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2002 | 2001

Educational Workshops 2001 Agenda

Tuesday, 27 March
14:00 - 18:00 Delegate Registration

Wednesday, 28 March
07:00 - 12:00 Delegate Registration
07:30 - 09:00 Continental Breakfast
08:00 - 08:50 IFE for Beginners - NEW!
Designed for newcomers to IFE, this session provides an educational overview of the industry, the chain of suppliers and processes involved.
John Courtright, In-Flight Network, LLC
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Address
Sophie Vossenaar, WAEA President
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
09:15 - 10:00 Keynote Remarks - Naomi Langford-Wood
Co-author of "E-Business without Tears" and "A Complete Idiot's Guide to E-Commerce UK," Ms. Langford-Wood puts the role of new technologies and techniques into perspective in business life, both now and for the future.
10:00 - 11:00 Use of Cell Phones Onboard
Participate in this panel presentation featuring speakers from suppliers and airlines as they discuss customer expectations, technological limitations, and real world trials.
Moderator: Kent Craver, Continental Airlines
Mike Kuehn, GTE Airfone Incorporated
Bill Singley, Nokia Networks Oy
11:00 - 11:30 Refreshment Break
11:30 - 12:45 Concurrent Workshops (please choose one)
  • AVOD vs. DVD (session repeated in the afternoon)
    Participate in this point/counter-point panel discussion. Hear the pros and cons directly from airlines that have implemented the systems.
    Moderator: Mary Rogozinski, United Airlines
    Don McLaren, Airline Mgmt. Partnership Swissair/Sabena
    Michael Planey, US Airways
    Al McGowan, TEAC America, Inc.
    Chris Lundquist, Matsushita Avionics Systems
  • Music Licensing
    A guide to music licensing issues. Discover how to navigate through the system, and how the process varies country to country.
    Co-Moderator: Steve Harvey, Inflight Productions
    Co-Moderator: Peter Barsby, SPC Skyline Ltd.
    John Love, Phonographic Performance Limited
    Chris Taylor, Performing Rights Society
    Brenden Quinlan, Performing Rights Society
    John Clarke, Airline Royalties Lobby Group
  • Broadcast vs. Edited Content
    Learn the benefits, drawbacks and passenger preferences regarding broadcast television content versus edited television content.
    Moderator: Joan Barker, Inflight Productions Ltd.
    Patrick Cox, IFE Serivices Ltd.
    Richard Stone, AirTv Limited
12:45 - 13:45 Networking Lunch
13:45 - 15:00 Airline/Vendor Meetings
These are not the Airline/Vendor Meetings of the past. Airline and Vendor members meet separately to discuss pertinent industry issues. This highly interactive session will keep you talking through the refreshment break!
Vendor Meeting Moderator: Linda Palmer, Buena Vista Non-Theatrical
Airline Meeting Moderator: Sophie Vossenaar, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
15:00 - 15:30 Refreshment Break
15:30 - 16:45 Concurrent Workshops (please choose one)
  • AVOD vs. DVD
    Participate in this point/counter-point panel discussion. Hear the pros and cons directly from airlines that have implemented the systems.
    Moderator: Mary Rogozinksi, United Airlines
    Don McLaren, Airline Mgmt. Partnership Swissair/Sabena

    Michael Planey, US Airways
    Al McGowan, TEAC America, Inc.
    Chris Lundquist, Matsushita Avionics Systems
  • MPEG 1, 2, 4...7
    What is MPEG? Learn the current status and future of this compression technology, including digital rights management issues.
    Moderator: Bryan Rusenko, Crest National Digital Media Complex
    Michael Childers, LightStream Communications Group
  • IFE Guides
    What is the best way to present your IFE programming in print? How do you handle different systems, different aircraft, different languages?
    Moderator: Joe Carreira, AEI Music, Inflight Division
    Raymond Girard, Spafax
    Steve Peaple, Fish
    Michelle Reneau, American Airlines
16:50 - 17:50 Advertising Onboard
What is the future of advertising in a digital world? Can you coordinate various vehicles (audio/print/video) and package it to increase advertising revenue? Will we see growth in the airline advertising market?
Sue Luxem, American Airlines
Christelle Feghali, RCI Inflight Media Group
Raymond Girard, Spafax
James Rolls, Inflight Media.com
17:50 Adjourn Day One
18:00 - 19:00 Networking Reception - New!

Thursday, 29 March
07:30 - 12:00 Delegate Registration
07:30 - 09:00 Continental Breakfast
08:00 - 09:00 Airline Only Breakfast - NEW!
Come promptly at 08:00 to participate in this new networking and information sharing opportunity for airlines only.
09:00 - 10:30 Inflight Internet/Intranet/Email - Real World Trials!
Hear about the success of the first inflight trials! This interactive session will allow adequate time for questions… and answers.
Moderator: Rich Salter, The Salter Group
Joanne Ward, Air Canada
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment Break
11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent Workshops (please choose one)
  • Inflight Internet/Intranet/Email - Content Issues
    Technical Focus
    Continue the conversation on Internet/Intranet/Email with a focus on content issues. What type of content is available and how is it delivered and stored? If you already know the acronyms and have some knowledge of the technical issues, attend this session.
    Moderator: Tim Force, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
    David Coiley, ARINC Inc.
    Peter Lemme, Tenzing Communications, Inc.
  • Inflight Internet/Intranet/Email - Content Issues
    Marketing/Customer Focus
    Continue the conversation on Internet/Intranet/Email with a focus on content issues. What type of content is available and how is it delivered and stored? If you are not familiar with the technology involved and want the facts in "plain English," this session is for you.
    Moderator: Cathy Willcock, Inflightonline
    Elizabeth Young, SITA
    Bob Pouliot, ARINC, Inc.
    Don McLaren, Airline Mgmt. Partnership Swissair/Sabena
  • Interactive vs. Distributed Video in Tourist Class (Coach Class)
    What are the advantages and disadvantages of interactive and distributed video? How can passenger expectations be balanced with "the bottom line?"
    Moderator: Janice Daniello, Post Modern Edit
    Mary Rogozinski, United Airlines
    Hendrik Knoesen, Rockwell Collins
12:30 - 13:45 Networking Lunch
13:45 - 14:15 Airline Profile
Discover how one leading airline intends to optimize its passenger entertainment now and in the future.
Pablo Astudillo, Lan Chile Airlines
14:15 - 15:00 Seat Integration
Hear from the chairman of the WAEA Seat Integration initiative. What progress has been made to increase cooperation?
Wade Price, Boeing Airplane Services
15:00 - 15:30 Refreshment Break
15:30 - 16:30 Digitized Content
Motion pictures have now been successfully delivered digitally to theatres. Will this new technology revolutionize the way content is delivered to aircraft in the future?
Moderator: Al McGowan, TEAC America, Inc.
Garrett Smith, Paramount Pictures

Leon Silverman, Laser Pacific Media Corp.
16:30 - 16:45 Closing Session
Sophie Vossenaar, WAEA President
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

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