| DigiTraining Plus: New Technologies
for European Cinemas
28 March – 1st April 2007, Kuurne (Belgium)
Course Programme
Wednesday, 28 March
2007
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
Morning and early afternoon
Arrivals and 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.
Hotel website:
www.parkhotel.be
3.00pm
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco headquarters by private bus
Welcome coffee and registration
(participants will be asked to fill in the pre-course questionnaire)
4.15pm – 4.45pm
WELCOME by:
Jens Rykaer, President of MEDIA Salles
Presentation of European Cinema Journal, issue no. 1/07 focusing on
digital cinema
Nico
Vernieuwe, Vice President of Events and Digital Cinema
– Barco Media & Entertainment
4.45pm – 5.00pm
“A taste of digital projection”
Screening at the Conference Theatre
– The course: structure
and tools –
STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS
5.00pm – 5.30pm
Mads Egmont Christensen, course moderator
– Digital cinema: what
shall we be discussing? –
5.30pm – 6.15pm
DIGITAL CINEMA, AN OVERVIEW OF THE MARKET
Glenn
Wastyn, Market Director Digital Cinema, Barco
6.15pm – 6.45pm
DIGITAL CINEMA IN THE WORLD: AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUSINESS AND FINANCE
MODELS
Thierry
Henkinet – Independent Consultant
– The course: Who’s
who –
6.45pm – 7.30pm
Introduction of participants
7.40pm
Departure from Barco to Parkhotel by private bus
8.30pm
Opening Dinner at Parkhotel – Vivaldi Room
Thursday, 29 March
2007
WHAT CHANGES AND WHO FOR?
Breakfast at Parkhotel
9.00am
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco headquarters
9.20am – 9.50am
CINEMA EXHIBITORS' CONCERNS AND EXPECTATIONS
Ad Weststrate,
President of Unic
9.50am – 10.20am
THE APPROACH OF THE ART - HOUSE SECTOR
Michael Thomas
- AG Kino (CICAE)
10.20am – 10.50am
Question and answer session
10.50am – 11.10am
Coffee break
- The voice of professionals -
A pragmatic approach: how did they do it?
THE EXPERIENCES OF EXHIBITORS
11.10am – 11.40am
Gerald Buckle
& Andrew Kaza - Odeon
11.40am – 11.55am
Question and answer session
11.55am – 12.25pm
Nicolas Hamon
- Kinepolis
12.25pm – 12.55pm
Tom Cotton
- Technicolor
12.55pm – 1.10pm
Question and answer session
1.15pm
Lunch at Barco headquarters
- Content -
2.20pm – 2.40pm
SOUND INFORMATION ON DIGITAL CINEMA AS BASIS FOR DECISION MAKING
Presentation of the “European Cinema Yearbook” – 2006
final edition – digital cinema section
Elisabetta
Brunella, Secretary General of MEDIA Salles
2.40pm – 3.10pm
Nick Varley
- Park Circus
3.10pm – 4.10pm
Real D presentation and technology demo
Matt
Cowan, Chief Technology Officer of Real D
4.10pm
Coffee break
4.30pm – 4.55pm
Demo by Colbot Entertainment (3D)
(U2 3D concert)
4.55pm – 5.25pm
Preview of Fly me to the Moon
Eric Dillens - NWave
5.25pm – 6.10pm
Question and answer session
6.15pm
Departure by bus from Barco to Bowling Court “Pottelberg”
8.30pm
Dinner at Bowling Court
10.30pm
Bus for return to the Hotel
Friday, 30 March
2007
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Breakfast at Parkhotel
8.30am
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco headquarters
– Technical overview –
9.00am – 9.30am
Chris Colpaert
Barco DP series of digital cinema projectors
9.30am -10.00am
Dirk Maes
IP Racine: a glimpse into digital cinema of the future
10.00am – 11.00am
TOUR OF THE BARCO FACTORY
A visit of the entire factory, in particular to the projector production
line
(Participants split into two groups)
11.15am - 11.45am
Coffee break
11.45am - 12.45pm
PRACTICAL LESSON ON PROJECTOR AND SERVER
Explanation of the processes of installation, programming and play-out,
besides monitoring and assistance for optimum functioning of the projector
and server.
Jason Power
– Dolby
Nicolas
Hamon – Decatron
12.45pm
Lunch at Barco
1.30pm – 2.00pm
James Troch - Presentation of Imagix and its digital
experience
– Business Models –
2.00pm – 2.30pm
Gemma
Richardson – Arts Alliance Media
2.30pm – 3.10pm
Bernard
Collard – XDC
3.10pm – 3.40pm
Question and answer session
3.40pm
Coffee break
4.00pm – 4.40pm
An overview by
Dave Monk – EDCF
“… SEEN IT ALL – BEEN THERE!”
4.40pm – 5.10pm
Question and answer session
- Standards and material certification
-
5.10pm – 5.40pm
Video conference hosted by Elisabetta Brunella with
Dr Rössler – Fraunhofer Institut
(Click here
to download the questions of the video conference)
5.40pm
Early dinner at Barco
Pizza party sponsored by Mobilution
- Cinema Visit – Part
I
6.45pm
Departure by bus from Barco to the Cinema Imagix -Tournai
7.30pm
Florent Hutin – Visit to Imagix
Digital screening of “300”
at Imagix –Tournai
10.20pm
Visit to Imagix projection booth
10.40pm
Bus for return to the Hotel
Saturday, 31 March
2007
VIEWS AND FORECASTS
Breakfast at Parkhotel
8.30am
Departure from Parkhotel to Bruges
– Cinema visit – Part
II
9.30 – 12.30pm
Diether Thielemans – Visit to Kinepolis cinema
in Bruges
Visit will include:
Full tour of the theatre
Nick Vandelbulke and Lzou Pei-Zhi – Demo of Quick
Sensor
Mike Creaven – Presentation of Mobilution CRM
Solutions
Coffee break offered by Quick Sensor
Screening of excerpts from European digital movies provided
by XDC:
Changes
Das Parfum
Silence becomes you
Kruistocht
XL Gaming (live PS3 gaming in a theatre)
1.00pm
Departure from Kinepolis to Bruges downtown (‘tzuid)
1.30pm
Individual lunches at Bruges
3.15pm
Departure from Bruges (‘tzuid) to Barco headquarters
4.00pm – 4.15pm
Coffee break at Barco
- Presentation of case histories
-
4.15pm – 4.45pm
Enrique Martinez – Yelmo
Presentation
of Yelmo Cineplex
Presentation
of Cinegames
4.45pm – 5.15pm
Ville Lampolahti
– Finnkino
- Forecasts -
5.15pm – 5.45pm
Marco Del
Mancino – A prediction model applied to the spread
of digital cinema
5.45pm – 6.30pm
Question and answer session
6.30pm – 6.50pm
Conclusions
7.00pm
Bus for return to the Hotel
8.00pm
Closing dinner at Chess Café
Havermarkt – Courtrai
(Restaurant at walking distance from the Parkhotel)
Sunday, 1st April
2007
COMPARING IDEAS
Breakfast at Parkhotel
– Evaluation and good-byes
–
9.00am
PLENARY SESSION at Parkhotel
Distribution of certificates of attendance
Feedback from the course
Evaluation
Distribution of questionnaires for anonymous end-of-course feedback
to be returned to MEDIA Salles personnel and questionnaires to be sent
individually to the European Commission
11.00pm
Departures
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