| DigiTraining Plus: New Technologies
for European Cinemas
6-10 April 2005, Kuurne (Belgium)
Programme
(To see the speakers'
presentations, please click on their names)
Wednesday, 6 April 2005
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
3.00pm
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco headquarters
(bus from Hotel provided by the organisers – about 10 minutes)
3.30pm
Welcome coffee and registration
(participants will be asked to fill in the pre-course questionnaire)
4.15pm - 5.00pm
WELCOME by:
Primitivo Rodriguez, Vice-President, MEDIA Salles
Stephan Paridaen,
President, Barco Media & Entertainment
A TASTE OF DIGITAL PROJECTION
5.00pm - 5.30pm
PRESENTATION OF THE COURSE
Structure and Contents
by Mads Egmont Christensen, course moderator, Mecano
Film
5.30pm - 6.15pm
INTRODUCTION
Digital Cinema, an overview of the market
by Glenn Wastyn,
Business Development Manager, Barco Digital Cinema
6.15pm - 6.30pm
PRESENTATION OF THE MEDIA SALLES “EUROPEAN CINEMA YEARBOOK –
Digital section”
by Elisabetta
Brunella, Secretary General, MEDIA Salles
PRESENTATION OF THE MEDIA SALLES “EUROPEAN CINEMA
JOURNAL 02/05 – Special issue on Digital cinema”
6.30pm - 7.15pm
Who’s who - Introduction of participants
7.30pm
Departure from Barco to Parkhotel (bus provided by the organisers)
8.30pm
Dinner at Parkhotel Restaurant (Beethoven room)
Thursday, 7 April 2005
Breakfast at Parkhotel
8.30am
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco headquarters
(bus from Hotel provided by the organisers – about 10 minutes)
9.00am - 9.30am
The MEDIA Programme and digital technologies
by Aviva Silver, MEDIA Programme, Legal, policy and
horizontal aspects
9.30am - 11.30am
EXHIBITORS AND DISTRIBUTORS' CONCERNS AND EXPECTATIONS
by Antoine
Virenque, Secretary General of Fiad (Fédération
Internationale des Associations de Distributeurs de Films)
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: IMPACT ON THE ART-HOUSE SECTOR
by Jens Schneiderheinze
of AG Kino (German Association of art-house cinemas, member of CICAE)
Question and answer session
11.30am
Coffee break
12.00pm - 12.30pm
DEFINING THE MARKET
E-Cinema and D-Cinema
by Glenn Wastyn,
Business Development Manager, Barco Digital Cinema
12.30pm
Lunch at Barco headquarters
2.00pm - 3.00pm
CASE HISTORIES: The voice of the Exhibitors
Experience of independent European chains
Major European chains will present their experiences and strategies
regarding digital projections. Among them:
Utopia, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
by Nico Simon,
Chief Executive Officer
Nordisk Film Biograf, Denmark
by Jan Petersen,
IT Manager
3.00pm – 3.30pm
CONTENT - Digital Movies
by Dave Monk, UK
3.30pm – 3.50pm
ALTERNATIVE CONTENTS (Part I)
Digital opera project
by Ángel
Fernández Pineda, IT Manager Gran Teatre del Liceu
Question and answer session
4.00pm
Coffee break
4.30pm- 5.30pm
Circulation of digital content: the role of national and international
networks
Network experiences in Europe that can boost the spread of digital content
in European cinemas.
Digital Screen Network experience
by Steve Perrin,
UK Film Council
CinemaNet Europe experience: European Network
by Kees Ryninks,
Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
CinemaNet Europe in Germany
by Jens Schneiderheinze, member of Cinemanet Europe
Question and answer session
5.30pm - 6.00pm
DIGITAL CINEMA ECONOMICS (part I)
Advertising
by Patrick von
Sychowski, Unique Digital
6.00pm - 6.20pm
ALTERNATIVE CONTENTS (Part II)
“It is 9am and your complex is full”
by Ori
Yardeni, CinePark, Israel
Question and answer session
6.30pm
Departure from Barco headquarters to Kinepolis in Kortrijk (bus provided
by the organisers)
7.00pm - 7.40pm
Screening of demo
The programme includes:
• the feed from the standard TV
• the screening of HDTV contents
• a split screen projection (35mm/digital version)
• STEM Content
8.00pm – 9.30pm
Dinner at Elpee restaurant (next to the cinema)
10.00pm
Digital Screening: “ROBOTS”
(at the end of the projection bus provided by the
organisers for return to the Hotel)
Friday, 8 April 2005
Breakfast
8.30am
Departure by bus from Parkhotel to Barco
(bus from Hotel provided by the organisers)
9.00am - 10.00am
Group A
Tour of the Barco factory
A visit of the entire factory and in particular to the projector production
line
Group B
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW (Part I)
Practical lesson on projectors and servers
A session devoted to “hands-on experience” of the innovative
equipment produced. Explanation of the processes of installation, programming,
and play-out, besides monitoring and assistance for optimum functioning
of the projector and server.
by Nicolas Hamon,
Service Operation Manager, Barco Digital Cinema
by Paul Clark, Service Operation Manager, Kodak Digital
Cinema
10.00am
Coffee break
10.15am- 11.15am
Group B
Tour of the Barco factory
Group A
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW (Part I)
11.15am - 12.00pm
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW (Part IIa)
Server solutions
by Denis Kelly,
Kodak Eastman Company
Question and answer session
12.00pm
Lunch at Barco
1.30pm- 3.30pm
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW (Part IIb)
The most important technologies used in digital cinema, from audio to
security measures for fighting piracy, from satellite transmission to
theatre system installation, will be outlined by representatives of
highly specialised European and international companies.
Denis Kelly will introduce
Security measures: how to protect against movie piracy
by Xavier
Vérians, Director of Business Development, Octalis
Audio Issues
by Richard
Welsh, Dolby
Question and answer session
3.45pm
Coffee break
4.15pm – 4.45pm
DIGITAL CINEMA ECONOMICS (part II)
XDC Business Model: a practical proposal
by Bernard Collard,
General Manager, XDC, a new company of EVS Group
4.45pm – 5.55pm
INTERACTIVE GROUP DISCUSSION – Implementation
6.00pm
Departure from Barco headquarters to Parkhotel (bus provided by the
organisers)
7.00pm
Departure from Parkhotel to Bowling Court (bus provided by the organisers)
8.30pm
Dinner
(bus provided by the organisers for return to the
Hotel)
Saturday, 9 April 2005
Breakfast
8.30
Departure from Parkhotel to Barco
9.00am-11.00am
Digital Screening: “Dust to glory”
introduced by Denis
Kelly
11.00am
Coffee break
11.30am – 12.15pm
INTERACTIVE GROUP DISCUSSION - Presentation
12.15pm - 12.45pm
The future? – The newest in digital cinema!
by Angelo D’Alessio,
SMPTE
12.45pm
Lunch at Barco
2.00pm
Departure from Barco headquarters to Lille (bus provided by the organisers)
2.30pm – 3.45pm
Cinema Visit
Kinepolis “Château du Cinéma” at Lomme (on
the outskirts of Lille)
3.45 - 4.00pm
Coffee break at the cinema
4.30pm - 5.30pm
Guided Tour in Lille (on foot)
FREE TIME
7.45pm
Departure from the centre of Lille to the restaurant (by bus)
8.00pm
Closing dinner in Lille at “Le tapis rouge”
11.30pm
(bus provided by the organisers for return to the Hotel)
Sunday,
10 April 2005
Breakfast
9.30am - 12.00pm
PLENARY SESSION at Parkhotel (Vivaldi room)
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
GOODBYES
Departures
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