The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is seeking proposals for technical papers and tutorials for the 2009 SMPTE Technical Conference & Exhibition. Proposed papers must be informational in nature and must address technical theory application or practice associated with technologies relevant to the motion imaging industry. Suggested topics include: - Digital Intermediates: Process advancements and case studies - Stereoscopic 3D Imaging processing distribution and display - Digital Cinema Exhibition: servers content storage networks and scheduling - Digital Cinema Production and Post Production: processes and workflow - Image Acquisition for filmmaking broadcast news studio production and sports - Wide bandwidth infrastructure: 1080p50/60 4K and beyond - Animation: new techniques and process - Advancements in film technologies: film stocks restoration techniques - Electronic Display technologies: Plasma LCD LCoS OLED's laser - Color management interchange correction techniques - Metadata and file management - IP Content networks transport architectures standards and applications - Content security rights management watermarking - Digital audio for cinema broadcast and gaming - Consumer technologies: HD deployment transmission home networking - Historical topics on early filmmaking animation and television technologies - Content management storage archiving and retrieval Interested parties are invited to submit a one-page abstract (no more than 300 words) Including topic heading paper title delivery method (presentation video clip demonstration) a brief description of the proposed paper's content name of author/presenter company mailing address telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address no later than June 12 2009. Previously published product-specific or promotional papers will not be considered. If not already registered with EDAS 1. Go to http://www.edas.info 2. Select New User 3. Fill in required information 4. Check I consent to the EDAS Privacy Policies box 5. Click on Add This Person Button Submit a Paper (if registered with EDAS): 1. Log-in 2. Go to http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=7387 3. Enter the paper's title 4. Add the author's name 5. Enter the synopsis in the Abstract field 6. Press Submit Authors will be notified regarding the status of their submitted abstracts no later than July 17 2009 To ensure distribution of paper at the conference selected speakers are required to provide an electronic version of the final technical paper to SMPTE no later than September 11 2009. Please note: A formal technical paper is required in addition to the speaker's presentation.
