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parts). A cocktail party was also held in the library at the Royal College of Surgeons after the lecture programme for all attendees.

Presentations and speakers included:-

n “HFC Evolution from DOCSIS to FTTH” by Jeff Finkelstein, CTO, Cox Communications. n “Delivering Gigabit Speed to the Home – Next Evolution in Access Architecture” by Tal Laufer, Director, Product Line Management for CMTS and CCAP, ARRIS. n “BSI's Stance onBrexit and theCreation of a Technical Specification for LTE Filters” by Dave Hodges, Managing Director, Blakeglow Systems Ltd. n “Networks Reshaped: 5G, Fronthaul and Fixed-Mobile Convergence” by Vanesa Diaz, Market Development Manager - Access Networks, EMEA, Corning Optical Communications. n “DOCSIS® 3.1 – An Overview (Parts 1 and 2)” by Ron Hranac, Technical Leader, Cisco Systems. n “Advances in Technology for High Power CATV Gain Blocks and the Related Challenges in Linearity Testing during Design and Volume Production” by Rainer Hillermeier, Engineering Manager CATV Design, Qorvo.

The full programme can be downloaded at http://goo.gl/Tucg6i Download the Autumn lecture presentations at https://goo.gl/oZvLLg or see the SCTE’s YouTube channel for the video from the event at https://www.youtube.com/user/thescte

Travel free with the SCTE

European SCTE members are encouraged to apply for SCTE grants for numerous events next year. We are soliciting bursary applications (flights and hotels paid for by the SCTE and conference/exhibition fees paid by its partners) for next year’s FTTH conference (France), DVB World (Austria), ANGA COM (Germany) and IBC 2017 (The Netherlands). Bursaries are also available for the SCTE Spring and Autumn lectures in London next year. Still not applied for your SCTE bursary? Read about some of our bursary winners’ experiences at this year’s IBC exhibition on page 36 of this issue to help you make up your mind. Please email 300 words to office@thescte.eu on why you wish to be considered for the bursary.

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Vol. 38 No. 4 - November 2016 Issue