The Digital Media Project

Information on 15th DMP General Assembly (GA15)

Announcement

The 15th General Assembly (GA14) of the Digital Media Project will be held on 2007/07/18-20 at

To get directions to the meeting venue: http://www.cedeo.net/ under About us/How to Reach Us.

If you intend to attend the DMP events please note the following

• Communicate your intention to attend a DMP event to the DMP Secretariat (secretariat@dmpf.org) by 10th of July
• Attendance at the DMP General Assembly is reserved to
  • DMP members
  • Non members attending as part of a member's contingent.

Objectives

The principal objectives of the meeting are:

1. IDP specification
   1. Approval of IDP-3.0 all ADs from AD #1 to AD #9
   2. Identification of any missing technologies
2. Chillout
   1. Assessment of where we are and plans for where we want to be
   2. Promotion and support to deployment
3. Appoint the DMP Content Registration Authority based on the Board of Directors analysis of the responses to the Call for Participation

Proposed Agenda

Travel information

Please use any map service on the web, e.g. http://www.mappy.com/. E.g., if you want to know how to go from Turin Caselle Airport to the meeting venue just type the following data:

If you want to go from the City centre of Turin to the meeting venue just type the following data:

Internet access (both LAN and WiFi) will be available for the entire duration of the meeting.

Hotel reservation

Staying in Turin is the preferred solution for those who aim to have an experience of the old capital of the "Kingdom of Sardinia" that unified Italy almost 150 years ago and has been thoroughly renovated from its past of "Italian Detroit" on the occasion of the past Winter Olympics. You can find a list of hotels at

http://www.agendaonline.it/hotel/piemonte/torino.htm

or, more specifically

http://www.venere.com/search/?lg=en&geoid=778&city=TORINO&ref=3170

Please note that the meeting venue is about 25 km from the city and it usually takes 45 min by taxi. In case of need you can ask the driver to call the host at +39 011 935 04 61 or +39 335 612 11 59 for directions.

If you want to stay closer to the meeting venue you can choose a hotel near the lakeside of the Lago di Avigliana and savour a bit of history by contemplating the millennium old imposing Sagra di San Michele towering from 1,000 metres above. Two hotels are suggested

1st hotel

Rooms cost 60 € (single) and 75 € (double). Reservation either by telephone or fax.

2nd hotel

The cost of the rooms is very moderate (slightly above 50 €).

Distance from the venue is less than 10 km and it should take no more than 15-20 min to get there.

The closest hotel (bed&breakfast) to the meeting venue (2.5 km) is http://www.piedmont.worldweb.com/ProvinceofTurin/RubianaTO/WheretoStay/