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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 10:45a m CONCURRENT SESSIONS 6:00 p.m.- CONFERENCE REGISTRATION Cable Franchise RenewaVEransfer Primer hether you are negotiating a cable franchise renewal, 8:00 p.m. Current Cable Regulatory Issues Technical addressing wireless antenna siting issues, handling franchise fee 4.00 p.m. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Standards, Rate Regulation. Effective and telecommunications issues, developing a telecommunica- Competition, Leased Access and More tions ordinance or implementing a telecommunications plan, • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Telecommunications Technology : A Primer the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and 7.00 a.m- * NATOA 's 1997 Partnership Golf Tournament Government Access Roundtables —Ask the Advisors Annual Conference sessions will be of interest to you. * Horseback Riding Tour of the Sonora Desert Experts. Equipment Integration, Program Look, The program is arranged to address various needs for * Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Excursion Designing Formats information and provide a forum for the exchange of new 9:00 a.m. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION 12:00 p.m. LUNCHEON - Keynote Address by Leo Hindery, perspectives and applicable knowledge. You will receive the 12:30 p.m. WELCOME LUNCHEON President, Tele- Communications, Inc. most current information in the field and the tools to utilize 2:00 p.m. GENERAL SESSION -The Year In Review 1:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS the resources to your community's advantage. 4:00 p.m. LOCAL GOVERNMENT /INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES Emerging Competition in the Video Market The general sessions offer historical background coupled 5:30 D.M. NEW MEMBER RECEPTION Technical Issues in Renewal will t case stuclics and information in areas such is universal PEG Programming: Impacting ` /our Commurm service, public meeting coverage, telecommunications policy MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 3:00 p.m. GENERAL SESSION - Looking Forward: Local development right -of way management strategies, and /:00 a.rn- BREAKFAST Government Telecommunications Policies antenna siting. 8.00 a.m. REGISTRATION 4:15 p.m. NATOA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING The concurrent sessions are separated into three tracks to 9:00 am. GENERAL SESSION - The History of 7:00 p.m. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMING AWARDS BAN( meet your particular needs and interests. NATOA recognizes Telecommunications at the Local Level that each area does not work exclusive of the others, therefore 10:30 a.m. GENERAL SESSION -The Public's Access to WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 we have ensured that each track offers insight into how the Telecommunications: Universal Service and PEG 7.00 a.m. BREAKFAST areas are linked and impact the direction of telecommunications. 12:00 p.m. ASK THE EXPERTS Lunch not provided) 8.00 am. EXHIBIT HALL OPENS The Regulatory Track highlights the pressing issues • 12:00 p.m. STATE CHAPTER PRESIDENTS' LUNCHEON 8:00 am. REGISTRATION facing communities today: including right -of -way valuation; (By Invitation Only) 8:30 a.m. GENERAL SESSION - Update on Right -of -Way telecommunications taxation, and cable franchise renewal. 12:00 p.m. EXHIBIT HALL OPENS Management Policies: Cases and Strategies You will hear local administrators discuss their communities' • 1:30p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS 10: 15 a.m. GENERAL SESSION - Review of State infrastructure development plans. Telecommunications Planning Legislative Activities. Strategies and Positions The Technical hack offers something for the novice Cable Technology 101: A Primer I] :45 am. KEYNOTE LUNCHEON and the advanced technician. A progression of sessions cover Developing and Implementing Government 1 :15 p. m.- CONCURRENT SESSIONS subjects from basic cable, telecommunications and wireless Access Channel Policies Right -of -Way Valuation technology to the rules governing emergency alert systems, :o 3:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS Wireless Services: A Primer distance learning and criminal justice applications. • • I Local Government Networks: Case Studies from Award- Winning Government Programming. The Programming Track presents options to local Around the Country How to Compete Successfully governments for development and implementation of Public Safety : Spectrum Allocation, Emergency 2.45 p.m. GENERAL SESSION - Antenna Siting government access channels, programs to effectively staff and Alert and Other Critical Issues Issues in Washington D.C. and Beyond the Beltwz operate your channels, and ways to positively position Managing Your PEG Operation. Juggling 4:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS government access in your community- Priorities and Optimizing Resources Telecommunications Taxation If you are interested in learning successful strategies to 4:30 p.m. GENERAL SESSION - Franchise Renewal Case Telecommunications Ordinances develop the telecommunications programs in your community, Study: Phoenix, Arizona Today's Infrastructure Access Issues: you cannot afford to miss this year's conference. 6:30 p.m. RECEPTION Poles, Conduits and Risers Local Governments Embracing New Technoh TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 I -Nets, Internetand More ( _ - • 7: 00 a.m. BREAKFAST C 8:00 a.m. REGISTRATION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1 8:00 am. EXHIBIT HALL OPENS 8:00 a. in. NEW /OLD MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS / 9:00 a.m. GENERAL SESSION - Local, State and National BREAKFAST Public Meetinq Coverage 9 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ^/ Y