The Programme of the Conference and Business-seminars

Conference chairman - Y.I.Pripachkin, General Director, "Electronic Moscow"
Co-chairman: V.G.Makoveev, Executive Director, Cable TV Association of Russia
Co-chairman: Martin Salter, IBC conference chairman

10 FEBRUARY, Tuesday

Conference-hall between pavilions 4 and 4А

Digital TV Broadcasting

13.15 - 13.30	IBC sessions review.	Martin Salter, IBC conference chairman
13.30 - 14.00	The future of broadcasting.	Philip Laven, Technical Director European Broadcasting Union
14.00 - 18.00	The conference of Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN). Digital technologies in Russia: their influence on the perspectives of development of the market of content and cable TV networks. Chaired by: G.I.Sklyar - General Director, RTRN S.I.Bunyaev - Director of the federal centre of teleradioprogrammes distribution, RTRN

11 FEBRUARY, Wedneday

Big hall (pavilion 17)

Consumer Experience

Chairmen:
Martin T Salter - IBC conference chairman
S.I.Nikanorov - head of production and technical department (the Ministry for Press, TV and Radio Broadcasting and Means of Mass Communication of Russia

11.00 - 11.25	The experience of operating Wi-Fi spots	Alexander Grigoriev Comset / Intel Communications
11.25 - 11.50	TV-Any: Metadata for PDR consumers	EVAIN Jean-Pierre, Technical Department European Broadcasting Union
11.50 - 12.15	Media applications in broadband access systems	K.E. Saltykov Manager, Department of the Development of Brodband Access Systems, MTU-Inform
12.15 - 12.40	Digital media: Out of the study and into the lounge - and beyond	Simon Perry, Publisher Digital-Lifestyles.info

Digital TV Broadcasting

Chairmen:
K.I. Kukk - Vice-President, "Telecom"
K.Z.Kochuashvili - Technical director, NTV plus

13.00 - 13.25	The UK's digital TV revolution: why ITVDigital didn't add up, and why FreeView is home free.	Adrian Scott, Director The Bakewell House Consultancy
13.25 - 13.50	The experience of the organization of broadcasting and of the operation of the digital satellite equipment	K.Z.Kochuashvili, Technical Director, NTV plus B.A. Lokshin, Technical director, Skolkovo
13.50 - 14.15	Broadcast Terrorism: Keeping the Intruders Out	Reto Brader, EMEA General Manager, Pixelmetrix Corporation
14.15 - 14.40	Multicast TV and IPTV. Viaccess current and future solutions for TV on demand over IP	Stephane Pradinaud, Area Sales Manager, Russia, VIACCESS S.A.
14.40 - 15.05	The experience of introduction and implementation of digital TV services of DVB-C standard	Alexandr Kosarev, Technical Director, Versatel
15.05 - 15.30	CA system - a long term investment	Jean-Claude Auch, Nagravision
15.30 - 15.55	Yes!!! Video over IP...	Mike Bennett, Regional Sales Manager EMEA PATH 1

Digital Radio

Small Hall (pavilion 17)
Chairman:
Armen Oganesyan - chairman of RGRK "The Voice of Russia"

10.30 - 10.55	State of digital radio in November 2003 and its influence on radio in Great Britain	Jeff Cohen, World Radio Network
10.55 - 11.25	Digital Radio. Pros and cons	Glyn Jones, Director of Operations at Digital One, WorldDAB Forum
11.25 - 11.50	DAB Experimental Zone for St. Petersburg	Dr. Valery Konichev, Associated Professor, Research and Development Director Dr. Alexander Pasmurov, Sales Director, A. Popov Institute for Radio Broadcasting Reception and Acoustics
11.50 - 12.20	Digital Radio Mondiale: The saviour of AM radio?	Peter Gordon, Programme Manager Digitalisation, VT Merlin Communications
12.20 - 12.45	Ideology of digital radio reception	Sergei Komarov, Director, Radiobroadcasting Technologies

Multiservice Networks

Chairmen:
N.N.Repin - Director of the department of the data transfer networks , Systema-Telecom
N.I. Lihachev - Deputy head of department of the government of Moscow on transport and communication

13.00 - 13.25	Multi-service advanced technology application on the basis of Comstar NGN	Igor A. Pikuzo, Deputy Commercial Director,Comstar
13.25 - 13.50	Implementation of IP networks for TV broadcasting.	Alexandr Naumov, Head of the Department of Development, General Satellite Corporation
13.50 - 14.15	Expansion of a spectrum of services for broadband networks access on basis ADSL	Alexander Mikoyan, ALCATEL
14.15 - 14.40	The implemitation of IP technologies in building of HFC networks	Andrey Leontiev Comcor - TV
14.40 - 15.05	Analysis of technologies for multi-service broadband networks	Vitaly Agarev, V-LUX
15.05 - 15.30	The Effective Construction Model of a Multiservice Wideband Local Loop Network in the city of Moscow	Nickolai A. Dubkov, Deputy General Director, Moscow city radiobroadcasting network (MRBN) Leonid A. Afanasyev, Deputy Chief, the MRBN Central wired broadcasting station
15.30 - 16.30	business - seminar	Comstar

Electronic Moscow

Hall between pavilions 4 and 4А
Charman:
Yury Igorevich Pripachkin - General Director, "Electronic Moscow"

11.00 - 11.25	The results of State Target Programme "Electronic Moscow"	Yury Igorevich Pripachkin - General Director, Electronic Moscow
11.25 - 11.50	The role of the experts committee on the realization of "E-Moscow" programme	I.A.Sokolov, the Institute of Information, the Russian Academy of Sciences
11.50 - 12.15	Environment of electronic inraction in the "Electronic Moscow" programme	U.E.Khokhlov, The Institute of the Development of Information Society
12.15 - 12.40	Standard-legal backing in the "Electronic Moscow" programme	S.V.Orlov, Deputy, Moscow State Duma
12.40 - 13.00	Information security in the "Electronic Moscow" project	I.L.Dmitriev, Electronic Moscow

Business - Seminars

13.00 - 13.30	Discovery Networks Europe - 2004 programming	Discovery Networks
13.30 - 14.00	End-to-End Solutions for Digital TV	Systems HARMONIC Inc., Jean-Pierre Mace
14.00 - 14.30	Development of DVB-S2 standard	SCOPUS NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, Jan Mostovoy
14.30 - 15.00	Secure access based on open standards	SCM MICROSYSTEMS Martin Kaufmann
15.00 - 16.00	The best tools for 3D modelling and animation. 3ds Max 6 - new functions.	Descreet Michael Kuhn
16.00 - 17.00	Modern means of Post Production. Combustion 3 - new functions.	Descreet, Michael Kuhn
17.00 - 17.30	Presentation of Betacavi company	Betacavi

12 FEBRUARY, THURSDAY

Production, Archives and Implementation of Audio/Video Data

Small hall (pavilion 17)
Chairmen: Serguey E.Maximov - VNIITR general director
Guennady K. Katchalov - VGTRK, Directorate of technical Development, Director

10.30 - 10.55	Essentials of managment of motion toward digital technologies	Guennady K. Katchalov VGTRK, Directorate of technical Development, Director
10.55 - 11.20	Digital Asset Management: a technology which is coming of age	Adrian Scott, Principal, The Bakewell House Consultancy
11.20 - 11.45	Distributed AV storage Integration	Alexander Peregudov, General Director, D.I.P. St.-Petersburg
11.45 - 12.10	Digital Archive Liberation - Building the Future from the Past	Dave Bancroft, Manager, Advanced Technology, Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions, UK
12.10 - 12.35	Choosing the digital route: Archival film preservation and the reconstruction of Sergei M. Eisenstein's 'Que viva Mexico!'	Lutz Becker, Producer
12.35 - 13.00	Break
13.00 - 13.25	Audiovisual Archives: Enrichment of Semantic Metadata Based on Interactions with User Associations	K.F.Glasman, The St.-Petersburg state university of cinema and TV
13.25 - 13.50	The latest news about media data compression and wrapping for files exchange and archiving purposes	Ekaterina Petoukhova, Regional Director Eastern Europe and CIS, Snell & Wilcox Ltd.
13.50 - 14.15	Future Program Production: TV and IT - Will One Technology Replace the Other?	Dr. Juergen Heitmann, Owner/President, AV Media Technology
14.15 - 14.40	Low-cost systems for nonlinear editing and automation of broadcasting	Victor Shpil, Elogar
14.40 - 15.05	DV format and low-cost production	Sergey A Demchenko, Pinnacle Systems Product Manager, ProVideoSystems
15.05 - 15.30	Practical solutions for HD	Mikhail Aranyshev, APPLE

Development of Cable Television

Big Hall (Pavilion 17)
Chairmen: V.G.Makoveev - Executive Director, Cable TV Association of Russia (AKTR)
E.N.Ukhanov - General Director, ESTA company; Vice-President of AKTR

10.30 - 10.55	The basic tendencies in the development of cable television and multiservice networks	Vladimir G. Makoveev, Executive Director, АКТR
10.55 - 11.20	Profit rise of interactive cable networks by means of introducing additional services	Alexander Pyavkin, Leading engineer, "TelCo Group"
11.20 - 11.45	Providing interactive services in cable networks. Management and reservation.	Vladimir Spirin, Technical Director, "Vimcom Optic TS"
11.45 - 12.10	Advancing 1550 nm Technology for Cable TV Distribution	Iain Drummond, Director, Product Marketing, Yuri Iofin, Manager, Network Design, Harmonic Inc
12.10 - 12.30	Break
12.30 - 12.55	Realization of the "last mile'' for the construction of the multiservice network in the complex of low-current systems for Kurkino residential area in Moscow.	Alexey N. Kotov, Vice-President Victor M. Kaufman, top manager of the project, Televic
12.55 - 13.20	The multiservice access system based on CATV network of the "KOSTROMA TELECOM" company	Stanislav Kolgatin, General Director, Contur-M
13.20 - 13.45	The review of the equipment and solutions for the organization of digital TV in cable networks	Alexander V. Anufriev, Director of the Digital Broadcasting Department, SYRUS SYSTEMS
13.45 - 14.10	Production of equipment for cable television. Russian experience.	Alexey Shishov, General manager, V-Lux
14.10 - 14.30	Features of construction Fiber-Optic Communication lines in structure GVKS	Alexey L. Ermilov - head of project department Alexey M. Komarov - senior engineer, Fiber-Optic Technology company
14.30 - 16.10	Panel discussion "Content and legal issues in cable networks and other multichannel broadcasting systems"	Chaired by V.G.Makoveev and V.V.Lazutkin

Business-Seminars

Hall between pavilions 4 and 4А

10.30 - 11.00	Interactive TV - the future in Belarus	Telemix
11.00 - 11.30	WDM Technology and Applications in CATV	Serguei Lakham, HARMONIC
11.30 - 12.00	Business and Operational aspects of CA implementation in Central and Eastern Europe	CONAX
12.00 - 12.30	How to achieve success in the field of commercial digital TV	NDS
12.30 - 13.00	Modern services in cable television networks: interactive teletext system, cable pay-tv system and other information systems. Contemporary measurement technologies in cable television networks.	PPH ELMIER
13.00 - 15.00	Technical seminar, dedicated to telecom solutions of ST MICROELECTRONICS	ST MICROELECTRONICS
15.00 - 16.00	News on the market of the switching equipment	Kramer Electronics
16.00 - 17.00	Presentation of RBC - TV channel	RBC - TV
17.00 - 17.30	Seamless introduction of Ethernet overlaid network in HFC architecture	Savek Stanowski, Vector

13 FEBRUARY, FRIDAY

Broadband Satellite Service. Always in Touch.

Hall between pavilions 4 and 4А
Chairmen: M.M.Simonov - the first Deputy of General Director, the Institute of Radio (NIIR)
N.U.Orlov - editor-in-chief of Telesputnik magazine

10.30 - 10.55	The concept of development of a national satellite grouping the nearest 10 years	M.M. Simonov, the first Deputy of General Director, NIIR
10.55 - 11.20	Combination of direct satellite broadcast with the double-sided INTERNET	Lev J. Kantor, NIIR
11.20 - 11.45	Prospects for the use of new Express-AM series satellites to provide up-to-date communications and broadcasting services	Andrey V. Mekhanik, Deputy Director General for Corporate Development, Russian Satellite Communications Company
11.45 - 12.10	Prospects of development of satellite TV broadcasting based on "Yamal-200" satellites capacity	Andrey V. Shestakov, First Deputy General Director, GASCOM
12.10 - 12.30	Creation of a digital satellite distributive network of broadcasting in the Omsk region. Prospects of development.	Peter L.Nevskiy, Committee on affairs for TV and Radio broadcast and means of Mass communications in the Omsk region Sergey N. Svirkin, Omsk Satellite Communications company
12.30 - 12.55	MOBILE TELEMEDICAL LABORATORY - the first step for cooperation of two sciences - communication and medicine.	Alexander Bogatkin, Director of telecommunications department, Elogar
12.55 - 13.20	Application of multithreshold algorithms in channels with the big noise level	Valery V. Zolotaryov, leading expert, Yury B. Zubarev, General Director, NIIR