Preserving the AudioVisual Heritage – Transition and Access

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Wednesday - June 23, 2004
3:00 pm	Tour The National Film Board Mediatheque
5:30 pm	Buses Leave The Isabel Bader Theatre for Opening Reception
6:00 pm	Opening Night Reception
9:30 pm	Buses Leave Sheridan College
Thursday - June 24, 2004
7:30 am	COFFEE
8:15 am	Welcome/Orientation
9:00 am	Canadian Audiovisual Vault Inventory Report
9:30 pm	Digitally Generated Color Separation Masters
10:00 am	Use of Color Separations for Preserving Visual Metadata Information in Digital Intermediates
10:30 am	BREAK
11:00 am	Audiovisual Content in the Digital Domain – Digital Mass Storage Systems for Archives
11:00 am	ScreenSound Australia Report
11:30 am	National Library of Norway Report
12:00 pm	Library of Congress Report
12:30 pm	BREAK
2:00 pm	Disaster Avoidance and Recovery of Magnetic Tapes Key Findings From a 20-Year Study
2:30 pm	International Standards on Preservation of Information Recording Materials
3:00 pm	PrestoSpace: Preservation Toward Storage and Access Standardised Practices for Audiovisual Contents in Europe
3:30 pm	COFFEE
4:00 pm	Abandoning Analog: Digital Media: Advantages & Liabilities
4:30 pm	Abandoning Analog: Facing the Inevitable: Waving Goodbye to Analog Tape and Hello to Digital Files
5:00 pm	Abandoning Analog in the Music Recording Industry: From A Commercial Perspective
5:30 pm	Abandoning Analog: Requirements for Archiving Digital Media Content
Friday - June 25, 2004
7:30 am	COFFEE
8:30 am	Web-Based Heritage Documentation
9:00 am	An Archivist's Introduction to Digital Image Science
10:00 am	How Many Pixels In "Lawrence Of Arabia"?
10:30 am	BREAK
11:00 am	Digital Archiving Through OpenEXR
11:30 am	Digital Re-Registration of Separations
12:00 pm	Restoration of Smooth Pitch Variations Over Long Timescales - "Wow"
12:30 pm	BREAK
2:00 pm	Understanding High-Magenta, Cyan-Dye and Red LED Readers - Implications and Strategies for Optical Soundtracks
2:00 pm	Panel Presentation
3:00 pm	Panel Presentation
3:30 pm	COFFEE
4:00 pm	VisualAudio: An Optical Preservation Technique for Phonographic Recordings
4:30 pm	Policy Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects
5:00 pm	Restoration of the "Cinemascope 55" Widescreen Format
8:00 pm	SPECIAL SCREENING: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Saturday - June 26, 2004
7:30 am	COFFEE
8:30 am	Longevity of Tape and Optical Media Testing -- ISO Standards
9:00 am	Twenty Years After: Degradation Survey of a Large Collection of Optical Discs
9:30 am	Assessing Storage Environment for Mixed Media Collections: The IPI Media Storage Quick Reference
10:00 am	The Effect of Washing Films Affected by Vinegar Syndrome
10:30 am	BREAK
11:00 am	Long Term Storage of Video in the Digital World
11:00 am	DataTapes
11:30 am	Archiving on Hard Disk Drives
12:00 pm	New Ways to Migrate Video
12:30 pm	BREAK
2:00 pm	Digital Archiving Strategy for Production Archives: A Pragmatic Starting Point
2:30 pm	The Application of New Technologies for an Automated System for Audio and Video Migration
3:00 pm	Linear Uncompressed Video Archiving on High Performance Computer Tapes
3:30 pm	COFFEE
4:00 pm	FIRST – Film Restoration and Conservation Strategies
4:30 pm	Open Forum
6:00 pm - End of Day Three

Tour of the NFB Mediatheque
Wednesday, June 23 at 3:00 pm, 150 John Street, Tel.: (416) 973-3012
Meet at the Mediatheque on the ground floor

The National Film Board of Canada invites you to visit its new facility in downtown Toronto, the NFB Mediatheque. This exciting new space puts the NFB collection at the user's finger tips, offering access to over 1,000 NFB films, including many selections from the NFB's rich and vast archives. The viewing experience is state-of-the-art in custom designed Personal Viewing Stations. The NFB collection is growing every day and will ultimately offer access to over 7,000 original productions, ranging from archival materials to the most recent documentary and animation productions. The NFB Mediatheque also offers educational workshops for all ages, an intimate theatre space and a variety of other services.

A great opportunity to see NFB's new facililty!

Please RSVP to: Info@JTS2004

Opening Night Reception
6:00pm - Sheridan College

The Toronto Section of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has kindly offered to co-host the JTS Opening Night Reception as part of their Annual Summer BBQ Dinner Meeting on Wednesday June 23, 2004. This will be an excellent opportunity for JTS attendees to meet and interact with local Toronto SMPTE members. The reception will be held at Sheridan College's Trafalgar Road Campus.

The Animation Program at Sheridan College is known the world over for its creative excellence. As an added bonus at the reception, Sheridan Alumni will be available to take JTS attendees on tours of the Animation, Design and Emerging Technology buildings.

Evening festivities will begin at 6:30pm and conclude about 9:30pm. Catering is provided and sponsored by Carolyn Kinzie of Masstech Group.

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