Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

[tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>]

Everyone:  This is an important opportunity, not only for SONG STORM and
Open Studios, but for each of you techies.  Take a look, share the
invitation with others, and if you have ideas you'd like SONG STORM or
Open Studios to consider, let me know.
Enjoy!
Tom

-----Forwarded Message-----

> From: AXMEDIS Conference <disita AT oboe.dsi.unifi.it>
> To: tompoe AT amihost.com
> Subject: invitation to contribute to the AXMEDIS 2005: an international 
> conference on the management and distribution of media content
> Date: 21 Jan 2005 23:01:00 +0100
> 
> Dear tom poe 
> 
> Current developments in the cross media domain require innovative and new
> technologies to meet the challenges of the marketplace. The AXMEDIS
> conference combines the activities of the successful WEDELMUSIC conference
> series (www.wedelmusic.org) with the AXMEDIS consortium which consists of
> leading European digital content producers, integrators, aggregators,
> distributors, and information technology companies and research groups
> involved in content production, protection and content distribution via
> different channels including interactive TV (i-TV), DVBT, DVBS, personal
> computer, kiosk, mobile phone, PDA and others.
> 
> We are organising the conference with the support of several prestigious
> industrial partners and research institutions, such as: COMVERSE, CPR, CRS4,
> Univ. Firenze, DSI - Univ. Firenze, EPFL, EUTELSAT, FHGIGD, FUPF (Univ.
> Pompeo Fabra), Giunti ILABS, HP, OD2, SEJER, TISCALI, ICSRiM - Univ. Leeds,
> Univ. Readings, etc. with the Support of the MUSICNETWORK and the European
> Commission.
> 
> We hope that you will be interested to participate this exciting event, by
> submitting some papers, and/or proposing workshops, panels or tutorial, and
> we are we looking forward to welcoming you to the event.
> 
> The final programme will include: tutorial on innovative technologies,
> industrial presentations, scientific papers, workshops, panels, presentation
> of a call for "take-up" actions (for details, please see www.axmedis.org),
> MUSICNETWORK Open workshop, poster sections, social activities, etc.
> 
> Best regards,
> Paolo Nesi
> (General Chair)
> 
> Ps: Apologies for disturbing you with this email. I hope this is related to
> your interests and I would like you to be aware of this event directly so
> that you may consider contributing to this conference. Please feel free to
> distribute this email to your colleagues who may be interested these
> subjects.
> 
> 
> ----AXMEDIS 2005 Call for Papers----
> 
> 1st International Conference on
> Automated Production of Cross Media Content
> for Multi-channel Distribution
> 30 November - 2 December 2005
> Florence, Italy
> http://www.AXMEDIS.org/axmedis2005
> 
> Sponsored by AXMEDIS Consortium:
> ACIT, AFI, ANSC, COMVERSE, CPR, CRS4, DIPITA Univ. Firenze, DSI Univ.
> Firenze, EPFL, EUTELSAT, EXITECH, FHGIGD, FUPF, Giunti ILABS, HP, OD2,
> SEJER, TISCALI, ICSRiM Univ. Leeds, Univ. Readings, XIM.
> 
> Supported by: MUSICNETWORK, European Commission
> 
> This event seeks to promote discussion and interaction between researchers,
> practitioners, developers and users of tools, technology transfer experts,
> and project managers. AXMEDIS-2005 will bring together a variety of
> participants from the academic, business and industrial worlds, to address
> different technical and commercial issues. Particular interests include the
> exchange of concepts, prototypes, research ideas, industrial experiences and
> other results.
> The conference focuses on the challenges in the cross-media domain
> (including production, protection, management, representation, formats,
> aggregation, workflow, distribution, business and transaction models), and
> the integration of content management systems and distribution chains, with
> particularly emphasis on the reduction of costs and solutions for complex
> cross-domain problems.
> 
> Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following
> aspects:
> - Automatic cross-media production, gathering, crawling, composition,
>     formatting, P2P, etc.
> - Formats and models for multi-channel content distribution
> - Multimedia standards such as MPEG-7, MPEG-21, DMP, etc.
> - Legal aspects related to digital content
> - High quality Audio Video Coding
> - Multimedia Music representation and formatting
> - Watermarking and fingerprinting techniques
> - GRID and Distributed systems for Content production
> - Multimedia Middle Ware
> - Workflow management systems
> - Web services for content distribution
> - Distribution with P2P architectures
> - Semantic Web and P2P
> - Collecting and clearing of rights and licenses
> - Formats and tools for Content Aware
> - Archives managements for cultural and educational applications
> - Digital Rights Management (DRM), models and tools,
>     and interoperability
> - Synchronisation technologies and solutions
> - Business and transaction models
> - Systems and approaches for content production/distribution on demand
> - Digital Content User Interface
> - Digital Content accessibility
> - Payments model
> - Novel applications and case-studies of relevant technologies
> 
> --RESEARCH PAPERS (long and short):
> 
> Papers should describe original and significant work in the research and
> industrial practice of related topics.
> (i) Research studies, applications and experiments are particularly welcome.
> Papers should be limited to 8 pages in length.
> (ii) Shorter papers on work-in-progress, interim results, advanced topic
> position paper are also welcome. Submissions should be limited to 4 pages in
> length. Document style can be found at the conference website.
> Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
> 
> --APPLICATIONS and INDUSTRIAL Presentations:
> 
> Proposals for presentations of Applications and Tools are welcome. These
> include reports on the application and utilisation of tools, industrial
> practices and models, or tool/system demonstrations. A summary of up to two
> pages of accepted proposals will be published in the conference proceedings.
> 
> -- PANELS, WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS:
> 
> Proposal for panels, workshops and tutorials are invited - please contact
> conference AT axmedis.org for details. AXMEDIS and other Tutorials will be
> hosted.
> 
> -- ALL submissions and proposals have
> to be written in English and submitted in PDF format via email to
> conference AT axmedis.org by 20 March 2005. The conference proceedings are
> intended to be published by the IEEE Press. Selected papers from the
> conference will be considered for publication in special issues of one or
> more major peer-reviewed Journals in this domain.
> 
> -- VENUE:
> Convitto della Calza, Oltrarno Meeting Centre, Piazza della Calza, Florence,
> Italy (http://www.calza.it ).
> 
> --------IMPORTANT DATES--------
> Paper submission: 20 March 2005
> Notification of acceptance: 15 May 2005
> Camera ready: 10 June 2005
> 
> --------Technical Committee-----
> General chair:
>           Paolo Nesi, DSI-DISIT, Univ. of Florence
>           Florence, Italy nesi AT dsi.unifi.it
> 
> Scientific Program co-chairs:
>           Kia Ng ,        ICSRiM, University of Leeds
>           Leeds, UK,      kia AT computer.org
> 
>           Jaime Delgado , Universitat Pompeu Fabra
>           Barcelona, Spain,       jaime.delgado AT upf.edu
> 
>           Atta Badii,     IRC, University of Readings
>           UK,     atta.badii AT reading.ac.uk
> 
> Industrial Program co-chairs:
>           Claudio Marangoni,      HP, Italy
>           claudio.marangoni AT hp.com
> 
>           Laurence Pearce, xim Ltd, UK
>           laurence AT xim.co.uk
> 
> Publicity co-chairs:
>           Gian Maria Brega,       Giunti Interactive Labs, Italy
>           gm.brega AT giuntilabs.com
> 
> Local Committee chair:
>           Pierfrancesco Bellini,  DSI-DISIT, Univ. of Florence
>           pbellini AT dsi.unifi.it
> 
> Secretarial & Administration:
>           Simonetta Ceglia ,      DSI-DISIT, Univ. of Florence
>           ceglia AT dsi.unifi.it
> 
>           Bee Ong,        ICSRiM, University of Leeds
>           bee AT icsrim.org.uk
> 
> ---end---