Thank you for your interest in the consortium's educational programming. The following calendar outlines IEC's global events for the year ahead. For more information on these programs, call +1-312-559-4600.

	Broadband World Forum Asia 2008 2007 Event Wrap-Up Conference: 15–18 July 2008 Exhibition: 16–17 July 2008 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hong Kong, China The Broadband World Forum Asia 2008, officially sponsored by PCCW, will provide an in-depth analysis of the business models, deployment strategies, and roll-out practices that have proven successful in making mass-market broadband in Asia a reality. This leading industry event brings together key global industry players to examine the range of technology issues, alternatives, and challenges facing the industry today as well as business strategies and solutions for the future.
	Broadband World Forum Europe 2008 2007 Event Wrap-Up Conference 29 September–2 October 2008 Exhibition 30 September–2 October 2008 Brussels Expo Brussels, Belgium The Broadband World Forum Europe offers an array of educational programming intended to help you recognize the market potential of broadband services and applications. Session programming is complemented by a cutting-edge technology exhibition where you can get plugged in to the latest broadband technologies, equipment, applications, solutions, and services from around the world.
	DesignCon 2009 DesignCon 2008 Event Wrap-Up Conference February 2–5 2009 Exhibition February 3–4 2009 Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, California, USA DesignCon offers attendees four days of technical content presented as 40-minute papers, half-day tutorials, plenary and conference panels, and industry keynote addresses. The conference program provides updates on the latest technology news and advances affecting system-on-chip and high-performance system design engineers.
	SOFNET 09 SOFNET 08 Event Wrap-Up Conference: 20–23 April 2009 Exhibition: 21–22 April 2009 London, England Focusing on the three major areas of commercial, services, and technologies, SOFNET will capture the essence of the "soft telco," Web 2.0, and next-generation networks, providing a truly meaningful framework to harness the energy of "innovation" in changing peoples' lives.
	IEC Communications Forums Presented at NXTcomm June 17–18, 2008 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 2007 Event Wrap-Up The IEC Communications Forums, presented at NXTcomm, offers an insightful and comprehensive educational program covering the changing communications environment. Focusing on IP infrastructure, this program will present many applications, including wireless and wireline for service providers and enterprise users.