Video Services Forum Inc. receives
2014 Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering for
Standardization and Productization of JPEG2000 (J2K) Interoperability

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VidTrans11 - Annual Technical Conference and Exposition
February 1 - 3, 2011
Los Angeles, California

"Video Services; Embracing new technologies and applications"

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Preliminary Program

(as of 1/25/2011) | Printable Version (pdf, 26k)

Tuesday February 1, 2011

7:30AM Continental Breakfast – Bayview Room Foyer

8:30AM Session 1 Starts

  1. Developing End-to-End Standards for 3DTV to the Home
    Bill Zou - DTS Inc.

  2. Fingerprinting for solving A/V synchronization Issues within broadcast environments.
    Martin Jolicoeur - Miranda

    10:00AM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall

    Exhibits Open 10:00AM – 7:00PM

  3. The “mathematics” of FEC over IP for SMPTE 2022-1
    Helge Stephansen - T-VIPS

  4. Network Management Trends and Issues
    Shahin Arefzadeh - Dimetis

    11:45AM Get-Together Luncheon in California Ballroom

1:15PM Session 2 Starts

  1. Cloud computing for Content Providers
    MJ Drouin – D. Technologies Inc.

  2. SONET/SDH Activity Group Work Progress Report
    Mike Bany – DVBLink

    2:30PM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall

  3. Optimizing Video Delivery Over IP
    Jeff Van Roekel - Sencore

  4. Case Study: Commonwealth Games 2010 Broadcast Contribution over IP
    Santanu Dasgupta – Cisco Systems

    4:30PM Session Adjourn

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

Wednesday February 2, 2011

7:30AM Continental Breakfast - Bayview Room Foyer

8:30AM Session 3 Starts

  1. Experiences of 3DTV and future directions
    Richard Bullock- Ericsson

  2. FEC Activity Group Work Progress Report
    Jack Douglass – Packet Storm

  3. Test Material (VCP) Activity Group Work Review
    Wes Simpson– Telcom Product Consulting

    10:00AM BREAK 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall

    Exhibits Open 10:00AM – 6:00PM

  4. Using the VeriStream HTTP Adaptive Streaming QoS Metric
    Jim Welsh - IneoQuest

  5. Baseband meets Broadband
    John Mailhot - Harris

    11:45AM Get-Together Luncheon in California Ballroom

1:15PM Session 4 Starts

  1. Transmitting Live Video on 3G: Will the Mobile Phone Network Work for Contribution?
    Wes Simpson – Telcom Product Consulting & Bob Ehlers- Haute Spot Networks

  2. Video transfer and video at rest: Streams and files
    Jakob Hummes– Harminic

    2:30PM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Exhibit Hall

  3. 3DTV Tutorial
    Stan Moote - Harris

  4. Panel Discussion: 3D – delivering a quality experience; an exploration of challenges, open issues, and solutions
    We all know that 3D is a subject which is getting a lot of interest. Panelists will explore some of the challenges, open issues, and potential solutions to delivering a high-quality 3D experience. Will the industry meet the demand in this new area? Attend this panel to hear an informed discussion on delivery of 3D.

    Participants: Pierre Costa – AT&T, Walt Husak – Dolby, Richard Bullock-Ericsson, Stan Moote - Harris, Rick Ackermans – Turner

    4:30PM Session Adjourn

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

Thursday February 3, 2011

7:30AM Continental Breakfast – Bayview Room Foyer

8:30AM Session 5 Starts

  1. Interop Report
    John Dale – MediaLinks

  2. Real world application of IP video for live events.
    Mike Wilken – Big Ten Networks

    10:00AM BREAK, 30 Minutes in Bayview Room Foyer

  3. A reconfigurable video transport system implementing SMPTE 2022-x enabled by FPGAs.
    Chin Koh-Nevion & Matt Klein – Xilinx

  4. Creation of high quality 3D Test Content
    Walt Husak – Dolby

    11:45AM Meeting Adjourn

“Schedule is subject to change without notice”

Note: Check out the interoperability event between multiple vendors in the exhibit hall that will demonstrate transporting uncompressed video signals across IP Networks.