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
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