VidTrans12 - Content in Motion, Annual Technical Conference and Exposition
February 28 – March 1, 2012
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70130

Final Program

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3:00-5:00PM

Pre-Conference Tutorial: Foundations of IP Video

(Course description is available here)
Wes Simpson – Telecom Product Consulting
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7:30AM Continental Breakfast – Foyer of Galleries 4 – 6

Designing reliable and effective adaptive bitrate profiles for multi-screen live streaming
Clement Duval - ATEME
4K TV -- Coming soon to your living room!
Matthew Goldman - Ericsson

10:00AM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall, Galleries 1 – 3

Exhibits Open 10:00AM – 7:00PM
IP network Architecture to Simulate Broadcast Routing Applications
Carl Ostrom - System Resource
Video Status report on what progress has been made on JPEG2000 standardization
John Dale - MediaLinks

11:45AM Get-Together Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

When Simpler Is More Complicated: Carrier Transport Network Design and Its Impact On Video Service Providers
James Walker - Tata Communications
Successful Interoperability Field Trial for leading Telco Operator
Dr. Shahin Arefzadeh - Dimetis

2:30PM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall
Multigeneration compression for mpeg4 and jpeg2000 and compare the end result for emission compression in low bit rate mpeg4
Helge Stephansen - T-Vips
“Because We Can”– how technology drives innovation in the television food chain.
John Mailhot - Harris

4:30PM Session Adjourn

“Tuesday Reception – Exhibit Hall 5:30-7:00PM”

7:30AM Continental Breakfast – Foyer of Galleries 4 – 6

CBC/Radio-Canada's Next Generation Converged Network Project
Lorraine St-Germain - CBC-Canada
Encoding / Decoding interoperability: Is it still a problem for MPEG-4?
Gustavo Marra - ATEME

10:00AM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall

Exhibits Open 10:00AM – 6:00PM
An Effective Full Reference Method for A Single Ended Test Application
Blake Homan - Video Clarity
MPEG-DASH: A New Standard for Streaming Video Over Internet
Iraj Sodagar - Microsoft

11:45AM Get-Together Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

Understanding IEEE802 Audio/Video Bridging: Is this the Future of Video Over Ethernet?
Wes Simpson - Telcom Product Consulting
Panel Discussion: Title ‘Charting the Future of Professional Media’
Each of the panelists will present their thoughts on the future of professional media. The panel will then explore the topic further, including looking at core infrastructure, the merging of professional and consumer media, the issue of distributed facilities and security.

Chair Person: Carl Ostrom – System Resource, Inc

Participants: Pierre Costa – AT&T, John C. Lee - CBC/Radio-Canada, David Chilson – CBS-TV, John Mailhot - Harris, Rick Ackermans – Turner Broadcasting, Brad Gilmer - Gilmer and Associates, Inc.

2:30PM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall
Panel Discussion Continues

4:30PM Session Adjourn

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

7:30AM Continental Breakfast – Foyer of Galleries 4 – 6

Extreme Event Management: South African WorldCup Case Study
MJ Drouin - Aldea
ISO Live (MPEG-DASH): an approach to primary distribution transmission
Bart Schade - IPVidNet
Video Content Activity Group Update
Wes Simpson - Telcom Product Consulting
Hitless Protection Switching Activity Group Update
Mike Bany - DVBLink

10:00AM BREAK, 15 Minutes - Foyer of Galleries 4 – 6
Interop Discussion
Jack Douglass – Packet Storm
Delivery of 3DTV to the Home
Walt Husak - Dolby
Media Networks – Overview of new techniques for real-time service protection and control
Chin Koh - Nevion

11:45AM Meeting Adjourn

“Schedule is subject to change without notice”

Note: Check out the interoperability event between multiple vendors in the exhibit hall