Broadcasting, consumer electronics, telecommunications and networking technologies are rapidly converging to create new ways to broadcast rich media content to consumers on the go, via portable devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and video players. This new industry-oriented Symposium will bring together content originators and distributors, wireless service providers, and technology developers and suppliers of equipment, systems, and consumer platforms – focusing on research and development, applications, and implementation of mobile and portable multimedia systems.

SYMPOSIUM LOCATION
Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV USA

SYMPOSIUM DATE
31 March - 2 April 2008

Las Vegas, Spanish for "the meadows", was founded by Mormon missionaries in 1864. Now known as "The Entertainment Capital of the World", the city welcomes almost 40 million people a year. Visitors enjoy world class dinning, unique shopping experiences, dazzling and unusual stage shows, and world class gaming conveniently located on The Strip. Las Vegas is also home to many of the world's finest spas and golf courses.

In addition to the glamour and glitz of The Strip, Las Vegas offers a world of natural beauty unlike any place on earth. Enjoy hiking Red Rock Canyon, skiing and snowboarding in Mt. Charleston, and cool off in the biggest desert oasis, Lake Mead. The Grand Canyon, Valley of Fire, Zion National Park and Death Valley are all just a short day trip away.

SYMPOSIUM SPONSOR
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society

Symposium Chair:
Thomas M. Gurley, IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, NC USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Yiyan Wu - Communications Research Ctr, Canada
Demin Wang - Communications Research Ctr, Canada

International Steering Committee:
Tom Gurley - IEEE BTS, USA
Brett Jenkins - ION Media Networks, NY, USA
Ulrich Reimers - Braunschweig Tech Univ, Germany
Don Shaver - Texas Instrument, USA
Jerry Whitaker - VP, Standards Development, USA
Yiyan Wu - Communications Research Ctr, Canada
Wenjun Zhang - Shanghai Jiaotong Univ, China

Technical Program Committee:
Pablo Angueira - Univ of the Basque Country, Spain
Chang Wen Chen - Florida Institute of Tech, USA
Lap-Pui Chau - Nanyang Tech Univ, Singapore
Philip Corriveau - Intel, USA
John Paul Cosmas - Brunel University, UK
Christine Di Lapi - Motorola Inc, USA
Harald Fuchs - Fraunhofer Institut, Germany
Tom Gurley - IEEE BTS, USA
Shuji Hirakawa - Toshiba, Japan
Jinwoo Hong - ETRI, Korea
Markus Kampmann - Ericsson, Germany
Nicolai Kuntze - Fraunhofer Institut, Germany
Chih-Peng Li - National Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Shipeng Li - Microsoft Research Asia, China
Claudio R. Lima - Sprint-Nextel, USA
Sean McCarthy - Motorola, USA
Gabriel-Miro Muntean - Dublin City University, Ireland
Roland Schaller - Udcast, France
Andreas U. Schmidt - Fraunhofer Institut, Germany
Jong-Soo Seo - Yonsei University, Korea
Peter Siebert - Siemens, Switzerland
Jian Song - Tsinghua University, China
Marcel Wagner - Siemens, Germany
Demin Wang - Communications Research Ctr, Canada
Stephan Wenger - Nokia, Finland
Yiyan Wu - Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Trans on Broadcasting
Jinyun Zhang - Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, USA