SCTE Cable Tec EXPO 2008

Workshop Schedule

Workshop sessions are grouped into 2 tracks, designed to help you identify the workshops most pertinent to your job function. The two tracks are:

Track ENG: Engineering This track targets the design, development, and integration of new technologies and applications for the network. It emphasizes engineering the network to accommodate changes likely to impact the network within the next 12 to 18 months.	Powered by
Track OPS: Operations and Fulfillment This track focuses on day-to-day operations, emphasizing the deployment of new technologies and applications. Whether in the home, the distribution network, the back office, or the headend, every new service impacts operations. These sessions will help plan for new services as well as improve efficiency of operations.

Session ID numbers are listed before each workshop title to help you easily plan your workshop schedule.

Thursday, June 26
	8-9:15 a.m.	9:30-10:45 a.m.	11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.


Session ID Workshop	ENG 5 DOCSIS^®-Where Do We Go From Here?	OPS 2 Delivering on the Promise of Business Services	ENG 1 'Big Bang' or More Pragmatic Evolution? Practical Migration Strategies to PacketCable™ 2.0
Session ID Workshop	ENG 6 Flipping the [Video] Switch: Turning on SDV and Gearing up for a Rapid Migration to a Unicast Universe	ENG 4 DOCSIS^® 3.0 Deployment Strategies	ENG 2 Bringing the Back Office Front and Center
Session ID Workshop	ENG 8 Get Going the tru2way™	ENG 7 Following the Rainbow to the Pot of Gold: Optimizing Implementation of Lightwave Multiplexing	ENG 3 Broadcast Digital TV Transition: Delivering Analog Channels After the 2/09 DTV Deadline
Session ID Workshop	ENG 9 Interactive television and Advanced Advertising: The Best Is Yet to Come	ENG 9 Interactive Television and Advanced Advertising: The Best Is Yet to Come	OPS 1 Defining, Evaluating, and Troubleshooting Digital Video Quality
Session ID Workshop	OPS 3 It's Prime Time-Do You Know Where Your Network Is?	ENG 10 Let the Games Begin: Responding to Telco Video and Data Offerings in Residential and Commercial Markets	ENG 4 DOCSIS^® 3.0 Deployment Strategies
Session ID Workshop	OPS 4 Metro Ethernet Over DOCSIS^® Architectural Considerations	OPS 7 Revenue Assurance: Protecting Cable Networks Against Current and Next-Generation Fraud	OPS 3 It's Prime Time-Do You Know Where Your Network Is?
Session ID Workshop	OPS 6 Return Path Optimization	OPS 8 Troubleshooting DOCSIS^®: RF and IP	OPS 5 More QAM Channels, Optics, and Bandwidth-Oh My!: Troubleshooting Today's Optically Rich and Expanded Bandwidth
Session ID Workshop	OPS 7 Revenue Assurance: Protecting Cable Networks Against Current and Next-Generation Fraud	OPS 9 Upstream Challenges to Channel Bonding	ENG 11 Proactive Network Maintenance Using DOCSIS^® Pre-equalization

Friday, June 27
	Noon-1:15 p.m.	1:30-2:45 p.m.


Session ID Workshop	ENG 3 Broadcast Digital TV Transition: Delivering Analog Channels After the 2/09 DTV Deadline	ENG 1 Big Bang or More Pragmatic Evolution? Practical Migration Strategies to PacketCable™ 2.0
Session ID Workshop	OPS 1 Defining, Evaluating, and Troubleshooting Digital Video Quality	ENG 2 Bringing the back Office Front and Center
Session ID Workshop	ENG 6 Flipping the [Video] Switch" Turning on SDV and Gearing up for a Rapid Migration to a Unicast Universe	OPS 2 Delivering on the Promise of Business Services
Session ID Workshop	ENG 8 Get Going the tru2way™	ENG 5 DOCSIS^® - Where Do We Go From Here?
Session ID Workshop	OPS 4 Metro Ethernet Over DOCSIS^® Architectural Considerations	ENG 7 Following the Rainbow to the Pot of Gold: Optimizing Implementation of Lightwave Multiplexing
Session ID Workshop	OPS 5 More QAM Channels, Optics, and Bandwidth-Oh My!: Troubleshooting Today's Optically Rich and Expanded Bandwidth	ENG 10 Let the Games Begin: Responding to Telco Video and Data Offerings in Residential and Commercial Markets
Session ID Workshop	ENG 11 Proactive Network Maintenance Using DOCSIS^® Pre-equalization	OPS 8 Troubleshooting DOCSIS^®: RF and IP
Session ID Workshop	OPS 6 Return Path Optimization	OPS 9 Upstream Challenges to Channel Bonding