Leading Business Visionaries, Innovators and Executives Will Headline The 2005 National Show

Leading Business Visionaries, Innovators and Executives Will Headline The 2005 National Show

NCTA Announces General Session Slate Featuring Top Names from Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and the U.S. Cable Industry

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Some of America's foremost entrepreneurs, business executives and creative minds will highlight the General Sessions at The 2005 National Show, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced today.

The 2005 National Show, NCTA's 54th Annual Convention and International Exposition, is scheduled for April 3-5, 2005 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

"Cable's broadband platform has fueled the growth of countless new products and services that lay the foundation for future innovation. The unprecedented lineup of general session speakers at this year's National Show features many of the individuals directly responsible for spurring America's broadband revolution," said Steve Burke, Chief Operating Officer, Comcast Corporation, and Chairman of The 2005 National Show.

Four general sessions are planned for the Show -- one each on Sunday, April 3 and Monday, April 4, and two on Tuesday, April 5. They will highlight how cable's $95 billion technology investment is providing a new outlet for non-traditional content providers, technology innovators and creative masterminds to reach American consumers.

The sessions will take place in the 3rd Floor Ballroom of Moscone West. Panel participants confirmed to date are as follows:

* Opening General Session -- Sunday, April 3, 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Title: From Baud Band to Broadband

Paul Allen, Chairman, Vulcan, Inc.
Thomas Rutledge, COO, Cablevision Systems Corporation
Jerry Yang, Co-Founder and Chief Yahoo, Yahoo! Inc.
Senior Executive, Electronic Arts (to be announced)

* Monday General Session - Monday, April 4, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Title: Attack of the Empowered Consumer: Understanding New Media Markets

John Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Robert Iger, President and COO, The Walt Disney Company
Jonathan Miller, Chairman and CEO, America Online, Inc.
Brian Roberts, President and CEO, Comcast Corporation
Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO, Google

* Tuesday General Session -- Tuesday, April 5, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Title: Good Things Come in Small Packets: How IP is Changing
Communications

Glenn Britt, Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Cable
Rob Glaser, Chairman and CEO, RealNetworks, Inc.
Len Lauer, President & COO, Sprint Corporation
James Robbins, President and CEO, Cox Communications, Inc.

* Closing General Session -- Tuesday, April 5, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Title: Hollywood Squires: Entertainment & The New Rules

Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman, Entertainment & Network Group, Time Warner,
Inc.
Peter Chernin, President & COO, News Corporation
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Film Producer and Co-Founder, DreamWorks SKG
Robert Wright, Chairman and CEO, NBC Universal

Additional General Session details will be available in the coming weeks. Up-to-the-minute information for The 2005 National Show can be found on its official web site (http://www.thenationalshow.com/) or from NCTA's Department of Industry Affairs (202/775-3669).

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.

Source: National Cable & Telecommunications Association

CONTACT: Rob Stoddard or Brian Dietz of National Cable &
Telecommunications Association, +1-202-775-3629; or Eric Thomas of the
Fratelli Group, +1-202-822-9491

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

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