Program Details

As of 1 February 2008

DAY 1: TUESDAY 4 MARCH 2008

12:00pm – 12:45pm

REGISTRATION

1:00pm -1:30pm

OPENING SESSION

Welcome Address
Keynote Address: Future of Digital Broadcasting in the Middle-East
The Road to Digital Broadcasting in the Middle-East

1:30pm -3:00pm

BROADCASTING STREAM SESSION 1: Digital and HDTV Broadcasting – Planning and Business Strategies

Chair: To be confirmed
This session addresses the crucial aspects of terrestrial digital radio and TV planning for implementation. Digital broadcasting is driven by their strengths in providing content, services and value adds. Business plans are an integral part of the digital equation.

TOPICS SPEAKERS JOB TITLE
DTT for Everyone: Implementation Primer Joost Verbrugge, Newtec Market Development Director
Digital Migration Advance Project Planning Allen McCaskill, Ascent Media Principal Consultant
Planning for HDTV Michael Rofe, du Architect - Broadcast Services
HDTV Business Planning in the Digital Environment Peter Bruce, Thomson Market Development Manager, Integrated Production Solutions
New Delivery Platforms Roger Heath, Pharos Director

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Refreshment Break

3:30pm – 5:00pm

BROADCASTING STREAM SESSION 2: Implementing Mobile Broadcasting

This session addresses all aspects of introducing mobile broadcasting, providing mobile multimedia services to audiences and developing new business strategies for successful implementation.

TOPICS SPEAKERS JOB TITLE
Real-life Experiences in Launching Mobile TV Service Dr. Bertold Heil, Media Broadcast Head of Strategic Affairs and Media Politics
Maximizing Mass Market Adoption in Mobile TV Nicolas Chevalier, NagraVision Head of Product Marketing - Mobile TV
Mobile TV - New Market for Everyone Hadi Fariborzi, Fanamoj Overseas Sales and Marketing Manager
Synchronization of Digital Terrestrial and Mobile TV Distribution Networks Bengt Hellstrom, Net Insight Director - Product Marketing
Using Hybrid Satellite /Terrestrial Solutions to Deliver Mobile TV Wejdi Harzallah, S2M Group Limited FZCO VP of Commercial Operations

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 2008

11:30am – 1:30pm

BROADCASTING STREAM SESSION 3: Asset Management and Preserving Archives

This session deals with the most important dimension of archiving, content management, production tools and content protection, all being essential components of introducing digital services, including mobile services.

TOPICS SPEAKERS JOB TITLE
Digital Video Storage and Archive: From Concept to Implementation Dominique Bergeret, Front Porch Digital Regional Sales Manager
Digital Audio Archives- QA and Efficiency Sebastian Gabler, NOA Audio Solutions Project Engineer
Service Oriented Architectures for Broadcast Media Asset Management Systems Mr. Ulf Genzel, Blue Order Solutions Chief Sales Officer
Preserving Archives: Content Management for Multiple Delivery Platforms Simon Eldridge, Omneon Product Manager
Content Repurposing for Mobile TV Networks Régis Le Roux Chief Executive Officer
Access and Management of Video and Metadata Assets Emanuele Porfiri, Etere Sales Marketing Manager

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Lunch Break

3:00pm – 4:00pm

BROADCASTING STREAM SESSION 4: Putting it Together

This session deals with several important aspects of broadcasting, from content exchange networks, to spectrum management, wide screen broadcasts and compression technologies. Together, these areas represent the essential tools of broadcasting.

TOPICS SPEAKERS JOB TITLE
Deployment of a Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) Tom De Baere (Newtec) & Mr. Abdelrahim Suleiman (ASBU) Product Marketing Director
Introducing Widescreen Broadcasts to MENA Mike Whittaker, Showtime Arabia Director Of Technology
MPEG AVC Advances into Contribution Networks Roger Bolton, Tandberg Television Executive VP of Compression
The HDTV Challenge Ian Trow, Thomson Director Of Technology

4:00pm – 5:00pm

PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION

Conference Concludes

Supported By

  • GVF
  • ASBU
  • ABU
  • IABM
  • ASPCC