MARCH
12-13 World Congress of Sports
Sponsored by SportsBusinessJournal and Octagon, at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Information: Dmitry Prut, 800-647-7600 or dmitry@ worldrg.com; or www .sportscongress.com.
15 Seventh Annual Genesis Awards
Sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States, Hollywood Office, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Information: www.hsushollywood.org.
16 Mobile Entertainment Summit at CTIA
Sponsored by iHollywoodForum and MobileTechForum, at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Information: www.wireless2003.com.
16 Fifth Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards
Regent Beverly Hills Wilshire, Beverly Hills, Calif. Information: 818-905-1557 or www.costumedesignersguild .com.
17-19 CTIA Wireless 2003
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Information: www.wireless2003.com.
18 Cable Chiefs Luncheon
Sponsored by the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Information: 818-789-1182, info@hrts.org or www.hrts-iba.org/newsmaker .html.
18 Workshop and Screening
Joel Katz gives a free workshop, Structuring a Dramatic Narrative, with a screening of the documentary Strange Fruit. Sponsored by Manhattan Neighborhood Network, at MNN, 537 W. 59th St., New York. Information: Tracie Holder, 212-757-2670, Ext. 305.
18 POWER UP Workshop: TV Writers of Earthlings
Sponsored by Kodak and the Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up, in Los Angeles. Includes Q&A with Ilene Chaiken. Information: 310-271-4708 or www.power-up.net.
18-19 Satellite Entertainment 2003: Signals From Space
Sponsored by The Carmel Group, at the Hyatt Regency, Monterey, Calif. Information: 831-643-2222, info@carmelgroup.com or www.carmelgroup.com.
19 IRTS Foundation Gold Medal Dinner honoring Leslie Moonves
Sponsored by the International Radio & Television Society Foundation, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York. Information: Maggie Pritikin, 212-867-6650, Ext. 302; or www.irts.org.
19 Women’s Career Summit
Sponsored by Katz Media Group, at Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York. Information: Anne Kenny, 212-424-6485 or anne.kenny@katz-media.com; or www.katzwomenscareersummit.com.
19 Publicists Guild Awards Luncheon
Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Includes presentation of the Motion Picture Showmanship Award to Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Gary Goetzman. Information: 818-784-0534.
19-26 25 Years of Women Calling the Shots
Sponsored by New York Women in Film & Television, at Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, New York. Information: 212-496-3809 or www.nywift.org.
22-23 MIPDOC Documentary Screenings
International Television Program Market, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Information: 33-14-190-4416 or www.miptv.com.
23 75th Annual Academy Awards
Kodak Theatre, Hollywood. Telecast on ABC. Information: 310-247-3000 or www.oscars .org.
24-28 MIP-TV
International Television Program Market, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Information: 33-14-190-4416 or www.miptv.com.
26-27 Digital Media Summit
Sponsored by iHollywood Forum, at the Universal Hilton, Los Angeles. Information: 310-815-3884 or www.digitalmediasummit.com.
March 30-April 2, CTPAA Forum 2003
The premier public affairs conference of the cable industry, sponsored by the Cable Television Public Affairs Association, at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington. Information: www.ctpaa.org.
April
1-4 China International Photoelectric Industry Fair
Sponsored by the Chinese Institute of Electronics, at China Hi-Tech Fair Exhibition Center, ShenZhen, China. Information: 0086-755-83502437, alyakoubi@mailcenter.com.cn, www.e-dowell.com or www.szdrx.com.
4-5 Making News: Broadcast Journalism for the Non-News Executive
Sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, at the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas. Information: Howard Marcantel, 202-775-2550 or hmarcantel@ nab.org; or www.nabef.org.
4-7 Broadcast Education Association 48th Annual Convention and Exhibition
Las Vegas Convention Center. Information: 888-380-7222, beainfo@beaweb.org or www.beaweb.org.
5-10 NAB 2003
Sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Las Vegas Hilton. Information: 800-342-2460 or www.nab.org/conventions.
6 NAB-BEA-RTNDA Career Fair
Sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, Broadcast Education Association and Radio-Television News Directors Association, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Information: Karen Hunter, 202-429-5498 or khunter@nab.org; or www .nab.org/bcc.
7-9 RTNDA@NAB
Sponsored by the Radio-Television News Directors Association, at the Las Vegas Hilton. Information: 202-467-5200, 800-80-RTNDA or www.rtnda.org.