From chodge5 utk.edu Fri Dec 2 08:43:34 2005 From: chodge5 utk.edu (chodge5@utk.edu) Date: Sun Dec 11 22:22:13 2005 Subject: [MPEGIF Discuss] ViDe 2006: 8th Annual SURA/ViDe Digital Video Conference Message-ID: Please mark your calendars for ViDe 2006, the 8th Annual SURA/ViDe Digital Video Conference March 27-30, 2006. Hold those dates and plan to attend. This conference has become recognized as the essential annual learning event in collaborative audio/video conferencing, streaming video, and storing/serving video-on-demand. Conference content will include examples of digital video projects in the research and education community and information on big video, SIP migration, H.264, video preservation, new conferencing technologies, K-12 applications, technology in the medical community, real time collaboration, firewalls, public broadcasting, voice over IP, open-source interactive media, digital libraries, and search engines. There will also be a general session to hear from the exhibitors. In addition, two post-conference workshops will be offered on Thursday, March 30: - Advanced Topics in Audio/Video Conferencing - Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Training and/or Big Video The 2006 conference will be held at Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia (http://www.gatechhotel.com ). More details will become available at: http://www.vide.net/conferences/spr2006 . Don't miss this event of the year for video applications in the research and education community! - The ViDe 2006 Conference Planning Committee ------------------------ About ViDe Formed in 1998, ViDe (Video Development Initiative, http://www.vide.net ) is an international organization with the mission to promote the development and deployment of digital video technologies in research and higher education. ViDe's working groups: - Developed the highly acclaimed Video Conferencing Cookbook, now in its fourth revision; - Led H.323 deployment in higher education with the Large Scale Video Network Prototype; - Developed the globally deployed ViDeNet H.323 network; - Provided the underlying architecture for the Internet2 Commons; - Developed a metadata application profile for digital video description and access, the most recent version using MPEG-7; - Continue to provide H.323 leadership through their work in the development of video middleware including the recent release of a new videoconferencing standard, ITU H.350. Dan Kniesner Oregon Health & Science University 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road Portland Oregon 97239 kniesner@ohsu.edu 503-494-3216 fax 503-494-3227 (ViDe planning committee lead)