DigiTraining Plus:
New Technologies for European Cinemas

Kuurne, Belgium 31 March - 4 April 2004

Course Programme

 

Wednesday, 31 March 2004

Morning and early afternoon

Arrivals & check-in at Parkhotel in Kortrijk (about one hour from Brussels or half an hour from Lille, by train), located in the Town centre opposite the train station

15:15
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco headquarters
(bus from Hotel provided by the organizers – about 10 minutes)

15:45
Welcome coffee and registration (participants will be invited to fill in the questionnaire for the beginning of the course)

16:15
WELCOME by:
Mike Vickers, Treasurer, MEDIA Salles
Sjoerd De Clerck, General Manager, Barco Digital Cinema
Costas Daskalakis, Head of the MEDIA Programme, European Commission

17:00
PRESENTATION OF THE COURSE
Structure and Contents
Mads Egmont Christensen, course moderator

17:30
INTRODUCTION: GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE MARKET
EU, US and Asian markets - Digital Products - Worldwide players
by Sjoerd De Clerck, General Manager, Barco Digital Cinema

18:15
PRESENTATION OF THE MEDIA SALLES’ “EUROPEAN CINEMA YEARBOOK – Digital section”
Elisabetta Brunella, Secretary General, MEDIA Salles

18:30
Participants’ introduction (Part I)

19:00
Departure from Barco to Parkhotel (bus provided by the organizers)

20:00
Dinner at Parkhotel Restaurant

 
Thursday, 1 April 2004

Breakfast at Parkhotel

8:30
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco headquarters
(bus from hotel provided by the organizers – about 10 minutes)

9:00
EXHIBITORS’ CONCERNS AND EXPECTATIONS

The positions of Unic and Nato
Guy Morlion, Vice President of Unic and Secretary General of Fcb
John Fithian, President of Nato

Questions & answers session

Dvd and related issues
Pierre Todeschini, President of Cicae

Questions & answers sessions

10:45
Coffee break

11:15
DEFINING THE MARKET
E-Cinema and D-cinema
Keith Morris, Int’l Marketing Manager, Barco Digital Cinema

12:00
Participants introduction (Part II)

12:30
Lunch at Barco headquarters

14:00
Participants’ introduction (Part III)

14:30
CASE HISTORIES
Experience by an independent European exhibitor
Rickard Gramfors, Folkets Hus och Parker

15:30
ALTERNATIVE CONTENTS (Part I)
Docu-Zone experience
Kees Ryninks, Head of Documentary Department, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film

16:00
Coffee break

16:30
ALTERNATIVE CONTENTS (Part II)
Rob de Vogel, Vice President, Euro1080

17:00
DIGITAL CINEMA ECONOMICS
Advertising
Denis Kelly, Digital Cinema Operations Manager for Europe, Eastman Kodak

Questions & answers session

18:00
Departure from Barco headquarters to Parkhotel (bus provided by the organizers)

19:30
Departure from Parkhotel to Kinepolis, Kortrijk (bus provided by the organizers)

20:00
Dinner at Kinepolis

22:00
Screening at Kinepolis: from HD tv to digital cinema
(bus provided by the organizers)

 
Friday, 2 April 2004

Breakfast

8:30
Departure by bus from Parkhotel to Kinepolis, Kortrijk
(bus from Hotel provided by the organizers)

9:00
Kinepolis overall digital strategy
Jan Huyghe, International Sales, Operations and Marketing Director, Kinepolis

9:30
Group A
Kinepolis experience at Kortrijk
and visit to ticketing system
Diether Thielemans, Kortrijk Theatre Manager, Kinepolis

Group B
Visit to installations in the projection booth
Nicolas Hamon, Service Operation Manager, Barco Digital Cinema

10:35
Coffee break

10:55
Group B
Kinepolis experience at Kortrijk
and visit to ticketing system
Diether Thielemans, Kortrijk Theatre Manager, Kinepolis

Group A
Visit to installations in the projection booth
Nicolas Hamon, Service Operation Manager, Barco Digital Cinema

12:00
Lunch at Kinepolis

13:00
Departure by bus from Kinepolis to Barco

13:30
Group A
Tour of the Barco factory

Group B
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW (Part I)
Practical lesson on projector and server
Nicolas Hamon, Service Operation Manager, Barco Digital Cinema,
Michael Gillessen, Project Engineer, Evs Digital Cinema

14:50
Coffee break

15:10
Group B
Tour of the Barco factory

Group A
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW (Part I)
Practical lesson on projector and server
Nicolas Hamon, Service Operation Manager, Barco Digital Cinema,
Michael Gillessen, Project Engineer, Evs Digital Cinema

16:30
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW (Part II)
Transmission and Distribution: New scenarios
Silvio Borri, Program Manager for Digital Cinema, Elsacom

Questions & answers session

18:00
Departure from Barco headquarters to Parkhotel (bus provided by the organizers)

19:00
Departure from Parkhotel to the Sunset Restaurant (bus provided by the organizers)

20:00
Dinner
(bus provided by the organizers for coming back to the Hotel)

 
Saturday, 3 April 2004

Breakfast

8:30
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco headquarters (bus from Hotel provided by the organizers – about 10 minutes)

9:00
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW (Part III)
Audio Issues
Jason Power, Market Development Manager, Dolby
Subtitling
Rolando Alberti, Business Development Manager, Marinastudios
Piracy and anti-piracy measures: security and availability
Xavier Verians, Director of Business Development, Octalis

10:30
Coffee break

11:00
TRENDS AND SCENARIOS
Angelo D’Alessio, International Director, Smpte

Questions & answers sessions

12:00
Lunch

13:30
Digital cinema: an exhibitor’s point of view
Laura Fumagalli, Marketing Manager, Arcadia
followed by an interactive group discussion

15:00
Coffee break

15:30
SUMMING UP
Mads Egmont Christensen, course moderator

Conclusions by Bernard Collard, Int’l Marketing manager, EVS Digital Cinema

16:30
Departure to Bruges
(bus provided by the organizers)

18:00
Tour in Bruges

20:00
Closing dinner in Bruges and delivery of certificates of attendance
(bus provided by the organizers for coming back to the Hotel)

 
Sunday, 4 April 2004

Breakfast

9:30
PLENARY SESSION at Parkhotel (“Mozart” Conference Room)
Feedback from the course (participants will be invited to fill in the questionnaire for the end of the course)

EVALUATION & GOOD-BYES

Departures