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Conference Program
Sunday, 3 October 1999 |
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7:00 - 9:30 PM
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Welcome Reception
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Monday, 4 October 1999 |
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8:00
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Call to Order & Announcements
Matt Peterson, President, SWI
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8:05
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Introduction of VSF board, officers, members & VidTranS exhibitors
Matt Peterson, President, SWI
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8:15
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Welcome
Brendan Smith, President, Video Services Forum
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8:20
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1A-1 Keynote Address
Kevin Maney, Technology Columnist, USA Today
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9:10
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1A-2 Component Transport: Venue to Home
Merrick Ackermans, Dir. of Strategic Broadcast Technology, Turner Entertainment Networks
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9:55
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Break
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10:15
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1A-3 Industry Perspective - Government
Stephen W. Long, National Imagery & Mapping Agency (NIMA)
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10:55
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1A-4 Making ATM Network Content Transport Work
Yigal Abram, Marketing Manager-North America, ECI Telecom
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11:35
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1A-5 Using Internet as a Video Transport Mechanism: A Store-and-Forward Solution
Mike Piper, Director of Product Marketing, Telestream, Inc.
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12:15
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Conference Lunch
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1:30
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1P-1 User Panel: Content Distribution
Jim Hopkins, Vice President, FOX Digital
Frank O'Connor, Chief Engineer, Independent Television News
Brent Stranathan, Vice President, CBS Television Network
Richard Wolf, Vice President, ABC Television Network
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3:00
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Break
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3:15
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1P-2 Piecing Together Standards to Support Transport of Digital Television Content
Merrill Weiss, Senior Partner, Merrill Weiss Group
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4:00
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Announcements & Next Day Review
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4:10
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Adjourn
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4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
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Poster Sessions: Video Services Forum Ad Hoc Groups
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1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Exhibit Hours
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8:00 PM - 9:35 PM
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HDTV Transport Demonstration - NBC's Tonight Show
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Tuesday, 5 October 1999
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8:00
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Call to Order & Announcements
Matt Peterson, President, SWI
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8:05
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2A-1 Keynote Address
Jerry Pierce, Vice President, Universal Studios
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8:55
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2A-2 The Message is the Medium: Branding the New World Video Network
Woody Lewis, Media Solutions Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.
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9:35
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2A-3 Station Consolidation: Implications for Transport
Brad Gilmer, President, Gilmer & Associates, Inc.
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10:15
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Break
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10:30
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2A-4 User Panel: Content Creation
Roberta Margolis, (moderator), President, Runway, Inc.
Scott Carleton, Vice President, Nomad Editing
Steven B. Cohen, Vice President, Sony Pictures
Tony Lockard, Plosive, Inc.
Byron Wagner, CEO, Metawire
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12:15
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Conference Lunch
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2:15
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2P-1 MAN/WAN Connections to Facility Video LANs of the Future
Ed Hobson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Omneon Video Networks
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3:00
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2P-2 Telco TV Content Redistribution Solution
Marc Morin, Chief Technology Officer, PixStream, Inc.
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3:45
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2P-3 Effects of Jitter on 259M Uncompressed Transmission,
William C. Philipson, Senior Design Engineer, Video Products Group
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4:30
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Announcements & Next Day Review
Matt Peterson, President, SWI
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4:40
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Adjourn
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Noon - 5:00 PM
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Exhibit Hours
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7:00 - 9:30
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E-Cinema Experience - Universal Studios
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Wednesday, 6 October 1999
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8:00
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Call to Order & Announcements
Matt Peterson, President, SWI
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8:05
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3A-1 Keynote Address
Fred Angelopoulos, CEO, Pulse Entertainment
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9:15
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3A-2 DWDM - Coincidence or Fate
Mike Riley, Director of Product Marketing, Artel Video Systems, Inc.
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10:00
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Break
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10:15
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3A-3 New Methods for Combining Signals onto a Single Fiber to Supplant DWDM
Tom Myers, Director, Product Planning & Development, SilkRoad, Inc.
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11:00
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Closing
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Noon
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Adjourn
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9 AM - 12 PM
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Exhibit Hours
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