Presence and IntComm WG

This may be of interest to some on this list.

-c


Please mark your calendars for ViDe 2006, the 8th Annual SURA/ViDe Digital
Video Conference March 27-30, 2006.  Hold those dates and plan to attend.

This conference has become recognized as the essential annual learning event
in collaborative audio/video conferencing, streaming video, and
storing/serving video-on-demand.  Conference content will include examples
of digital video projects in the research and education community and
information on big video, SIP migration, H.264, video preservation, new
conferencing technologies, K-12 applications, technology in the medical
community, real time collaboration, firewalls, public broadcasting, voice
over IP, open-source interactive media, digital libraries, and search
engines. There will also be a general session to hear from the exhibitors.

In addition, two post-conference workshops will be offered on Thursday,
March 30:
- Advanced Topics in Audio/Video Conferencing
- Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Training and/or Big Video

The 2006 conference will be held at Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center
in Atlanta, Georgia  (http://www.gatechhotel.com ).  More details will become
available at:  http://www.vide.net/conferences/spr2006 .

Don't miss this event of the year for video applications in the research and
education community!

- The ViDe 2006 Conference Planning Committee

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About ViDe

Formed in 1998, ViDe (Video Development Initiative, http://www.vide.net ) is
an international organization with the mission to promote the development and
deployment of digital video technologies in research and higher education. 
ViDe's working groups:

- Developed the highly acclaimed Video Conferencing Cookbook, now in its 
fourth revision;
- Led H.323 deployment in higher education with the Large Scale Video Network 
Prototype;
- Developed the globally deployed ViDeNet H.323 network;
- Provided the underlying architecture for the Internet2 Commons;
- Developed a metadata application profile for digital video description and 
access, the most recent version using MPEG-7;
- Continue to provide H.323 leadership through their work in the development 
of video middleware including the recent release of a new videoconferencing 
standard, ITU H.350.

Dan Kniesner
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland Oregon 97239

 
503-494-3216
fax 503-494-3227
(ViDe planning committee lead)