Wednesday - 15 October 2008
Tutorial Day
Session Chair: James Fang - Consultant

Understanding Computer Networking
John Yazinsky, Cisco Systems, Inc, USA

DTV Transport Basics: AKA - What You Really Need to Understand about Digital Television
Rich Chernock, Triveni Digital, USA

Status of IEEE DTV Emission Measurement Draft Standard P-1631
Greg Best, Greg Best Consulting, Inc., USA

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Thursday morning - 16 October 2008
Managing the Transition - Digital TV
Session Chair: Lanny Nass - CBS

IEEE P802.22 Wireless WRANs: Background, System Description, and Status Update
Winston Caldwell, Fox Technology Group, USA

Brazilian DTTB Coverage Performance Evaluation
Gunnar Bedicks, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil

Broadcast Video Quality Assurance
Rich Chernock, Triveni Digital, USA

Reinventing Digital Television - Mobile/Handheld Standardization Activity
Mark Aitken, Sinclair Broadcast Group, USA
Brett Jenkins, ION Media Networks, USA

The U.S. DTV Transition - Will February 18, 2009 be a Catastrophe?
What are the Problems and How to Fix Them
Bill Mientel, Meintel, Sgrignoli & Wallace, USA

Mobile and Handheld Field Measurements
Dennis Wallace, Meintel, Sgrignoli & Wallace, USA

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Thursday afternoon - 16 October 2008
Managing the Transition - Digital Radio
Session Chair: Jon Edwards - de Treil, Lundin & Rackley, Inc.

Coverage Extension Transmission Technologies for Digital Radio
Dave Hershberger, Continental Electronics Corporation, USA

FM-IBOC Digital Radio Laboratory Tests at the Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)
André Carr, Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC), Canada

Study of a 10dB Power Increase in Digital Carrier Level for HD Radio™ in the FM Broadcast Band
Steve Densmore, iBiquity, USA

IBOC DAB implementation
John Kean, NPR Labs - National Public Radio, USA

AM Digital Radio Antenna Load Simulator
Tom King, Kintronics, USA

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Thursday morning - 16 October 2008
Managing the Transition - Refining the Process: Part 1
Session Chair: Jinyun Zhang - Mitsubishi Electric

Implementation of the Interactivity Channel of Terrestrial Brazilian DTV System
Using Concepts of Software Defined Radio Reconfigurability
Rodrigo Admir Vaz, Samsung Brazil R&D Center, Brazil

Statistical Analysis of Digital Television Planning for the ISDTV System
Késia C. Santos, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

DVB-H coverage estimation in highly populated urban area
Jyrki T.J. Penttinen, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks, Spain

Cooperative Local Area Contents Transmission within Single Frequency Broadcast Networks
Sungho Jeon, Broadcast Technical Research Institute (BTRI) in Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), Korea

New Method to Determine the SFN Gain of a DVB-H Network with Multiple Transmitters
David Plets, Ghent University, Belgium

Performance of an Echo Canceller based on Pseudo-Noise Training Sequences
Matteo Mazzotti, University of Bologna, Italy

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Thursday afternoon - 16 October 2008
Managing the Transition - Refining the Process: Part 2
Session Chair: Charles Einolf, Jr., Consultant

Network Planning for Delivering Digital Television to Mobile and Portable Devices:
A Hybrid Broadcast and Cellular Approach
Jose Antonio Arenas, Telefónica Móviles España, Spain

The Influence of Network Evolution, Cryptography Advances,
and the Need for Flexible Entitlement Models in DCAS Design
Graham Turner, Nagravision, Switzerland

Efficient FEC Protection of Scalable Media Streams in DVB-H
Imed Baouazizi, Nokia Corporation, Finland

Cognitive Equalization: Methods for Estimation of Instantaneous Channel Multipath Properties
in Highly Dynamic Propagation Conditions
Jan Garmany, Coherent Logix, Inc., USA

Physical Layer Error Protection for Mobile Broadcasting in Ku-band with Reduced Gain Antennas
Albert Heuberger, Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen IIS, Germany

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Friday morning - 17 October 2008
Digital Radio
Session Chair: Bob Surette - Shively Labs

Review and Analysis of Medium Wave Directional Antenna Sample Systems
Stephen S. Lockwood, Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers, USA

DAB/DMB Broadcast Signal Delivery in Underground Public Transportation Systems: Concept Investigation
A. Mouaki Benani, Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC), Canada

The Effects of Degraded Audio on Memory for Speech Passages
Ellyn Sheffield, Towson University, USA

Overhead Quasi-Coaxial Transmission Lines
Valentino Trainotti, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Overview of the Sirius Satellite Radio System and Service Availability
Stefano DiPierro, Sirius Satellite Radio, USA

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Friday afternoon - 17 October 2008
Digital Television - Audio
Session Chair: Eric Wandel - Wavepoint Research, Inc.

Audio Loudness
Robert P. Seidel, CBS Television Network, USA

Loudness Control for DTV Broadcasters
Steve Lyman, Dolby, USA

The Care and Feeding of Loudness Models
James D. Johnston, Neural Audio Corporation, USA

Panel discussion on Digital Television Audio Loudness
Moderator, Jim Kutzner, PBS
Confirmed Panelists include:
Jim Starzynski, NBC Universal, New York, NY USA
Robert P. Seidel, CBS Television Network, USA
Rich Friedel, Fox Broadcasting, USA
Steve Lyman, Dolby, USA
James D. Johnston, Neural Audio Corporation, USA