[EAS] EAS Update at the NAB

[Richard Rudman]

Greetings:

I added to the original posting on the plan writing and best practices workshop the BWWG hosted at NAB Sunday afternoon on the EAS Forum [ http://eas.radiolists.net/ ].

Adrienne Abbott (SECC, Nevada and Core BWWG member) gave me her notes on the meeting last evening that give additional details I left out of the original posting.

The next EAS event here in Las Vegas will occur Wednesday morning starting 9 AM at the NAB's "Technical Regulatory Issues for Engineers" sessions Chaired by Gary Kline SVP for Engineering, Cumulus Media.

9-10 AM: EAS: The Nationwide Test is Over, so What's Next?
	Moderator: Larry Walke (NAB)
	Panel: Tom Beers (FCC), Antwane Johnson (FEMA), Mark Lucerno (FEMA), Sharon Tinsley (Alabama Broadcasters Association).

10:00 - 10:30: Implementation of Statewide Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Delivery for EAS
	Larry Wilkins, Engineering Consultant, Alabama Broadcasters Association

10:30-11:15: EAS Manufacturers Panel
	Moderator: Larry Estlack, Director of Technology, Michigan Association of Broadcasters
	Panel: Jared Maynard (Comlabs), Darryl Parker (TFT), Harold PRice (Sage), William Robertson (Digital Alert Systems), Matthew Straeb (EVP, Global Security 			Systems LLC)
	
11:15-12:00: Technical Regulatory Panel Issues for Television
	Moderator: Craig Harper, VP and Chief Technology Officer, BELO Broadcasting
	Panel: Ann Bobeck, SVP and Deputy General Counsel (NAB),  Brett Jenkins, VP and CTO (LIN Media)

For those of you here in Las Vegas, I would encourage you to stop by the FEMA booth (C746) at the LVCC.

Richard Rudman
The BWWG