Professional Development

SCTE PD Staff Marvin Nelson – V.P. Professional Development Hugh Brydges – Director Advance Network Technologies Development Joel Welch – Director, Certification and Program Development Susan Parno – Operations Manager

Committees Professional Development – Gene White Chair Certification Subcommittee – Pam Nobles Chair Training Subcommittee – Jay Junkus Chair Training Advisory Council – Joel Welch Chair ET Program Subcommittee – Rotating Chair Expo Program Subcommittee – Rotating Chair CBL&D Program Committee – Rotating Chair Cable Advisory Board – John Donahue Chair Business Services Symposium – Rotating Chair

Professional Development Cable-Tec Expo ® Conference on Emerging Technologies Business Services Symposium SCTE Live Learning™ Seminars Distance Education Courses SCTE InfoScope™ Certification SCTE Cable College SCTE Bookstore

Live Learning Planned topics Jan – IPV6: Deployment issues and Challenges Feb – Best Practices: Ethernet Transport Mar – Security Apr – How does Cellular back haul work? May – DOCSIS 3.0 Revisited July – Switch Digital Video – A case Study Aug – Carrier grade Ethernet: How to do it right Sep – DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG) Oct – Troubleshooting Across Multiple Platforms Nov – How to incorporate Mobility into the Mix Dec – Channel Bonding: A technical Discussion

Live Learning Topics Jan – WiMAX/WMAN: Opportunity or Threat Feb – OCAP: How does it work and what does it mean to Operators? Mar – The DOCSIS M-CMTS Architecture Apr – IP for the cable Engineer May – Next Generation Networks Jul – Commercial Services Aug – IPTV: How it works Sep – Making sense of Seamless Mobility Oct – End-to-End Traffic Engineering Nov – Enabling Technologies for profitable Ethernet Services Dec – The Internet Multimedia Subsystem

LiveLearning Topics Jan – Home Networking Technologies Feb – WiMAX in MSO Networks: Technical Primer & Applications Mar – Digital Rights Management: Extending Conditional Access Throughout the home Apr – Managing Linear and Non-Linear Distortions in HFC Systems May– PacketCable™ Multimedia: More than just VoIP July – Commercial Insertion into Digital Programs Using SCTE 35 and Related Standards Aug – Security and Efficiently Distributing Video in a Whole-home Application Sep – Fiber-to-the-x: Friend or Foe? Oct – VoIP Protocols: SIP and MGCP/NCS Nov – Should Cable Move to IPTV via Video over DOCSIS? Dec – Troubleshooting VoIP in a DOCSIS Network

LiveLearning Topics April – PacketCable: Architecture, Equipment and Transport May – Getting down to Business July – PacketCable™: Provisioning the Service and Guaranteeing the Quality Aug – PacketCable™ Reliability in the outside plant Sept – CableHome™: Where are we and where do we go from here? Oct – Core Optical Network Convergence Nov – HD coming at Ya! The Ins and Outs of an Unstoppable Opportunity Dec – Overview of the DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG) Protocol

Emerging Technologies (ET) ET 2007 Topics Covered Shiftier and Shiftier: Expanding Choice from Whenever to Wherever and Whatever Device Service Velocity and Next Generation Architectures: How do we get there? My Videos, Your Videos, Our Videos: The Future of TV Services is Personal, Customizable, and Shareable Forward Advertising to the Lean Back Screen: Opportunities to Replicate Internet Advertising Success in Television Look Ma, No Wires! Cable and Wireless Integration for Seamless Application Delivery Crossing the Lines: Service assurance in a Seamless, Inter-woven World ET focuses on the technologies expected to transform the cable telecommunications industry in the next three to five years. Attendees include chief technical officers, engineers, managers and industry analysts who come to hear a strategic view of the future from the industry’s technical leaders during ET’s comprehensive technical sessions.

EXPO

EXPO Workshops 1.Advanced RF/IP Troubleshooting for Broadband System Engineers 2.Back-Office Software Unification 3.Delivering HDTV Content Efficiently While Maintaining the Highest Standards of Quality 4.DOCSIS® 3.0 Technologies & Services 5.Fundamental DOCSIS® Roadmap—Migrations 6.Fundamental IP Principles for the RF Engineer 7.Fundamental RF Quality Metrics for Digital Headend Engineers 8.Innovative Fiber Architectures & Implementation Considerations 9.Installing and Monitoring Switched Digital Video 10.July 1, 2007—"Cable's Dependence Day" 11.Making Sense of Home Networking 12.Monitoring, Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering 13.Moving to the DOCSIS® Set-Top Gateway (DSG) 14.Switched Digital Broadcast 15.The Job Description for the Technician of Tomorrow 16.Troubleshooting Across Platforms 17.Using Fiber to Deliver Reliable Business Services 18.Using HFC Networks to Deliver Reliable Business Services 19.VoIP Scalability—Tiger by the Tail? 20.Wireless Technologies for Cable Operators Thursday, June 21 8–9:15 a.m. 9:30–10:45 a.m. 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Friday, June 22 Noon–1:15 p.m.1:30–2:45 p.m. 3–4:30 p.m.

Symposiums Fall 2004Advanced VoIP Deployment Spring 2005Advanced VOIP II Fall 2005Commercial Services Spring 2006Network Management Fall 2006Business Services Fall 2007Business Services New - First Symposium Fall 2004 PD intent was small symposiums hot topics to serve MSO systems engineers

Seminars Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol Cable Technology for the Nontechnical Professional Ethernet Transport Wireless Plant Extensions Delivering IP Telephony

Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol Six Cities Planned February – May 2007 Boston, MA Denver, CO Chicago, IL Tampa/St. Pete, FL Charlotte, NC San Jose, CA Troubleshooting Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was developed in partnership with ARRIS, Cedar Point Communications, JDSU and Sunrise Telecom

Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol Description: The Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) seminar is designed to introduce participants to the practical aspects of troubleshooting IP voice service as delivered over a broadband HFC network at both the IP Layer and the DOCSIS layer. The goal of the Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) workshop is to reinforce participants' existing knowledge of VoIP and develop new knowledge and skills relating to the isolation and resolution of real-world VoIP technical problems. Audience: Technical operations managers, plant managers, technical supervisors, project managers, senior technicians and engineers who have responsibility for operating and maintaining VoIP systems

Distance Education Courses  January – CCNA1: Network Engineering  March - IPv6; Impact on Cable Networks  April – Ethernet Transport  July - CCNA1: Network Engineering  July - IPv6; Impact on Cable Networks  August – SDV: Deployment Planning  October – Carrier-grade Ethernet  October – CCNA2: Routing Fundamentals  November – SDV: Deployment Planning

InfoScope InfoScope™ is a searchable database of white papers presented at various SCTE events.

Certification Program SCTE certifications enable you, as an individual, to demonstrate proficiency of technical knowledge that is relevant to your career. Our certifications also serve to provide employers with an industry-recognized benchmark for technical expertise that may be incorporated into the hiring, promotion and other human resource management processes.

SCTE/JONESNCTI We try not to duplicate what the MSO are doing! In this arena we are the certifying partner unless requested by the MSO or its agents to be the actual trainer. SCTE customizes certification programs under contract with MSO’S to meet MSO certifying requirements.

Certification Programs SCTE CERTIFICATION RELATED AREA OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE Broadband Premises Specialist (BPS)Customer Premises Endorsements: Video, Voice, Data Broadband Distribution Specialist (BDS)Distribution network Broadband Transport Specialist (BTS)Transport Network Broadband TelecomCenter Specialist (BTCS)Telecommunications center (headend) Endorsements: Video, Voice, Data Broadband Communications Technician (BCT)Installation and maintenance of all aspects of the broadband network Broadband Communications Engineer (BCE)Technology behind all aspects of the broadband network

NEW Certification Digital Video Engineering Professional (completed) IP Engineering Professional (June 07)  VoIP Engineering Professional (Working group)  Network Transport Engineering Professional (Working Group) *Note that titles are subject to change as each is developed and rolled out. New certifications are targeted at network operations and engineering personnel. Training support for these programs is expected to be tied in with the SCTE Cable College program. SCTE may develop additional support programs as part of the ongoing professional development curriculum through seminars and future educational platforms.

SCTE Cable College at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) In June 2006, extending its professional development mission into the higher education arena, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) announced the formation of the SCTE Cable College at RIT. SCTE Cable College will deliver a comprehensive cable-centric educational program for telecom technicians and engineers in the cable industry. This program will be delivered through courses and degree programs offered by the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering department and the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies and is a partnership with The Cable College and RIT.

SCTE Cable College at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Technical Fundamentals of Cable Telecommunications Video Voice Data Network Bachelors Degree Associates Degree Masters Degree Multi-product/services Technicians Line Technicians Headend Technicians Network Managers SCTE Cable College ProgramIndustry Segment SCTE Cable College certificate issued RIT certificate issued RIT degree issued RIT certificate issued VideoVoiceData Recognition

Bookstore The SCTE Bookstore serves as the platform for product offerings of the Society. The bookstore contains books, collected papers from conferences and symposiums, and other learning resources available for purchase by the membership. Each product in the bookstore is carefully screened to ensure quality and applicability for the industry.