Hollywood director Eric Brevig known for his recent 3D work on Yogi Bear Sony Pictures Technologies president Chris Cookson and Hollywood director/cinematographer and chairman of the American Society of Cinematographers technology committee Curtis Clark will be among the speakers participating at the 2011 Digital Cinema Summit which takes place April 9-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Spanning cinema broadcast and broadband the Digital Cinema Summit 2011 – which is co-produced by SMPTE and NAB – is a premier industry technology event drawing leading motion-imaging technologists researchers scientists practitioners manufacturers and strategic thinkers. This year’s gathering is themed Advances in Images and Sound: 3D 4K and Beyond. SMPTE has also announced the dates and call for papers for its second international Stereoscopic 3D Conference. To be held June 21-22 in New York City this year’s event follows last year’s successful inaugural conference and is the only scientific gathering to focus solely on the critical technologies needed for widespread and sustained 3D adoption. Conference registration opens February 15. Abstracts must be received by February 28. The SMPTE 2011 annual Technical Conference and Exposition will take place October 25-27 in Hollywood. SMPTE www.smpte.org
