March
5-7 AAAA Media Conference and Trade Show
Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Information: www.aaaa.org.
6 39th Annual Chicago International Television Awards (The Hugos)
Honoring Bill Kurtis, at the Park West, Chicago. Information: www.chicagofilmfestival.org.
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.
16 Mobile Entertainment Summit at CTIA
Sponsored by iHollywoodForum and MobileTechForum, at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Information: www.wireless2003.com.
17-19 CTIA Wireless 2003
The 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.
18-19 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.katzwomenscaree rsummit.com.
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.
23 12th Annual Night of 100 Stars Oscar Gala
Presented by Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation and Norby Walters, underwritten by Future Media Productions, at the Beverly Hills (Calif.) Hotel. Information: 310-289-8660 or www.nightof100stars.com.
26-27Digital Media Summit
Sponsored by iHollywood Forum, at the Universal Hilton, Los Angeles. Information: 310-815-3884 or www.digitalmediasummit.com.
30-April 2, CTPAA Forum
Sponsored by the Cable Television Public Affairs Association, at the 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
At the Las Vegas Convention Center. Information: 888-380-7222, beainfo@beaweb.org or www.beaweb.org.
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 9www.nab.org/bcc.
79 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.
8-11 CTAM Digital Conference
Sponsored by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, at the Hilton Riverside, New Orleans. Information: Tania Jones, 703-549-4200, or www.ctam.com.