Be our guests in Montréal March 9th and Toronto March 11th for a full day of information packed seminars covering numerous aspects of the television industry and its distribution either via terrestrial, fiber, satellite, telco or IP links. Our goal is to provide educational seminars which cover some of the hot subjects and concerns of our changing industry. We have gathered top presentations on the latest emerging technologies and solutions which answer the current business and operational challenges facing broadcasters and broadband telecommunications providers. Due to the quantity of the seminars and the different market segments they address, seminars will be running in two separate rooms. The costs of the event will be covered by Incospec in cooperation with several manufacturers, but these free seminars will require your pre-registration. For more details and to register, please click below.

Industry leading manufacturers will be on hand to offer valuable knowledge on the hot subjects of the hour, demystify new technologies and provide in-depth views of new products.  Some of the subjects to be covered will include: ATSC mobile, Terrestrial Single Frequency Networks, Multivendor Network Management solutions, MPEG and JPEG 2000 fundamentals and applications, MPEG analysis tools, File workflow solutions, audio monitoring and correction tools, Audio loudness solutions, reference video monitors, Stereoscopic TV, infrastructure conversion modules, DVB-S2, DS-3 bandwidth Optimizing, alternatives to SONET transport, IP/MPLS. 

	Montréal Tuesday March 9th 2010 SRC/CBC, 1400 Rene-Levesque bld. East, Rooms B50-4 (Télécino), H2L 2M2
	Toronto Thursday March 11th 2010 Marriott Renaissance Downtown Toronto, One Blue Jays Way, M5V 1J4

Free Seminars
Theatre A

1	09h00	Emerging Technologies & Industry Trends Keynote Address Presented by Louis Sebastiani, General Manager – Incospec Communications Inc. www.incospec.com
2	09h30	Application Guide: Video Compression Formats Presented by:  Chris Giacomelli, Regional Sales Director, Harmonicwww.harmonicinc.com
3	10h00	JPEG-2000,  101 - Primer Presented by: Kevin L. Karch Network Specialist, VACK inc for Nevion www.nevion.com
4	10h45	TV Station in a Box Presented by Chris Giacomelli, Regional Sales Director, Harmonic www.harmonicinc.com
5	11h30	Best of Breed Video Processing Infrastructure Solutions Presented by Pierre Louis Landry (MTL) & Richard Baker (TO), Sales & Business Development Managers, Incospec Communications Inc. www.incospec.com Open Gear Partners www.opengear.tv
	12h00- 13h00	On-site Lunch break supplied by Incospec and it’s partners
6	13h00	Multi-Vendor Network Management Platform Presented by Ben Vandenberghe, VP Sales & Marketing, Skyline Communications www.skyline.be For a link to a 2 page article on this subject, "Regaining operational freedom to boost operations" please click here
7	13h45	Optimizing Satellite Transmission with DVB-S2 Presented by Waylon Sun, Manager, Regional Support Center Americas www.newtec.eu
8	14h45	Evolving from Sonet to Next Generation Networks Presented by Jason Kleeh, Senior Account Manager, ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com
9	15h30	Optimizing DS-3 Bandwidth for Media Applications Presented by: Kevin L. Karch, Network Specialist, VACK inc for Nevion www.nevion.com
10	16h00	Connecting Content to Opportunity-The Need for Media Files Presented by: Brent Ross, Digital Rapids, Director of Sales www.digital-rapids.com

Theatre B

11	10h00- 12H00	ATSC M/H and Single Frequency Networks Joint presentation: Presented by George Mancuso, International Sales, Triveni Digital www.trivenidigital.com Presented by Richard Schwartz, VP of Product Management, Axcera www.axcera.com
12	13h45	Reference Video Monitors 101 Presented by: Pierre Louis Landry (MTL) & Richard Baker (TO), Business Development Manager, Incospec Communications www.incospec.com Sponsored by Tamuz www.tamuz.tv
13	14h45	Control your Surroundings, Audio Monitoring & Corrections Presented by Ian Caldwell, Corporate Sales, Ward-Beck www.ward-beck.com

Theatre C
Screening Room - Montréal Only

14	10h00 FULL	Stereoscopic TV and Post Workstation overview demo Presented by: Mark Northeast, Vice President of Sales, Quantel www.quantel.com
15	13h00 FULL	Stereoscopic TV and Post Workstation overview demo Repeat session
16	14h00	Stereoscopic TV and Post Workstation overview demo Repeat session
17	15h00	Stereoscopic TV and Post Workstation overview demo Repeat session
18	16h00	Stereoscopic TV and Post Workstation overview demo Repeat session

There is no charge for the seminars but you must register
due to limited space.