NTGTS/CTC July 17 Panel Program and Discussion on IPTV Services and Applications

Please join the North Texas Global Telecommunications Society (NTGTS) for its Monthly Program on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at The University of Dallas, Frisco Campus, 7460 Warren Parkway, Frisco, TX.  The program will run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CST.  NTGTS is pleased to host a panel program and discussion on IPTV services and applications.  We will hear from Mr. Howard Gunn, President, Digital Market Inc. and NTGTS Programs Task Force Member, will discuss whether enterprise broadband will obsolete today’s channalized IPTV consumer services before they even get started. Finally, we will round things out with a presentation by Ather Chaudhry, Director of Architecture, IPTV & Network Architecture, Alcatel-Lucent, on practical design, implementation and operations of end-to-end IPTV networks and services. 

Mr. Howard Gunn author and digital infrastructure innovator has brought many of today’s mainstream digital infrastructure product lines to market.  His background includes the delivery of the first digital toll tandem, the first blade server, the first softswitch for broadband voice services, the first multi protocol ATM switching service, the first 4 fiber bi-directional SONET Rings, the first ATM video switching service and the first closed circuit HDTV broadband broadcasting service in the U.S. In his current role at Digital Mart his development team is bringing one of the first PCI compliant secured IP switch router services to market, for use in the financial services industry. 

Howard’s most recent book, “The Basics of IPTV” was published by the International Engineering Consortium. The book currently serves as a primer and technology overview for cable, fiber, terrestrial wireless and satellite engineers.

Howard’s discussion tonight will focus on describing the financial and technical risks of not delivering enterprise broadband to the home consumer.  

Program Agenda:

6:00 p.m. Registration and Networking

6:45 p.m. Speaker Presentation

7:30 p.m. Q&A

7:45 p.m. Networking Continues

8:00 p.m. Adjourn

COST

Members are $5.  Non-members are $10.00.  Light food and refreshments will be provided. 

RSVP

Members and non-members must register via the registration page at  http://www.ntgts.org/zenCart/index.php.

When on the shopping cart page, please select the Monthly Networking Event, Member or Non-Member option. 

On-site registration will also be available, however, we highly encourage you to register in advance to confirm your space. 

There will be a special discounted membership rate available at the event, which applies only to the individual basic membership tier.

For more information on membership, see http://www.ntgts.org/index.php?option=com_facileforms&Itemid=75 or contact membership@ntgts.org  

DIRECTIONS

Note:  The University of Dallas, Frisco Campus, recently moved from its former Plano location.  See directional notes below.  We suggest you allow several additional minutes of travel time to the new venue.   

NTGTS will be meeting at the University of Dallas Frisco Campus, located at 7460 Warren Parkway, 1^st Floor, Frisco, TX.  The new campus is located just north of the Legacy corporate park, at the intersection of Warren Parkway and the Dallas Parkway. 

Volunteers will be on hand to direct you to the meeting room.  For more information on the Frisco Campus, see:  http://www.udallas.edu/gsm/maps.cfm We look forward to seeing you on July 17.

Regards,

Programs Task Force

programs@ntgts.org