redefining how cable serves its customers.

Find out what it’s like to run a modern cable system – or company – as industry operations chiefs talk about how they manage an ever-expanding array of products, technologies, staff and service demands. You’ll come away with a keen understanding of where cable’s focus is as the industry strives for competitive leadership and service differentiation – what technologies and services they are looking to deploy so they can better serve their customers.

Video as an app? Widgets on the screen? TV on the tablet? Cable is saying “yes” to all of the above as a new era of application-centric interactivity begins to take shape in and around the industry. Get from-the-source intelligence about the business and deployment models that create the economic foundation for cable’s growing app-etite. Discovery points:

• Understand how interactive apps will play over the largest screen in the home
• Gain exposure to application development approaches and platforms
• Find out what cable networks have planned for interactive content extensions

Produced in partnership with ACC.

“Cable is a monopoly.” “Cable will never match the viewership of the broadcast networks.” “Cable doesn’t care about customer service.” The cable industry has long faced more than its share of myths. Now, in a social-media-fueled environment where half-truths and falsehoods can proliferate in an instant, the ability to bust myths is critical. This “myth buster” panel of communications executives addresses some of the more persistent myths, the impact of social media in managing the image of companies and the industry, and strategies to proactively bust myths. Discovery points:

• Identify strategies to proactively educate constituent groups
• Learn how cable companies are harnessing the power of social media to attack common myths
• Understand why falsehoods linger – and what to do about correcting them

New possibilities for customer self-care and "cloudifying" cable's triple play across multiple screens are among innovative approaches presented by selected participants in the first of two CIO.IT Competitions judged by industry experts. Find out how developers are leveraging cloud computing and service-oriented architectures to improve cable services and care. Discovery points:

• Approaches for accelerating performance of cloud-based media and services
• Back-office strategies for leveraging cloud and SOA platforms
• Applying cloud-based delivery across the cable product offering

Phone calls are going HD, video calling is becoming prevalent, and competition for customers is more intensive than ever. Get a 360-degree perspective on how the Commission’s top advisors see shifts in telecom technology, services, competition and economics influencing the marketplace. Appearing are FCC Bureau Chiefs and top staffers who possess a deep understanding of the communications environment and cable’s place within it.

Host: Arthur Orduña, Chief Product Officer, Canoe Ventures

Guests:

"The Simultaneous Multi-screen Experience: How Connected Consumers are Changing TV"
Joan FitzGerald, VP, TV & Cross-Platform Services, comScore

"Visualizing the Real-time Twitter TV Audience"
Sean Casey, CEO & Founder, SocialGuide

"WatchESPN, One Year Later - Insights into Authentication"
Matt Murphy, SVP, Digital Video Distribution, Disney & ESPN Media Networks

"ScreenSync TV: Companion Apps that Drive Consumer Engagement"
John Gilles, EVP, Sales & Marketing, Coincident

"Enjoy Better: TWC TV™ for Tablet, Smartphone & PC"
Kevin Leddy, EVP, Technology Policy & Product Management, Time Warner Cable
Greg Calvert, Director, Video Product Management, Time Warner Cable

Live Debate: Harvard vs. Columbia

Host: Becky Henderson, Founder & GM, Halogen TV

Chairman: Michael Grebb, Executive Editor, CableFAX

The Teams:
Harvard: Coulter King & Sanhita Dey
Columbia: Rohan Jotwani & Reid Bagwell

Reactors:
Joe Flint, Staff Writer, LA Times
Diane Mermigas, New Media Business Consultant & Strategist
Peter Stern, EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Time Warner Cable

We’ve come a long way since amplifier cascades and tree-and-branch topologies. Modernized cable networks increasingly are embracing new possibilities for content delivery that take advantage of cloud access, intelligent caching and more. Find out what’s ahead in cable network architecture as experts share details about the cablemeets- CDN revolution.

Produced in partnership with CTAM.

Business communications services already have emerged as a fast-growing cable industry revenue source while improving communications agility for small, medium and enterprise businesses everywhere. A combination of high-bandwidth products and rising market sophistication is creating even greater opportunity for winning share and driving revenue in the business segments. Find out from senior management how their companies are lining up products, technology investments and sales/service strategy to make cable a platform to be reckoned with in the SMB/enterprise space. Discovery points:

• Learn the drivers for the SMB customers and how organizations are changing to capture this market
• Find out what products are appealing to larger business customers – and why
• Hear how shifts and advances on the business side may impact cable’s residential services

There's intelligence in the network – if you know where to look. Here, information technology specialists showcase solutions for mining analytics and data to produce actionable intelligence about network conditions, customer behavior and more. The second of two CIO.IT Competitions, judged by industry experts, offers fresh insights into data analytics and their applications. Discovery points:

• Real-world indicators of IP video usage based on network analytics
• Comprehensive approaches for monitoring viewership in real-time
• Applying predictive analytics to business decision-making and network provisioning

We’ve come a long way since the days of monopoly phone service and one-size-fits-all rate plans. Today, state telecommunications regulators must assess a dizzying blend of technologies, consumer concerns and economic impacts. How do they see the market and its public policy implications developing? Find out here as experienced state commissioners assess the communications landscape. Discovery points:

• Voice service competitive dynamics and implications for regulatory approach
• Public policy priorities in a shifting marketplace
• The impact and influence of alternative technologies, landline cord cutting and more

As online video subscriber-authentication approaches take hold, a generation of TV-watchers is being exposed to new possibilities for enjoying television across connected devices. Find out the latest deployment indicators, viewer behavior insights and business strategies behind the TV Everywhere evolution – and what it means for your business. Discovery points:

• Get updates on the scope and reach of subscriber-authentication platforms
• Hear about creative business and licensing approaches for video extension by cable operators
• Understand strategy approaches among major television content companies

It’s not just the playback devices that are proliferating. The sheer volume of video content, and ways to access it, is rising exponentially as outlets for creative expression proliferate. To help frame the opportunity, influential strategists in digital video explain how they’re positioning their companies to participate in and profit from a video world like we’ve never seen before.

• Google Vice President of Product Management Mario Queiroz talks about the possibilities of next-generation video content and interfaces – and the business principles that influence the thinking behind Google’s strategy for the emerging television environment.
• Microsoft Media Strategy Advisor Gerard Kunkel shares insights around the product development strategy for video playback devices, motion-control user interfaces and overall media experience in a multi-screen, on-demand environment.

Reception for CTAM Business Services session attendees.

A reception for NCTA members in honor of the NCTA Board Chairman.

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.

For more information about the NAMIC Annual Awards Breakfast or how to obtain tickets please visit: www.NAMIC.com.

"Handling The Connected Home" is this year's theme of the annual Cable Show Tech Breakfast, hosted by Communications Technology magazine, and sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent and Actiontec.

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

The Cable Asia Breakfast is hosted by NCTA and CASBAA.

"Reaching the $2.1 Trillion Evangelical Market" with Larry W. Poland, Ph.D. Chairman and CEO

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Philip Kent, Chairman & CEO, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION
Conan O'Brien, Host of "Conan" on TBS
Hosted by Piers Morgan, Host of "Piers Morgan Tonight” on CNN

SPORTS PANEL
Good Sports: Headline-makers from the world of sports and sports television examine the impact of digital media and around-the-clock access on the economics and strategies of the modern-day sports business.

INDUSTRY PANEL
Who’s Viewer Is It? Top executives from the cable, Internet video and content creation sectors share viewpoints about competition and collaboration in an environment where plentiful delivery options have blurred traditional business boundaries.

DOCSIS network performance analysis for IPv6 and virtual environment testing are just two of the subjects addressed by authors who lead in the field of network evaluation and performance enhancement. Discover how cable strategists are approaching technology investment and measuring the economic impact of technology decisions.

An explosion of investment and activity in “smart home” services – home security, appliance control, camera-enabled monitoring, energy and more – suggests cable may be on the brink of a substantial new business category. Find out how cable companies are redefining and reinventing the home management services category by leveraging the capabilities of modern, high-capacity, two-way networks. Discovery points:

• Market size, cable industry opportunity and potential share shifts
• How cable can add value and improve customer experience
• Service/product offerings and their market positioning

As a new breed of start-ups work to marry social media and second-screen applications with television, new economic models are unfolding. Get a crash-course in social TV and second-screen strategies as cable network executives and social TV app developers talk about the intersection of their mediums, and the opportunities it creates. Discovery points:

• See demonstrations and hear about companion-viewing apps that enhance the TV experience
• Understand how cable networks are embracing the social TV wave
• Explore revenue and business models that flow from social TV apps

Cable IT units aren’t alone in coming to terms with “big data” – the movement to efficiently acquire, organize, analyze, and make the most of today’s tidal wave of information. Consumer-oriented businesses everywhere are finding new ways to leverage data for results. This session focuses on how successful companies are building IT platforms for big data, and how they’re tapping warehoused and dynamic data for predictive analytics for success in the cable operating and programming environment. Discovery points:

• Hear how cable industry companies and those outside the industry are turning big data into business success
• Learn from industry analysts how predictive analytics are making an impact on cable and other business sectors
• Understand key terms and technologies that drive success in data analytics

Part of cable’s core appeal is its diversity of content – and the range of entrants that have found a place on the channel lineup. Here, top executives from independent (and independent-minded) cable networks talk about how they’ve conceived, developed, marketed and maintained targeted cable networks in an era of media proliferation and in the face of competition from larger network owners.

Exhibitor List | Interactive Floor Plan

Host: Arthur Orduña, Chief Product Officer, Canoe Ventures

Guests:

"Beating Expectations: Getting to the 30-Minute Arrival Window"
Vin Zachariah, SVP, Field Operations, Mediacom Communications Corporation

"Location, Location, Collaboration: The Benefits of a Synchronized Workforce"
Yuval Brisker, Co-Founder & CEO, TOA Technologies

"Home Gateways: Making In-home Services Seamless"
Jerry Kurtze, Senior Manager, Business Development & Marketing, Motorola Mobility

"Service Your Way: Our Commitment to Our Customers”
John Williamson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Comcast.com

Host: Jon Potter, President, Application Developers Alliance

Judges:
Mark Hess, SVP, Advanced Business & Technology Development, Comcast Cable
Rebecca Rusk Lim, VP, Interactive Experience, AMPT Audience & Multi-Platform Technologies, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Jim Luccheese, CEO, The Echo Nest
Matt Powers, CTO, Applico Inc

Guests:
Student Developers from Stanford, Pace, Wellesley, MIT and Rutgers Universities

The industry's highest honors for leadership. More info here.

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

Guests:

"Cable Culture Shock: Engaging Customers as Individuals in the Digital Content Environment"
Kent Steffen, President, Content Direct, CSG International, Inc.

"Broadband Home Management & Home Security"
Jim Johnson, EVP, General Manager, iControl Networks

"Enjoy Better: TWC Home Phone - VoiceZone"
Ingrid Simunic, Ph.D., Voice Product Management, Time Warner Cable

"Moving Beyond the Living Room: Enabling Connected Experiences"
Fady Lamaa, VP of Products, mPortal

Produced together with Comcast Cable & Time Warner Cable
Sponsored by Cisco

From law enforcement to web servers, the transition to a new Internet addressing scheme touches on nearly every aspect of IP communications. Find out how the IPv6 transition affects popular online applications, web server platforms and other online resources while getting a detailed tutorial in the forthcoming addressing protocol. Discovery points:

• Policy-related issues associated with the IPv6 transition
• The role of Carrier Grade (or Large Scale) NAT and how addressing works
• IPv6 functionality required by popular web applications

IPv6 Workshop, an exclusive technical track at The Cable Show 2012 exploring the progress and issues surrounding the ongoing global transition to IPv6. More information »

Produced together with Comcast Cable & Time Warner Cable
Sponsored by Cisco

With World IPv6 Launch scheduled for June 6, 2012, this session examines expectations for the launch along with the steps to prepare for this effort. The session also reviews the progress of IPv6 deployment over the past year, including the experiences gained from last June’s World IPv6 Day. Discovery points:

• The importance of World IPv6 Day in the formation of World IPv6 Launch
• Feedback and insight from service and content providers regarding World IPv6 Launch
• Projections and predictions for IPv6 impact

Produced together with Comcast Cable & Time Warner Cable
Sponsored by Cisco

With the deployment of any technology, measurement and benchmarking are required to assess the progress and success of adoption. This session underscores the importance of measurements and benchmarking specific to IPv6, and the tools and methodologies that are actively used today. Discovery points:

• How IPv6 and its impact will be monitored and gauged
• Key adoption and performance metrics and what they mean
• Assessment perspectives from core and edge networks

Please contact Kathi Schlieman/CableLabs at k.schlieman@cablelabs.com for more information.