MR NATURE NETWORK CEO JL BABBIT, COX CTO KEVIN HART TO DISCU ENERGY SOLUTIONS AT SCTE SEMI FORUM 0 IN APRIL

MOTHER NATURE NETWORK CEO JOEL BABBIT, COX CTO KEVIN HART TO DISCUSS ENERGY SOLUTIONS AT SCTE SEMI FORUM 2013 IN APRIL February 4, 2013 10:13 AM

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MOTHER NATURE NETWORK CEO JOEL BABBIT, COX CTO KEVIN HART TO DISCUSS ENERGY SOLUTIONS AT SCTE SEMI FORUM 2013 IN APRIL

FEB. 4, 2013 (Exton, PA)Joel Babbit, a leading figure in raising awareness of environmentally responsible strategies, will be a headline speaker at the SCTE SEMI (Smart Energy Management Initiative) Forum 2013 in April, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) announced today.

Babbit, CEO and co-founder of the Mother Nature Network, will join Kevin Hart, executive vice president and CTO of Cox Communications and keynote speaker for SEMI Forum 2013, for a conversation on how Mother Nature Network is helping the business community address energy issues. Following Hart's opening remarks at the Wednesday, April 10 conference in Atlanta, Babbit and Hart will discuss case studies of energy management strategies that have successfully been employed by some of the nation's leading companies.

The cable telecommunications industry's leading energy management event, SCTE SEMI Forum 2013 will bring together operators, vendors and other experts for discussion of power, density, performance, sustainability and disaster recovery issues. Preliminary events, including working group meetings of the Sustainability Management Subcommittee (SMS) within the ANSI-accredited SCTE Standards Program, are scheduled for Tuesday, April 9. Additional SEMI details, as well as registration, are at http://www.scte.org/semiforum.

"By incorporating proven solutions into our energy management tool kits, our industry can accelerate our ability to reduce consumption and costs," said Hart. "Through his work with Mother Nature Network, Joel Babbit is uniquely positioned to share the accomplishments of companies whose specific needs mirror those of cable."

"A key part of the best corporate energy management programs is recognition of their value as sound business strategies," said Babbit. "The tremendous strides that cable is making in addressing energy issues can provide the two-fold benefits of increasing the availability of services, even while reducing the environmental footprint."

Mother Nature Network is the world's most visited environmental and social responsibility online network. Its siteswhich include mnn.com and treehugger.comattract more than 8 million visits a month. Content goes well beyond traditional "green" issuescovering a wide range of responsible living topics with an easy-to-understand approach. Launched in 2009 by Babbit, MNN's CEO, and Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, equity partners include CNN and Discovery Communications.

In addition to the opening session, SCTE SEMI Forum 2013 will include three program modules of four presentations each. Each module will conclude with a panel discussion among the four presenters within that module. Modules are entitled: Energy EvolutionsA Look Into Applications, Software, Modeling and Smart Grid; Outside Plant and FleetEnergy Savings From Workforce Management Approaches; and FacilitiesModular Approaches to Facility Energy Management.

SCTE SEMI Forum 2013 is open to attendance by operators, programmers, vendors and other interested parties. For more information on the SEMI initiative, please visit www.scte.org/semi or contact Derek DiGiacomo, senior director, information systems and energy management program for SCTE, at ddigiacomo@scte.org.

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The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is a non-profit professional association that provides technical leadership for the telecommunications industry and serves its members through professional development, standards, certification and information. SCTE currently has nearly 14,000 members from the U.S. and 70 countries worldwide and offers a variety of programs and services for the industry's educational benefit. A prime example is SCTE's Smart Energy Management Initiative (SEMI), an unprecedented effort to help cable operators leverage financial and environmental advantages of implementing Green strategies. SCTE has 68 chapters and meeting groups and more than 3,000 employees of the cable telecommunications industry hold SCTE technical certifications. SCTE is an ANSI-accredited standards development organization. Visit SCTE online at www.scte.org. Connect with SCTE at www.scte.org/socialmedia.

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