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WORKSHOP ON “RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR HOME AND EXTENDED HOME NETWORKING”
Brussels – 28 June 2006
The International Auditorium
Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5
1210 Bruxelles
Tel: +32 2 2240254
http://www.theinternationalauditorium.be
Tentative Agenda
Final report: Hervé Rannou
09:00 - 09:30: Registration
Introductory session : This session will sketch the road ahead for Networked Audiovisual Media. What are the challenges ahead in FP7 and which technologies and services will be integrated in the future extended home environment? What are the key challenges that European networked audiovisual industry will face in the future to become more competitive and to improve the quality of life and maximize economic growth and skilled employment in Europe? What are the new services for an improved user lifestyle?
09:30 - 09:40: Introduction and welcome: Perspectives for future R&D on ICT
Luis Rodriguez-Rosello, Head of Networked Media Systems Unit Director of Network and Communication Technologies, DG Information Society Technologies and Media
09:40 -10:00: Challenges and Vision from the NEM European Technology Platform
Andrew Oliphant, BBC Technology Group, UK
10:00 – 10:20: Sven and the personal media portal
Frank Reichert, Prof. Mobile Communication Systems, Høgskolan i Agder University, NO
10:20 – 10:40: Challenges in Content Management when Home and Mobile Connect
Hans Van Gageldonk, Philips Research Eindhoven, NL
10:40 – 11:00: Coffee break
1st Session: Services and solutions by service and network operators and the implication for future research. In a context where home is no more restricted to the walls of the house, how to ensure seamless provision of services? What are the solutions to ensure proper security and management? What are the implications of the explosion of content and of content sources on networks and services? How to adapt the content to user wishes? What are the future AV distribution models and what are the research needs in the area?
11:00 – 11:20: Wireless technologies for production and distribution of audiovisual services
Mike Ellis, BBC, UK and Alex Ashley, NDS, UK
11:20 – 11:40: The Home as a Gateway for User Created Content Sharing
Petros Belimpasakis, Nokia, FI
11:40 – 12.00: What are the frontiers of multimedia networking at home and elsewhere?
Pierre-Yves Danet, France Telecom R&D, FR
12:00 - 12:20: Home 2.0
Jose Jimenez, Telefonica Investigacion y desarollo ES
12.20 – 13:30: Lunch
Session 2: Implementation and business challenges: The perspective of Industry Associations. Convergence of audiovisual services requires strong interoperability between devices. On which basis will the devices reach interoperability, what are the areas where improvement is necessary ?
13:30 – 13:50: A DSL Forum and Service Provider's View of Home Networking
David Thorne, DSL Forum/BT, UK
13:50 – 14:10: Extended home environment: the Home Gateway Initiative challenges
Luca Giacomello, Home Gateway Initiative/Telecom Italia, IT
14:10 – 14:30: The OSGi Alliance and its technology in the networked home
Susan Schwarze, OSGi Alliance / ProSyst Software, DE
14:30 – 14:50: Convergence of audio/visual services (TV, Video Telephony, Gaming) in a networked world
Thorsten Herfet, INTEL, DE
14:50 - 15:10: Coffee break
Session 3: Innovative applications, equipment and systems in the extended home. What are the next steps of convergence at home? How to gather, store, retrieve and reuse the audiovisual content in on a seamless manner on different devices at home and when on the move? What are the new applications that will emerge from the widespread of RFID in the home environment? How will brown and white goods seamlessly integrate? What are the main research axes in the area?
15:10 – 15:30: Innovations for an extended home
Ludger Marwitz, Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices DE
15:30 – 15:50: Seamless Information Access within and Beyond the Home
David Bonnefoy, Motorola Labs Paris, FR
15:50 – 16:10: Consumer access to content in extended Home scenario
Hamid Amir-Alikhani, Panasonic, DE
16:10 – 16:30: Service delivery challenges in home networks
Willem Acke, Alcatel, BE
16:30 – 17:15: Panel Discussion, with
F. Castanié, TeSA, FR
Willem Acke, Alcatel, BE
Hamid Amir-Alikhani, Panasonic, DE
Andrew Oliphant, BBC Technology Group, UK
Luca Giacomello, Home Gateway Initiative/Telecom Italia, IT
16:50-17:00: Conclusions