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SCTE Press conference New Delhi 21 st March 2012
2012 SCTE – The Society for Broadband Professionals Dr Roger Blakeway – President
2011 SCTE a Brief History 1945 Society of Relay Engineers radio over twisted pair 1972 Society of Cable Television Engineers television, over twisted pair then coax 1995 Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers advent of telephony and data services on cable 2008 SCTE – Society for Broadband Professionals the IP age, agnostic physical layer
2010 SCTE Governance SCTE Secretariat National Secretary: Beverley Walker Marketing Exec: Sara Waddington Office staff shared with CAI. SCTE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 12 elected volunteer members plus 3 co-opted. President: Dr Roger Blakeway Vice President: Jon van Brienen Treasurer: Chris Swires Publications Chair: Mike Jones Papers Chair: John Callas Training Chair: Mike Thornton SCTE Ltd Chairman: Dr Roger Blakeway Treasurer: Christopher Swires Company Secretary: Beverley Walker IBC Board Director: Dr Roger Blakeway Chair of Finance & Audit Deputy Director: Chris Swires
2012 MISSION STATEMENT “A Learned Society dedicated to elevating the status and knowledge of those engaged in global broadband engineering”
2012 MISSION STATEMENT “A Learned Society dedicated to elevating the status and knowledge of those engaged in global broadband engineering” How do we accomplish our mission?
2012 EDUCATION Technical lecture meetings London, Amsterdam, Cologne, Balkans Publications “BROADBAND”, Circulation Members Handbook Training UK, Western Europe, Balkans, India Fibre, Installer, Service & Network Technician SCTE Bursaries IBC - Conference, hotel & travel ANGA - Conference, hotel & travel EDUCATION Technical lecture meetings London, Amsterdam, Cologne, Balkans Publications “BROADBAND”, Circulation Members Handbook Training UK, Western Europe, Balkans, India Fibre, Installer, Service & Network Technician SCTE Bursaries IBC - Conference, hotel & travel ANGA - Conference, hotel & travel
2011 ACCREDITATION Certification Internationally recognised, over 6000 students. “Continual assessment” Professional Status FSCTE, MSCTE and now TMSCTE Excellence Awards Technician & Member of the Year, Honorary Fellowships, Tom Hall award for Excellence, Technology awards. Standards Nominating body for BSI Participation in IEC, CENELEC, BSI
2012 Exhibitions IBC, Cable Europe, ANGA, NCTA, SCTE Expo IPTV World Forum, NAB, CAI, Cabsat, Convergence India + others Networking Website Cocktail parties Members Handbook Social events Annual Gala Dinner, Golf Days, Track Days Knowledge Sharing
2012 MoU – Signed with BECIL May 2011 Train the Trainers – Completed October 2012 First Training Course – Completed December 2011 Valedictory Ceremony – December 23rd 2011 at the new training centre “BECIL Bhawan” with Shri Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Second Course – Completed February 2012 SCTE the Society for Broadband Professionals TRAINING IN INDIA
2012 Syllabus – prepared by SCTE Text Books - prepared by SCTE, printed by BECIL Training – undertaken in India by BECIL Examination – Invigilated by BECIL Marking – SCTE Certification – SCTE All successful candidates receive two years Technician Grade membership of the SCTE BECIL – SCTE Partnership
2012 The next steps: Continuation of Installer Training Courses in New Delhi Introduction of Service and Network Technician Courses Examination and assessment to move on-line Establishment of training centres in major cities in India Establishment of SCTE India BECIL – SCTE Partnership
2012 Thank You
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