Conference Program

The BMSB 2015 program booklet is available in PDF format: download.

Wednesday, June 17

  • 09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Session 1 @ Refter
    • Welcome to the BMSB 2015 Symposium by Wout Joseph, Conference Chair
    • iMinds as pioneer in multimedia, networking, and broadcasting by Piet Verhoeve, Lead ICON iMinds - slides
    • The network engineer in a box: from Engineer defined networking to Software defined networking by Lieven Vermaele, CEO & co-founder SDN Square, Belgium
    • BTS and Its Members' Contributions to Future Broadcasting by Bill Hayes, Iowa Public Television/BTS president, USA
    • ATSC 3.0: Next Generation Broadcast Television by Richard Chernock, ATSC TG3 chair, CSO Triveni Digital, USA - slides
  • 10:30 - 11:00 Tea/Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 12:25 Parallel Technical Sessions 1-3:
  • 12:25 - 14:00 Lunch
  • 14:00 - 15:40 Parallel Technical Sessions 4-6:
  • 15:40 - 15:55 Tea/Coffee Break
  • 15:55 - 17:35 Parallel Technical Sessions 7-9:
  • 18:30 - iMinds/GOLD Social Event @ brewery Gruut:
    • Guided tour, beer tasting and dinner
    • First 120 registrations only!

 

Thursday, June 18

  • 09:00 - 10:40 Plenary Session 2 @ Refter
    • Challenges in delivering novel media experiences over current-generation networks by prof. Peter Quax, University of Hasselt/iMinds, Belgium
    • The future role of broadcast in a world of wireless broadband by prof. Ulrich H. Reimers, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany - slides
    • Broadcast at the Crossroads by Peter Siebert, DVB Project, Switzerland- slides
  • 10:40 - 10:55 Tea/Coffee Break
  • 10:55 - 12:35 Parallel Technical Sessions 10-12:
  • 12:35 - 14:00 Lunch
  • 14:00 - 15:40 Parallel Technical Sessions 13-15:
  • 15:40 - 15:55 Tea/Coffee Break
  • 15:55 - 17:35 Poster Session @ Kloostergang Noord
  • 19:00 - Gala Dinner @ Oude Vismijn

 

Friday, June 19