NAMIC CEO Roundtable With Telecommunications’ Execs.

NAMIC announced it will feature a CEO Roundtable of top-level industry leaders from around the country during The 15th Annual NAMIC Conference: Digital Media & Diversity being held September 10-12, 2001, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.

Henry S. Schleiff, chairman and CEO of Court TV will serve as the moderator for the session and will be joined by a distinguished panel of colleagues including Decker Anstrom, president and CEO of The Weather Channel, Laureen Ong, president, U.S., of the National Geographic Channel, Ken Potashner, CEO of SONICblue, Inc., Robert Sachs, CEO National Cable Telecommunications Association and Herb Scannell, president, Nickelodeon, TV Land/TNN. The CEO Roundtable will give a behind-the-scenes look from the top on diversity and other issues impacting our industry on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

“We are pleased to have such a strong roster of distinguished speakers with demonstrated expertise in the areas of marketing, operations, technology, demographics and diversity management. With its unique focus on integrating the importance of diversity into business strategy, the NAMIC Conference will help equip attendees to increase market share in a global economy,” said NAMIC Executive Director Kathy Johnson.

The Conference, “Digital Media & Diversity,” is held over a three-day period and is targeted to marketing and operations personnel as well as programming content providers in the telecommunications industry.

In addition to the CEO Roundtable, a Diversity Roundtable, Master Courses and track sessions on Marketing and Product Content; New Media and Content Delivery, and Diversity Development will also be offered during the Conference. NAMIC will present its fourth annual Excellence Awards in recognition of operators and programmers who have demonstrated foresight in developing ethnic-targeted marketing and public relations strategies.

NAMIC was founded in 1980 as the National Association of Minorities in Cable to educate, advocate and empower for the cause of diversity in the telecommunications industry. With its unique focus in the urban marketplace and people of color, NAMIC educates the broadband industry on marketing approaches, programming interests, operations and workforce diversity strategies for our nation’s ever changing cities.