SCTE New England
Tech Session ARCHIVES
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Check out recordings of past tech sessions:
​Identifying the Different Kinds of Cable Plants
3/29/2023 12-3pm
Presenter:
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Greg Harlan – HPT Communications
Description:
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Training for Identifying the different kinds of cable plants. This is an intro course that will provide an overview of cable plants and distribution from the headend to the customer premises. This training will be hosted via teams and the Ark-La-Tex chapter will send out a teams invite to login to the session.
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Where: Hosted online via Microsoft Teams
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For webinar questions contact Kurt Seifried
Prepping Cables' Network for 10G
2/28/2023
Moderators and Panel:
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Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader of Light Reading
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Chris Bastian, SVP/CTO, Engineering of SCTE
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Asaf Matatyaou, VP, Solutions & Product Management Cable Access Business of Harmonic
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Steve Condra, Director of Teleste Intercept
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Mike Whitley, VP, Access Network Products of ATX Network
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Colin Howlett, CTO of Vecima
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In this session, our team of technologists will evaluate the readiness, resilience and reliability of cable networks for 10G service.
Membership Appreciation Event & Technical Session
12/13/2022​
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Please join for our Member Appreciation Event and Technical Session with Go!Foton for a discussion on PON Architectures, and to network with other chapter members.
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This is a member appreciation event with lunch & raffle!
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8:30 - 9 am For in-person arrival
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9 - 9:30 am - Coffee, doughnuts, & welcoming remarks
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9:30 am - 12 pm - Technical Session with Go!Foton
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PON Architectures with Mike Zammit, Vice President & General Manager
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Fiber Basics to Prevent Service Events with Bill Johnston, Director of Sales
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Fiber Splicing and Challenges with Dean Unkel, Customer Support Specialist
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12:00 - 1:00 pm - Lunch
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On-site @ 301 Barber Ave, Worcester MA
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Virtually via Teams Meeting
Ingress, CPD and Plant Impairments
12/1/2022​
Presenter:
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Johnny Beck of ARCOM Digital
Description:
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Topics include Ingress, CPD and Plant Impairments
Outside Plant Housing & Passives Testing
5/24/2022
Description:
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This is a replay of the Cactus Chapter’s training on Troubleshooting Noise OSP presented by Flavio Marcon of Effigis.
Membership Appreciation & Test Equipment Roundup
11/18/2021
Presenters:
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Peter Romano & Mark Graves of VeEx
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Mark Govier of Tempo Communications
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Stephen Colangelo of Viavi
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Dan Wasilko & Kota Sribuddharaju of Triveni
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Johnny Beck of Arcom
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This is virtual learning opportunity. There was a raffle of giveaways for attendees!
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Presentations on:
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Triveni Streamscope Video Quality Monitoring Solutions
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Arcom Digital: "Find that Leak, Fix that CPD"
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Tempo Communications: CS90/TV90E: The “Every Technician” TDR
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VeEX’s Both-in-One C&D "WDM Channel Checker"
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Viavi: "Tools for Efficient DWDM Testing"
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HOW IOT INFLUENCES THE CABLE INDUSTRY
3/30/2021
Presenters:
Matthew Atkins of Comcast, Discussing Xfinity Smart Communities
Ryan Baker & Justin Cardones (Comcast & Commscope, respectively) having an interactive discussion about the various IoT elements, and how they impact our industry across many existing job functions.
Bjorn Lang - VP, Solutions Architecture – Service Provider Sales, with a discussion on smart cities, the elements to create a smart city, and what to do with them once they are in place.
BLOCKCHAIN CRYPTOGRAPHY
9/29/2020 Tech Session Archive
Topic: Blockchain Cryptography
Description: Blockchain uses decentralization and cryptographic hashing to make the history of any digital asset unalterable and transparent. The same technology used by Bitcoin will transform how trust is established and maintained within many industries including telecommunications.
Presenters: Arpit Mathur, Principal Engineer, Comcast Innovation Labs
