NAB Issues Call for Papers

Posted on July 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Attention ATSC members: The Broadcast Engineering Conference (BEC) will be held at the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas next April.  The Call for Papers is now open and will close on Oct. 18.

The six-day conference attracts the world’s leaders in broadcast technology, and has been doing so since 1946.  Always including lots of ATSC member organizations, presenters deliver technical papers that are then published in NAB’s prestigious Broadcast Engineering Conference Proceedings.

Selected papers are eligible for the Best Paper Award, honoring the author(s) of a paper of exceptional merit.

If you’d like to submit a technical paper proposal for consideration, NAB suggests targeting the likely audience of broadcast  engineers and technicians, engineering consultants, contract engineers, broadcast equipment manufacturers, distributors, R&D engineers plus anyone specifically interested in the latest broadcast technologies.

Paper presentations are limited to 30 minutes in length, including 5-10 minutes of audience Questions & Answers.  Proposals should be no more than 200 words in length and explain precisely what attendees will learn.

Papers promoting company products or services will not be accepted, but papers explaining the underlying technologies used in broadcast products or services will be considered.

Full manuscripts of the accepted paper will be due via email in .PDF format by Jan. 20, 2014 in order to meet publication deadline.  Papers must be at least 2,500 words and educational in nature.

Relevant topic areas include many areas of interest to ATSC members:

Advanced Technologies for Television

Advancements in HD Radio Technology

Advancements in Television Production

Advancements in Transmitter Technology

AM Band Revitalization

Apps for Radio and Television

Artist Experience (Graphics for Radio Display)

Audience Measurement Technologies

Automation in Broadcasting

Broadcasting – A Global Technology Perspective

Centralizing Technical Operations for Radio and Television

Cloud Applications for Broadcast

Cloud-Based Storage for Distribution

Distributed Transmission Systems

Emergency Operations – Planning and Recovery

Engineering Case Studies for Radio

Engineering Management in Challenging Times

Graphics for Radio Displays

Green Engineering

Hybrid Radio Technologies

Hybrid Television

IP Network Security for Broadcast

IP for Radio Engineers

IP for Television

Loudness Measurement and Control for Television

LTE as a Broadcast Service

M/H Technical Status, Measurement and Optimization

Maintaining the IBOC Signal

Maximizing Spectrum Efficiency for Television

Media Archiving

Mobile TV Update Domestic and International

New Radio Data Applications

Next Generation Sports Production and Delivery

Next Generation Television

Optimizing RF Coverage for Radio and Television

Professional Development for Broadcast Engineers

Radio Technical Challenges in Need of Solutions

Receiver Technology – Radio in the Center Console

Remote Monitoring of Broadcast Operations

RFR Exposure and FAA Issues

Security Issues for Broadcast

Social Media and Broadcasting

Spectrum Auctions and Repacking – Technical Aspects

Studio and Transmitter Facilities (Construction/Upgrades/Maintenance)

Technical Compliance Issues for Radio

Technical Regulatory Matters for Broadcasters

Television Quality Assurance

Television Technical Challenges in Need of Solutions

Tests and Measurements in the Broadcast Plant

The Evolution of Newsgathering

The Next Digital Transition for Television

The TV Second Screen

TV Anytime Anywhere

Video File Workflow Methodologies

Web Apps for TV

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