ods. SMPTE also sponsors four quarterly television standards meetings per year, plus others concerned with motion picture standards. Most regional SMPTE chapters sponsor regular monthly meetings where guest speakers are invited to present ma- terial on subjects of interest in the local area. The IEEE Broadcast Technical Society conducts two symposiums a year: One in the fall and a second during the NAB conference in the spring. These conferences attract some articles and seminar subject- matter experts specifically recruited by society leadership based on member interests. Continuing education credit is usually granted those registering and attending. On the communications side, there are similar level conferences and conventions you will find helpful in building and maintaining know- ledge of the Internet and Telecom fields. Examples include: Supercomm-Similar content structure as NAB and IBC; 500+ exhib- itors in 2003; www.supercomm2003.com/ Optical Fiber Communications Conference: Oriented at communica- tions on fiber media and related interests, 500+ exhibitors in 2003; www.ofcconference.org/ Updated listings can be found at: dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/ Communications_and_Networking/Telecommunications Conferences_and_Trade_Shows/ Internet: The Internet Society sponsors or sanctions many confer- ences; www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/ Computing: Siggraph-one of the better computing conferences with good participation by people and companies interested in gener- ation and display of images and graphics; www.siggraph.org/ s2003/ Association of Computing Machinery (ACM): Several conferences a year oriented a several subsets of computing-grid, mobile, paral- lel, etc.; www.acm.org/events/ PRACTICAL IP AND TELECOM FOR BROADCAST ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS Backing away from the purely technical aspects of seminars, there are numerous non-technical seminars and courses available from local colleges and universities to businesses that are in the business of training and education. One of