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Every day, content creators throughout the industry use AAF and MXF technology to streamline the way they exchange digital media and metadata between platforms, systems and applications. |
Attend this AAF Association-sponsored event that brings together production and post-production experts, vendors and users to explore the value of AAF and MXF technology. This event will demonstrate how these formats contribute to improved efficiency and cost savings.
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Attend one or both days to learn from jam-packed educational sessions, technical demonstrations, and user and manufacturer panel discussions. Real-world industry implementations of AAF will be featured as well as the premiere of a new compliance program and availability of the AAF Edit Protocol. Additionally, the program will focus on the integration of MXF in AAF-complete with technical examples!
Representatives from major industry companies will address issues of metadata and AAF/MXF workflows, compliance, implementation and product plans. Speakers will describe AAF/MXF from a technical standpoint and illustrate actual metadata workflows in process today. Learn how users and manufacturers are working together on solutions to improve metadata workflow, reduce re-keying of critical information and save money.
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Ron Ames Executive Producer The Basement Tim Bingham Principal Engineer - Metadata Toolkits Avid Technology, Inc. Responsible for: AAF Toolkit architecture. Stephane Blondin Snell & Wilcox Jim DeFilippis Senior Vice President and Principle Engineer, Digital Television Technologies and Standards FOX Technology Group Responsible for: Seeking out and exploring new digital technologies, assessing their impact to our television business, and enabling the adoption of new technologies and standards. Paul Devine Senior Software Engineer SAIC Responsible for: Providing support for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Motion Imagery Standards Board, which standardizes the format of geospatial-enabled reconnaissance motion imagery, and lead development of the Aerial Surveillance and Photogrammetry Application profile of AAF. Thomas Edwards Senior Manager, Interconnection Engineering PBS Responsible for: Engineering management of the PBS Next Generation Interconnection System. Gary Morse FOX Technology Group Adam Gerstel VSFX Editor The Basement Brad Gilmer Executive Director AAF Association, Inc. Responsible for: Management of the AAF Association’s operations and future direction. Sam Gustman Library of Congress Ultan Henry Dark Matter |
Mike Kanfer Digital Production Evangelist Adobe Systems - Los Angeles Responsible for: Promoting the use of Adobe in HD, film, and rich media. Robert Legato Director The Basement Oliver Morgan President Metaglue Corporation One of the principal architects of AAF and MXF. Founder of Metaglue Corporation. Jon Pannaman Chief Technology Officer Quantel Inc. Responsible for: All aspects of Engineering/R and D representative for Quantel in North America. Wes Plate President Automatic Duck, Inc. Responsibility for: As president and co-founder of the company, Plate heads the company. Jacob Rosenberg Independent Filmmaker, Author Responsible for: Continuing to push projects through the bleeding edge of technology. John Shike Vice President Marketing and Channel Management Snell & Wilcox Responsible for: All aspects of marketing and channel management. Clyde Smith Senior Vice President, Broadcast Engineering, R&D, Quality Assurance & Metrics Turner Broadcasting System Phil Tudor Senior Research Engineer BBC Research Head of Engineering for AAF Association. Responsible for technical direction of Association. Cliff Wong Senior Staff Engineer Walt Disney Imagineering R&D Responsible for: Investigating software-based technologies within the research and development arm of the Walt Disney Company in order to identify and/or develop new ways of handling content more effectively between its departments, divisions and vendors. |
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Tim Bingham Avide Technology, Inc. |
Paul Devine SAIC |
Mike Kanfer Adobe Systems |
Brad Gilmer AAF Association |
Oliver Morgan Metaglue | ||||
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Wes Plate Automatic Duck, Inc. |
Jacob Rosenberg Independent Filmmaker/Author |
Clyde Smith Turner Broadcasting System |
Phil Tudor BBC Research |
Thomas Edwards PBS |
Schedule of Events & Conference Sessions
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Tuesday, July 11th |
Wednesday, July 12th | |
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5:30 - 7:00 pm AAF Association Education Session R Introduction to the Advanced Authoring Format and the Material eXchange Format R Using AAF and MXF technology R BBC production use case 7:00 - 7:30 pm Refreshment Break R Cash bar and complimentary hors d’oeuvres 7:30 - 8:30 pm Interoperability Demonstrations R AAF and MXF interoperability demonstrations with Adobe, Automatic Duck (AAF for Final Cut Pro), Avid, BBC Research, Metaglue, Quantel, Snell & Wilcox, Sony and others |
9:00 - Noon Panel Discussions R Panel Discussions with speakers from studios, facilities, broadcasters and manufacturers R Application design with AAF and MXF Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 - 6:00 pm AAF and MXF Engineering Topics for Facilities Engineers R
Custom Editorial Workflow for Commercial Production: R
AAF/MXF technical overview and status report: R
Metadata, MXF and AAF: R Content search & retrieval: Stephane Blondin, Snell & Wilcox R Metadata at FOX: Jim DeFilippis and Gary Morse, FOX R
AAF and MXF From Green Light to Broadcast: R
Metadata Goals for Long Term Preservation: R Motion Imagery Profiles using AAF: Paul Devine, SAIC, National Geospatial Agency/Motion Imagery Standards Board |
The public is welcome-pre-registration is required. Complete event, conference, hotel, and registration information is available at http://www.aafassociation.org/.
R $75.00 — Tuesday, July 11th Event only
R $125.00 — Tuesday Event & Wednesday Conference
This event will be held at the
Hilton Burbank Airport
& Conference Center
2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505
Tel: +1-818-843-6000
Attend for Free! Paid registrants who wish to join the AAF Association will receive a discount on their membership fee in the amount of this event registration fee. Find out more about AAF membership at www.aafassociation.org.
About the AAF Association, Inc.™
The AAF Association was formed in 2000 to be the forum where users and manufacturers develop open interchange solutions that solve real-world business problems and create new business opportunities for content creation, production, post-production and rich media authoring.
Office: 436 N. Westfield Road,
Madison, WI 53717
Tel: +1-608-833-9655
Website: http://www.aafassociation.org/
Questions? Contact Barbara
Main at +1-608-833-9655 or
[email protected].