AAF Technology Awareness Event
Friday – 21 February 2003

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
66 Portland Place
London W1B 1AD
United Kingdom

Programme

9:00am

Registration - Breakfast Beverages

9:30am

Overview of Advanced Authoring Format & the AAF Association

Brad Gilmer, Executive Director, AAF Association

10:15am

AAF, MXF and Zero Divergence Doctrine

Nick Wells, Pro-MPEG Forum Chairman

10:30am

A Technical Introduction to the Advanced Authoring Format

		Oliver Morgan, Metaglue
		Phil Tudor, BBC

11:30am

Stretch Break

11:45am

Tutorial(s) - AAF Use Cases and Demonstrations
AAF Manufacturers describe what they will show in the demonstrations and why it is important.

Case Examples:

		Super EDL Exchange
		Graphics
		Color Correction
		Desktop to On-line

12:45pm
OR
2:15pm*

Lunch (on your own)

12:45pm
OR
2:15pm*

Demos: Real-World Demonstrations of AAF in Action
AAF Manufacturers' demonstrations of AAF in action, working between multiple vendors

3:45pm

Choice of Breakout Sessions:

An Introduction to the AAF Specification and SDK

James Cain, Quantel Ltd

This session is intended for programmers and application developers who want to learn more about the specifications and code behind the AAF Software Developers Kit.

Incorporating AAF into the Post Production Facility
Panel discussion of architecture, workflow and content management

4:45pm

Panel discussion and Q&A
Vendors and AAF board members answer audience questions

5:30pm

Adjournment

*To offer a quality session for all attendees, two identical demonstrations will be conducted. Half the group will attend the first demonstration while their colleagues go to lunch. The first group will go to lunch while the others attend the demonstration.

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