Day 1
13.00
Opening Session
| 13.00-13.15 | Opening & Welcome Address |
| George Waters (IAB) | |
| 13.15-13.45 | Keynote address |
| Michael T Schueppert (President, MODEO) | |
| 13.45-14.00 | Chair's Address: "The State of the DVB Project" |
| Theo Peek, Chair DVB Project |
14.00
Session 1: DVB Worldwide
Chair: John Bigeni (DVB Asia Pacific Representative)
| 14.00-14.30 | A Worldwide Review of DVB-T Deployments |
| Alexander Shulzycki (EBU Strategic Information Services) | |
| 14.30-15.00 | DTT - The French Solution |
| Jean-Michel Dupont (Thomson) | |
| 15.00-15.30 | The DVB plan in the Czech Republic |
| Petr Vitek (CTV) | |
| 15.30-16.00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00-16.30 | The transition to Digital in Latin America |
| Roberto Franco (SBT) | |
| 16.30-17.00 | Digital Television in Africa |
| 17.00-17.30 | DVB-T Down Under |
| Yvette Payne (The Bridge Network) |
Gala Dinner
Day 2
09.00
Session 2: Moving On with Mobile TV
Chair: Prof Ulrich Reimers (Chair of DVB Technical Module, TUBS)
| 09.00-09.30 | An Overview of DVB-H and the IP Datacast System |
| Prof Ulrich Reimers (Chair of DVB Technical Module, TUBS) | |
| 09.30-10.00 | DVB-H Trials - A Global Snapshot |
| Juha Lipiainen (Nokia) | |
| 10.00-10.30 | Mobile TV - From Trials to Commercial Service |
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John Cullen (02) |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Building
the network: technical challenges and network scaling |
| Simon Mason (Arqiva) | |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30-12.00 |
An outlook on frequency
spectrum, RRC06 and the |
| Daniel Sauvet-Goichon (TDF) | |
| 12.00-12.45 | Telcos and Broadcasters - who's using whom? |
| Panel Session: | |
| John Cullen (02) | |
| Markus Lindqvist (Nokia) | |
| Phil Laven (EBU) | |
| 12.45-13.45 | Lunch |
13.45
Session 3: What's next for MHP?
Chair: Graham Mills (Chair of DVB Commercial Module, BT)
| 13.45-14.15 | The Italian Job |
| Alberto Sigismondi (Mediaset) | |
| 14.15-14.45 | A Roadmap for MHP |
| Jon Piesing (Philips) | |
| 14.45-15.15 | Licenses of MHP essential patents |
| Helene Jay (Via Licensing) | |
| 15.15-15.45 | Coffee Break |
15.45
Session 4: DVB in an On Demand World
Chair: Barry Flynn (Media and IT Services)
| 15.45-16.30 | Panel Session: |
| Ralf Schaefer (Thomson) | |
| Lieven Vermaele (VRT) | |
| David Gillies (Pace) |
16.30
Session 5: The Never Ending Story - CPCM
Chair: Anthony Dixon (Chair of DVB IPR Module, Pace)
| 16.30-17.00 | The challenge of choosing for more |
| Leonardo Chiariglione (CEDEO.net) | |
| 17.00-18.00 | CP - there is light at the end of the Tunnel! |
| Giles Godart-Brown (BSkyB), Chris Hibbert (Disney) | |
| Corinne LeBuhan Jordan (Nagravision), | |
| Spencer Stephens (Warner), Mark Jeffrey (Microsoft) |
Day 3
0900
Session 6: HDTV - the New Age Begins
Chair: David Wood (EBU)
| Special Guest Speaker | |
| 09.10-09.40 | Quo Vadis - a letter from America |
| Joseph A. Flaherty (CBS) | |
| 09.40-10.05 | Can we consider 1080p/50, 60? |
| Ralf Schaefer (HHI) | |
| 10.05-10.30 | Audio and Video Codecs for HDTV? |
| Ken McCann (ZetaCast) | |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00-11.25 | The manufacturers and market for HDTV displays |
| Dietrich Westerkamp (Thomson) | |
| 11.25-11.50 | The HDTV set top box market - open or closed? |
| David Gillies (Pace) |
Closing
Panel Discussion
Chair: David Wood (EBU)
| 11.50-12.50 | Should the limited terrestrial spectrum be better used for |
| SDTV, HDTV or Mobile TV? | |
| David Crawford (TeamCast) | |
| Helmut Stein (ISDM) | |
| Sylvain Audigier (TF1) | |
| Ian Childs (BBC) | |
| 12.50-13.00 | Closing Remarks of Chair and End of Conference |