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2008 Conference Programme

Please see the programme below, where you can click on any session for more information. In the run up to the show further details of more sessions will be revealed so be sure to check back here regularly for the latest information.

Please note that the conference programme is provisional, and subject to change.

Thursday 11 September

TIME

SESSION TITLE

ROOM

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

New delivery techniques

Room L

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

Quality issues in IPTV, part one - in association with IEEE BTS
THEME: Content access via the web - Quality of delivery, selection of content, evolution of services

Forum

10:00 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: The transition to a new television experience - hosted by MPEG Industry Forum

Room A

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

Quality issues in IPTV, part two - in association with IEEE BTS
THEME: Content access via the web - Quality of delivery, selection of content, evolution of services

Forum

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

Reliability and quality of service

Room L

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

Content over the web - some case studies

THEME: Content access via the web - Quality of delivery, selection of content, evolution of services

Forum

14:00 - 17:30 hrs

FREE SESSION: The transition to a new television experience - hosted by MPEG Industry Forum

Room A

14:00 - 15:45 hrs

IPTV and the networked home, part one

Room L

16:00 - 18:00 hrs

The future outlook for content over the web

THEME: Content access via the web - Quality of delivery, selection of content, evolution of services

Forum

16:00 - 17:45 hrs

IPTV and the networked home, part two

Room L

Friday 12 September

TIME

SESSION TITLE

ROOM

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Technology and capital investments driving future business successes?
THEME: Future Broadcast Business - Shaping the product environment

Forum

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Entertaining the mobile audience: games and rich media content production and distribution

Room L

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: IBC conference keynote 2008 - The future of broadcasting: riding innovation or being swamped by it?
THEME: Future Broadcast Business - Shaping the product environment

Forum

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: An introduction to digital signage

Room A

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Whose web is it anyway: social media networking and the democratisation of broadcasting

Room L

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

Emerging opportunities in the world's fastest growing media market
THEME: Future Broadcast Business - Shaping the product environment

Forum

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

FREE SESSION: Deploying digital signage

Room A

14:00 - 15:45 hrs

News and sport

Room L

16:00 - 17:30 hrs

Rapidly emerging economies - China
THEME: Future Broadcast Business - Shaping the product environment

Forum

16:00 - 17:30 hrs

FREE SESSION: Business briefings - digital signage

Room A

16:00 - 17:30 hrs

Radio

Room L

18:15 - 20.00 hrs

FREE SESSION: The IBC screenings: the best of music in HD on the Big Screen

Auditorium

Saturday 13 September

TIME

SESSION TITLE

ROOM

08:30 - 09:15 hrs

The beginner's (read manager's) guide to spectrum management
THEME: The Digital Dividend: HD, Mobile, Broadband or New Media?

Forum

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

The great spectrum land rush
THEME: The Digital Dividend: HD, Mobile, Broadband or New Media?

Forum

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: IPTV and standards

Room A

10:00 - 11:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: What caught my eye: low cost capture and media transmission

Room L

11:00 - 14:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Delivery and associated issues

Forum Lounge

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

The intention economy: wanting is one thing, paying is another
THEME: The Digital Dividend: HD, Mobile, Broadband or New Media?

Forum

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: IPTV: enabling the individual TV experience - are you my televisionary?

Room A

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Masterclass - out on the dynamic range: why has digital not killed film off yet?

Room L

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

Great idea for the digital dividend, but what is the business plan?
THEME: The Digital Dividend: HD, Mobile, Broadband or New Media?

Forum

14:00 - 15:45 hrs

Production matters: onwards and upwards

Room L

14:30 - 16:30 hrs

FREE SESSION: Practicalities of IPTV deployment

Room A

16:00 - 17:30 hrs

Content mania: who will feed the digital dividend with programmes?
THEME: The Digital Dividend: HD, Mobile, Broadband or New Media?

Forum

16:00 - 17:45 hrs

Assets and workflows

Room L

16:30 - 17:30 hrs

FREE SESSION: IPTV business briefings

Room A

Sunday 14 September

TIME

SESSION TITLE

ROOM

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

Creativity in the digital age
THEME: Content Production: Technology, Creativity & Business in an era of headlong change

Forum

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Mobile TV business models

Room A

10:00 - 11:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: What caught my eye: mobile innovations

Room L

11:00 - 14:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: New engineering techniques

Forum Lounge

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

Tapeless infrastructures
THEME: Content Production: Technology, Creativity & Business in an era of headlong change

Forum

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Consumer innovation in a multi-screen world

Room A

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Masterclass: a production language for 3D

Room L

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

Are we live?
THEME: Content Production: Technology, Creativity & Business in an era of headlong change

Forum

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

Synchronisation and timing for the 21st century - in association with SMPTE and EBU

Room L

14:00 - 15:45 hrs

The cutting edge, part one

Room A

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

FREE SESSION: Hollywood meets Bollywood

Auditorium

16:00 - 17:30 hrs

Fast forward to the future
THEME: Content Production: Technology, Creativity & Business in an era of headlong change

Forum

16:00 - 18:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Digital cinema post production workshop - in association with EDCF/SMPTE

Room L

16:00 - 17:30 hrs

The cutting edge, part two

Room A

18:10 - 19:30 hrs

FREE SESSION: Jeffrey Katzenberg - LIVE in 3D HD from LA

Auditorium

18:15 - 19:15 hrs

FREE SESSION: IBC Awards ceremony

Onyx Lounge

Monday 15 September

TIME

SESSION TITLE

ROOM

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

Open standards, technology and implementation - in association with DVB

Forum

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Back to the future: archiving and restoration - in association with FIAT

Room A

09:30 - 11:00 hrs

Capturing and creating stereoscopic 3D content
THEME: New Dimensions For The Big Screen

Auditorium

10:00 - 11:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: What caught my eye: workflow revolutions

Room L

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

Putting it all together
THEME: New Dimensions For The Big Screen

Auditorium

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

Open standards, technology and implementation - in association with DVB

Forum

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Digital delivery: getting content to the consumer - IET tutorial in association with WorldDMB

Room A

11:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Personalisation in a broadband world: advertising you want to watch

Room L

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

The presentation alternatives, and considerations for exhibitors
THEME: New Dimensions For The Big Screen

Auditorium

14:00 - 15:30 hrs

Images of tomorrow - will the world demand more than HD?

Forum

14:00 - 17:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Challenges for cable in the broadband era

Room A

14:00 - 15:45 hrs

The environmental impact of our industry, and what we can do about it

Room L

16:00 - 17:30 hrs

Unique to cinema - but for how long?
THEME: New Dimensions For The Big Screen

Auditorium

16:00 - 17:30 hrs

Middle East and North Africa: the growing market

Forum

18:15 - 20.00 hrs

FREE SESSION: Monday Night Movie - Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D

Auditorium

Tuesday 16 September

TIME

SESSION TITLE

ROOM

09:30 - 13:00 hrs

FREE SESSION: EDCF open meeting

Room A