May 17, 2001 Professional telecommunications association BICSI (www.bicsi.org) has announced that it will hold its fall conference on August 20th through 23rd at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. Conference sessions will address LAN applications, evolving cabling technologies, copper technology and measurement, zone cabling and bridging networks, and grounding, bonding, and electrical design issues. The conference will be keynoted by futurist and think-tank founder Watts Wacker.
Other events at the conference will include a technical seminar entitled "Convergence and the Role of the Cabling System" and evening exhibit hours featuring more than 150 vendors. More conference details are available on the BICSI web site.