+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | __ __ ___ _ _ _____ _____ | | | \/ | |_ _| | | | | | ___| |_ _| | | | |\/| | | | | | | | _____ | |_ | | | | | | | | | | | |_| | |_____| | _| | | | | |_| |_| |___| \___/ |_| |_| | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [ Apologies for cross-posting. Feel free to forward around ] Florence, 27 August 2004 +++ "Audio/Video streaming with Free Software" workshop at Firenze World Vision On Sep 23, 2004, Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia will host a one-day workshop on Audio/Video streaming with Free Software during Firenze World Vision 2004, which will be held in Florence (Italy). +++ On Sep 23, 2004, Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia will host a one-day workshop on Audio/Video streaming with Free Software during Firenze World Vision 2004, which will be held in Florence (Italy). The intent is to make this workshop a meeting place for sharing information about the different experiences in Europe about this theme. The aim is to: - exchange best practices at regional level about the Free Streaming effort (client/server platforms, free codecs, etc, etc) - start a network of contacts in order to improve the social impact of these experiences Amongst the invited speakers: Francois Déchelle (IRCAM) Juan Carlos de Martin (CNR-Politecnico di Torino) Michael Sparks (BBC R&D) Stuart Cunningham (BBC R&D) Andrea Glorioso (MIU-FT) Manuel Lora (Xiph Foundation) We look forward to seeing you at this workshop, to share and discuss with us and with the speakers your ideas on the role of Free Software in the streaming arena, what you feel should be the best practices in this domain, what the next steps are in order to foster Free Software acceptance into the Audio/Video streaming community. All presentations will be given in the english language. An italian-english translation service will be available for the Q&A session, after each talk. Further information on the workshop will be published on: http://www.miu-ft.org/what/events/20040923.fwv.str/ For more details, feel free to contact: Nicola Giosmin &lt;n.giosmin(a)miu.firenzetecnologia.it&gt; and/or our office in Florence: Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia Borgo Albizi 15/a 50122 Firenze Italy Tel. no: +39 055 2001561 Fax. no: +39 055 2345762 +++ About Firenze Tecnologia: Firenze Tecnologia is the special agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence devoted to study and facilitation of technological innovation in the florentinian and tuscanian areas. Please check: <http://www.firenzetecnologia.it/>. About Media Innovation Unit: Media Innovation Unit is the research unit of Firenze Tecnologia, devoted to research, development and promotion of Free Software, Libre Content, Open Networks and New Media. About Firenze World Vision: Firenze World Vision is the event which annually gathers the protagonists of innovation and of contemporary communication processes, who compare their "visions" of the future. Firenze World Vision deals with theory and practice, with ideas and products, with global change and the ways our daily life is going to change, well aware that the keys to read the contemporary world can be found only through a multiform approach, without preconstituted views. Please check: <http://www.firenzeworldvision.it/>.