Programme
The symposium will include a packed programme of keynotes, panel presentations and roundtable discussions, running over two full days. The sessions will cover a wide range of topics, both business and technical. The speakers include high-level executives and industry experts from across the HbbTV community and the wider TV market.
Date: 24 – 25 November 2021
Venue: Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris | France
24. November – DAY 1 (10:00 - 23:00)
10:00 - 11:00
Registration, Coffee, Networking & Exhibition
11:00 - 11:10
Opening & Welcome: Vincent Grivet - Chairman of the HbbTV Association
Introduction Master (s) of Ceremony: Julian Clover, Media Journalist, Broadband TV News
11:10 - 11:25
Keynote: Thomas Follin - CEO Salto
11:25 - 11:55
Keynote: The Global TV Market Review - Paul Gray - Omdia
11:55 - 13:05
Panel "HbbTV Success Stories"
Moderator Julian Clover, Broadband TV News
Teppo Ahonen, Digita Oy: Finland HbbTV Country Review
Anaïs Libolt, Dolby: "A case study launching HbbTV 2.0.2..."
Olivia May, Digital UK: "Freeview Play's pioneering uses of HbbTV to enhance the hybrid user experience"
Sylvain Thevenot, NetgemTV: "How Netgem TV has become the leading independent TV service in the UK by embracing Freeview Play and HbbTV"
Denis Kabakchi, Teletarget: "HbbTV in Russia - Services and Tools"
Q + A
13:05 - 14:05
Lunch, Networking & Exhibition
14:05 - 15:10
Panel Targeted Advertising - The Business and the Technology
Moderator: Vincent Grivet, Chair of the HbbTV Association
Jason Patton, Verance: "Targeted Advertising using Watermarking
Leander Carell, Nowtilus: Case Study of Live DAS Service with Discovery
Sebastian Busse, Smartclip: HbbTV-TA in action: The final breaktrough"
Silvia Broggi, Publitalia ’80: "Addressable planning across screens for fluid ad experiences and effective adv measurement"
Q + A
15:15 - 15:55
Special Session: Conformance Regimes and Interoperability Part One
Kai Mysliwiec, ProSiebenSat.1: "Living without a Conformance Regime"
Luca De Bartolo, Tivù: "The Italian Conformance Regime"
James Jackson, Digital UK: The UK Conformance Regime
Xavier Redon, Cellnex: "The Spanish Conformance Regime"
15:55 - 16:55
Coffee Networking & Exhibition
16:55 - 17:25
Special Session Part One continues with Roundtable
Moderator: Dr Jörn Krieger, Independent Journalist
Kai Mysliwiec; ProSiebenSat.1
Luca De Bartolo, Tivù
Xavier Redon, Cellnex
James Jackson, Digital UK
Martin Faehnrich, Panasonic
17:25 - 17.45
Special Session: Conformance Regimes and Interoperability Part Two
Application and Device Interoperability
Moderator Julian Clover, Media Journalist Broadband TV News
Stuart Savage, LGE: "Interoperability from a manufacturer point of view"
Pedro Valiente, Kineton: "Interoperability from a Developer point of view"
17:45 - 18:15
Rountable (Moderator: Ian Medland, Eurofins Digital Testing)
Stuart Savage, LGE
Pedro Valiente, Kineton
Franck Vêtu, Salto
Juha Joki, Sofia Digital
Leticia Noriega, TP Vision
18:15 - 18:25
Conformance Regimes Session Wrap-up: Nguyen Thi Thanh Van, Samsung
18:25 - 18:30
Closing Remarks DAY 1 by Vincent Grivet, HbbTV Chairman
20:30 - 23:00
HbbTV Awards 2021 Reception and Ceremony
25. November – DAY 2 (08:30 - 16:30)
08:30 - 09:30
Registration, Coffee, Networking & Exhibition
09:30 - 09:45
Keynote: The HbbTV Chairman’s “State of the Nation” Speech – Vincent Grivet - HbbTV Chairman on the current state of HbbTV and its strategy for the future.
09:45 - 10:00
Keynote: The latest on HbbTV Specifications and Related Activities – Jon Piesing - HbbTV Vice-Chairman
Q+A
10:05 - 10:10
Accessibility
Peter MacAvock (EBU Technology & Innovation): EBU special publication on HbbTV and Accessibility
10:10 - 11:10
Panel "OpApps Best Practices"
Moderator Julian Clover, Broadband TV News
Rachel Mischke, Franziska Kleemann, Zattoo Deutschland: "HbbTV in the OTT world - best practice implementation from Zattoo TV platform!"
Erik Gazzoni, SmarDTV: "How to provide a perfect Hybrid User Experience by Using CIPLus 2.0 and HbbTV OpApp
Juha Joki, Sofia Digital, Michiel Willemsen, Irdeto: Accelerating HbbTV Adoption
Ruth van Laeke, TP Vision: HD+ OpApp development: from take off to successful landing
Q + A
11:10 - 12:10
Coffee, Networking & Exhibition
12:10 - 13:30
Panel "Innovations in HbbTV Apps"
Moderator: Angelo Pettazzi, Mediaset
Martin Prins, Media Distillery: "Enhancing HbbTV video experience by a better understanding of video"
Nello Saulino, Kineton: HbbTV Application performance enhancements"
Christian Van Boven, Nagra: "HbbTV Apps in an OTT Centric World"
Louay Bassbouss, Fraunhofer FOKUS: "WebRTC meets HbbTV"
Serge Bidault, Fincons, Xavier Darigol, Retency: "HbbTV Data Anonymization and GDPR compliancy"
Paul Martin, OBS: The ORB Project - A Collaborative Project using Javascript To Implement HbbTV Within a Standrad Browser
Q + A
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch, Networking & Exbition
14:30 - 15:20
Panel: Is standardization still an added value to the future of broadcasting
Moderator Julian Clover, Broadband TV News
Peter MacAvock, DVB: "HbbTV and DVB working together to develop an IP-based future"
Alberto Bruno, Mediaset/RTI: A FTA Broadcaster HbbTV Strategy
Richard Lindsay-Davies, DTG: "Transition or radical re.invention? The role of HbbTV in television of the future"
15.20 - 15.50
Roundtable
Peter MacAvock, DVB
Richard Lindsay-Davies, DTG
Alberto Bruno, Mediaset/RTI
15:50 - 16:20
Roundtable: ATSC3 and HbbTV: common goals when it comes to business and consumer applications
Moderator: Oliver Botti, Fincons
Madeleine Noland, ATSC
Sam Matheny, NAB
Emily Dubs, DVB Project
Susi Elkins, WKAR3/PBS
Kerry Oslund, VP Strategy and Business Development, E.W. Scripps
16:20 - 16:25
Chairman Closing Remarks - See you in 2022!
16:25
Conference Closing
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