SES ULTRA HD CONFERENCE HOSTED BY TECH UK, 12 FEBRUARY 2015 10.00 Welcoming address Mike Chandler, Managing Director, ASTRA (GB) & Chris Forrester, Journalist and industry analyst 10.15 Opening address Andrew Neil, Journalist and broadcaster 10.45 Keynote address “4K’s market today” GfK Nigel Catlow, Business group director/Consumer electronics GfK will deliver their latest 4K sales statistics, and expectations. 11.15 Coffee break 11.45 Results and implications of Plugfest DTG Richard Lindsay-Davies, CEO 12.15 PANEL: “4K: Now, or wait? This session will look at the arguments for starting 4K transmissions now/soon, or waiting for the implementation of the EBU’s recommended Ultra-HD-1 Phase 2 EBU BBC Sky Deutschland Yvonne Thomas, Project Manager-Future Television/UHD Richard Salmon, Lead Research Engineer, BBC R&D Stephan Heimbecher, Head of Innovations & Standards 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Keynote address 14.20 Keynote address Dr Giles Wilson, Head of TV Compression, Ericsson Dr Wilson is one of the TV industry’s foremost thinkers, and an acknowledged expert on video compression. 14.45 PANEL: “4K: It’s a reality” Some broadcasters are already making use of 4K, not least major sports operations (FIFA and the Olympic Games). Others are investing in 4K content today for future transmission. Atlantic Productions Fletcher London Sony Professional DivX Chris Johns, Chief Engineer, Broadcast Strategy, Sky UK Ruth Sessions, Director of Operations Haydn Parnell, Manager & Chief Engineer Peter Sykes, Strategic Technology Development Manager Sam Orton-Jay, Director of Business Development & Strategy 15.30 Coffee break 16.00 PANEL: “4K: The Delivery Experts” Samsung DTG Cisco Systems John Adam, Head of Business Development & Industrial Affairs Richard Lindsay-Davies, CEO Simon Parnall, Distinguished Engineer and Director, Chief Technology and Architecture Office 16.45 Keynote Thomas Wrede, VP/Reception Systems, SES 17.15 Drinks reception until 19.30