Now that IBC is over, it’s time to start thinking about the 2013 HPA Tech Retreat, February 18-22 at the Hyatt Grand Champions in Indian Wells, California (Palm Springs area, same location as in 2012).
This is a call for proposals for presentations in the main program and at breakfast roundtables (the call for technology demonstrations will come later).
Proposals for the main program should be sent to Mark Schubin at TVMark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx no later than close of business Pacific Time, on October 26. All submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail. Submitters who do not receive an acknowledgement should try again. Decisions are expected by late November.
Although the event is administered by the Hollywood Post Alliance, it is not restricted to Hollywood or to post production. Previous retreats have featured presentations from speakers ranging from Norway to New Zealand and from Bombay to Buenos Aires. They have come from the academic area, creative community, law firms, management consulting, manufacturers, the military, and technology institutes (among others).
Subjects might include (but are by no means limited to) advanced codecs, alternative content, archiving technologies, bit management, broadcasting, color accuracy, computational photography, consumer behavior, cooling, depth capture, digital rights management, display size, downconversion, enhanced viewing, formats, glasses-free depth viewing, green technology, higher dynamic range, higher frame-rate, higher resolution, history, immersive media, judder reduction, larger color gamut, laser projection, legislation, light-field imagery, loudness, mobile display, motion capture, motion holography, multi-sensory stimulation, new display technologies, new distribution techniques, new lighting technologies, optics, perception, preservation, quantum dots, regulation, resolution limits, restoration, sensor size, single-lens stereoscopy, simulation, sound capture, standards, storage media and systems, surround sound, surveillance, test & measurement, upconversion, visual cortical stimulation, workflow, x-ray depth capture, young interpupillary-distance concerns, and z-axis issues. Proposals may be for individual presentations or panels, but, if the latter, the proposer would be expected to get the panelists. Proposals should not be for marketing-type presentations.
Many factors will determine selection, including geographic and industry diversity and trends that seem to be revealed during the proposal-submission process. Non-selection does not necessarily reflect poorly on any proposals.
Proposals for breakfast-roundtable topics should also be submitted to Mark and may also be on any subject related to the technology of the motion-image and related sound industries. As multiple roundtables are concurrent, there is no vetting process for these, nor is there a deadline, but once all table slots are filled there can be no more. Moderators must commit to their roundtable slots, even if there’s another roundtable they would rather attend (but moderators may recruit substitutes).
Please do not hesitate to contact Mark with any questions about the main program or breakfast roundtables. For questions about sponsorship opportunities (which will not affect selection for the main program or breakfast roundtables) or administrative details, please contact Eileen Kramer, HPA executive director, at EKramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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