DVB World 2003 International Conference
Dublin, 5 - 7 March, 2003
Conference Programme
Day 1 – Wednesday 5th March 2003
| 09.00 – 13.00 |
Registration |
| 14.00 – 14.30 |
Opening Remarks
George Waters, President - IAB. |
Session 1: The DVB Phenomenon: Where are we now?
Chair person: Helmut Stein (Premiere Medien), Chair
of DVB Promotions and Communications Module |
| 14.30 – 14.55 |
Chairman’s Perspective – State of the project address
Theo Peek (Philips) Chairman of DVB |
| 14.55 – 15.20 |
The DVB Technical Module - Present and Future
Ulrich Reimers (TUBS), Chairman of DVB Technical Module |
| 15.20 – 15.45 |
Coffee break |
| 15.45 – 16.10 |
The Commercialisation of DVB Developments. How accurate have our
predictions been?
Graham Mills (BT), Chairman of DVB Commercial Module. |
| 16.10 – 16.35 |
DVB Promotions and Communications.
Helmut Stein (Premiere), Chairman DVB Promotions and Communications
Module. |
| 16.35 – 17.00 |
The DVB IPR Module
Carter Eltzroth (Mindport), Chairman of the DVB Intellectual Property
Rights Module and Anthony Dixon (Pace). |
| 17.00 – 17.30 |
Panel: Questions to the Chairman
Moderated by: Peter MacAvock, (DVB), Executive Director |
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End of Day One |
Day 2 – Thursday 6th March 2003
Session 2: Steps to Tomorrow’s Digital Media
World.?
Chair person: Ulrich Reimers (TUBS), Chairman of DVB Technical Module
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| 09.00 – 09.30 |
Audio–Visual Content.
Ken McCann (Zetacast) |
| 09.30 – 10.00 |
Generic Data Broadcasting Systems.
Alexander Adolf (Micronas) |
| 10.00 – 10.30 |
Personal Digital Recording, the DVB Way.
Paul Bristow (Philips). |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
Cooperation Between Broadcast and Mobile Telecommunications Networks.
David Crawford, Chairman UTMS ad hoc Group. |
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
DVB-RCS System for Return Channel via Satellite
Gunnar Stette (ESA) |
| 12.00 – 12.30 |
IP Infrastructures for DVB Services.
Albert Stienstra, (Philips) |
| 12.30 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
Session 3: Multimedia Home Platform, the World’s
iTV System
Chair person: Georg Lutteke (Philips) |
| 14.00 – 14.30 |
MPH Implementation and Evolution
Georg Lutteke (Philips) |
| 14.30 – 15.00 |
OpenCable Application Platform - Status and Promise
Don Dulchinos (CableLabs) |
| 15.00 – 15.30 |
Technical Aspects of MHP
Jon Piesing (Philips) |
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 16.30 |
The work of the MHP Experts Group
Rainer Schaefer (IRT) |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
MHP Umbrella Group
Bill Foote (Sun) |
| 17.00 – 17.30 |
Panel Discussion, Q&A with session speakers.
Chaired by Georg Lutteke (Philips) |
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End of Day Two |
Day 3 – Friday 7th March 2003
Session 4: Case Studies
Chair person: Herman van Wijk (DigiTag) |
| 09.00 – 09.30 |
Analogue Digital Switch Over Germany
Hans Hegge (MABB) |
| 09.30 – 10.00 |
View from the MPEG 4 Industry Forum
Fadi Malak (Harmonic Inc.) |
| 10.00 – 10.30 |
A New Business Model for Digital Terrestrial in the UK.
Peter Marshall (DTG) and Marcus Coleman (DTG) |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
Session 5: The Challenges of Tomorrow – Who wants
to be a Millionaire?
Chair person: David Wood (EBU) |
| 11.00 – 11.20 |
DTT and DSL – Complements or Competitors?
Giles Maugers (TPS) |
| 11.20 – 11.40 |
A New International Frequency Plan for Digital Broadcasting
Jan Doeven (Nozema) |
| 11.40 – 12.00 |
A New Age for Compression.
Jim Bevridge (Microsoft) |
| 12.00 – 13.00 |
The Big Debate, Panel and Audience debate – When the Hype is over,
what will be the Digital Landscape?
Moderated by David Wood. |
| 13.00 |
End of Conference |
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