2010 SMPTE Tech Conference & Expo - Call for Papers

SMPTE Call for Papers
2010 SMPTE Tech Conference and Exhibition
Hollywood, CA October 26-28, 2009

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is seeking proposals for technical papers and tutorials for the 2010 SMPTE Technical Conference & Exhibition. Proposed papers must be informational in nature and must address technical theory, research, application, or practice associated with technologies relevant to the Motion Imaging Industry.

Technical Topics to consider:
- MXF Implementation
- IPTV
- File Based Workflows
- Broadband Content Delivery
- Broadcast Facility IP Data Exchange (e.g. BXF)
- Digital audio implementation issues, including loudness variations and lip-sync errors
- Opportunities and challenges for mobile video services
- Next generation digital infrastructure in an end-of-analog world
- New technologies and architectures for improved workflow efficiency
- Beyond HD - 1080p60 3G infrastructure
- Digital Intermediates: Process, advancements and case studies
- Stereoscopic 3D Imaging, processing, distribution and display
- Digital Cinema Exhibition: servers, content storage, networks and scheduling
- Digital Cinema Production and Post Production: processes and workflow
- Image Acquisition for filmmaking, broadcast news, studio production and sports
- Wide bandwidth infrastructure: 1080p50/60, 4K and beyond
- Animation: new techniques and process
- Advancements in film technologies: film stocks, restoration techniques
- Electronic Display technologies: Plasma, LCD, LCoS, OLED's, laser
- Color management, interchange, correction techniques
- Metadata and file management
- IP Content networks, transport, architectures, standards and applications
- Content security, rights management, watermarking
- Digital audio for cinema, broadcast and gaming
- Consumer technologies: HD deployment, transmission, home networking
- Historical topics on early filmmaking, animation and television technologies
- Content management, storage, archiving, and retrieval

Student Papers are strongly encouraged.

To Submit an Abstract
Interested parties are invited to submit a one-page abstract (no more than 150 words) Including topic heading, paper title, delivery method (presentation, video clip, demonstration), a brief description of the proposed paper's content, name of author/presenter, company, mailing address, telephone/fax numbers, and e-mail address no later than June 30, 2010.

Previously published, product-specific, or promotional papers will not be considered.

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Authors will be notified regarding the status of their submitted abstracts no later than July 16, 2010

To ensure suffieicent time for SMPTE to process papers for at the conference, selected speakers are required to provide an electronic version of the final technical paper to SMPTE no later than September 17, 2010.

Please note: A technical paper manuscript is required from all 2010 SMPTE Tech Conference presenters.