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Session # TRU 01 Tru View: The State of the Union Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 10:00 AM -10:30 AM Room 252 Welcome : Steve Mace (National Cable & Telecommunications Association) Speaker : Richard Green, Ph.D. (CableLabs)
Session # TRU 02 The Tru2way Opportunity Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 10:30 AM -11:15 AM Room 252 Keynote : Paul Liao (Panasonic Corporation of North America)
Session # TRU 03 Screen Play: Developing Tru2way Applications and Content Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 11:15 AM -12:30 PM Room 252 Moderator : Stewart Schley (One Touch Intelligence) Speaker : John Hashimoto (The Weather Channel Companies), David Preisman (Showtime Networks, Inc.), Gary Sohmers (Interactive Meet and Greet Entertainment, (I.M.A.G.E.), LLC)
Session # TRU 05 In the Middle: Technology Components for Tru2way Networks Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 1:30 PM -2:30 PM Room 252 Moderator : Jeff Baumgartner (Cable Digital News/Light Reading) Speaker : Dave Clark (Cisco Systems), Mark DePietro (Motorola, Inc.), Rick Mallon (Sigma Systems), Sam Pemberton (The Softel Group), Kim Wilson (SeaChange International)
Session # TRU 04 Where We’re Going: The Tru2way Specification Roadmap Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 1:30 PM -2:30 PM Room 256 Speaker : So Vang (CableLabs)
Session # TRU 06 Hands-On Developers Lab Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 2:00 PM -5:00 PM Room 256 Presenter : Anne Dirkse (Vidiom Systems, Inc.)
Session # TRU 07 Grade A: Advanced Advertising Applications Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 2:30 PM -3:30 PM Room 252 Moderator : Arthur Orduña (Advance/Newhouse Communications) Speaker : John Collins (Time Warner Cable), Chet Kanojia (Navic Networks), Ken Little (National Cable Communications), Steve Stukenborg (Google, Inc.), Andrew Ward (Comcast Spotlight)
Session # TRU 08 Start your Spreadsheets: The Business Case for Tru2way Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Room 252 Moderator : Phil Bender (CableLabs) Speaker : Tuna Amobi (Standard & Poor's), Sean Bunner (HSN), David Housman (Vidiom Systems, Inc.), Gary Schanman (Comcast Cable Communications)
Session # TRU 09 House-bound: Tru2way Deployment Plans Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 8:45 AM -9:45 AM Room 252 Moderator : Ralph Brown (CableLabs) Speaker : Bill Helms (Time Warner Cable), Sree Kotay (Comcast Cable Communications)
Session # CABU 01 Executive Learning Sessions Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 9:30 AM -12:30 PM Room 207 Welcome : Sean Cunningham (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau) Speaker : Jim Birschbach (MediaRecruiter.com), Steve Ozzano (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Chuck Thompson (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Gary Tietjen (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Session # TRU 10 Boxed In: Tru2way Hardware and Equipment Update Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 10:00 AM -11:00 AM Room 252 Moderator : Robert Faught (Comcast Cable Communications) Speaker : Chad Bell (Best Buy Company), Victor Carlson (Panasonic Corporation of North America), Stephen Goldstein (Samsung Electronics America), David Sandford (TiVO)
Session # TRU 11 Tru Blue: The Sky’s the Limit for Cable’s iTV Future Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:00 PM Room 252 Moderator : Leslie Ellis (Multichannel News) Speaker : Sherisse Hawkins (Time Warner Cable), James Kelso (Cox Communucations, Inc.), Charlie Kennamer (Comcast Cable Communications), Bill Sheppard (Sun MicroSystems)
Session # CABLE 01 Generation Next: What's Now and What's New in Broadband Media Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 1:30 PM -2:30 PM Hall A Keynote : Kyle McSlarrow (NCTA) Welcome : Rocco Commisso (Mediacom Communications Corporation), Debra Lee (BET Networks) Moderator : William Kennard (The Carlyle Group) Speaker : Peter Chernin (News Corporation), Philippe Dauman (Viacom, Inc.), Paul Otellini (Intel Corporation), Brian Roberts (Comcast Corporation), Yoshi Yamada (Panasonic Corporation of North America)
Session # CABU 02 Executive Learning Sessions Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:45 PM Room 207 Speaker : Danielle DeLauro (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Ira Sussman (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Chuck Thompson (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Gary Tietjen (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Session # CABLE 04 Airing it Out: Transforming Mobile Communications and Entertainment Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM Room 215 Moderator : Dallas Clement (Cox Communications, Inc.) Speaker : Bryan McGuirk (SES Americom), Dan Moloney (Motorola, Inc.), Jim Patterson (Sprint Nextel Corporation)
Session # CABLE 06 B2B: A Game-Changing Competitive Strategy Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM Room 220 Moderator : Karen Brown (One Touch Intelligence) Speaker : Bill Connors (Comcast Cable Communications), Gary McCollum (Cox Communications, Inc.), Ian Olgeirson (SNL Kagan), Ted Schremp (Charter Communications)
Session # CABLE 05 Digital Transition: Preparing for the End of Analog TV Broadcasting Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM Room 217 Moderator : Anne Cowan (CTAM) Speaker : Bryan Burns (ESPN, Inc.), Cesar Conde (Univision Television Group), David Donovan (MSTV), Kevin Leddy (Time Warner Cable), David Pugliese (Cox Communications, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 03 Expansion Plan: Where Bandwidth Goes from Here Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM Room 211 Moderator : David Fellows (Comcast Cable Communications) Presenter : Doug Jones (BigBand Networks), Xiaomei Liu (Cisco Systems), Dave Lively (Cisco Systems), John Ulm (Motorola, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 02 Geography Lessons: Understanding Cable's New World Order Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM Room 208 Moderator : Balan Nair (Liberty Global, Inc.) Reactor : Mike Hayashi (Time Warner Cable) Speaker : Thomas Ee (Taiwan Broadband Communications), Demot O'Carroll (Rogers Cable Communications, Inc.), Cecilia Pedraza (Cablemas), Jan Vorstermans (Telenet)
Session # CABLE 07 Seeing Green: Practical Approaches for Environmental Stewardship Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM Room 222 Moderator : Debora Wilson (The Weather Channel Companies) Speaker : Karen Dougherty Buchholz (Comcast Corporation), Claus Kroeger (Cox Communications, Inc.), Bruce McClelland (ARRIS), Eileen O'Neill (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Steven Schiffman (National Geographic Channel)
Session # CABLE 11 Best Practices: Roadmap to Business Services Operational Success Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM Room 220 Moderator : Kristine Faulkner (Cox Communications, Inc.) Speaker : Mitch Bowling (Comcast Cable Communications), Steve Brookstein (Bresnan Communications), Dave Montierth (Time Warner Cable Business Class), Dave Pistacchio (Cablevision Systems Corporation)
Session # CABLE 12 Consider It Done: Cable's Customer Care Crusade Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM Room 222 Moderator : Jana Henthorn (The Cable Center) Reactor : Tina Waters (Comcast Cable Communications) Speaker : Chuck Patti (University of Denver), Frank Perazzini (J.D. Power & Associates), Ron Rizzuto (University of Denver)
Session # CABLE 08 Now Entering VOD-Ville: New Dimensions for Anytime Video Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM Room 208 Moderator : Matt Stump (One Touch Intelligence) Speaker : Stephen Burke (Comcast Corporation), Jeff Gaspin (Universal Television Group), Landel Hobbs (Time Warner Cable), Tom Rutledge (Cablevision Systems Corporation), David Zaslav (Discovery Communications, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 09 Pipe Dreams: Managing Content in the New Digital Media Ecosystem Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM Room 211 Moderator : Kevin Leddy (Time Warner Cable) Presenter : Jay Bestermann (ARRIS), Eitan Efron (Oversi), Joseph Oren (Cinea, Inc. (A Dolby Company)), Reza Rassool (Widevine Technologies, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 10 Publicity Play: Making an Impact in a Fragmented Media Age Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM Room 215 Moderator : Peter Kiley (C-SPAN) Speaker : Chelsye Burrows (Starz Entertainment), Ellen East (Time Warner Cable), Annie Howell (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Jennifer Khoury (Comcast Corporation), Ellen Kroner (Rainbow Media Holdings)
Session # CABU 03 General Learning Session Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:30 AM -10:30 AM Room 207 Welcome : Sean Cunningham (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau) Speaker : Danielle DeLauro (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Ira Sussman (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Chuck Thompson (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Gary Tietjen (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Session # CABLE 16 Town Hall: The Role of State and Local Governments in Broadband Policy Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:00 AM -12:00 PM Room 217 Moderator : W. Kenneth Ferree (Progress and Freedom Foundation) Panelist : Darryl Bassett (Arkansas Public Service Commission), Doris Boris (National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors ), Senator Carol Fukunaga (State of Hawaii), Sharon Gillett (Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications & Cable), Representative Shane Jett (State of Oklahoma), Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy (State of Rhode Island), Representative Joseph Miro (State of Delaware), Representative Phil Montgomery (State of Wisconsin), Representative Rene Oliveira (State of Texas), Senator Jeff Plale (State of Wisconsin), James Bradford Ramsay (National Association of Rural Utility Commissioners), Representative Donna Stone (State of Delaware), Michael Talbett (National Association of Counties), Nicol Turner-Lee, Ph.D. (One Economy Corporation)
Session # CABLE 14 Bit Parts: New Approaches for Managing Video Encoding Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM Room 211 Moderator : Craig Cuttner (Home Box Office, Inc.) Presenter : Ron Gutman (Imagine Communications), John Hartung (EG Technology, Inc.), Andrew Levine (Home Box Office, Inc.), John Schlack (Motorola, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 17 Creativity Meets Capital: Innovation on Display Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM Room 220 Moderator : Louis Toth (Comcast Interactive Capital) Reactor : David Reed, Ph.D. (CableLabs) Speaker : Dallas Clement (Cox Communications, Inc.), Mark Coblitz (Comcast Corporation), Peter Stern (Time Warner Cable)
Session # CABLE 18 Potomac Perspective: Washington Insiders on Politics and Policy Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM Room 222 Moderator : Steve Vest (NCTA)
Session # CABLE 15 Pursuing Perfection: Best Operational Practices and How to Implement Them Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM Room 215 Moderator : Craig Leddy (Interactive TV Works) Speaker : Ishmel Goodrum (Insight Communications, Inc.), Percy Kirk (Cox Communications, Inc.), Mike Munley (Time Warner Cable), Edward Pardini (Mediacom Communications Corporation)
Session # CABLE 13 Upper Hand: Cable's Advanced Advertising Advantage Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM Room 208 Moderator : Arthur Orduña (Advance/Newhouse Communications) Speaker : John Collins (Time Warner Cable), Billy Farina (Cox Communications, Inc.), Steven Mandala (NBC Universal), Charlie Thurston (Comcast Spotlight)
Session # CIO.IT 01 Welcome Lunch and Keynote Address: Why Information Technology is Critical to the Growth and Innovation of Cable, Media & Entertainment Companies Monday, May 19, 2008 • 12:15 PM -1:30 PM Room 256 Keynote : Bob Suh (Accenture) Welcome : Christina Anderson (NCTA) Introduction : Kathleen O'Reilly (Accenture)
Session # CABU 05 Revitalizing a Region: New Orleans and the Gulf Coast ... The Road to Recovery Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:00 PM -2:00 PM Room 207 Keynote : Sandy Shilstone (New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation) Moderator : Scott Cohn (CNBC) Speaker : Mark Leunissen (Cox Media New Orleans), Steve Price (Cable One)
Session # CIO.IT 02 Behind the Screens: Metadata Management in an On Demand World and Beyond Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:45 PM -2:45 PM Room 215 Moderator : Seth Arenstein (Cable 360/CableFAX) Speaker : Scott Barrows (SAP), Tejpaul Bhatia (MediaMerx), Ron Johnson (Scripps Networks), Kevin Loftis (Discovery Communications, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 21 Capital Currents: How Finance Transformation Drives Cable Growth Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:45 PM -2:45 PM Room 222 Moderator : Jan Woodcock (Deloitte Consulting, LLP) Speaker : Bill Fitzsimmons (Cox Communications, Inc.), Kevin Howard (Charter Communications), Arthur Minson (Time Warner Cable), Brian Walsh (Mediacom Communications Corporation)
Session # CABLE 20 Here, There and Everywhere: Strategies for Multi-Screen Content Delivery Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:45 PM -2:45 PM Room 217 Moderator : Ian Blaine (thePlatform) Speaker : Deanna Brown (Scripps Networks), KC Estenson (The Walt Disney Company), Joe Fiveash (The Weather Channel Companies), Sandy Malcolm (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 19 TV Advertising 2.0: Merging the Mediums Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:45 PM -2:45 PM Room 211 Moderator : Tony Werner (Comcast Cable Communications) Presenter : John Chandler-Pepelnjak (Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions), Mukta Kar, Ph.D. (CableLabs), Steven Riedl (Time Warner Cable), Brent Roraback (Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions)
Session # CABU 06 Who's Watching What: Television Measurement in the Digital Age Monday, May 19, 2008 • 2:15 PM -3:15 PM Room 207 Moderator : Ira Sussman (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau) Speaker : Robin Garfield (Scripps Networks), Jed Meyer (Nielsen DigitalPlus), Steve Murtos (StarCom), George Shababb (TNS Media Research), Todd Stewart (Charter Communications)
Session # CABLE 25 21st Century Communications Policy: The Role of the States Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM Room 220 Moderator : Richard Cimerman (NCTA) Speaker : John Burke (Vermont Public Service Board), Tony Clark (North Dakota Public Service Commission), Maureen Harris (New York Public Service Commission), Phil Jones (Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission), Michael Moffet (Kansas Corporation Commission ), Anthony Palermino (Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control)
Session # CIO.IT 03 Getting with IT: How Technology Is Supporting Customer Care Advancements Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM Room 215 Overview : Jana Henthorn (The Cable Center) Moderator : Mike Grebb (CableFAX) Speaker : Frank Boncimino (Time Warner Cable), Dan Byrnes (Oracle), Cliff Hagan (Cablevision Systems Corporation), Rob Reynolds (Comcast Cable Communications)
Session # CABLE 23 Guiding Light: New Possibilities in Optical Network Architectures Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM Room 211 Moderator : Dan Pike (GCI Cable) Presenter : Dan Estes (Cox Communications, Inc.), James Farmer (Wave7 Optics), Gaylord Hart (Infinera), Phil Miguelez (Motorola, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 22 Hitting On All Cylinders: Cable's Operational Outlook Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM Room 208 Moderator : Char Beales (CTAM) Speaker : Jill Campbell (Cox Communications, Inc.), Michael Doyle (Comcast Cable Communications), Marwan Fawaz (Charter Communications), Sam Howe (Time Warner Cable)
Session # CABLE 24 Street Smarts: Investment Analysts on Cable's Competitive Crusade Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM Room 217 Moderator : Aryeh Bourkoff (UBS Securities) Speaker : Ingrid Chung (Goldman Sachs & Co.), Douglas Mitchelson (Deutsche Bank), Jeff Wlodarczak (Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC)
Session # CABU 07 Across the Spectrum: The Multiplatform Opportunity Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:30 PM -4:30 PM Room 207 Moderator : Chuck Thompson (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau) Speaker : Jan Edwards (Bright House Networks), Hans Fischmann (Time Warner Cable Media Sales), Julie Nelson (Cox Media)
Session # CABLE 26 Bit by Bit: Convergence Creates the Picture Monday, May 19, 2008 • 4:30 PM -5:45 PM Hall A Moderator : Debra Lee (BET Networks) Host : Kyle McSlarrow (NCTA) Speaker : George Bodenheimer (ESPN, Inc.), Glenn Britt (Time Warner Cable), Judy McGrath (MTV Networks), Scott McNealy (SunMicrosystems, Inc. / Sun Federal, Inc. )
Session # CIO.IT 04 Positively Electric: Top Women in Information Technology Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 8:00 AM -9:15 AM Room 256 Welcome : Benita Fitzgerald Mosley (Women in Cable & Telecommunications (WICT)) Moderator : Leslie Ellis (Multichannel News) Speaker : Nomi Bergman (Advance/Newhouse Communications), Amy Berkowitz (CBS Corporation), Cyndee Everman (Time Warner Cable), Charlotte Field (Comcast Cable), Roxanne Kerr (C-SPAN), Gwynne McConkey (Lifetime)
Session # CABU 08 University Roundtables Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 8:00 AM -9:00 AM Ad Sales Hotel - Sheraton New Orleans Speaker : Danielle DeLauro (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Jeff Goldberg (Jeff Goldberg & Associates), Ira Sussman (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Session # CABLE 27 Getting Engaged: Advertising's Quest to Connect Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 9:30 AM -10:45 AM Hall A Keynote : Deborah Meyer (Chrysler) Welcome : Sean Cunningham (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau) Moderator : Craig Moffett (Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC) Speaker : Patrick Esser (Cox Communications, Inc.), Tony Vinciquerra (Fox Networks Group)
Session # CABLE 32 Financially Speaking: The Business Services View from Wall Street Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM Room 220 Moderator : Ken Fitzpatrick (Time Warner Cable) Speaker : Alan Breznick (Heavy Reading), John Hodulik (UBS Securities), Benjamin Swinburne (Morgan Stanley)
Session # CABLE 28 Models (and Supermodels): Business Approaches for Digital Media Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM Room 208 Moderator : Bruce Leichtman (Leichtman Research Group) Speaker : Amy Banse (Comcast Interactive Media), Bruce Campbell (Discovery Communications, Inc.), John Lansing (Scripps Networks), Bill Myers (Starz Entertainment), Steve Necessary (Cox Communications, Inc.), Denmark West (BET Networks)
Session # CABLE 33 Regulatory Review: Bureau Chiefs & Legal Advisors on Media Matters Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM Room 222 Moderator : Kathryn Zachem (Comcast Corporation) Speaker : Elizabeth Andrion (Federal Communications Commission), Matthew Berry (Federal Communications Commission), Catherine Bohigian (Federal Communications Commission), Rudy Brioché (Federal Communications Commission), Rich Chessen (Federal Communications Commission), Maureen Ohlhausen (Federal Trade Commission), Cristina Pauzé (Federal Communications Commission)
Session # CABLE 31 Safety First: Child Online Safety and the Role of State Attorneys General Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM Room 217 Moderator : Amy Cohn (Cox Communications, Inc.) Panelist : Michael Cox (State of Michigan), Marsali Hancock (Internet Keep Safe Coalition), Lisa Hicks-Thomas (Commonwealth of Virginia), Patrick Lynch (State of Rhode Island) Speaker : Deborah Tate (Federal Communications Commission)
Session # CABLE 29 Special Delivery: Strategies and Architectures for Infinite Content Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM Room 211 Moderator : Kip Compton (Cisco Systems) Speaker : S.V. Vasudevan (Cisco Systems) Presenter : Sree Kotay (Comcast Cable Communications), Weidong Mao (Comcast Cable Communications), Michael Pasquinilli (Concurrent Computer Corporation)
Session # CABLE 30 Thinking Big: Smaller Market Operators and the Digital Transition Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM Room 215 Moderator : Amy Tykeson (Bend Cable Communications LLC (dba BendBroadband)) Speaker : James Bruder (Harron Communications Corporation, L.P.), Calvin Craib (Mediacom Communications Corporation), Jeff DeMond (Bresnan Communications), Pat McAdaragh (Midcontinent Communications)
Session # CABU 10 Election Results: Last Dash for 2008 Political Dollars Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:15 AM -12:15 PM Room 207 Moderator : Roland Martin (TV One) Speaker : Rich Ambrose (Time Warner Cable), Bradley Perseke (GMMB), Sam Rodriguez (KRS Strategy Group), Philip Woodie (Comcast Cable Communications)
Session # CIO.IT 05 Click Here: Best Practices in Online Portal Design Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 12:30 PM -1:45 PM Room 256 Moderator : Youssef Tuma (Accenture) Speaker : Andrew Baer (Comcast Cable Communications), Frank Boncimino (Time Warner Cable), Michael Gabriel (HBO), David Kline (Discovery Communications, Inc.)
Session # CIO.IT 06 Behind the Campaign: Marketing Support Technologies and Platforms Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:00 PM -3:00 PM Room 215 Moderator : Seth Arenstein (Cable 360/CableFAX) Speaker : Jay Carlson (Charter Communications), Cyndee Everman (Time Warner Cable), Scott Hatfield (Cox Communications, Inc.), Tim Spencer (Sigma Systems)
Session # CABU 12 Gaming Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:00 PM -4:00 PM Room 207 There are currently no confirmed speakers for this session.
Session # CABU 11 Health & Wellness Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:00 PM -4:00 PM Room 205 Speaker : Jim Doyle (Jim Doyle & Associates)
Session # CABLE 37 Diversity Rules: Connecting with the New Consumer Market Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM Room 220 Moderator : Cynthia Perkins-Roberts (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau) Speaker : Vicky Free (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.), Lily Neumeyer (MTV Networks), Chris Powell (Scripps Networks), Philip Woodie (Comcast Cable Communications)
Session # CABLE 34 Good Sports: Understanding the New Sports-Media Ecosystem Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM Room 208 Moderator : Michael Willner (Insight Communications, Inc.) Speaker : Sean Bratches (ESPN, Inc. ), Randy Freer (Fox Regional Cable Sports Networks), Jon Litner (Comcast Programming Group), Robert Wilson (Cox Communications, Inc.), Melinda Witmer (Time Warner Cable)
Session # CABLE 35 On the Move: Technology Enhancements for Mobile Content Delivery Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM Room 211 Moderator : Nick Hamilton-Piercy (Rogers Communications, Inc.) Presenter : Timothy Burke (Liberty Global, Inc.), Sheriff Popoola (Motorola, Inc.), Rauf Qureshi (Cox Communications, Inc.), Mark Shaughnessy (Motorola, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 38 Precision Decision: Marketing in the Modern Media Milieu Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM Room 222 Moderator : Andrew Kober (Bresnan Communications) Speaker : Jackie Heitman (Bresnan Communications), Anthony Maldonado (Cox Communications, Inc.), Mark Voboril (Pluris, Inc.)
Session # CABLE 36 They've Got Issues: State and Local Policy Roundtables Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM Room 217 Speaker : Carolyn Coleman (National League of Cities), Chad Hume (New York State Public Service Commission), Michael Morris (California Public Utility Commission), Neal Osten (National Conference of State Legislatures), Joseph Sutherland (Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission)
Session # CIO.IT 07 E-quipping your World: Leveraging Automation and Workflow Throughout the Business Process Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 3:15 PM -4:15 PM Room 215 Moderator : Johnathan Tombes (Communications Technology) Speaker : Martin Gomberg (A&E Television Networks), Bob Hritsko (SAP America, Inc.), Chuck Hurst (Scripps Networks), Darin Prill (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Brian Shield (The Weather Channel), Mark Stolnitz (Hallmark Channel & Hallmark Movie Channel)

Session # TRU 01

Tru View: The State of the Union
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 10:00 AM -10:30 AM
Room 252

Welcome : Steve Mace (National Cable & Telecommunications Association)
Speaker : Richard Green, Ph.D. (CableLabs)

Session # TRU 02

The Tru2way Opportunity
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 10:30 AM -11:15 AM
Room 252

Keynote : Paul Liao (Panasonic Corporation of North America)

Session # TRU 03

Screen Play: Developing Tru2way Applications and Content
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 11:15 AM -12:30 PM
Room 252

Moderator : Stewart Schley (One Touch Intelligence)
Speaker : John Hashimoto (The Weather Channel Companies), David Preisman (Showtime Networks, Inc.), Gary Sohmers (Interactive Meet and Greet Entertainment, (I.M.A.G.E.), LLC)

Session # TRU 05

In the Middle: Technology Components for Tru2way Networks
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 1:30 PM -2:30 PM
Room 252

Moderator : Jeff Baumgartner (Cable Digital News/Light Reading)
Speaker : Dave Clark (Cisco Systems), Mark DePietro (Motorola, Inc.), Rick Mallon (Sigma Systems), Sam Pemberton (The Softel Group), Kim Wilson (SeaChange International)

Session # TRU 04

Where We’re Going: The Tru2way Specification Roadmap
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 1:30 PM -2:30 PM
Room 256

Speaker : So Vang (CableLabs)

Session # TRU 06

Hands-On Developers Lab
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 2:00 PM -5:00 PM
Room 256

Presenter : Anne Dirkse (Vidiom Systems, Inc.)

Session # TRU 07

Grade A: Advanced Advertising Applications
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 2:30 PM -3:30 PM
Room 252

Moderator : Arthur Orduña (Advance/Newhouse Communications)
Speaker : John Collins (Time Warner Cable), Chet Kanojia (Navic Networks), Ken Little (National Cable Communications), Steve Stukenborg (Google, Inc.), Andrew Ward (Comcast Spotlight)

Session # TRU 08

Start your Spreadsheets: The Business Case for Tru2way
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 4:00 PM -5:00 PM
Room 252

Moderator : Phil Bender (CableLabs)
Speaker : Tuna Amobi (Standard & Poor's), Sean Bunner (HSN), David Housman (Vidiom Systems, Inc.), Gary Schanman (Comcast Cable Communications)

Session # TRU 09

House-bound: Tru2way Deployment Plans
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 8:45 AM -9:45 AM
Room 252

Moderator : Ralph Brown (CableLabs)
Speaker : Bill Helms (Time Warner Cable), Sree Kotay (Comcast Cable Communications)

Session # CABU 01

Executive Learning Sessions
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 9:30 AM -12:30 PM
Room 207

Welcome : Sean Cunningham (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Speaker : Jim Birschbach (MediaRecruiter.com), Steve Ozzano (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Chuck Thompson (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Gary Tietjen (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)

Session # TRU 10

Boxed In: Tru2way Hardware and Equipment Update
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 10:00 AM -11:00 AM
Room 252

Moderator : Robert Faught (Comcast Cable Communications)
Speaker : Chad Bell (Best Buy Company), Victor Carlson (Panasonic Corporation of North America), Stephen Goldstein (Samsung Electronics America), David Sandford (TiVO)

Session # TRU 11

Tru Blue: The Sky’s the Limit for Cable’s iTV Future
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Room 252

Moderator : Leslie Ellis (Multichannel News)
Speaker : Sherisse Hawkins (Time Warner Cable), James Kelso (Cox Communucations, Inc.), Charlie Kennamer (Comcast Cable Communications), Bill Sheppard (Sun MicroSystems)

Session # CABLE 01

Generation Next: What's Now and What's New in Broadband Media
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 1:30 PM -2:30 PM
Hall A

Keynote : Kyle McSlarrow (NCTA)
Welcome : Rocco Commisso (Mediacom Communications Corporation), Debra Lee (BET Networks)
Moderator : William Kennard (The Carlyle Group)
Speaker : Peter Chernin (News Corporation), Philippe Dauman (Viacom, Inc.), Paul Otellini (Intel Corporation), Brian Roberts (Comcast Corporation), Yoshi Yamada (Panasonic Corporation of North America)

Session # CABU 02

Executive Learning Sessions
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:45 PM
Room 207

Speaker : Danielle DeLauro (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Ira Sussman (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Chuck Thompson (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Gary Tietjen (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)

Session # CABLE 04

Airing it Out: Transforming Mobile Communications and Entertainment
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM
Room 215

Moderator : Dallas Clement (Cox Communications, Inc.)
Speaker : Bryan McGuirk (SES Americom), Dan Moloney (Motorola, Inc.), Jim Patterson (Sprint Nextel Corporation)

Session # CABLE 06

B2B: A Game-Changing Competitive Strategy
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM
Room 220

Moderator : Karen Brown (One Touch Intelligence)
Speaker : Bill Connors (Comcast Cable Communications), Gary McCollum (Cox Communications, Inc.), Ian Olgeirson (SNL Kagan), Ted Schremp (Charter Communications)

Session # CABLE 05

Digital Transition: Preparing for the End of Analog TV Broadcasting
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM
Room 217

Moderator : Anne Cowan (CTAM)
Speaker : Bryan Burns (ESPN, Inc.), Cesar Conde (Univision Television Group), David Donovan (MSTV), Kevin Leddy (Time Warner Cable), David Pugliese (Cox Communications, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 03

Expansion Plan: Where Bandwidth Goes from Here
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM
Room 211

Moderator : David Fellows (Comcast Cable Communications)
Presenter : Doug Jones (BigBand Networks), Xiaomei Liu (Cisco Systems), Dave Lively (Cisco Systems), John Ulm (Motorola, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 02

Geography Lessons: Understanding Cable's New World Order
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM
Room 208

Moderator : Balan Nair (Liberty Global, Inc.)
Reactor : Mike Hayashi (Time Warner Cable)
Speaker : Thomas Ee (Taiwan Broadband Communications), Demot O'Carroll (Rogers Cable Communications, Inc.), Cecilia Pedraza (Cablemas), Jan Vorstermans (Telenet)

Session # CABLE 07

Seeing Green: Practical Approaches for Environmental Stewardship
Sunday, May 18, 2008 • 4:15 PM -5:30 PM
Room 222

Moderator : Debora Wilson (The Weather Channel Companies)
Speaker : Karen Dougherty Buchholz (Comcast Corporation), Claus Kroeger (Cox Communications, Inc.), Bruce McClelland (ARRIS), Eileen O'Neill (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Steven Schiffman (National Geographic Channel)

Session # CABLE 11

Best Practices: Roadmap to Business Services Operational Success
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM
Room 220

Moderator : Kristine Faulkner (Cox Communications, Inc.)
Speaker : Mitch Bowling (Comcast Cable Communications), Steve Brookstein (Bresnan Communications), Dave Montierth (Time Warner Cable Business Class), Dave Pistacchio (Cablevision Systems Corporation)

Session # CABLE 12

Consider It Done: Cable's Customer Care Crusade
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM
Room 222

Moderator : Jana Henthorn (The Cable Center)
Reactor : Tina Waters (Comcast Cable Communications)
Speaker : Chuck Patti (University of Denver), Frank Perazzini (J.D. Power & Associates), Ron Rizzuto (University of Denver)

Session # CABLE 08

Now Entering VOD-Ville: New Dimensions for Anytime Video
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM
Room 208

Moderator : Matt Stump (One Touch Intelligence)
Speaker : Stephen Burke (Comcast Corporation), Jeff Gaspin (Universal Television Group), Landel Hobbs (Time Warner Cable), Tom Rutledge (Cablevision Systems Corporation), David Zaslav (Discovery Communications, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 09

Pipe Dreams: Managing Content in the New Digital Media Ecosystem
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM
Room 211

Moderator : Kevin Leddy (Time Warner Cable)
Presenter : Jay Bestermann (ARRIS), Eitan Efron (Oversi), Joseph Oren (Cinea, Inc. (A Dolby Company)), Reza Rassool (Widevine Technologies, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 10

Publicity Play: Making an Impact in a Fragmented Media Age
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:00 AM -10:15 AM
Room 215

Moderator : Peter Kiley (C-SPAN)
Speaker : Chelsye Burrows (Starz Entertainment), Ellen East (Time Warner Cable), Annie Howell (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Jennifer Khoury (Comcast Corporation), Ellen Kroner (Rainbow Media Holdings)

Session # CABU 03

General Learning Session
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 9:30 AM -10:30 AM
Room 207

Welcome : Sean Cunningham (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Speaker : Danielle DeLauro (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Ira Sussman (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Chuck Thompson (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Gary Tietjen (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)

Session # CABLE 16

Town Hall: The Role of State and Local Governments in Broadband Policy
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Room 217

Moderator : W. Kenneth Ferree (Progress and Freedom Foundation)
Panelist : Darryl Bassett (Arkansas Public Service Commission), Doris Boris (National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors ), Senator Carol Fukunaga (State of Hawaii), Sharon Gillett (Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications & Cable), Representative Shane Jett (State of Oklahoma), Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy (State of Rhode Island), Representative Joseph Miro (State of Delaware), Representative Phil Montgomery (State of Wisconsin), Representative Rene Oliveira (State of Texas), Senator Jeff Plale (State of Wisconsin), James Bradford Ramsay (National Association of Rural Utility Commissioners), Representative Donna Stone (State of Delaware), Michael Talbett (National Association of Counties), Nicol Turner-Lee, Ph.D. (One Economy Corporation)

Session # CABLE 14

Bit Parts: New Approaches for Managing Video Encoding
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM
Room 211

Moderator : Craig Cuttner (Home Box Office, Inc.)
Presenter : Ron Gutman (Imagine Communications), John Hartung (EG Technology, Inc.), Andrew Levine (Home Box Office, Inc.), John Schlack (Motorola, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 17

Creativity Meets Capital: Innovation on Display
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM
Room 220

Moderator : Louis Toth (Comcast Interactive Capital)
Reactor : David Reed, Ph.D. (CableLabs)
Speaker : Dallas Clement (Cox Communications, Inc.), Mark Coblitz (Comcast Corporation), Peter Stern (Time Warner Cable)

Session # CABLE 18

Potomac Perspective: Washington Insiders on Politics and Policy
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM
Room 222

Moderator : Steve Vest (NCTA)

Session # CABLE 15

Pursuing Perfection: Best Operational Practices and How to Implement Them
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM
Room 215

Moderator : Craig Leddy (Interactive TV Works)
Speaker : Ishmel Goodrum (Insight Communications, Inc.), Percy Kirk (Cox Communications, Inc.), Mike Munley (Time Warner Cable), Edward Pardini (Mediacom Communications Corporation)

Session # CABLE 13

Upper Hand: Cable's Advanced Advertising Advantage
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 10:45 AM -12:00 PM
Room 208

Moderator : Arthur Orduña (Advance/Newhouse Communications)
Speaker : John Collins (Time Warner Cable), Billy Farina (Cox Communications, Inc.), Steven Mandala (NBC Universal), Charlie Thurston (Comcast Spotlight)

Session # CIO.IT 01

Welcome Lunch and Keynote Address: Why Information Technology is Critical to the Growth and Innovation of Cable, Media & Entertainment Companies
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 12:15 PM -1:30 PM
Room 256

Keynote : Bob Suh (Accenture)
Welcome : Christina Anderson (NCTA)
Introduction : Kathleen O'Reilly (Accenture)

Session # CABU 05

Revitalizing a Region: New Orleans and the Gulf Coast ... The Road to Recovery
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:00 PM -2:00 PM
Room 207

Keynote : Sandy Shilstone (New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation)
Moderator : Scott Cohn (CNBC)
Speaker : Mark Leunissen (Cox Media New Orleans), Steve Price (Cable One)

Session # CIO.IT 02

Behind the Screens: Metadata Management in an On Demand World and Beyond
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:45 PM -2:45 PM
Room 215

Moderator : Seth Arenstein (Cable 360/CableFAX)
Speaker : Scott Barrows (SAP), Tejpaul Bhatia (MediaMerx), Ron Johnson (Scripps Networks), Kevin Loftis (Discovery Communications, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 21

Capital Currents: How Finance Transformation Drives Cable Growth
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:45 PM -2:45 PM
Room 222

Moderator : Jan Woodcock (Deloitte Consulting, LLP)
Speaker : Bill Fitzsimmons (Cox Communications, Inc.), Kevin Howard (Charter Communications), Arthur Minson (Time Warner Cable), Brian Walsh (Mediacom Communications Corporation)

Session # CABLE 20

Here, There and Everywhere: Strategies for Multi-Screen Content Delivery
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:45 PM -2:45 PM
Room 217

Moderator : Ian Blaine (thePlatform)
Speaker : Deanna Brown (Scripps Networks), KC Estenson (The Walt Disney Company), Joe Fiveash (The Weather Channel Companies), Sandy Malcolm (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 19

TV Advertising 2.0: Merging the Mediums
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 1:45 PM -2:45 PM
Room 211

Moderator : Tony Werner (Comcast Cable Communications)
Presenter : John Chandler-Pepelnjak (Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions), Mukta Kar, Ph.D. (CableLabs), Steven Riedl (Time Warner Cable), Brent Roraback (Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions)

Session # CABU 06

Who's Watching What: Television Measurement in the Digital Age
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 2:15 PM -3:15 PM
Room 207

Moderator : Ira Sussman (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Speaker : Robin Garfield (Scripps Networks), Jed Meyer (Nielsen DigitalPlus), Steve Murtos (StarCom), George Shababb (TNS Media Research), Todd Stewart (Charter Communications)

Session # CABLE 25

21st Century Communications Policy: The Role of the States
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM
Room 220

Moderator : Richard Cimerman (NCTA)
Speaker : John Burke (Vermont Public Service Board), Tony Clark (North Dakota Public Service Commission), Maureen Harris (New York Public Service Commission), Phil Jones (Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission), Michael Moffet (Kansas Corporation Commission ), Anthony Palermino (Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control)

Session # CIO.IT 03

Getting with IT: How Technology Is Supporting Customer Care Advancements
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM
Room 215

Overview : Jana Henthorn (The Cable Center)
Moderator : Mike Grebb (CableFAX)
Speaker : Frank Boncimino (Time Warner Cable), Dan Byrnes (Oracle), Cliff Hagan (Cablevision Systems Corporation), Rob Reynolds (Comcast Cable Communications)

Session # CABLE 23

Guiding Light: New Possibilities in Optical Network Architectures
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM
Room 211

Moderator : Dan Pike (GCI Cable)
Presenter : Dan Estes (Cox Communications, Inc.), James Farmer (Wave7 Optics), Gaylord Hart (Infinera), Phil Miguelez (Motorola, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 22

Hitting On All Cylinders: Cable's Operational Outlook
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM
Room 208

Moderator : Char Beales (CTAM)
Speaker : Jill Campbell (Cox Communications, Inc.), Michael Doyle (Comcast Cable Communications), Marwan Fawaz (Charter Communications), Sam Howe (Time Warner Cable)

Session # CABLE 24

Street Smarts: Investment Analysts on Cable's Competitive Crusade
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:00 PM -4:15 PM
Room 217

Moderator : Aryeh Bourkoff (UBS Securities)
Speaker : Ingrid Chung (Goldman Sachs & Co.), Douglas Mitchelson (Deutsche Bank), Jeff Wlodarczak (Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC)

Session # CABU 07

Across the Spectrum: The Multiplatform Opportunity
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 3:30 PM -4:30 PM
Room 207

Moderator : Chuck Thompson (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Speaker : Jan Edwards (Bright House Networks), Hans Fischmann (Time Warner Cable Media Sales), Julie Nelson (Cox Media)

Session # CABLE 26

Bit by Bit: Convergence Creates the Picture
Monday, May 19, 2008 • 4:30 PM -5:45 PM
Hall A

Moderator : Debra Lee (BET Networks)
Host : Kyle McSlarrow (NCTA)
Speaker : George Bodenheimer (ESPN, Inc.), Glenn Britt (Time Warner Cable), Judy McGrath (MTV Networks), Scott McNealy (SunMicrosystems, Inc. / Sun Federal, Inc. )

Session # CIO.IT 04

Positively Electric: Top Women in Information Technology
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 8:00 AM -9:15 AM
Room 256

Welcome : Benita Fitzgerald Mosley (Women in Cable & Telecommunications (WICT))
Moderator : Leslie Ellis (Multichannel News)
Speaker : Nomi Bergman (Advance/Newhouse Communications), Amy Berkowitz (CBS Corporation), Cyndee Everman (Time Warner Cable), Charlotte Field (Comcast Cable), Roxanne Kerr (C-SPAN), Gwynne McConkey (Lifetime)

Session # CABU 08

University Roundtables
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 8:00 AM -9:00 AM
Ad Sales Hotel - Sheraton New Orleans

Speaker : Danielle DeLauro (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau), Jeff Goldberg (Jeff Goldberg & Associates), Ira Sussman (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)

Session # CABLE 27

Getting Engaged: Advertising's Quest to Connect
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 9:30 AM -10:45 AM
Hall A

Keynote : Deborah Meyer (Chrysler)
Welcome : Sean Cunningham (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Moderator : Craig Moffett (Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC)
Speaker : Patrick Esser (Cox Communications, Inc.), Tony Vinciquerra (Fox Networks Group)

Session # CABLE 32

Financially Speaking: The Business Services View from Wall Street
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM
Room 220

Moderator : Ken Fitzpatrick (Time Warner Cable)
Speaker : Alan Breznick (Heavy Reading), John Hodulik (UBS Securities), Benjamin Swinburne (Morgan Stanley)

Session # CABLE 28

Models (and Supermodels): Business Approaches for Digital Media
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM
Room 208

Moderator : Bruce Leichtman (Leichtman Research Group)
Speaker : Amy Banse (Comcast Interactive Media), Bruce Campbell (Discovery Communications, Inc.), John Lansing (Scripps Networks), Bill Myers (Starz Entertainment), Steve Necessary (Cox Communications, Inc.), Denmark West (BET Networks)

Session # CABLE 33

Regulatory Review: Bureau Chiefs & Legal Advisors on Media Matters
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM
Room 222

Moderator : Kathryn Zachem (Comcast Corporation)
Speaker : Elizabeth Andrion (Federal Communications Commission), Matthew Berry (Federal Communications Commission), Catherine Bohigian (Federal Communications Commission), Rudy Brioché (Federal Communications Commission), Rich Chessen (Federal Communications Commission), Maureen Ohlhausen (Federal Trade Commission), Cristina Pauzé (Federal Communications Commission)

Session # CABLE 31

Safety First: Child Online Safety and the Role of State Attorneys General
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM
Room 217

Moderator : Amy Cohn (Cox Communications, Inc.)
Panelist : Michael Cox (State of Michigan), Marsali Hancock (Internet Keep Safe Coalition), Lisa Hicks-Thomas (Commonwealth of Virginia), Patrick Lynch (State of Rhode Island)
Speaker : Deborah Tate (Federal Communications Commission)

Session # CABLE 29

Special Delivery: Strategies and Architectures for Infinite Content
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM
Room 211

Moderator : Kip Compton (Cisco Systems)
Speaker : S.V. Vasudevan (Cisco Systems)
Presenter : Sree Kotay (Comcast Cable Communications), Weidong Mao (Comcast Cable Communications), Michael Pasquinilli (Concurrent Computer Corporation)

Session # CABLE 30

Thinking Big: Smaller Market Operators and the Digital Transition
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:00 AM -12:15 PM
Room 215

Moderator : Amy Tykeson (Bend Cable Communications LLC (dba BendBroadband))
Speaker : James Bruder (Harron Communications Corporation, L.P.), Calvin Craib (Mediacom Communications Corporation), Jeff DeMond (Bresnan Communications), Pat McAdaragh (Midcontinent Communications)

Session # CABU 10

Election Results: Last Dash for 2008 Political Dollars
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 11:15 AM -12:15 PM
Room 207

Moderator : Roland Martin (TV One)
Speaker : Rich Ambrose (Time Warner Cable), Bradley Perseke (GMMB), Sam Rodriguez (KRS Strategy Group), Philip Woodie (Comcast Cable Communications)

Session # CIO.IT 05

Click Here: Best Practices in Online Portal Design
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 12:30 PM -1:45 PM
Room 256

Moderator : Youssef Tuma (Accenture)
Speaker : Andrew Baer (Comcast Cable Communications), Frank Boncimino (Time Warner Cable), Michael Gabriel (HBO), David Kline (Discovery Communications, Inc.)

Session # CIO.IT 06

Behind the Campaign: Marketing Support Technologies and Platforms
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:00 PM -3:00 PM
Room 215

Moderator : Seth Arenstein (Cable 360/CableFAX)
Speaker : Jay Carlson (Charter Communications), Cyndee Everman (Time Warner Cable), Scott Hatfield (Cox Communications, Inc.), Tim Spencer (Sigma Systems)

Session # CABU 12

Gaming
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:00 PM -4:00 PM
Room 207

There are currently no confirmed speakers for this session.

Session # CABU 11

Health & Wellness
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:00 PM -4:00 PM
Room 205

Speaker : Jim Doyle (Jim Doyle & Associates)

Session # CABLE 37

Diversity Rules: Connecting with the New Consumer Market
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM
Room 220

Moderator : Cynthia Perkins-Roberts (Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
Speaker : Vicky Free (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.), Lily Neumeyer (MTV Networks), Chris Powell (Scripps Networks), Philip Woodie (Comcast Cable Communications)

Session # CABLE 34

Good Sports: Understanding the New Sports-Media Ecosystem
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM
Room 208

Moderator : Michael Willner (Insight Communications, Inc.)
Speaker : Sean Bratches (ESPN, Inc. ), Randy Freer (Fox Regional Cable Sports Networks), Jon Litner (Comcast Programming Group), Robert Wilson (Cox Communications, Inc.), Melinda Witmer (Time Warner Cable)

Session # CABLE 35

On the Move: Technology Enhancements for Mobile Content Delivery
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM
Room 211

Moderator : Nick Hamilton-Piercy (Rogers Communications, Inc.)
Presenter : Timothy Burke (Liberty Global, Inc.), Sheriff Popoola (Motorola, Inc.), Rauf Qureshi (Cox Communications, Inc.), Mark Shaughnessy (Motorola, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 38

Precision Decision: Marketing in the Modern Media Milieu
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM
Room 222

Moderator : Andrew Kober (Bresnan Communications)
Speaker : Jackie Heitman (Bresnan Communications), Anthony Maldonado (Cox Communications, Inc.), Mark Voboril (Pluris, Inc.)

Session # CABLE 36

They've Got Issues: State and Local Policy Roundtables
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 2:45 PM -4:00 PM
Room 217

Speaker : Carolyn Coleman (National League of Cities), Chad Hume (New York State Public Service Commission), Michael Morris (California Public Utility Commission), Neal Osten (National Conference of State Legislatures), Joseph Sutherland (Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission)

Session # CIO.IT 07

E-quipping your World: Leveraging Automation and Workflow Throughout the Business Process
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • 3:15 PM -4:15 PM
Room 215

Moderator : Johnathan Tombes (Communications Technology)
Speaker : Martin Gomberg (A&E Television Networks), Bob Hritsko (SAP America, Inc.), Chuck Hurst (Scripps Networks), Darin Prill (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Brian Shield (The Weather Channel), Mark Stolnitz (Hallmark Channel & Hallmark Movie Channel)

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