Session Sponsored by MPEG-4 Industry Forum
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Session D:
MPEG-4 and AVC Applications
MPEG-4 is the interactive coding standard for all digital multimedia platforms, developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) -- the same group that designed MPEG-1 (including MP3 digital audio) and MPEG-2 (the digital television and DVD standard). Being object-based and extending beyond video and audio, MPEG-4 supports rich, interactive, standards-based multimedia from low bandwidths to transparent quality. MPEG-4 is an open standard, representing thousands of man-years of work shared by more than a hundred companies. It is the only open standard that can address the opportunities enabled by the digital revolution: easily deploy multimedia content for any and all platforms. If you want to use a standard for your digital multimedia, personal media, interactive media and mobile media interests, MPEG-4 is your only choice. This session will bring you updates and insight into MPEG-4 on Mobile Devices, the latest MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 video compression, and Object Oriented Interactivity from several industry leaders - members of the MPEG-4 Industry Forum. M4IF represents more than 100 companies from diverse industries evenly distributed across North America, Europe and Asia, addressing MPEG-4 adoption issues that go beyond the charter of ISO/IEC MPEG. Activities of the forum include a long running and established interoperability program, certification, several working groups, access to ISO/MPEG committee members, and an annual conference (WEMP-4). For more information visit: http://www.m4if.org.
David Price, Vice President, Business Development, Harmonic Data Systems
Shawn Ambawni, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Nextreaming
Jeff Cooper, Worldwide Program Manager, Compression Technologies, Thomson, Moderator
Speakers to be announced
Jeffrey Cooper is Worldwide R&D Compression Program Manager and Te
chnical Adviser for Thomson where he is responsible for the research strategy for audio and video compression R&D. In addition, he manages a team in Thomson's lab in Princeton, NJ, focused on video compression R&D and applications. In these roles he helps position Thomson in the area of advanced compression products and technologies. Previously, Cooper was the manager of DVD product development for Thomson. He began his career at Thomson developing early video compression systems and then designing custom MPEG2 ICs for digital satellite and terrestrial receiver products. He was lead designer for Thomson's first HD MPEG2 decoder IC. Cooper received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Ohio University and his master's degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University. He is a member of the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).David Price is Vice President, Business Development at Harmonic Inc., based in Sunnyvale, California where he has been instrumental in pioneering Harmonic's leading position in digital video broadcast, distribution and IP based delivery technologies. David was previously Vice-President with TV/COM International (formerly Oak Communications), where he was responsible for Sales and Sales Operations. Originally from the UK, David came to the US as Vice President of M/A-COM Linkabit, now Hughes Network Systems. David has over 19 years experience in the telecommunications industry during which he has successfully carried out executive management responsibilities in sales, engineering and operations and general management functions for satellite and terrestrial based communications technology providers. David has written many articles for trade publications and journals around the world and has also appeared on a number of business television and radio programs in the US, Europe and the Middle East. David has lectured at UCSD and is a frequent guest speaker at many of the world's leading symposiums on advanced communications technology. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the MPEG Industry Forum and was selected this year as one of the "Euro 50" by Cable & Satellite Europe. Originally, an electronics engineer on the design team of the worlds first CAT scan system, he graduated from CIT with a Fellowship MBA and has an Honors Bachelor's degree in Cybernetics, Instrument Physics and Mathematics.