DVB World 2002 International Conference
Dublin, March 6 – 8, 2002
Conference Programme
Day 1 – Wednesday 6th March 2002
| 08:00 – 09:00 |
Registration |
| 08:45 – 09.15 |
Opening Remarks by George Waters, President of the IAB.
Keynote Address: The Digital Hub, Ireland’s International Digital
Enterprise Area.
Dan Flinter, Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Ireland |
Session 1: DVB 2.0 – moving forward with digital
media
Chair: Helmut Stein (Premiere Medien), Chair of
DVB Promotions and Communications Module |
| 09:15 – 09:40 |
The DVB Project – how far have we come, and what did we learn?
Theo Peek (Philips) Chairman of DVB |
| 09:40 – 10:05 |
The DVB Commercial module – what are the new challenges of DVB
2.0?
Graham Mills (BT), Chairman of the DVB Commercial Module |
| 10:05 – 10:30 |
The DVB Technical Module – what will be the new challenges of
DVB 2.0?
To be announced. |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
The DVB IPR Module – what will change with DVB 2.0?
Carter Eltzroth (Mindport), Chairman of the DVB Intellectual Property
Rights Module |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
The US Cablelabs vision of digital media delivery
Richard Green (Cable Labs), Chief Executive Officer |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
The Digital Terrestrial Operators perspective on digital interactive
television
Ismo Silvo (YLE) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
Session 2: digital interactive multimedia
Chair: Aleksandar
Todorović, Director and Dean, IAB. |
| 14:00 – 14:30 |
MHP 1.01 and 1.1 – what can they do, and for whom?
Jon Piesing (Phillips) |
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Declarative content in the MHP
Sean Hayes (Microsoft) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
The test suites for MHP – what do the offer?
Rainer Schaefer (IRT) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Harmonising MHP around the world
Bill Foote (Sun Microsystems) |
| 16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30 – 17:00 |
MHP for mobiles – is this the next challenge?
Georg Lütteke (EICTA) |
| 17:00 – 18:00 |
Panel and Interactive Audience Session
Questions on the presentations, and
How can we overcome any remaining barriers to the success of MHP?
Chair: Georg Lütteke (EICTA)
Panelists and Speakers:
Wilfried Geuen (Panasonic) representing the MHP Testing Consortium
Richard Green ( CableLabs)
Carter Eltzroth (Mindport)
Other panel members to be announced. |
| 18:00 |
Close of day 1 |
Day 2 – 7th March 2002
Session 3: The new DVB synergies
Chair: David Wood, Head of New Technology, EBU |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Hybrid networks: co-operation between DVB and 3G telecomms platforms
David Crawford (Crowncastle) |
| 09:30 – 10:00 |
MHP & PVR
Paul Bristow (Philips) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Title to be announced.
Chris Hibbert (ITV Digital) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
DVB + MPEG4 =? What are the new options for baseband systems?
Ken McCann (ZetaCast) |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Broadband DVB-S: what are the options and timescales?
Peter Barnett (Tandberg Television) |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
DVB + IP – Options and Opportunities
Albert Stienstra (Philips) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
Session 4: First sights beyond the horizon, and
summary of the conference
Chair: Graham
Mills, Chairman of Commercial Module of DVB |
| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Digital Return Satellite Channel.
Martin Tomlinson (WebSat & University of Plymouth) |
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
The technology trajectory – where is the end of the tunnel?
David Cutts (Strategy & Technology) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Will Flat Panel Displays change media delivery needs?
Mario Stroppiana (RAI) & David Wood (EBU) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Personalization - The Key to Unlock the Potential of Digital TV
Barry Smyth (ChangingWorlds.) |
| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Coffee break. |
| 16:30 – 17.00 |
eLeanring for DVB.
Donald Hickey (Ossidian) & Aleksandar Todorović (IAB) |
| 17:00 – 17.30 |
Forced migration to digital.
Ruud Vader (Techno Trend) |
| 17.30 – 18.00 |
Summary of the Conference, its main conclusions, and outline of
current DVB plans for 2002
Peter MacAvock and Anthony Smith (DVB Project Office) |
| 17.30 |
Close of Conference |
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