Meeting review and presentations:

9:15am to 9:45am:
Keynote: The Challenge of Digital Preservation in the Federal Government
Judith C. Russell, Managing Director, Information Dissemination (Superintendent of Documents)
U.S. Government Printing Office

9:45am to 10:30am:
The Legal Battle Over Technology and Innovation
Moderator: James M. Burger, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson
Panelists: Jonathan Band, PLLC; Julie L. Sigall, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress

10:30am to 11:00am:
DVDA/NIST/GIPWoG Survey on Digital Longevity Report
Oliver Slattery, NIST
Power Point Slides

11:00am to 11:45am:
DVDs in Training, Education and Outreach
Moderator: Jerry McFaul, Computer Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
Panelists: Ralph LaBarge, Alpha DVD and author of DVD Authoring & Production;
Tom Held, MetaMedia; and Joan Friedenberg, McNeil-Lehrer Productions

1:00pm to 1:30pm:
Next Generation Format Update
Jim Taylor, Chairman of DVDA, author of DVD Demystified and the DVD FAQ, and SVP & General Manager, Advanced Technology Group, Sonic Solutions

1:30pm to 2:00pm:
Next Generation Industry Projections and Market Directions
Julie Schwerin, Chairman & CEO, Infotech, Inc., author of the Blue Laser Disc Market Forecast, the Holographic Disc Market Forecast, and the Future of DVD.

2:00pm to 5:00pm:
The Next Generation DVD Standards Summit
Moderators: Jim Taylor, Sonic Solutions, Julie Schwerin, Infotech, Jerry McFaul, USGS, and Oliver Slattery, NIST.
Panelists: Mark Knox, Toshiba (HD DVD); Tony Jasionowski, Panasonic (Blu-Ray); Nelson Diaz, InPhase Technologies; and Hideyoshi Horimai, Optware.

HD DVD, Blu-Ray, InPhase and Optware company executives will present their technology specifications, commercial calendar, market strategies and product pricing for TV set-top video, audio, games, and recording and PC information delivery and storage applications. Presentations were followed by a Q and A session.

If you are interested in attending the next GIPWoG meeting, email: gipwog@nist.gov.