Call for Papers: October 2008 Meeting Series – Austin, Texas, USA

The Video Services Forum (VSF) is seeking presentation proposals for the VSF October Series Meeting, hosted by AT&T Laboratories. The meeting is scheduled for October 7 & 8 in Austin, Texas.

This meeting is a gathering of end users, service providers, equipment manufacturers, and others involved with the world of television and video.

You are invited to submit a proposal for a presentation at the conference on topics in any of the following areas or topics related to:

  • Carrier presentations regarding their contribution network offerings and plans
  • Case Studies
  • End User Presentations on Applications
  • HD-SDI transport issues
  • Mobile video / Mobile video architecture and distribution strategy
  • MPEG4 transport
  • Real-time IPTV tutorials & security
  • Transport/contribution
  • Transition to DTV
  • Tutorials
  • Uncompressed transport
  • Video over Internet QOS challenges
  • Virtual Private LAN Service – and it’s relevance to video transport
  • Video Compression Technologies, including MPEG4 Enc/Dec interoperability

Subtopic areas of interest are protocols, measurement, security, standards, and provisioning. We also welcome ideas for different topics.

Paper Submission Information
Speakers should submit a 200-word synopsis of their presentation for consideration by the VSF program committee. To be considered, synopses must be submitted no later than August 15, 2008.

Proposals containing promotion of specific manufacturer’s equipment or vendor solutions will not be considered.

Submit your proposal

Authors will be notified regarding the acceptance/rejection of their proposal no later than September 1, 2008. Preliminary PPT presentations are due by September 15, 2008.