[M4IF Technotes] Compressionist gathering at NAB, Tuesday, April 8

[Ben Waggoner]

Compression community,
    So, the National Association of Broadcasters convention is this week,
and a substantial portion of the video and streaming industries will all be
in the same building.
http://www.nab.org/conventions/nab2003/
    After receiving a number of inquiries about when the compressionist
party is going to be, I've volunteered to help arrange an informal gathering
for our community.  It'll be Tuesday evening, 5:30pm-8pm, in my suite at the
Las Vegas Hilton.  Please RSVP to me privately at ben   benwaggoner.com, so I
can keep a head count of who's coming, and I'll send details.  RSVP isn't
required, but appreciated.
    This will be a casual event for us to meet our peers in the compression
world, both users and vendors.  Some light snacks and beverages will be
provided.  This is a me-sponsored, not a vendor-sponsored event, so there
won't be any sales pitches or presentations, nor shrimp cocktail, just lots
of good compression talk.
    And speaking of NAB, I'm on this panel about HD codecs:
http://www.nab.org/conventions/nab2003/sessiondetail.asp?id=1201583
    I'll also be doing some compression classes at the Canopus booth Mon,
Tue, and Thur at noon, and Wed. at 5pm.  This won't be a ProCoder demo, but
a discussion of video compression in general, with Q&A.  I'll be raffling
off copies of my "Compression for Great Digital Video" after the session
each day.
Ben Waggoner <http://www.benwaggoner.com>
Compressed Video Consulting, Training, and Encoding
My Book:            <http://www.benwaggoner.com/books.htm>
Cleaner e-book:     <http://www.cmpbooks.com/cleaner>
Compression Classes at Stanford  June 30-July 4 and Aug 11-15
<http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/compression.html>