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HPA Technology Retreat 2007 - Program (subject to change)
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
| 11:30 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration open
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| 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
ATSC ACAP Interactive Television Summit
Half-day seminar focusing on the Advanced Common Application Platform
The ACAP Standard provides content providers, broadcasters, cable and satellite operators, and consumer electronics manufacturers with the technical details necessary to develop interoperable services and products that will enable advanced interactive services for consumers.
The ACAP Interactive TV Summit will outline the basic elements of ACAP and update attendees on a landmark demonstration and field trial of ACAP technology. |
| 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm |
Welcome and Overview of ATSC Activities
Jerry Whitaker, ATSC |
| 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm |
OCAP: Introduction, Overview, and Progress
David Cutts, Strategy & Technology |
| 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm |
ACAP and Data Broadcasting
Mike Dolan, TBT |
| 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm |
Deploying ACAP Services
Jeff Bonin, Alticast |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm |
ACAP Field Trial Project
Dan Berkowitz, NBC Universal |
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break
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| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Enabling Ubiquitous Interactivity
Darren Forster, Softel-USA |
| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Creating Content
Ed Skolarus, Fox |
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
ACAP Enhancement Demonstration:
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer
Lee Banville, News Hour with Jim Lehrer |
| 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Enhancing the User Experience
Graham Jones, National Association of Broadcasters |
Technology Retreat Program
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration
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| 9:13 am - 9:15 am |
Quiz Information and Announcements
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| 9:15 am - 1:15 pm |
Supersession on Predicting the New Home:
Where and How Will Consumers Be Entertained?
Coordinators:
Peter Fannon, Panasonic
Jerry Pierce, Universal Pictures
Panel:
Blair Westlake, Microsoft
Vincent Dureau, Google
Jeff Cove, Panasonic
John Godfrey, Samsung Information Systems America
Kevin Blake, USC MBA candidate |
| 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch - Pick up box lunch
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| 1:30 pm - 1:47 pm |
Welcome (okay to eat)
Leon Silverman, HPA, Laser Pacific Media
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| 1:47 pm - 1:55 pm |
A Financial Analyst's View and Inquiry
Mike Olson, Piper Jaffray
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| 1:55 pm - 2:15 pm |
Introduction & Technology Year in Review (eat more)
Mark Schubin
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| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm |
Broadcasters Panel
Moderator: Mark Schubin
Randy Hoffner, ABC
Bob Seidel, CBS
Jim DeFilippis, Fox
Dan Berkowitz, NBC
Jerry Butler, PBS
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| 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm |
The Video Consumer Marketplace
Moderator: Peter Fannon, Panasonic
Michael Heiss, Residential Systems Magazine
Robert Plummer, DirecTV
Pat Griffis, Microsoft
John Godfrey, Samsung Information Systems America |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by ATTO & Creative Media Partners Wednesday thru Friday
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| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm |
Extended Color Gamut for Consumers
Naoya Katoh, Sony
Jeroen Stessen, Philips
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| 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm |
Display and Consumer Electronics Update
Peter Putman, ROAM Consulting |
| 5:15 pm - 5:45 pm |
A New Concept for Post & Distribution
Igor Borovikov, FrameFree Technologies
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| 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm |
Demo Intros
John Luff, Dictator of Demos
Adobe
AJA Video Systems
Apple Computer
Atempo
ATSC
BBC
Boris FX
Canon
Cinea
CineForm
Cine-Tal
Cinital
Cobalt Digital
Codex Digital
Computer Modules/DVEO
ControlWare
DarbeeVision/R.E. Albright, LLC
Dax Solutions
Digital Ordnance
Digital Vision
DTS
DVEO/Computer Modules
DVS Digital Video
Evertz
FilmLight
Fox Technology
FrameFree Technologies
Fujinon
GrassValley Thomson
HDDC
Iconix Video
Imagica
JVC
MESoft
Microsoft
Modulus
MOS Sync
Mpro Systems
MTI Film
Nero
Panasonic
Philips Content Identification
Pixela
Pulse Digital
Quantum
Qube Cinema
Ross Video
S.two
Sample Digital
Scalable Displays
Sensurround
Snell & Wilcox
Sony Electronics
Telecast Fiber
Teranex
Teresis Media Management
Thomson
Turner Technology
Validian
Virtual Katy Development
XVD
ZOOtech |
| 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Drinks & Demos
Sponsored by Inlet Technologies & Microsoft
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| 8:00 pm |
Dinner doors open
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| 8:30 pm |
Dinner and First Quiz Prizes
Sponsored by JVC
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Thursday, February 1, 2007
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration
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| 7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast Roundtables - Sponsored by Avid
1 - E-Cinematography: Achieving Photographic Control, Harry Mathias, DCMP
2 - BXF: SMPTE's Broadcast Exchange Format, Chris Lennon, Harris
3 - Reference Displays, Rod Sterling, JVC
4 - The Workforce in Post, Kathleen Milnes, Entertainment Economy Institute
5 - Software Engineering for Digital Workflow Automation, Freddy Goeske, MESoft
6 - Secure Long-Term Archiving, Art Rancis, InPhase Technologies
7 - Increasing Ability to Cope with Multichannel Audio, Richard Cabot, Sensurround, Mike Richardson, Harris
8 - Color Management in Post, Marcus Schioler, Autodesk
9 - Compressed Hi-Rez Workflow Intermediate, David Newman, CineForm
10 - Digital Archiving for Post, Media, and Creative, Paul O'Mahony, Atempo
11 - Mezzanine HD Compression, Jim DeFilippis, Fox
12 - Compression Is the Root of All Evil, Peter Wilson, HDDC
13 - The Ten Commandments of Workflow Analysis, John Footen, NTC
14 - Latest Developments in 8-VSB Reception, Peter Putman, ROAM Consulting
15 - MXF Implementation Challenges, Clyde Smith, Turner Broadcasting
16 - Light DRM: Is Watermarking Enough? Russ Chesley, Cinea
17 - Beyond SANs: Storage really understanding media, Steve Owen, Quantel
18 - Cost-effective DI Technologies, Grant Carroll, Channel Wolves
19 - Managing Security Across the WAN, Mike Rockwell, Avid
20 - Next-Generation Previsualization Tools, Matt Allard, Avid
21 - 23.976 vs. 24, Tim Claman, Avid
22 - 2K Processor for D-5, David Wiswell/Steve Mahrer, Panasonic
23 - AVC-1 - Proprietary Compression Codec, Panasonic
24 - Loudness Measurement Tips for Broadcast, Ken Hunold, Dolby
25 - Anti-Piracy Content ID & Forensic Tracking, Jim Ward & Richard Asveld, Philips
26 - AVC for VOD & EST/DTO, Pete Challinger & Sandeep Gupte, Modulus Video
27 - XDCAM HD Dailies, Brian Quandt, Heuris
28 - Joint 3D Content Creation for D-Cinema, TV, & Gaming, Mike Christmann, WS
29 - Applying the New Standards to HD-Bcast. Ops, Mike Walter, Azcar
30 - Color Transform Language for Pixel-Based Processing, Florian Kainz, AMPAS
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| 8:43 am - 8:45 am |
Quiz Information and Announcements
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| 8:45 am - 9:30 am |
Washington Update
Jim Burger, Dow Lohnes PLLC |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am |
Content Protection Within Digital Post-Production
Jian Zhao, Thomson |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Securing and Archiving Content Assets
Art Rancis, InPhase Technologies |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am |
Refreshment Break
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| 10:45 am - 11:10 am |
Century-Long Digital Archiving
Dave Cavena, Sun Microsystems |
| 11:10 am - 11:35 am |
Managing the Lifecycle of Hollywood Data
Brian Olson, Atempo |
| 11:35 am - noon |
Archive Interoperability
Merrill Weiss, MWG |
| noon - 1:28 pm |
Catered Lunch
Sponsored by Dolby
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| 1:28 pm - 1:30 pm |
Quiz Information and Announcements
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| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Production for the Long Tail: Shorter, Smaller, Uncut?
Moderator: Stephen Stough, Lockheed Martin
New Media Market Assessment, Marc Darr, Consultant
ARRIscan, Kevin Irvin, ARRI
Virtual Backlot Goes International, Sam Nicholson, Stargate Films
Realtime HD/SD Production & Multipurposing, Richard Mizer, CinemaEvents
Advanced Streaming-Media Distribution, Paul Swedberg, EMC Telco Media & Entertainment Division |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Dynamic & Interactive Scalable Workflow for
Digital Motion Picture Production
Adrian Widera & Siegfried Foessel,
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm |
Refreshment Break
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| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
Digital Multi-Masters:
Seeing the Forest and Not the Trees
Simon Cuff, Digital Vision |
| 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm |
Production to Presentation:
CineForm Online RAW Post-Production Workflow
David Newman, CineForm
Mark Pedersen, Pedersen Media Group |
| 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm |
The Other Digital-Cinematography Cameras
Moderator: Mark Schubin
Adam Burtle, Colorspace
Craig Yanagi, JVC
Jason Rodriguez, Silicon Imaging
Dhanendra Patel, Sony |
| 5:45 pm - 6:20 pm |
Freshen-up-to-Get-Grungy Time
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| 6:20 pm SHARP! |
Depart hotel for Big League Dreams
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| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Beer & Burgers Ballpark Buffet
Hot dogs, sides, desserts, and sodas, too!
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| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
The Whole Ball Game
Sponsored by Panasonic
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Friday, February 2, 2007
| 7:00 am - 1:00 pm |
Registration
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| 7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast Roundtables - Sponsored by Quantel
1 - D-Cinema Projectors: Consistent Color-Temp. Calibration, Harry Mathias, DCMP
2 - BXF: SMPTE's Broadcast Exchange Format, Chris Lennon, Harris
3 - 24p Workflow, Craig Yanagi, JVC
4 - Understanding Transport Streams, Les Zoltan, DVEO
5 - War Stories from the Audio Post Room, John McKay, Virtual Katy
6 - Secure Long-Term Archiving, Art Rancis, InPhase Technologies
7 - Surround Audio Post & QC Gripe Session, Tony Dal Molin, Sensurround
8 - 3D-centric feature animation and VFX pipelines, Jill Ramsay, Autodesk
9 - Compressed Hi-Rez DI Workflow, David Newman, CineForm
10 - Advanced Data Protection for MacOS & Other, Paul O'Mahony, Atempo
11 - How Green Is My Digital Transition? (power consumption), Peter Wilson, HDDC
12 - Bus. Process Mgmt., Workflow, & SOA in Media Enterprise, Ed Hobson, NTC
13 - Washington, DRM, & Digital Video: They're Just Here to Help!, Jim Burger, DLA
14 - MXF Implementation Challenges, ClydeSmith, Turner Broadcasting
15 - Will We Still Get WYSIWIG with New Display Technologies? Dave Bancroft, GV
16 - Managing Security Across the WAN, Mike Rockwell, Avid
17 - Next-Generation Previsualization Tools, Tim Claman, Avid
18 - 2K Processor for D-5, David Wiswell/Steve Mahrer, Panasonic
19 - AVC-1 - Proprietary Compression Codec, Panasonic
20 - Loudness Measurement Tips for Post Production, Ken Hunold, Dolby
21 - P2P Copyright Protection by Video Fingerprinting, J. Ward & R. Asveld, Philips
22 - Unified Management of Physical & Digital Assets, Terry Moss, Xytech Systems
23 - AVC for VOD & EST/DTO, Pete Challinger & Sandeep Gupte, Modulus Video
24 - XDCAM HD Dailies, Brian Quandt, Heuris
25 - Critical Point Filters for Morphing & Compression, John North, FrameFree
26 - Archiving Solutions for File-Based Workflows, Mike Ostlund, Quantum
27 - Color Transform Language for Pixel-Based Processing, Florian Kainz, AMPAS
28 - Embedding Depth Cues w/ Defocus & Subtract, Larry Pace, Darbee Vision
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| 8:43 am - 8:45 am |
Quiz Information and Announcements
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| 8:45 am - 10:30 am |
Compression Update
Moderator: Matthew Goldman, TANDBERG Television
VC-1, Ben Waggoner, Microsoft
MPEG-4 AVC, H.264, Peter Symes, Thomson
FFV, Igor Borovikov, FrameFree Technologies
JPEG2000, Jim DeFilippis, Fox Networks
Dirac, Peter Wilson, HDDC
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| 10:30 am - 10:45 am |
Refreshment Break
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| 10:45 am - 11:10 am |
Spatio-Temporal Quincunx Sub-Sampling (or...)
David Lyon, Snell & Wilcox
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| 11:10 am - 11:35 am |
New Technologies in High-End Post Production
Chris Vienneau, Autodesk Media & Entertainment |
| 11:35 am - noon |
Measuring & Standardizing Loudness
Josh Derby & Mark Edmondson, Discovery Networks |
| noon - 12:58 pm |
Catered Lunch
Sponsored by DowLohnes PLLC
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| 12:58 pm - 1:00 pm |
Quiz Information and Announcements
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| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
File-based Workflow for Transcoding Theatrical
Content to a Variety of Entertainment Video Formats
Christoph Fehn, Heinrich Hertz Institut
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| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
MXF Interoperability Issues
Clyde Smith, Turner Broadcasting
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| 3:00 pm |
Door Prize Drawing - Winner Must Be Present
Samsung DTB-H260F DTV 5th-Generation DTT Receiver
AutumnWave OnAir Solution HDTV-GT USB Receiver
Oppo Digital DV-981 Upconverting DVD Player |
| 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Demo Room
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