The 2005 National Show Welcomes 6th Annual Supplier Diversity Connection Workshop

The 2005 National Show Welcomes 6th Annual Supplier Diversity Connection Workshop

Registration for Workshop Now Open

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The reach of cable's commitment to diversity further expands as the 6th Annual Supplier Diversity Connection Workshop returns to The 2005 National Show, the 54th Annual Convention & International Exposition of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), April 3-5, 2005, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Presented by the Walter Kaitz Foundation, this day-long workshop, designed to foster relationships among minority- and women-owned businesses and cable companies that utilize diverse outside vendors, will be held on the first day of the Show, Sunday, April 3, 2005.

"This event will help both diverse suppliers and the cable industry understand each other's needs and provide opportunities for both sides to exchange best practices, generate new ideas and learn successful ways of expanding diversity throughout the industry," said Debbie A. Smith, Executive Director, Walter Kaitz Foundation.

To register or to obtain more information on the Supplier Diversity Connection Workshop, visit http://www.walterkaitz.org/, or call the foundation at 202-775-3611.

The 2005 workshop will feature informative panel discussions featuring cable leaders and suppliers to the industry. Industry participants will have a rare opportunity to trade ideas, build strategies, and identify the goods and services available from ethnic minority and women-owned business.

Invitations to speak at the workshop have been extended to prominent policy makers as well as cable companies that utilize diverse outside vendors and who have successfully started Supplier Diversity Programs within their organizations.

Additional up-to-the-minute information for the National Show is available at http://www.thenationalshow.com/, the official website for the 2005 National Show.

NCTA is the principal trade association of the cable television industry in the United States. NCTA represents cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks, as well as equipment suppliers and providers of other services to the cable industry.

The Walter Kaitz Foundation is the cable industry's national foundation dedicated to diversity.


Source: National Cable & Telecommunications Association

CONTACT: Rob Stoddard or Brian Dietz, of the National Cable &
Telecommunications Association, +1-202-775-3629

Web site: http://www.ncta.com/
http://www.walterkaitz.org/
http://www.thenationalshow.com/


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