EXTON, Pa. – The annual SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo will emphasize what has been learned by network operators about the coronavirus crisis during a new workshop track announced today.
“Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic” will examine new strategies for managing workforces and maintaining operational performance amid shifts in usage, as well how cable and new partners can foster cross-industry innovation to leverage new health and safety applications during public emergencies, said the cable engineering organization.
It will be part of the fall technical forum workshops held during its Cable-Tec Expo 2020, planned for Oct. 13-16 in Denver. The due date for all Fall Technical Forum abstracts has been extended to Friday, May 8 and abstracts can be submitted here. Suggested topics for the new track include:
- Lessons Learned from Covid-19 Pandemic
- Critical components of a connected community for managing a public health crisis
- How NOCs and customer-facing teams can collaborate more effectively
- Maintaining a workforce’s focus on network performance during a crisis
- How home and business connectivity is a lifeline during a crisis
- Shifting capacity for an at-home population
- The importance of creating business continuity plans, before the crises
- Future pandemics with a 10G network
- Implications for telehealth and telemedicine
- Smart Cities and future global health pandemics
- IoT for patient tracking and patient management
- IoT for capacity and asset tracking in hospitals
- Connectivity and limiting disease transmission points
- Supporting an aging population with connected devices
“Cable’s outstanding performance and its support for connected technology partners during the current crisis provides a solid foundation on which to build a playbook of strategies and procedures for response to future emergencies,”said Chris Bastian, senior vice president, engineering and CTIO of SCTE•ISBE, in the press release. The new track “will focus our attention on implications of changing usage behaviors, ideas for remote operational protocols, and the value of collaborative partnerships that will result in new applications – all of which can lead to safer, more connected communities.”
