1st FP7 Networked Media Concertation Meeting (Spring 2008)
The Concertation Meeting will be organised in two days 16-17 April. On the first day the four paralell clusters will meet as indicated in the respective agendas. All cluster meetings will take place at the Tivoli Marinotel. The Concertation plenary will take place 17 April at the Vila Galé Marina Hotel.
Both hotels are located next to each other as depicted below:
Draft agenda
Venue Day 1 – Cluster meetings (16th April)
Tivoli Marinotel
8125-901 Vilamoura Codex P - 8125-901 Vilamoura
- User Centric Media Cluster (agenda)
- Media Delivery Platforms Cluster (agenda)
- A/V search cluster (agenda)
- 3D cluster (agenda)
Venue Day 2 – Plenary Session (17th April, 09:00-18:00)
Vila Galé Marina
Av. Da Marina, lote H-2 P - 8125-401 Vilamoura
Chair: Bartolomé Arroyo-Fernández, European Commission
Welcome and news from the EC by Luis Rodriguez-Roselló, Head of Networked Media Systems Unit
- Programme implementation issues
- Workprogramme preparation (2009-2010)
- Main events: NEM Summit 2008, ICT 2008
Keynote address: Audio Research Challenges, by Hugues Vinet Scientific Director of IRCAM (l'Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique)
Keynote address: "Software + Services" concept: Expanding Media services, by José Fernandes, Director do Dept. de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento e Academias, Microsoft Portugal
Keynote address: Current issues and new trends in Spectrum Management, by Jaime Afonso Portugal Regulatory Authority ANACOM
Keynote address: Quaero: an industrial research program on Multimedia Search and Navigation, by Pieter van der Linden, Quaero Project leader
Keynote address: Trends in Adaptive Video Coding, by Garry Sullivan, Programme Manager video technologies & standards, Microsoft Corp.
Presentations of main project results and lessons learnt:
- Project ESTIA - Enhanced Networked Architecture for Personalised Provision of AV Content within the Home Environment, by Lars Dittmann
- Project SUIT - Scalable, Ultra-fast and Interoperable Interactive Television, by Antonio Navarro
- Project ASTRALS - Audio-visual STReaming plAtform for domestic Leisure and Security, by Theodore Zahariadis
- Project AGAVE - A liGhtweight Approach for Viable End-to-end IP-based QoS Services, by Oscar González
- Project PORTIVITY - Portable Interactivity, by Gerhard Stoll
- Project C-MOBILE - Advanced MBMS for the Future Mobile World, by Filipe Cabral Pinto
Short presentations of the new FP7 projects:
- Project OPTIMIX - Optimisation of multimedia over wireless IP links via X-layer design, by Catherine Lamy
- Project SALA +, Support Action for a European and Latin America Strategic Cooperation on Networked Media R&D, by Antonio Alfaro
- Project 3DPresence by Leonardo Lizcano
Reports by the clusters' chairs:
- User Centric Media by Petros Daras
- Media Delivery Platforms Cluster, by Theodore Zahariadis
- A/V search cluster, by Jean-Charles Point
- 3D cluster, by elected chairperson (16/4/08)
Round table on "Clustering in the Networked Media ICT research area" with the participation of cluster's chairpersons.
Closure of the plenary session.
Any comment to the draft agenda or to the concertation & clustering activity? Please send your contributions to : infso-networked-media(at)ec-europa.eu