Dates and events you need to know

BOS-CON 2006, SBE Regional
Date: Sept. 13
Location: Marlborough, MA
The one-day regional convention will offer exhibits and a program for broadcast engineers, station managers, news directors and program directors.
For more information, visit www.bos-con.com.

IBC2006
Date: Sept. 7-12
Location: RAI Convention Center, Amsterdam
For more information, visit: www.ibc.org.

SBE 22 Broadcast & Technology Expo/National Meeting
Date: Sept. 26-27
Location: Event Center at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY.
This year’s national meeting will be held in conjunction with the SBE 22 Broadcast & Technology Expo.
For more information, visit www.sbe.org.

56th Annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium
Date: Sept. 27-29
Location: Hotel Washington, Washington, D.C.
The three-day symposium will offer sessions on IPTV deployment, Mobile TV and multimedia technologies, DTV systems and standards, unlicensed devices in the TV broadcast bands and distributed transmission systems.
For more information, visit: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/bt/06abs/06sympoindex.html.

Mandatory Media Bureau EEO Form 396-C filing
Deadline: Oct. 2
FCC Form 396-C, Multi-Channel Video Programming Distributor EEO Program Annual Report (September 2003 Edition) is due to be filed electronically with the Commission by midnight on Oct. 2, 2006.

SMPTE Technical Conference & Exhibition
Date: Oct. 18-21
Location: Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles
For more information, visit: www.smpte.org.
Engineer-in-Training (EIT) program filing window
Date: Oct. 1-22
The FCC has opened a filing window for recent engineering graduates interested in participating in the Engineering-in-Training program.
For more information, visit: www.fcc.gov.

CBA Fall Convention
Date: Oct. 22-24
Location: Stardust Resort and Casino in Las Vegas
For more information, visit http://communitybroadcasters.com/links.php?layout=solo&front=coffee&linkno=218

NAB New York
Date: Oct. 24-26
Location: Javits Convention Center, New York City
The NAB fall gathering will offer more than 100 training sessions on production and post-production techniques as well as an exhibit floor.
For more information, visit: www.nab.org.

Engineer-in-Training (EIT) program filing window
Date: March 30-April 21, 2007
The FCC has opened a filing window for recent engineering graduates interested in participating in the Engineering-in-Training program.
For more information, visit: www.fcc.gov.

NAB2007 Convention
Date: April 14-19
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center
For more information, visit: www.nab.org.