WASHINGTON, DC – The 2010 Spring Technical Forum – a collaboration uniting the best of the Conference on Emerging Technologies® from the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE); the annual Technical Papers™ program of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA); and the thought leadership of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®) – will bring together the top innovators in the broadband industry at the The Cable Show 2010, theindustry’s premiere annual event, May 11-13, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
At this new conference on technology, the cable industry’s technical community will explore innovative approaches in network architecture, operational efficiencies, advanced hardware and software services, and more.  The conference will also feature nearly 30 of the industry’s most distinguished authors who will present the highlights of their papers in one of the following technical paper sessions:

• Bit Players: Data, Software and the Cable Evolution
• Generation Next: Inventing the Access Networks of Tomorrow
• An Education in EBIF: Advancing Cable’s iTV Foundation
• Cloudy, With a Chance of Breakthrough: New Models for IP Service Delivery
• Quest for Quality: Optimization Approaches for the Digital Era
• Depth Perceptions: Technical Approaches for 3D Video Integration
• Capacity for Change: Capacity Expansion in Theory and in Practice

“By merging all three organizations’ programs, this conference provides the best learning and information for industry executives in one event,” said Dan Pike, Chief Technology Officer, GCI Cable, and Chairman of the Spring Technical Forum Selection Committee.  “Gatherings like this help foster and enrich many innovations that push the cable industry to stay on the cutting edge of broadband technology.”
The multi-day conference, which kicks off on Tuesday morning, May 11, will feature a series of panels including a strategic view of cable’s technology future from the industry’s chief technical leadership; practical approaches to improved energy efficiency and cost savings associated with alternative energies and best practices; and a customized view of the entire cable technology ecosystem geared for the local West Coast engineering community.    
Forum participants will include a broad cross section of senior-level technologists and those with engineering management and financial responsibilities. 

Admission to the Spring Technical Forum is included with a The Cable Show 2010 registration, although a separate enrollment is required.  Registration is open now at www.thecableshow.com. 
For further information on The Cable Show 2010, and to register for periodic Cable Show updates, visit www.thecableshow.com.
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NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation’s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access, serving more than 40 million customers, after investing more than $145 billion to build two-way digital networks with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 20 million American consumers.

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is a non-profit professional association that provides technical leadership for the telecommunications industry and serves its members through professional development, standards, certification and information. SCTE currently has approximately 13,000 members from the U.S. and 70 countries worldwide and offers a variety of programs and services for the industry’s educational benefit. A prime example is SCTE’s Smart Energy Management Initiative (SEMI), an unprecedented effort to help cable operators leverage financial and environmental advantages of implementing Green strategies. SCTE has 68 chapters and meeting groups and more than 3,000 employees of the cable telecommunications industry hold SCTE technical certifications. SCTE is an ANSI-accredited standards development organization. Visit SCTE online at www.scte.org. Follow SCTE on Facebook and Twitter.

Founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry, Cable Television Laboratories is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains web sites at www.cablelabs.com; www.opencable.com, www.tru2way.com, www.advancedadvertising.tv, www.packetcable.com; www.cablemodem.com; and www.cablenet.org.  CableCARD™, CableHome®, CableLabs®, CableNET®, CablePC™, DCAS™, DOCSIS®, Go2BroadbandSM, M-Card™, OpenCable™, OCAP™, PacketCable™, and tru2way® are marks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.