The next Cable Congress, which will take place at The Square, Brussels on March 7-9, 2012, will have Up in Lights as its central theme.
According to the organisers, “with the provision of fast internet broadband, the cable industry is leading the way in ‘light speed’ connectivity to residential and business users in Europe. This theme also reflects the importance of the entertainment services to the cable market”.
Confirmed sessions are:
Keynote presentation, from Nellie Kroes, VP of the European Commission and European Digital Agenda Commissioner
The Technical Challenges of Going Green with Paul Bristow, VP Strategy, Consumer Experience & Middleware, ADB & David Daniels, chair of the Steering Committee for the voluntary Agreement on CSTB’s, BSkyB
The Operational C Suite – how cable´s COOs are approaching new operational techniques with Andrew Barron, COO, Virgin Media & Manuel Cubero, COO, KDG
There will also be a number of top-level case studies from industry leaders including:
John Hahn, Managing Director & Head of European Investment Activities, Co-Head of Global Markets Solutions Group, Providence Equity Partners; Kevin Baughan, Director of Technical Strategy, Virgin Media; Simon McGrath, VP and GM Europe, thePlatform; Philip Stransky, CTO, Nagravision; David Whittaker, Director of Business Development and Advertising Technologies, NDS.
