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Panel
Discussions at the 2008 NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference
 In
addition to the technical papers being presented at this year's
NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference (BEC, April 12-17, 2008,
in the Las Vegas Convention Center - see below for additional
information) there are four panels that will discuss issues of
key interest and importance for broadcast technical professionals.
DTV Broadcasting
for Mobile and Handheld Panel
Sunday, April 13, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Room S219
This
panel will focus on issues surrounding the development of a Mobile/Handheld
technology for digital television including the status of the
ATSC's standardization work, the work of the Open Mobile Video
Coalition, and an overview of the technologies under consideration.
Moderator:
Mark Richer, President, Advanced Television Systems Committee
Panelists:
Dave Glenn,
President of Engineering, ION Media Networks
John Godfrey,
Vice President, Government & Public Affairs, Samsung
Wayne Luplow,
VP, HDTV Standards & Promotion, Zenith/LG Electronics Corporation
David Virag,
Product Management, Thomson Silicon Components
Communicating
with Management
Monday, April 14, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Room S228
With multiple station responsibilities, today's engineer has to
juggle a variety of tasks - communication is one of them. This
session will provide a variety of simple, yet effective, techniques
that will raise you and your department in the eyes of your manager;
and that can be used to advance your career.
Moderator:
Chriss Scherer, editor Radio magazine, immediate past president,
SBE
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Communicating with Management
Presenter: John Bisset, Northeast Regional Sales Manager,
Broadcast Electronics
11:15AM - 12:00PM Communicating with Management Panel
Panelists
John Dickey,
COO/EVP, Cumulus Media, Inc.
David Isreal,
VP/General Manager, WFYV-FM / WMXQ - FM
Don Kelley,
VP/Director of Programming, Greater Media, Inc.
Gary Kline,
Vice President of Engineering & IT, Cumulus Media
Paul Tinkle,
President, Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company
Future
Broadcast Technologies - A Worldwide Perspective
Tuesday, April 15, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Room S228
It's not just Internet development that is moving in "dog
years." Across the world, broadcast research laboratories
are driving broadcast technology forward at rapid speed. This
session will allow you to take in and question the frontiers of
the research by some of the most active laboratories in the world,
and to see the possible future of broadcasting.
Moderator:
David
Wood, Head of New Technology, European Broadcasting Union
Panelists:
Andy Bower,
Head of Research and Innovation, BBC, United Kingdom
Bernard Caron,
Vice-President, Communications Research Centre, Canada
Klaus Illgner,
Director & CEO, IRT, Germany
Reinhard
Knoer, Scientific Employee, IRT, Germany
Alberto Morello,
Director, RAI, Italy
K. Tanioka,
Director-General, NHK, Japan
Colin Whitbread,
Controller of Broadcast Research & Innovation, BBC, United
Kingdom
Next
Generation Public Alerting
Tuesday, April 15, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Room S228
Come and discuss the status of development of the next generation
Emergency Alerting System. Industry representatives will discuss
and answer questions about technology and implementation, so
broadcasters can gain an understanding of what will be expected
of them in the future.
Moderator:
Clay Freinwald, Corporate Engineer, Entercom, Seattle, WA
Panelists
Edward Czarnecki,
Senior Vice President, SpectraRep
Walter Florence,
IPAWS Project Manager, FEMA
Jerry LeBow,
co-chairman, Sage Alerting Systems
Darryl Parker,
Senior Vice President, TFT Inc.
For more
detailed information on these panels and a complete schedule
for the 2008 NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference go to http://www.nabshow.com/2008/conferences/bec.asp
2008
NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference Opening Session
We Can Work Together: Advice to DTV and HD Radio Engineers
from the Consumer Electronics Retail Community
April 13, 2008 - 9:00AM - 9:30AM, Room
S219
Now
that DTV and HD Radio are on the air and receivers are in the
marketplace, feedback from the consumer electronics retail world
can help optimize these new services and increase the value
proposition to consumers. In this keynote session, experts in
retail issues associated with digital broadcasting will offer
actionable advice from the consumer retail world that can be
productively used in the broadcast engineering world to make
the digital broadcasting services even more compelling. Robert
S. Schwartz, counsel to the Consumer
Electronics
Retailers Coalition, will cover DTV and Diane Warren, Executive
Vice President for the HD
Radio Alliance, will talk about HD Radio in this insightful
session.
2008
NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference Summary of Presentations
Check out the papers
that will be presented at the 2008 NAB Broadcast Engineering
Conference in Las Vegas, April 12 -17, 2008.
Mobile
TV: Opportunity at 100 MPH!
 Monday,
April 14
7:30
a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Las Vegas Hilton Ballroom A
The
Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) invites engineers from television,
telcos, cable and OEMs to learn more about breakthroughs and
milestones in engineering, consumer interest and testing, as
well as new revenue opportunities in the fast approaching locally
broadcast Mobile TV world. Join OMVC executives for breakfast
with Master of Ceremonies Dan Abrams, NBC's chief legal correspondent
and the host of "Verdict with Dan Abrams" on MSNBC
on Monday, April 14 in Ballroom A at the Las Vegas Hilton. The
session will be interactive so bring your questions!
The
April 7, 2008 TV TechCheck is also available
in an Adobe Acrobat file.
Please click
here to read the Adobe Acrobat version of TV TechCheck.
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