 | Since Sigmund Freud published The Interpretations of Dreams over a century ago, the workings of the sleeping human mind have been the source of extensive analysis by scientists keen to unlock its mysteries. Recently a team of Japanese scientists, lead by chief researcher Yukiyaso Kamitani, have created a device that enables the processing and imaging of thoughts and dreams as experienced in the brain to appear on a computer screen. By applying this technology, it may become possible to record and replay subjective images that people perceive like dreams. May we soon be able to order ourselves a dream for the coming night... a Dream-on-Demand? |
Last week of August 2009 Levira’s 3rd Digital Broadcasting Conference was held in Tallinn, Estonia. In two days Conference Participants had chance to see many outstanding speakers and industry professionals from the east and the west; meet colleagues, vendors and regulators in the conference, exhibition and evening reception. Conference took a deeper look at different Digital Broadcasting issues with a particular attention on today’s hot topics: On-Demand Services, Analogue Switch-Off, Digitalization, Archiving & Tapeless Production, Mobile-TV and much more. |  |
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
DAY 1, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27th
Moderator: Ms. Anna Ryzhenkova
Everything Digital:
Opening of the Conference | Mr. Mart Einpalu, CEO, Levira (Estonia) |
Keynote Speech: "2020 - FROM VISION TO REALITY" | Mr. Erik Kruse, Strategic Marketing, LM Ericsson (Sweden) |
"Doing IT – Accepting the Transition from Broadcast Equipment to PC Equipment" | Mr. Mark Errington, CEO, OnAir Systems (UK) |
Welcoming speech | Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic of Estonia |
"Digital Media Archive – Important things to know and the ones to avoid" | Mr. Marc Schulman, CEO, STP s.a. (Belgium) Mr. Stephen Weil, Sales Manager, Memnon Archiving Services SA (Belgium) |
"Every Thing on-Demand, even Live-TV" | Mr. Miles Hudson, Business Develpment Director, Tandberg Television (UK) |
"New Dimension in TV" | Mr. Aleksey Polyakov, Head of R&D, Elecard Devices (Russia) |
Panel Discussion: "Digitalization is Changing TV-content and Viewer Habits, is it?" | Moderator: Mr. Petteri Pulkkinen, Mediatrade (Finland) Panellists: Mr. Erik Kruse, Ericsson (Sweden) Mr. Jonathan Bannerjee, NDS (UK) Mr. Mika Ventovouri, DNA (Finland) Mr. Miles Hudson, Tandberg TV (UK) |
Digital Switchover in Europe:
"ASO Progress over the Europe" | Ms. Natalie Moyal, DigiTAG Project Office (Switzerland) |
"Satellite – an important Part of the Digital Infrastructure" | Mr. Benny Norling, Vice President, SES SIRIUS AB (Sweden) |
Case Studies: Different Stages of ASO: > "Finland – Two Years after the Switchover" > "Estonia – 10 Months to Go and Counting" > "Hungary – First Years Experiences" > "Ukraine – at the Beginning of the Process" | Mr. Tauno Äijälä, Senior Adviser, Tmi TVConsulting (Finland) Mr. Jüri Pihel, Head of Governmental Digitalization Commission (Estonia) Mr. Jean-Francois Fenech, CEO, Antenna Hungaria (Hungary) Mr. Oleksandr Pivnjuk, Vice President, RRT Concern (Ukraine) |
"Receiver Conformance Testing – Chaos or Calm?" | Mr. Keith Potter, CEO, Digital TV Labs (UK) |
"DVB-T2 overview, deployment and impacts" | Mr. Richard Lhermitte, ENENSYS Technologies, VP Sales & Marketing (France) |
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
DAY 2, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28th
Moderator: Mr. Linnar Viik
Mobile-TV:
Keynote speech: "New momentum for broadcast mobile TV. Is it finally time to act?" | Mr. Patrick Babin, President & CEO, TDF Group (France) |
"Main Challenges we Face with Mobile TV" | Mr. John Strand, CEO, Strand Consult (Denmark) |
"Is there Any Real Opportunities with Mobile TV?" | Mr. Jörgen Nilsson, Director, TV Plus AB (Sweden) |
"Latest Mobile TV Technology Trends and Cost Effective Solutions" | Mr. Richard Lhermitte, ENENSYS Technologies, VP Sales & Marketing (France) |
"Importance of Rich ESG to Drive the User Towards Mobile-TV" | Mr. Philippe de Cuetos, Product Marketing Manager, Expway (France) |
Panel Discussion: "Panel Discussion: "Mobile TV: Where is the Cash?" | Moderators: Mr. Jörgen Nilsson, TV Plus (Sweden) Panellists: Mr. Henrik Rinnert, Media Broadcast AT (Austria) Mr. John Strand, StrandConsult (Denmark) Mr. Mikko Karppinen, Icareus Technologies (Finland) |
End of the Conference | Mr. Mart Einpalu, CEO, Levira (Estonia) |
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Fascinating topics, comprehensive agenda, outstanding speakers and a friendly atmosphere secured two excellent days in a beautiful Tallinn. The event was not characterised by its size, but by its professional and personal environment. |