International Conference on Media Futures
Florence, IT - 8-9 May 2001
Aims and Scope
The last few years have seen the technologies of media digitisation, inexpensive processing power, standard forms of programmatic content and delivery of information in digital form taking hold. The spreading like wild fire of such phenomena like digital television, MP3, the World Wide Web and end-user file sharing has triggered the development of technologies to search for content, highlighted the importance of such technologies as content management and protection and triggered the long-awaited rush to provide interactive broadband to the end user. The interaction of the individual technologies enhance their innovation potential and more changes are bound to happen because of the many unexpected ways the different technologies will interact.
This conference will provide a forum where different propositions of Media Futures enabled by the evolution of existing technologies and new technologies can be assessed. Paper are solicited that discuss the nature of such technologies, the interaction potential with other technologies and their impact, particularly as far as the synergistic or antagonistic nature with existing business models or the potential to create opportunities for new such models is concerned.
Topics
Content production ·
Data and image capture ·
Multimedia authoring tools ·
Creation of material for broadcasting and the net ·
Creation of interactive content ·
Creation of Virtual Reality environment
Content management and protection ·
Content identification ·
Watermarking ·
Indexing ·
Metadata ·
Rights Management ·
Management of technology
Intellectual Property
Content provisioning ·
Streaming technologies ·
Personalisation technologies
Access technologies ·
high speed access technologies ·
integrated access devices
Distribution technologies ·
Netcasting ·
Multicasting ·
Video services via 3G systems ·
New Wireless Distribution Technologies ·
Mobile multimedia ·
In-home and personal networks ·
Comparison of distribution technologies
Protocols ·
Protocols for real-time media delivery ·
Network Programming Interfaces ·
Internet II ·
Network scalability ·
Content sharing protocols ·
Distributed intelligence
The value network ·
Technologies for automatic negotiation ·
Towards novel media value chains ·
Models for commerce and industry
Consumer terminals and appliances ·
DVB and Internet for audiovisual content delivery ·
Multimedia Home Platform applications ·
Multimedia Car Platform ·
Ubiquitous storage & access ·
Consumer display technology ·
Secure distribution in the home ·
Transmission to things besides receivers
Content consumption ·
Intelligence in signals ·
Integration of different forms of media consumption ·
Media on-the-fly ·
3D and Shared Virtual Reality ·
TV anytime ·
Enhanced and linked content ·
Technologies for content search
Social aspects ·
social aspects of media ·
regulatory issues ·
distribution in the third world
Conference committees
Steering committee
Paul Spruyt, Alcatel
Werner Lauff, Bertelsmann
Sharon Springel, Cambridge University
Stephen Casner, Cisco
Leonardo Chiariglione, CSELT
Charles Sandbank, DTI (UK)
David Wood, European Broadcasting Union
Augusto de Albuquerque, EC DG XII
Ulrich Reimers, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Jacques Guichard, France Telecom
Ebrahim Mamdani, Imperial College
David Maher, InterTrust
Yoshiaki Kushiki, Matsushita
Andrew Lippman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kazumasa Enami, Nippon Hoso Kyokai
Fred Boekhorst, Philips
John Gage, Sun Microsystems
Hans-Georg Musmann, Universität Hannover
Hiroshi Yasuda, University of Tokyo
Program Committee
Daniel Lecomte, Alcatel
Bob Ely, BBC
Bernard Marti, CNET
Franc Kozamernik, EBU
Yasumasa Nakata, Fuji Television Network
Georgi Agoston, Hungarian Broadcasting Corporation
Ivan Negro, Isola Fundação Padre Anchieta
Ralf Schaefer, HHI
Patrick Purcell, Imperial College
Christoph Dosch, IRT
Fernando Pereira, IST
Takuyo Kogure, Matsushita
Takanori Senoh, Matsushita
Tom Mc Mahon, Microsoft
Toshiro Yoshimura, NHK
Wilfried Geuen, Panasonic European Laboratories
Gerard de Haan, Philips
Gillian Cramton-Smith, Royal Academy of Arts
Gerard Fernando, Sun
David Rivas, Sun
Kiyoharu Aizawa, University of Tokyo
Important dates and further information
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30 April 2000 |
First Call for Papers |
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30 June 2000 |
Second Call for Papers |
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31 October 2000 |
Abstracts received |
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15 January 2001 |
Notification of acceptance issued |
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01 March 2001 |
Camera ready copy received |
Program
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DAY 1 – 8 May 2001 (Tuesday) |
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Flow B |
Flow C |
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8:30 Opening of the Conference by Leonardo Chiariglione |
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8:30 Keynote Speech Chairman: Leonardo Chiariglione Adding value with digital media ? by Paul Kafno |
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9:20 Regular Session 1 (5 x 20 min) Chairman: Topic: Virtual Reality Environments |
9:20 Special Session 1 (4 x 25 min) Chairman: Charles Sandbank Topic: Electronic Cinema |
9:20 Poster Session A (all day) Topic: Multimedia Applications |
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11:00 Coffee Break |
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11:20 Special Session 2 (4 x 25 min): Chairman: Jean-Claude Dufourd Topic: Multimedia Authoring Tools |
11:20 Regular Session 2 (5 x 20 min) Chairman: Topic: Digital TV |
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13:00 Lunch Break |
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14:15 Panel discussion Chairman: Andrew Lippman Topic: Peer-to-peer Media |
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15:45 Coffee Break |
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16:00 Regular Session 3 (5 x 20 min) Chairman: Topic: Broadcasting & Internet |
16:00 Special Session 3 (5 x 25 min) Chairman: Franc Kozamernik Topic: Mobile Multimedia |
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17:40 Closing day 1 |
18:05 Closing day 1 |
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DAY 2 – 9 May 2001 (Wednesday) |
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8:30 Keynote Speech: Chairman: DVB MHP by Georg Luetteke |
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9:20 Special Session 4 (4 x 25 min) Chairman: Weiping Li Topic: Streaming Technologies |
9:20 Special Session 5 (4 x 25 min) Chairman: Talal Shamoon Topic: Digital Rights Management |
9:20 Poster Session B (all day) Topic: Multimedia Technologies |
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11:00 Coffee Break |
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11:20 Regular Session 4 (5 x 20 min) Chairman: Topic: Content description |
11:20 Special Session 6 (4 x 25 min): Chairman: Olivier Avaro Topic: The Role of Content Sharing Protocols in the Future of Media |
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13:00 Lunch Break |
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14:15 Panel discussion Chairman: Albhy Galuten Topic: Rights Peering … Not Bits |
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15:45 Coffee Break |
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16.00 Regular Session 5 (5 x 20 min) Chairman: Topic: Content Management & Protection |
16.00 Special Session 7 (4 x 25 min) Chairman: René Geys DSL beyond High Speed Internet Access |
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17:40 Closing day 2 |
17:40 Closing day 2 |
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