7th Annual Ohio Broadcast Engineering Conference

for engineers at radio and television stations

presented by 
The Ohio Association of Broadcasters
The Ohio Chapters of the Society of Broadcast Engineers
The Ohio Chapter of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
NEW LOCATION!  Aladdin Shrine Temple, 3850 Stelzer Road, Columbus 
 

Attention Engineers:

Register to attend the 7th Annual Ohio Broadcast Engineering Conference being held on Tuesday, November 10. The conference features a full day of educational sessions along with a dedicated Exhibitors’ Showcase during lunch.  The registration deadline is Friday, November 6.

Agenda

8:30am Registration and continental breakfast

9:00am General Session:  Update on IPAWS and Next Generation EAS
Panel: David Layer, Senior Director, Advanced Engineering, National Association of Broadcasters and Bill Rossini, CSRE, Clear Channel Engineering NW Ohio and Co-Chairman, State Emergency Communications Committee

10:15am Refreshment Break

10:30am General Session:  AOIP - Audio over IP in the Control Room by Jim Armstrong, Director of Eastern US Sales, Telos/Omnia/Axia

11:30am Radio Session, Update on HD Radio Power Increase by Gary Liebisch, Regional Sales Manager – Eastern U.S., Nautel

11:30am Exhibitors Showcase opens. Lunch will be served during the Exhibitors’ Showcase

2:00pm Exhibitors Showcase closes

2:00pm

• Radio Breakout Session:  Implementing and Benefiting from Station ‘Now Playing’ Data for HD Radio, RDS and Beyond by Patrick Campion, Sales Manager - Midwest Region, ENCO
• TV Breakout Session:  Effectively and Efficiently Repurposing Broadcast Content for Web and Mobile by Scott Matics, Product Manager – MediaFUSE, Grass Valley

2:45pm Refreshment Break

3:00pm

• Radio Breakout Session: Digital Audio - Choices and Considerations by Steve Lampen, Multimedia Technology Manager, Belden 
• TV Breakout Session:  Maximizing System Coverage in the DTV Transition Environment in Preparation for M/H by Perry Priestley, VP of Sales, Linear Industries

3:45pm Refreshment Break

4:00pm

• Radio Breakout Session:  High Power Amplification of FM + HD Radio Transmissions with Elevated Sidebands by Tim Anderson, CSRE/DRB, CBNT, Manager, Strategic Radio Market/Product Development, Harris Corporation
• TV Breakout Session: How to Read Camera Specifications by Joseph Perecman, Sales Support Engineering Manager, Sony Electronics Inc.

4:45pm Conference closes

 

Exhibitors confirmed as of November 5:

• ADC Telecommunications
• Alpha Video & Electronics (AVEC)
• Avid
• AZCAR
• Bird Technologies Group
• Broadcast Electronics
• Broadcasters General Store
• Comrex Corporation
• Continental Electronics
• Dielectric
• ENCO Systems, Inc.
• Evertz Microsystems Ltd.
• GEPCO International Inc.
• Gorman Redlich Manufacturing Co.
• Harris Corporation
• Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd.
• Industrial Video
• JVC Digital Broadcast Systems
• Linear Industries, Inc.
• Miranda Technologies
• Nautel, Inc.
• Omneon
• Pixel Power
• PrimeImage
• ProVideo Systems, Inc.
• QCommunications, LLC
• Roscor
• SCMS, Inc.
• Sencore
• Sierra Automated Systems
• Sony Corp.
• Staco Energy Products Co.
• Stainless, LLC
• Tape Central
• Telos/Omnia/Axia
• Thomson Grass Valley
• URS Corporation
• Utah Scientific
• Vizrt
• WideOrbit

A block of hotel rooms with a rate of $129 are being held the Columbus Airport Marriott, 1375 North Cassady Avenue, Columbus. The Marriott is located four miles from the Aladdin Shrine Temple and offers a free shuttle to the Aladdin Shrine Temple and to the airport. To make your hotel reservations, call 800-491-5717 or click here.

For more information about the Ohio Engineering Conference, contact the OAB’s Director of Operations Patti Geary at pgeary@oab.org or 866-622-5794.