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NCTC Winter Educational Conference & Technology Showcase
Grand Hyatt San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Jan 26 – 27, 2015
Sunday, Jan 25
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Monday, Jan 26
7:00am – 8:00am
8:00am -8:45am
Registration & Exhibitor Set Up
Texas Ballroom Foyer
Registration & Networking Continental Breakfast
Texas Ballroom Foyer
Technology Directions Discussion (Members Only)
Texas Ballroom ABC
Great time to meet other members and exchange ideas over breakfast.
Breakfast sponsored by: Ericsson
Join other NCTC members for a candid discussion regarding technology directions, challenges and successes.
Moderator: Gary Shorman, President & CEO, Eagle Communications
Panelists:
Dave Hoffer, COO, MCTV | Wayne Schattenkerk, CFO, WaveDivision Holdings | Vin Zachariah,
SVP, Residential Services, Vyve Broadband
8:45am
9:00am – 9:45am
Coffee Break sponsored by Universal Electronics
Innovations at CableLabs
Texas Ballroom ABC
Learn from the CEO of CableLabs, Phil McKinney, what is hot on the list of projects at CableLabs and why.
Hear what the Labs believes are important developments to keep an eye on for the near future.
9:45am
Coffee Break sponsored by Universal Electronics
10:00am – 11:30am
Competition Heats Up with Video Platform Features
Texas Ballroom ABC
Consumers have a growing number of choices in the market that provide increased video sources, more
content on demand, easy to use user interfaces, IP video enablement, streaming/downloading to mobile
devices and advanced DVR functionality. We will discuss which features are important, how can a smaller
operator stay up with the big guys, and what the underlying technologies are that an operator must master
to do so.
Moderator: Imran Shah, Managing Partner, IBB Consulting
Panelists:
David Isenberg, President & CRO, Atlantic Broadband | Michael Morrison, Director of Fioptics
Services, Cincinnati Bell | Pete O’Connell, VP Affiliate Sales, Disney & ESPN Media Networks |
Colin Stiles, VP Sales, Really Simple Software, Inc. | Chris Thun, VP Mktg & Product, Fan TV
11:30am – 3:30pm
Technology Showcase
Texas Ballroom DEF
3:45pm – 4:45pm
Equipping Your Workforce to Support the Evolving Broadband Industry
Texas Ballroom ABC
Lunch & Refreshments sponsored by TVC / SEG
The shift to IP-based networks and a world of connectivity has created extraordinary opportunity for the
operator. The changes also create new challenges including how to educate and engage your workforce to
support an ever-evolving array of services. How you organize roles, hire, train and deploy technology and
tools is critical to hiring, retention and delivering excellent customer service. Attend this discuss to learn the
latest insights, lessons learned and new engagement models from top providers.
Moderator: Sarah Eder, Prinicipal, Primavera Group
Panelists:
Kathy Green, Director of Talent Development, Midcontinent Communications | Johnny
Lambert, VP Technical Operations, enTouch Systems | Andy Parrott, Corporate VP of Technical
Operations, Suddenlink | Jeff Ross, President, Armstrong
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Cocktail Reception – Inside the Technology Showcase
8:00pm – 11:00pm
WEC Concert Event featuring Old Dominion sponsored by Scripps Networks
Texas Ballroom DEF
Sponsored by Adams Cable Equipment, Inc.
Join us for an amazing concert event free to all conference attendees; open bar included.
Doors open at 8pm. Concert begins at 9pm. Aztec Theatre, 201 E Commerce St. Transportation provided.
NCTC Winter Educational Conference & Technology Showcase
Grand Hyatt San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Jan 26 – 27, 2015
Tuesday, Jan 27
7:30am – 8:20am
Breakfast | Telco & Municipality Breakfast Breakouts
Texas Ballroom Foyer
8:30am – 9:30am
ACA Update
Texas Ballroom ABC
Conference Breakfast sponsored by ARRIS
ACA’s Matt Polka and the ACA Team discuss recent legislative and regulatory developments affecting the
industry, such as net neutrality, the Comcast and AT&T mergers, the FCC implementation of the STELA
Reauthorization Act of 2014 including developments in the regulation of set top boxes, and the
Communications Act update.
Moderator: Matt Polka, President & CEO, ACA
Panelists:
Tom Cohen, Attorney, Kelley Drye & Warren | Ansley Erdel, VP, Alpine Group | Barbara Esbin,
Senior Counsel, Cinnamon Mueller | Ross Lieberman, VP Government Affairs, ACA
9:30am
Coffee Break sponsored by Cinnamon Mueller
Technology Showcase
Texas Ballroom DEF
11:30am – 1:00pm
Luncheon with Speaker, Peter Singer, Strategist, NeoLuddite, LLC
Texas Ballroom ABC
1:00pm – 1:40pm
After Lunch Break / 4K Ultra HD Demo by Harmonic, Inc.
Texas Ballroom Foyer
1:40pm – 2:45pm
Managing Broadband Growth
Texas Ballroom ABC
9:30am – 11:30am
Refreshments sponsored by Advanced Media Technologies
There is perhaps no issue that has grown so important, so quickly, and that touches so many, that remains so
poorly understood as cybersecurity. The author of the best-selling book, Cybersecurity and Cyber War: What
Everyone Needs to Know will explore the key issues and trends challenging us today in both our online, and
real world, security.
Lunch sponsored by Evolution Digital
With broadband usage soaring, how can service providers keep up with mounting customer demand and
manage their networks? This session will focus on the new technologies and methods that members can use
to cope with the high growth of broadband, ranging from the backbone access network to the plethora of IP
devices in the home.
Moderator: Alan Breznick, Light Reading
Panelists:
Gary Koerper, Principal, GKTC Consulting | Brent Smith, President & CTO, Evolution Broadband
Eric Truelson, Product Architect, GCI |
2:45 pm
Coffee Break sponsored by Cinnamon Mueller
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Gigabit Service- Is it Really Here?
Texas Ballroom ABC
Members are launching Gigabit to the home. Why now, and can you make it happen?
Moderator: Dave Nieuwstarten, Principal, Pivot Media
Panelists:
Matt Dosch, EVP, Customer Operations, Comporium | Samir Parikh, Director of Product
Management, Gainspeed | Karthik Sundaresan, CableLabs
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Cocktails & Networking
Sponsored by Harmonic Inc.
Texas Ballroom Foyer

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