The Digital Media Project

Information on 19th DMP General Assembly (GA19)

Announcement -

 

- Objectives -

- Proposed Agenda - - Venue -

- Travel information -

- Hotel reservation --

- Visa information

Announcement

The 19th General Assembly (GA19) of the Digital Media Project will be held on 2008/07/14-16 at

CEDEO SAS Tel +39 011 935 04 61
Via Borgionera, 103 Fax +39 011 935 15 08
I-10040 Villar Dora (Torino) WWW http://www.cedeo.net/
ITALY    

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

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

Objectives The principal objectives of the meeting are

Proposed Agenda

#

 

Item

Ref.

1

 

Opening, welcome, logistics

 

2

 

Roll call

 

3

 

Approval of agenda

1155

4

 

Input documents

 

5

 

President’s communications

 

6

  Ad hoc Group on Requirements, Architecture, Use Cases, Terminology and TRU mapping  

7

  Ad hoc Group on IDP technologies  

8

  Ad hoc Group on Reference Software, Conformance and Demonstrations  

9

  Ad hoc Group on DMP technologies to MPEG  

10

  Approval of IDP-3.2 1132
1133
  1 IDP-3.1 corrigenda  
  2 Domain protocol extension  
  3 Domain discovery protocol  
  4 Role verification protocol  

 

5 Device web services  

12

  Additional IDP technologies  
  1 Interface with payment systems 1151
1152
  2 Resource adaptation  

13

  Responses to MPEG Calls for Proposals  
  1 MPEG eXtensible Middleware 1140
1148
1147
1144
1146
  2 Media Value Chain Ontology 1149
1150
1151
1153

14

  Experimentation with Chillout  

 

1 WIM TV trial at Beijing Olympics 1134
1127
1138
1139
  2 Other experiments  
  3 Chillout web site  

15

  Liaisons  

16

 

DMP work plan

 

12

 

Planning for GA20

 

18

 

Report from Board of Directors

 

19

 

Promotion of DMP

 

20

 

Meeting schedule

 

21

 

Press release

 

22

 

Resolutions

 

23

 

AOB

 

24

 

Closing

 

 

Venue

CEDEO SAS Tel +39 011 935 04 61
Via Borgionera, 103 Fax +39 011 935 15 08
I-10040 Villar Dora (Torino) WWW http://www.cedeo.net/
ITALY    

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

Travel information

The following airports may be used

  1. Turin Airport – 45 minutes by car
  2. Milan Malpensa Airport – 2 hours by car

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

Hotel Hermitage
12, VIA SAGRA S. MICHELE
I-10051 Avigliana (TO)
ITALY
Tel/Fax: +39 011 936 91 50

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

2nd hotel

Hotel Chalet del Lago
via Monginevro, 26
10057 - AVIGLIANA (TO)
ITALY
TEL. +39 011 936 92 25 WEB:
FAX. +39 011 936 92 81
WEB: http://www.italynetguide.com/alberghi/homepage.asp?nomec=9822104987

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.

A bed&breakfast close to the meeting venue (2.5 km) is

Affittacamere da Edi Borgata Bugnone, 4 10040 - Rubiana http://www.montagnedoc.it/template_scheda.php?cat=70&tipo=catalogo&ID=13414

Cell. +39 347 5900953; Tel. +39 011 9357249

Visa information

Please contact the Italian Consulate General located nearest you if you need a visa.

An invitation letter may be required for entry visa to Italy. Such a letter can be provided upon request.