The Fairmont San Jose San Antonio, TX January 8 - 10, 2002 Show Daily Topics: Customer premise equipment |  Deals & orders |  Fiber optics |  Headend equipment |  High speed data equipment |  ITV |  Network management/ monitoring |  Outside plant |  People |  Powering equipment |  Services |  Software/customer care products |  Telephony |  Testing Equipment |  Tools |  Training |  Transmission/ distribution equipment Emerging TechnologiesSchedule of Events  Tuesday January 8, 2002 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Wednesday, January 9, 2002 7:30 am - 8:00 pm Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Source: SCTE  Tuesday Jan. 8 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. - 1 hour Cisco Tours (Sold Out)  11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Registration Open, Ballroom Prefunction Area 1:30-3 p.m. - Pre-Conference Tutorial-MPEG-4 Overview, Imperial Ballroom 3:00-3:15 p.m. - Break, Regency Ballroom II 3:15-4:45 p.m. - Pre-Conference Tutorial-IPv6 Overview, Imperial Ballroom 6:00-8:00 p.m. - Welcome Reception, Tech Museum of Innovation; sponsored by CommScope, Philips Broadband Networks and Scientific-Atlanta Wednesday Jan. 9 7:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m. - Registration Open, Ballroom Prefunction Area 8:00-8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast, Regency Ballroom II; sponsored by ARRIS 8:30-8:45 a.m. - Welcome & Presentation of the Young Engineer Award, Imperial Ballroom; sponsored by Pace Micro Technology, Multichannel News and SCTE 8:45-9:30 a.m. - Keynote Speaker, Imperial BallroomJim Chiddix, President, Interactive Personal Video Group, AOL Time WarnerThe Future of Cable Networks 9:30-9:45 a.m. - Program Preview, Imperial BallroomMarv Nelson, Vice President, Technical Programs, SCTE Dave Franklin, Director, Plant Engineering, AOL Time Warner 9:45-10:00 a.m. - Break, Regency Ballroom II; sponsored by Harmonic 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. - Architecting Next-Generation Broadband Networks, Imperial Ballroom 12:30-2:00 p.m. - Emerging Technologies Awards Luncheon, Regency Ballroom;sponsored by C-COR.net, Corning Inc., Cahners Television Group, CED magazine, Multichannel News and SCTE 2:15-5:00 p.m. - Optimizing Traffic Flow Over Broadband Networks, Imperial Ballroom 3:30-3:45 p.m. - Break, Regency Ballroom II; sponsored by Harmonic 6:00-8:00 p.m. - Reception to honor ET Award Winners, Club Regent; sponsored by C-COR.net, Corning, Cahners Television Group, CED, Multichannel News and SCTE Thursday Jan. 10 8:30 a.m. -4:00 p.m. - Registration Open, Ballroom Prefunction Area 9:00-11:45 a.m. - Issues Surrounding Next-Generation Services, Imperial Ballroom 10:30-10:45 a.m. - Break, Regency Ballroom II; sponsored by Communications Technology Noon-1:00 p.m. - Luncheon, Regency Ballroom 1:45-4:30 p.m. - Utilizing Next-Generation Broadband Networks, Imperial Ballroom 3:00-3:15 p.m. - Break, Regency Ballroom II; sponsored by Acterna Source: SCTE