NCTA 2003
Tue, 08/30/2005 - 8:00pm
The National Cable & Telecommunications
Association’s 52nd AnnualConvention
and International Exposition

McCormick
Place •
Chicago Illinois

June 8 - 11, 2003

NATIONAL SHOW SCHEDULE

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

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Monday, June 9, 2003

Exhibitor Registration
open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Delegate Registration open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Media Registration open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Cable Courtyard open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

International Business Center open 7:30 a.m. to 6:00
p.m.

Executive Suites open 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

7:30 - 8:45 a.m.

CablePAC Breakfast (Club Members Only)—Room
S103ABC

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

MONDAY GENERAL SESSION Grand Ballroom

9 Leading the Digital Revolution

10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Exhibit Floor Open

(10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. are Exclusive Hours)

10:30 – 5:30 p.m.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

10:30-12:00 Kaitz Foundation Board Meeting—Room
S503AB


10:30-12:00 NCTA Corporate Counsel Meeting—Room
S501BC

10:30-12:00 NCTA Finance & Operations Committee
Meeting—Room S501D

11:00-12:00 Cable in the Classroom Board Meeting—Room
S502AB


4:00-5:30 COST Committee Meeting—Room
S501A

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

SPECIAL MEETINGS & LUNCHES

Public Policy Lunch (Invitation Only)—Room S103ABC

1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

EDUCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SESSIONS

10 Broadband Content Icons—Room S101

National Show Partner: CTAM

11 Flexible Network Design: Realizing Path Potential—Room
S102AB


NCTA Technical Papers Session

12 How TV is Changing—Room S102CD

National Show Partner: NATPE

13 Measure for Measure: Getting the Local Count Right—Room
S104


National Show Partner: CAB

14 A Story Worth Retailing—Room S105CD

2:45 – 4:00 p.m.

EDUCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SESSIONS

15 Richer, Deeper, More Profitable . . . Advertising
Broadband Style—Room S101

National Show Partner: CTAM

16 Packet Up, I'll Take It: Managing Tomorrow's IP Traffic—Room
S102AB


NCTA Technical Papers Session

17 News from the Hill: Congressional Staff Panel Discussion—Room
S102CD


18 Analyze This, Analyze That: Wall Street Talks Cable—Room
S104


19 State & Local Connection: The Impact of Public
Policy on the Digital Revolution

—Room S105AB

20 Good 'n Plenty: Cable's Sweet Spot in Programming—Room
S105CD

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

EDUCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SESSIONS

21 Home Networking – Defining Cable’s Role—Room
S101


National Show Partner: CTAM

22 Whole Home Networking: A House No Longer Divided—Room
S102AB


NCTA Technical Papers Session

23 We Propose 'em - They Dispose 'em: Bureau Chiefs
at the FCC

Room S102CD

24 It Just Keeps Getting Better: Cable's Financial Outlook—Room
S104


25 The New Sell-ibacy: Getting Customers to Go from
One Product to Many Products—Room S105AB


26 Does Interactive TV Push Your Buttons?—Room
S105CD


Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Exhibitor Registration
open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Delegate Registration open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Media Registration open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Cable Courtyard open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

International Business Center open 7:30 a.m. to 6:00
p.m.

Executive Suites open 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

7:00 – 8:45 a.m.

BREAKFAST MEETINGS

7:00-8:45 Multichannel News & TWICE Breakfast

“Evolution Revolution: The Move to HD TV”

Separate Registration Required $65—Room S106

7:30-8:45 Special Breakfast Session featuring
Torie Clarke and Embedded Journalists—Grand
Ballroom

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

TUESDAY GENERAL SESSION—Grand Ballroom

27A FCC Chairman Michael Powell

27B Through a Lens Brightly:

The Changing Picture of Cable Programming

10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Exhibit Floor Open

(10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. are Exclusive Hours)

10:30 – 5:30 p.m.

CABLE SIGNAL THEFT SPECIAL SEMINAR

10:45-11:00 Welcome & Continental Breakfast—Room
S504A


11:00–12:00 Marketing and Theft of Service:
A Match Made in Heaven?

—Room S504A

1:15–2:30 Vendors: Lock Boxes, Pedestals
& Asset Recovery - What Products and Services are
on the Market Today?—Room S504A

2:45–3:45 Digital Technology: What will
it mean for Delivery of Broadband Services & POD
Security?—Room S504A

3:45-4:15 HD Pavilion Tour

4:30–5:30 Panel Session: “You’re
Busted: Taking Theft of Service Loss Prevention to the
Next Level”—Room S102CD

10:30 – 6:00 p.m.

SUPPLIER & EMPLOYMENT DIVERSITY CONNECTION

10:30-12:45 Cable’s Diversity Network Session—RoomS503AB


2:00-3:00 Supplier Diversity Opportunities –
Second Tier Contracts—RoomS503AB

2:45-4:45 Panel Session: “Diverse Talent:
Moving Up or Off the Ladder?”

—Room S105CD

4:30-6:00 Networking Reception—Cable
Courtyard

12:00 – 4:30 p.m.

SPECIAL MEETINGS & LUNCHES

12:00-1:30 Public Policy Lunch (Invitation Only)—Room
S103ABC

12:00-2:00 NCTA Finance & Operations Committee
Meeting & Lunch

—Room S502AB

2:00-2:30 System Annual Membership Meeting—Room
S501D

2:30-4:00 Satellite Network Committee Meeting—Room
S501BC


2:30-4:30 Venture Capitalists Forum (Invitation
Only)—Room S106AB

1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

EDUCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SESSIONS

28 Making High Speed Main Stream - Innovative Marketing
Strategies

Room S101

National Show Partner: CTAM

29 Don't Be Long, the Meter's Running: New Tools for
Tiering—Room S102AB

NCTA Technical Papers Session

30 Making-Out at the Bottom-Line: Public Affairs and
Community Relations

—Room S102CD

National Show Partner: CTPAA

31 Santa Claws: Using New Products to Retain Customers—Room
S104

32 I.P., Phone Home—Room S105AB

33 See Spots Run: Making and Moving Advertising on Cable
TV – Buyers & Sellers—Room S105CD

National Show Partner: CAB

2:45 – 4:00 p.m.

EDUCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SESSIONS

34 Revenue Opportunities in Selling Broadband B2B—Room
S101


National Show Partner: CTAM

35 Subscribers On-Demand: Delivering What They Want,
When They Want It

—Room S102AB

NCTA Technical Papers Session

36 View from the Top: FCC Legal Advisors—Room
S102CD


37 The MO on VOD, SVOD, FVOD—Room S104

38 Diverse Talent: Moving Up or Off the Ladder?

(2:45 to 4:45 p.m.)—Room S105CD

National Show Partner: CTHRA

39 Creating the Starbucks Habit with Cable Customers:
What’s a Latte Effort?

—Room S105AB

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

EDUCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SESSIONS

40 WiFi - Friend and Foe—Room S101

National Show Partner: CTAM

41 Cable & Consumer Electronics: A Vegas Wedding?—Room
S102AB


NCTA Technical Papers Session

42 You’re Busted! Taking Theft of Service Loss

Prevention to the Next Level—Room S102CD

National Show Partner: Office of Cable Signal Theft


43 Unlocking New Revenue Streams & Offering Advanced
Services in Smaller & Rural Markets—Room
S104


National Show Partner: Office of Rural & Small System
Operators

44 When Will ITV Change From Being a Survivor to an
American Idol?

—Room S105AB

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Vanguard Awards Reception & Ceremony

(Doors open 5:00 p.m. for Reception; Ceremony starts
at 6:15 p.m.)

—Grand Ballroom A


Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Exhibitor Registration open
7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Delegate Registration open 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Media Registration open 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Cable Courtyard open 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

International Business Center open 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Executive Suites open 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

7:00 – 8:45 a.m.

BREAKFAST MEETINGS

7:00-8:45 NAMIC Breakfast—Vista Ballroom,
McCormick Place

8:30 – 12:30 p.m. Exhibit Floor Open

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

9:00-11:30 Franchising Group—Room S501A

9:00-12:00 NCTA Tax Working Group Meeting—Room
S501BC


9:30-11:30 WICT Foundation Meeting Room S501D

10:30 – 12:00 p.m.

EDUCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SESSIONS

45 SCTE Session on Standards—Room S102AB

National Show Partner: SCTE

46 Dish Can't Be Right: Marketing Against the Competition—Room
S102CD

47 The Big Picture on the Big Picture: HiDef and Cable—Room
S104

48 All Public Affairs is Local—Room S105AB

11:30 – 12:30 p.m.

NCTA Board of Directors Meeting—Room S101

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.

CLOSING GENERAL SESSION & LUNCH—Grand Ballroom

49 The Magnificent Seven: Cable CEO's Saddle-Up for Business


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