VidTrans10 – Annual Technical Conference and Exposition
February 2 – 4, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia

“Reaching the Goal of Seamless Video Transport”

Preliminary Program

(as of 1/25/2010)

Tuesday February 2, 2010

8:30AM Session 1 Starts

1. IP Network Training for Broadcasters
   Pierre Robidoux - CBC Radio-Canada
   
   
2. Contribution for 3D Television
   Helge Stephansen - T-VIPS
   
   
3. Issues of Real Time and Deterministic Switching on IP Networks
   Carl Ostrom – System Resource
   
   
   10:00AM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall
   
   Exhibits Open 10:00AM – 7:00PM
   
   
4. Challenges in MPEG-4 AVC Digital Program Insertion (DPI)
   Ali Jerbi - Cisco
   
   
5. JPEG 2000 Progression Order Parameters and Effects on Video Transmission
   Dale Stolitzka - Analog Devices
   
   
6. I Can See Clearly Now: A New Test Pattern for the Digital Age
   Norm Hurst – Sarnoff
   
   11:45AM Get-Together Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

1:15PM Session 2 Starts

1. HBRAV - JPEG2K & Uncompressed Activity Group Work Review
   John Dale - Media Links
   
   
2. Cop3vbr Activity Group Work Review
   Carl Ostrom - System Resource
   
   
3. Software development: Service Oriented Architecture Tutorial
   MJ Drouin – D. Technologies Inc.
   
   
   2:45PM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall
   
   
4. Building Next Generation Contribution Networks
   Richard Bullock - Ericsson
   
   

5. Panel Discussion: Virtual Facilities and Video Transport The concept of a traditional facility with four walls is breaking down as facilities expand to include talent, editors, visual effects groups, and other entities which used to have to be physically present in the same facility. High-speed video transport now makes it possible for a production company to construct a virtual facility for real-time production which employs physical assets located anywhere in the world.
   MJ Drouin D. Technologies Inc.	Jim Hopkins Fox	John Mailhot Harris	Emory Strilkauskas ESPN	Joe Fabiano Bright Sky Holdings	Brad Gilmer VSF (Moderator)

   
   4:45PM Session Adjourn
   
   “Tuesday Reception – Exhibit Hall 5:00-7:00PM”
   
   

Wednesday February 3, 2010

8:30AM Session 3 Starts

1. Video Encoding Essentials: The Key to Digital Video
   Greg Pine - Telairity
   
   
2. How India’s Top Mobile Carrier Leapfrogged to All-IP DTH Distribution in DVB-S2 and MPEG-4
   Thomas Parish – Globecomm Systems
   
   
3. Quality of Experience Activity Group Work Review
   Pierre Costa – ATT
   
   
   10:00AM BREAK 30 Minutes in Ballroom Foyer
   
   Exhibits Open 11:45AM – 6:00PM
   
   
4. Ensuring IP QoS for Large Scale Media Transport
   Erling Hedkvist - Net Insight
   
   
5. Standards Based Network Model for Evaluating Multimedia Transmission Performance Over Internet Protocol
   Jack Douglass – PacketStorm
   
   
6. Aspect Ratio Madness in the Multi-Format World
   Paul Briscoe – Harris
   
   
   11:45AM Get-Together Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

1:15PM Session 4 Starts

1. Next Generation Adaptive Video Streaming Implementations
   Jim Welch - IneoQuest & Nishith Sinha - Turner
   
   
2. The Application of Transport Streams in Today's Real Time Video Transport Network
   Dr. Chin Koh - Nevion
   
   2:30PM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall
   
   
3. Practical users take - JPEG 2K, Uncompressed HD and other high data rate transports via IP
   Rick Ackermans – Turner Broadcasting
   
   

4. Panel Discussion: JPEG 2K, Uncompressed HD and other high data rate transports via IP This panel will explore the topic of HD contribution. Some users say they require uncompressed in order to ensure the absolute highest quality in the production of their HD programs. Others say that users will never pay for uncompressed transport, and that JPEG 2000 provides beautiful pictures at a cost savings that users cannot ignore. Who is right? Attend this panel to hear both sides of the argument.
   Derek Anderson Level 3	Pierre Costa ATT	Richard Friedel Fox	Rick Ackermans Turner	Brad Gilmer VSF (Moderator)

   
   4:30PM Session Adjourn
   
   “Refreshments – Exhibit Hall 4:30-6:00PM”
   
   

Thursday February 4, 2010

8:30AM Session 5 Starts

1. Synchronization Requirements and Options for Distributed Transmission (SFN) Systems
   Wes Simpson – Telecom Product Consulting
   
   
2. Optimizing End-to-End Network Transport for Internet Video Delivery
   Suresh Bazaj – Ankeena Networks
   
   9:30AM BREAK 30 Minutes in Ballroom Foyer
   
   
3. Wireless Television
   Howard Meiseles - NTC
   
   
4. Transporting 3D content to the living room
   Matt Cowan - RealD
   
   
   11:00AM Meeting Adjourn