Sept 11 , 2006 - from IBC - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
DVDA @ IBC
Greetings again from IBC in Amsterdam.
“It is impossible to type this date and not stop and reflect on the horrors five years ago.
I hope the world can quickly come to its senses and that peace can be realized.” - Bernie
“Here comes the blue laser”
That was the title of the DVDA presentation this morning at IBC where we focused on the art and business of creating Next Gen DVDs. We will be posting the audio recording and power points of the session on this website soon, so be sure to check back. It was an amazing 3 hours and major kudos to Bob Auger of the DVDA-EU chapter for bringing together this amazing panel of experts.
Click on read more to see pix from Amsterdam and more details
Monday morning the first session at IBC was presented by the DVD Association. The topics that were covered included:
- New business opportunities accompanying HD DVD and Blu-Ray discs in the consumer marketplace,
- Design and production issues unique to blue laser HD formats, today and tomorrow,
- Selecting the right compression strategies and ensuring that the HD video quality is consistent throughout each title,
- Sound production for HD and Holographic Storage.
The first set of presentations was entitled Authoring and Disc Mastering and the speakers were: Richard Linecar, Managing Director, European Professional Operations of Sonic, Masato Otsuka, Director, R&D Center of Memory Tech Corporation and Steve Hall, Technical Manager of Testronic Laboratories. .
The presentation took place in the RAI Forum in Amsterdam. This pix shows the entire group of presentators on stage. From left to right, Richard Linecar of Sonic, Masato Otsuka of Memory Tech, Steve Hall of Testronics, Gerald Hinton of Deluxe Studios, Shane Warden from Pepper Post Productions, Rob Pinniger of Abbey Road Interactive, Tony Spath of Dolby Labs, John Carey from dts, and Bill Wilson of InPhase Technologies. Missing from the shot are moderator Bob Auger and Chairperson, Bernie Mitchell.
The second presentation was Getting the HD picture, and the first speaker was Gerald Hinton, Technical Project Manager at Deluxe Digital Studios; he was followed by Shane Warden, Principal Editor and Joint MD of Pepper Post Production.
From a discussion about high def imagery and disc design and layout, we moved to the third presentation: Audio Like Never Before. The speakers for this session were: Rob Pinniger, New Technologies Manager, EMI Studio Group, EMI Music, Abbey Road Interactive, Tony Spath, Vice President, International Marketing for Dolby Laboratories and John Carey, Director of Business Development, Professional Audio for DTS Digital Entertainment.
And then for our fourth presentation, we looked a little bit into the future with Holographic Storage. Bill Wilson, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of InPhase Technologies explained this amazing technology.
Finally, Moderator Bob Auger hosted the lively Q&A session with all the panelists. 
The audio recordings of all these sessions will be posted on the DVDA.ORG website soon, and we are working to get the presentations as well. The information presented was terrific and we are happy that we will be able to share it here on the DVDA website. After the successful presentations, we retired to the “Beach” at the RAI center for some well deserved refreshments.
Here Bob Auger is attempting to take some pix with his mobile phone. Notice the gorgeous weather we are having in Holland
Looks like Bob has got it sorted out as he shoots Rob Pinniger making a strong point to the group.
Rob’s story goes over well as Richard Linecar of Sonic (L) and Will Timbers of Pink Pigeon, Ltd (R) seem to enjoy it. As you can tell it was a great day in Amsterdam. I am sorry that all of you couldn’t have been in the audience, but as I said when we get the presentations posted, you can join us virtually.
Next stop UK
More to come
Bernie Mitchell President, DVDA
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