SES ULTRA HD CONFERENCE HOSTED BY TECH UK

SES ULTRA HD CONFERENCE
HOSTED BY TECH UK, 12 FEBRUARY 2015
10.00
Welcoming address
Mike Chandler, Managing Director, ASTRA (GB)
& Chris Forrester, Journalist and industry analyst
10.15
Opening address
Andrew Neil, Journalist and broadcaster
10.45
Keynote address
“4K’s market today”
GfK
Nigel Catlow, Business group director/Consumer electronics
GfK will deliver their latest 4K sales statistics, and expectations.
11.15
Coffee break
11.45
Results and implications of Plugfest
DTG
Richard Lindsay-Davies, CEO
12.15
PANEL:
“4K: Now, or wait?
This session will look at the arguments for starting 4K transmissions now/soon, or waiting for the
implementation of the EBU’s recommended Ultra-HD-1 Phase 2
EBU
BBC
Sky Deutschland
Yvonne Thomas, Project Manager-Future Television/UHD
Richard Salmon, Lead Research Engineer, BBC R&D
Stephan Heimbecher, Head of Innovations & Standards
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Keynote address
14.20
Keynote address
Dr Giles Wilson, Head of TV Compression, Ericsson
Dr Wilson is one of the TV industry’s foremost thinkers, and an acknowledged expert on video
compression.
14.45
PANEL:
“4K: It’s a reality”
Some broadcasters are already making use of 4K, not least major sports operations (FIFA and the
Olympic Games). Others are investing in 4K content today for future transmission.
Atlantic Productions
Fletcher London
Sony Professional
DivX
Chris Johns, Chief Engineer, Broadcast Strategy, Sky UK
Ruth Sessions, Director of Operations
Haydn Parnell, Manager & Chief Engineer
Peter Sykes, Strategic Technology Development Manager
Sam Orton-Jay, Director of Business Development & Strategy
15.30
Coffee break
16.00
PANEL:
“4K: The Delivery Experts”
Samsung
DTG
Cisco Systems
John Adam, Head of Business Development & Industrial Affairs
Richard Lindsay-Davies, CEO
Simon Parnall, Distinguished Engineer and Director, Chief Technology and
Architecture Office
16.45
Keynote
Thomas Wrede, VP/Reception Systems, SES
17.15
Drinks reception until 19.30