The 2005 Academic Seminar was sponsored by The Cable Center in conjunction with the NCTA National Show in San Francisco on April 2-3, 2005. Scholars and academics worldwide gathered to share research and ideas about topics of particular importance to the cable industry.

Several awards were presented by The Cable Center at the seminar including:

JOAN AND JOHN GODDARD
BOOK AWARD WINNER »

AUSTIN W. SHANFELTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANT »

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

• Robert Clasen, President & CEO, Starz Encore Group
• Dan Brenner, Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy, NCTA
• Jim Chiddix, CEO & Executive Chairman, Open TV
• Dan Craig, Director, Legislative Policy, NCTA
• Steve Scully, Senior Executive Producer, C-SPAN
• Registration Included Discounted Pass to NCTA Sessions and Exhibition Floor

2005 ACADEMIC SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Legislative & Regulatory Update on Cable Telecommunications
• Speakers: Dan Brenner, Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy, NCTA and Dan Craig, Director, Legislative Policy, NCTA
• Cable Telecommunication Distance Learning Roundtable Panel Participants:
• Steve Scully, Senior Executive Producer, C-SPAN, and Hostetter Chair, University of Denver
• Matt Jackson, Penn State University
• David Sachs, Pace University
• Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado-Boulder
• Cable Telecommunication Interactive Television Applications: Issues, Challenges and Solutions
• Speaker: Jim Chiddix, CEO & Executive Chairman, OpenTV
• Awards Ceremony and Dinner
• Presentation of 2005 The Austin W. Shanfelter Dissertation Research Grant
• Presentation of 2005 Goddard Cable Center Book Award
• Interactive Research Paper Session
• Cable Telecommunication Audience Measurement: Issues, Challenges and Solutions
• Voice over IP (VoIP) and the Cable Telecommunications Industry: Issues, Challenges and Solutions

Academic Seminar Co-Chairs:
Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida
Tom Feige, President, National Division, Time Warner Cable