The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers and its global arm, the International Society of Broadband Experts, will highlight topics including HDR, DOCSIS 3.1, energy management and advanced education opportunities at the Innovation Avenue and Innovation Theater at Cable-Tec Expo 2016 this month in Philadelphia.
“The exhibit floor at SCTE/ISBE Cable-Tec Expo annually is a showcase for new developments in our industry,” Chris Bastian, SVP/ CTO of SCTE/ISBE, says. “Innovation Avenue and Innovation Theater are designed to channel many of the best ideas into a single forum that will stretch the limits of the industry’s thinking.”
Innovation Avenue, Innovation Theater and participant Meeting Rooms will be located on the show floor and will offer presentations, panel discussions and displays. The Innovation area will be opened at 1 p.m. on Sept. 27 by SCTE/ISBE President/CEO Mark Dzuban and Shaw Communications EVP/CTO Zoran Stakic, who is serving as program chair of Expo 2016. SCTE/ISBE lists the following features of the area that will be offered over the three days of the show:
- A kick-off presentation debuting SCTE/ISBE’s new expert development system
- A panel of technology experts who will address developments in video resolution, including ideation around the future of TV, the proven value of 4K HDR in the wake of the 2016 Olympic Games, solutions that enable delivery of HDR content and the ability of operators to operationalize and deploy HDR
- Exhibits showcasing how cable system operators can reduce unnecessary power consumption in the headend and can reduce networks’ reliance on the traditional power grid, in conjunction with the principles of SCTE/ISBE’s APSIS standard (SCTE/ISBE 216)
- Presentations on how programmable silicon, software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) can open networks, accelerate new service delivery, reduce costs and increase customer responsiveness and satisfaction
- Sessions that will address the challenges cable operators have within the access network, and the opportunities for traditional wireline, wireless and next-gen solutions
Innovation Avenue and Innovation Theater presenting organizations include Adtran, Arris, CableLabs, Dolby, Ericsson, Greenlee Communications, Harmonic, Juniper Networks, SCTE/ISBE, Technetix and VMWare. Meeting Room participants include Antronix, CableLabs, Greenlee Communications, Guavus, Oracle Communications, PenguinData Workforce Management, Rovi, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, SCTE/ISBE and Technicolor, as well as Casa Systems and Quorvo.
SCTE/ISBE says a full list and descriptions of the Innovation Avenue displays, Innovation Theater presentations and Meeting Room partners will soon be available at the Expo site.
Previously, SCTE revealed the lineup of speakers for the confab’s general session, as well as workshop topics and speakers.
Details are available here on the DOCSIS 3.1, FTTx and wireless boot camps offered by the Society around Cable-Tec Expo. Info on the annual awards luncheon on Sept. 28 is here.
Expo registration options are available at the confab’s site. The show is scheduled for Sept. 26-29.
