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Ennes Workshops
Las Vegas, NV - at the NAB Show - April 14
El Paso, TX - May 18
Ennes Workshop Presenter Biographies
Bring an Ennes Workshop to Your Area
What Past Attendees Had to Say
Justifying Professional Development
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What are Ennes Workshops?
The Ennes Workshops were created in 1991 through the Ennes Educational Foundation Trust in an effort to bring affordable education to members locally. The Ennes Educational Foundation Trust, through its Education Foundation Committee, offers periodic workshops and seminars around the United States. Programs are typically one day in length (app. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) and are very affordable. Presentations are non-commercial and focus on technology. In addition, part of the day is devoted to separate seminar tracks for radio and television topics.
Hartford Ennes Workshop, photo courtesy of Jim Peck
May 2011
hosted by SBE Chapter 14 and the Connecticut Broadcasters Association
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Upcoming Ennes Workshops
Ennes Workshop, presented by the Society of Broadcast Engineers
At the NAB Show
Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012 • 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Registration: Full Conference Registration for the NAB Show
Schedule - Click here for Abstracts and Biographies
| Time | Topics | Presenters |
| 8-8:55 & 9:05-9:50 a.m. | The Broadcast Engineer in an IT World: What Do I Need to Know and How Do I Learn to IT? |
Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNT |
| 9:50-10:15 a.m. | The Tube Sound - Fact or Fiction? | Jerry Whitaker Advanced Television Systems Committee |
| 10:15-11:15 a.m. | Broadcasting and the Cloud | Stan Moote - Harris Broadcast Al Kovalic - Avid Richard Folio - Harris Cyber Integrated Solutions |
| 11:15-11:35 a.m. | IBM Case Study: Broadcast Management Cloud for Fuji TV | Katsushi Yamashita IBM Japan |
| 11:35-11:55 a.m. | Chyron Cloud Case Study | Greg Lennon Chyron |
| 11:55 a.m.-12:10 p.m. | Cloud Q&A | |
| 12:10-1:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
| 1-1:25 p.m. | Standards Update | Peter Symes Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers |
| 1:25-1:55 p.m. | Evolved Multimedia Broadcast / Multicast Service; Tutorial | G. Kent Walker Qualcomm, Inc. |
| 1:55-3:25 p.m. | IPTV; Tutorial | John S. McCoskey - Public Broadcasting Service Eric Wolf - Public Broadcasting Service Wendy Allen - Public Broadcasting Service Steve Scheel - Public Broadcasting Service |
| 3:25-4:25 p.m. | Broadcast Workflow / Content Flow 2012 | John Footen - Cognizant Technology Solutions Ben Ropke - Cognizant Technology Solutions |
| 4:25-4:55 p.m. | ATSC's Future of TV | James Kutzner Public Broadcasting Service |
El Paso Ennes Workshop, presented by the Society of Broadcast Engineers
Hosted by SBE Chapter 38 - El Paso
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 • 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cost: SBE Members - $30; Non-Members - $40
Details to come as they are confirmed.
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Past Ennes Workshops
New York City Ennes Workshop, presented by the Society of Broadcast Engineers
Hosted by SBE Chapter 15
Thank you to the following organizations for supporting this workshop:
This workshop took place November 5, 2011
Topics
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Topics | Presenters |
| Tower Site Grounding, Guy Anchor Rods and Galvanic Corrosion | Tom Silliman and Bill Harland Electronics Research, Inc. |
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Comrex |
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Ross Video |
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| A New Approach to Solid-State High-Power FM Amplifiers |
Harris Corporation |
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DSI RF Systems, Inc. |
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ENCO Systems, Inc. |
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Grass Valley |
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Wheatstone |
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| The Transition to IP and File Based Production and Broadcast |
GHO Group |
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Nautel |
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WorldCast Systems |
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| 100 Things You Forgot |
Belden |
Pittsburgh Ennes Workshop, presented by the Society of Broadcast Engineers
Hosted by SBE Chapter 20 and WPXI 
Thank you to
for supporting this program.
This workshop took place June 7, 2011.
Topics
| Topics CLICK ON THE TITLES BELOW FOR PRESENTATION | Presenters |
Better Tower Management by Understanding the Causes, Costs and Cures for |
Consolidated Engineering, Inc (CEI) |
Loudness Control and Advanced Audio Processing for Digital Television |
Harris Professional Services |
Trends in TV Infrastructure - openGear, 3D and Automated Production Control |
Ross Video |
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Axcera |
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The Brave New World of News Backhaul and the Introduction of Robustivity™ |
DSI RF Systems, Inc. |
The SNMP Protocol and its Integration as a Broadcast Monitoring Tool |
WorldCast Systems |
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Belden |
Hartford Ennes Workshop, presented by the Society of Broadcast Engineers
Hosted by SBE Chapter 14 and the Connecticut Broadcasters Association.
This workshop took place May 19, 2011.
Topics
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Topics | Presenters |
| Keeping it going in the Real World |
Tieline Technology |
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Harris Professional Services |
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Ross Video |
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A New Approach to Solid-State High-Power FM Amplifiers |
Harris Corporation |
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DSI RF Systems, Inc. |
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Shively Labs |
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Grass Valley |
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Wheatstone |
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| Mobile DTV and Beyond |
Roundbox |
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SPX Communication Technology |
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WorldCast Systems |
Sacramento Ennes Workshop, presented by the Society of Broadcast Engineers
Co-sponsored and hosted by SBE Chapter 43 - Sacramento and KVIE
This workshop took place February 12, 2011.
Topics
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Topics | Presenters |
Broadcast Tower Failures: Causes and Cures |
Consolidated Engineering, Inc (CEI) |
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Loudness Control and Advanced Audio Processing for Digital Television |
Harris Professional Services |
How New Transmitter Technology Can Save Time and Money |
Nautel |
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Trends in TV Infrastructure - openGear, 3D and Automated Production Control |
Ross Video |
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Considerations for Digital Radio Antenna Design |
SPX Communication Technology |
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The Brave New World of News Backhaul and the Introduction of Robustivity™ |
DSI RF Systems, Inc. |
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The Good News is that 10 dB is Here - the Bad News is that 10 dB is Here! |
Shively Labs |
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Affordable Newsroom Workflows in all Types and Sizes of Markets |
Grass Valley |
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Real World AoIP Problem Solving |
Wheatstone |
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TV BAS Checkup |
Dane Ericksen, CSRTE, 8-VSB, CBNT, Hammett & Edison, Inc., Consulting Engineers |
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The SNMP Protocol and its Integration as a Broadcast Monitoring Tool |
WorldCast Systems |
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100 Things You Forgot |
Belden |
Hosted by SBE Chapter 53 - Miami
This workshop took place March 10, 2011.
Topics
Click on a link below for presentation |
Topics | Presenters |
Presentation |
Loudness Control and Advanced Audio Processing for Digital Television |
Harris Professional Services |
Presentation |
Guy Anchor Rods and Galvanic Corrosion |
Consolidated Engineering, Inc (CEI) |
How New Transmitter Technology Can Save Time and Money |
Nautel |
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Trends in TV Infrastructure - openGear, 3D and Automated Production Control |
Ross Video |
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Providing Media-Rich Content Using Digital Radio |
Harris Corporation |
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The Brave New World of News Backhaul and the Introduction of Robustivity™ |
DSI RF Systems, Inc. |
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The Good News is that 10 dB is Here - the Bad News is that 10 dB is Here! |
Shively Labs |
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Affordable Newsroom Workflows in all Types and Sizes of Markets |
Grass Valley |
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Real World AoIP Problem Solving White Paper - |
Wheatstone |
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TV BAS Checkup |
Dane Ericksen, CSRTE, 8-VSB, CBNT, Hammett & Edison, Inc., Consulting Engineers |
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| Remote Broadcasting: The Convergence of Radio, TV and IP |
Comrex Corporation |
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Mobile DTV and Beyond |
Roundbox |
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The SNMP Protocol and its Integration as a Broadcast Monitoring Tool |
WorldCast Systems |
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100 Things You Forgot |
Belden |
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SBE Recertification Credit
Attending an Ennes Workshop qualifies for 1 credit, identified under Category G of the Recertification Schedule for SBE Certifications.
Call for Papers
NOW ACCEPTING PAPERS FOR THE ENNES WORKSHOPS
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) offers non-commercial, technical workshops throughout the year. Ennes Workshops are designed to attract broadcast engineers and engineering management from within several hundred miles to a one-day educational program.
Attendance ranges from 35-65. Workshops are planned in several cities across the U.S. each year. At times these are done in conjunction with a larger show, event or state broadcaster’s association event. Attendees are often engineers and others who do not go to the NAB Show or fall conventions.
Typically, presentations are around 45 minutes in length and there are separate radio and television program tracks for much of the day. We have great flexibility and encourage more tutorial-oriented programs of greater length, as well as topics of interest to both radio and television attendees. Presenters are selected based on providing a well balanced, informative and interesting program for those attending.
The SBE realizes that presenting at the Ennes Workshops requires a commitment of time and expense and we appreciate your contribution. This is an unique opportunity to reach a group of engineers on a personal basis in an educational setting.
To submit your topic, please send your idea in writing to:
Kimberly Kissel, SBE Education Director
kkissel at sbe.org
Submissions should include:
Name of Presenter
Company
Topic
Description / Brief Abstract
Approximate length of presentation in minutes
Day-time telephone number and e-mail address of presenter
Bring an Ennes Workshop to Your Area
Interested in bringing an Ennes Workshop to your area? The SBE is now reserving dates for 2012. Click here for more information.
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What Past Attendees Had to Say
"The best broadcast engineering education for the money!"
San Diego Ennes Workshop Attendee, October 2010
"First-class workshop"
South Florida Ennes Workshop Attendee, March 2010
“Excellent sessions. An incredible value in both time and money.”
Oklahoma City Ennes Workshop Attendee, August 2008
“Excellent. It was a good day."
Pittsburgh Ennes Workshop Attendee, June 2011
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Justifying Professional Development
Having difficulty justifying professional development to your company? Click here for suggestions on how to get your next training opportunity approved!