The broadcasting world comes to Vegas, and Ryerson students are there, May 10, 2010 back to recent news    

Mississauga, Ontario - May 10, 2010 – More than 40 Radio and Television Arts students made their way to Las Vegas last month to network and learn from the leaders in the business at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) annual convention.

“As a teacher I could not do more for my students than take them to this conference. It’s better than any class I could teach,” says Richard Grunberg, who for the past four years has taken large cohorts of students to the world’s biggest show for the broadcast and cinema industry.

For the first time, Ryerson had a booth exhibiting four cutting-edge research initiatives – projects on Blu-Ray, high definition broadcast interviews over IP, 3D (quantifying the value and the parameters of proper 3D), and HD Collaborative Design Tools. Students and faculty staffed the booth.

“I’ve had students come back and tell me the conference has changed their lives because of the contact they’ve had with the leaders of our industry,” Grunberg says.

It was Lindsey Glazier’s third trip to NAB, and the graduating RTA student says it’s a unique opportunity to see everyone you need to see in one place.

“It’s a really exciting opportunity for students to meet industry professionals and see the newest in technology,” she says.

Special rooms for Canadian exhibitors and attendees are a particularly good opportunity to network: “Everyone you could want to meet who’s in the business in Canada is in one room,” she says. “Every year Ryerson students have gotten jobs as a result.”

Though part of their costs are covered by sponsors, the students have to come up with a good portion of the airfare and lodging expense. At the convention the students were decked out in t-shirts customized with sponsor logos and names – and as a result were extremely visible. They attended conferences and social events.

Richard Grunberg stated that “The first and most devoted sponsors have been Applied Electronics, Ross Video, DSC Labs, ORAD High Tech systems, and recently joining sponsors were ATI/AMD and Kodiak and Kino Flo.”

Ryerson is the most visible post-secondary institution at the conference and, over the years, contacts from the conferences have led to donations of a wide range of equipment for the School of Radio and Television Arts.

Applied Electronics is, once again, pleased to be part of this amazing program for Ryerson's RTA students. We look forward to the new insights they will bring to the industry in future years.