Cabling Designers and Installers Rock N' Roll in Music City

Cabling Designers and Installers Rock N' Roll in Music City

Inaugural Cabling Skills Challenge hosted concurrently at Spring Conference

TAMPA, Fla., March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BICSI, the association supporting the information transport systems (ITS) industry with information, education and knowledge assessment, announces events for the 2008 BICSI Spring Conference. Hosted at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Music City, Nashville, Tenn., April 27-30, this unique conference will help BICSI members, and nonmembers alike, gain invaluable knowledge and take advantage of the rapidly emerging ITS industry to ensure future business success.

"The Spring Conference offers a distinctive program for ITS professionals to maximize their time, expand their knowledge, exchange their ideas and engage their minds to the fullest," said BICSI President Edward Donelan, RCDD/NTS Specialist. "With all of the engaging seminars, inspiring keynote speakers, and a showcase of the latest products and solutions in the Exhibit Hall, it is sure to be an exciting and rewarding experience for everyone."

In conjunction with the evening exhibition sessions during the conference, BICSI is hosting the first-ever BICSI Cabling Skills Challenge. The three-day event will feature the world's best ITS Installers testing their skills and knowledge as they compete for the title of Installer of the Year.

"This event will be the first time that the Installers will have a forum at a BICSI Conference to showcase their talents," said David M. Richards, RCDD/NTS/OSP Specialist, VP Technical Training for PCC Network Solutions. "Giving the front line BICSI Installers and Technicians their deserved recognition is important to promote BICSI best practices and the future of the ITS industry."

Conference highlights include:
-- Nashville Welcome by Kacey Musgraves-- Monday, Apr. 28, 8:30 a.m.

Kacey Musgraves is a singer-songwriter from Texas who appeared on the 5th season of USA Network's, "Nashville Star" the Country Music version of "American Idol." She was one of ten finalists selected out of over 20,000 hopefuls competing for a spot on the show. She has been performing professionally from an early age gaining experience, learning instruments and playing live shows. Now at age 19, Kacey lives in Austin and has released her self-titled debut album. She is currently nominated for two Texas Music Association Awards, Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year.

-- Scott Deming-- Opening Keynote Speaker, Monday, Apr. 28, 8:45 a.m.

Scott Deming started his own marketing and advertising company called RCI in 1983. RCI eventually grew into a multi-million dollar organization servicing Fortune 500 companies and many other medium to large corporations across the country. Scott and his firm helped their clients successfully grow their businesses and beat their competition with renegade branding, sales, customer service and communications programs. Not surprisingly, it was this very same progressive thinking that helped Scott's firm succeed over a twenty-plus year period and achieve many awards, such as The Business Journal's "Most Inspiring Business of the Year."

-- Dick Enberg-- Closing Keynote Speaker, Wednesday, Apr. 30, 10:30 a.m.

Dick Enberg is celebrating his 50th year in broadcasting. He has reported at football games in weather so frigid that his coffee froze before he could drink it, been challenged to a fight by an irate baseball player, led the Notre Dame band in a rendition of "The 1812 Overture," and been threatened with ejection at Wimbledon because he was shouting too loudly into his microphone. Dick now calls play-by-play for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and joined CBS Sports in January 2000 as play-by-play announcer for the NFL on CBS, college basketball and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

For more information about the 2008 BICSI Spring Conference or the BICSI Cabling Skills Challenge, please visit www.bicsi.org/spring.

BICSI is a professional association supporting the information transport systems (ITS) industry with information, education and knowledge assessment for individuals and companies. BICSI serves more than 23,000 ITS professionals, including designers, installers and technicians. These individuals provide the fundamental infrastructure for telecommunications, audio/video, life safety and automation systems. Through courses, conferences, publications and professional registration programs, BICSI staff and volunteers assist ITS professionals in delivering critical products and services, and offer opportunities for continual improvement and enhanced professional stature. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, BICSI membership spans nearly 100 countries.

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Source: BICSI

CONTACT: Tom Damico, BICSI Headquarters, tdamico@bicsi.org,
+1-813-979-1991, or Maarja Kolberg, BICSI Headquarters, mkolberg@bicsi.org,
+1-813-979-1991

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www.bicsi.org/spring

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