Upcoming Conferences

You won't get much chance to unpack your suitcase. Several very interesting conferences are coming up in the next few months.

Broadband Cities 2005

Broadband Cities 2005 comes next week in Salt Lake City, Utah. The conference attracts civic leaders, city managers, and broadband decision makers from the U.S. and around the world to experience best practices and innovations in community broadband deployment. ( www.broadbandcities.com )

HomePlug Powerline Technology Conference

THe HomePlug Powerline Technology Conference "Proven Worldwide Standards" sponsored by the HomePlug Powerline Alliance takes place September 27-28, 2005, at the Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, California. It will feature the new HomePlug AV for inside the home, and HomePlug BPL for broadband delivery to the home over power lines. ( 2005tc.homeplug.org/en/agenda.asp )

Communication Technology in HealthCare

At about the same time, September 26-27, we'll be in Boston getting updated on Communication Technology in HealthCare, a conference sponsored by Partners Telemedicine. ( telemedicine.partners.org/telemedicine/ )

Connected@Home

In October, CABA is sponsoring the Connected@Home 2005 conference & Expo, October 3-6 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. ( www.connectedathome2005.com )

TelcoTV 2005

TelcoTV 2005, November 8-10, in San Diego should be particularly relevant with the heightened interest in IPTV. The event is focused on video via broadband from a telecom service provider’s point of view. All signs point to this being the biggest year yet for IPTV, so we'll be there. ( www.scievents.com/telcotv05 )