16/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - EBC 2001, a conference linked to a exhibition, will gather the industry leaders from the broad-band communications sector, from the 2 to 4 April in Lisbon, at the same time as the 47th annual meeting of the European Cable Communications Association (ECCA). The conference should concentrate on key issue that present themselves in this sector, among others during the sessions dedicated to the development of programmes for multimedia terminals (integrated televisions and computers), to the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese markets and the balancing role for competition played by the European Commission. Among the participants are Commissioner Erkki Liikanen; Jose Graca Bau, President of TV Cabo Portugal; Werner Lauff, President of Bertelsmann Broadband; Robert Lynch, President of Chello. Contact: EBC 2001 Conference Organiser, Maria Manuel Magalhaes, APDC (apdc@apdc.pt - 00 351 213129670).