Technical Program
2023 IEEE Broadcast Symposium - Technical Program
November 14, 2023
8:00AM : Registration Opens
8:30AM : Opening Remarks - Jim Stenberg, 2023 IEEE Broadcast Symposium Chair and Paul Shulins, 2023 IEEE Broadcast Technology Society President
AM Session: ATSC 3 - Session Chair: T.R. Stoner
8:40AM : ATSC 3.0 and Public Broadcasting, A Flash Cut Update - Don Smith, Director of New Technologies, Compliance, and Planning, PBS North Carolina
9:25AM : ATSC 3.0 Datacasting: Technical Capabilities Creating Real-World Solutions - John McCoskey, Chief Operating Officer, SpectraRep
10:10AM : AM Break
10:40AM : Video Scalability Latency Test for Brazillian TV 3.0 - Rodrigo Admir Vaz, Sr. Dev Engineer, Samsung/SIDIA
11:25AM : The MODCOD is Right! A Tribute to Bob Barker - Jim Stenberg, 2023 IEEE Broadcast Symposium Chair
12:10PM: IEEE BTS and AFCCE Joint Luncheon, Awards Lunch - Keynote Speaker: Tom Coughlin, IEEE President Elect
PM Session: Session Chair: Mary Pratt-Henaghan, Chief Technology Officer, WETA and NewsHour Productions
1:40PM : Common Sense Cybersecurity for Broadcasters - Shane Toven, Senior Broadcast Engineer, SBE CPBE CBNE DRB, KLOVE
2:25PM : Commerical and Technical Aspects of Next Generation Video Coding for Broadcast and Broadband - Peter Siebert, Independent Broadcast Industry Advisor
3:10PM : PM Break
3:40PM : Perfect Ad Insertion in Broadcast and Broadband Delivery: Challenges, Strategies and Monitoring - Mr Laurent ROUL, VP Marketing, ENENSYS Technologies
4:25PM : Panel Session on Transforming Broadcasting with 5G and Mobile Edge Computing : Panel Moderator - Tim Stevens, Global Leader, Strategic Innovation for Sports, Media & Entertainment - Verizon. Panelists: Benjamin Garverick, Senior Architect, Zixi, Robin Herin, Senior Innovation & Technologies Engineer, Ateme and Josh Arenberg, CTO, M&E Verizon Business
5:10PM : Closing Remarks - Jim Stenberg, 2023 IEEE Broadcast Symposium Chair and Paul Shulins, 2023 IEEE Broadcast Technology Society President
5:15PM - 6:15PM : Welcome Night Reception
November 15, 2023
8:00AM : Registration Opens
8:45AM : Opening Remarks - Jim Stenberg, 2023 IEEE Broadcast Symposium Chair and Paul Shulins, 2023 IEEE Broadcast Technology Society President
AM Session: Session Chair: Mike Cooney, Chief Technology Officer/ EVP of Engineering With BBGI
8:55AM : Effects of IP Transport Compression on a Broadcast FM MPX Signal - Tony Peterle, Manager, Americas, Worldcast Systems
9:40AM : Integrating Radio Services with Television and Data Transmisson on the ATSC 3.0 Platform - Merrill Weiss, Consultant, Merrill Weiss Group
10:25AM : AM Break
10:55AM : Audience Measurements and Coding Technology - Jaap Dekkinga, CEO, TuneURL
11:40AM : Real Radio Hosts Working Virtually. How Engineers Work with Containerized Broadcast Systems - Kirk Harnack, Senior Solutions Consultant, The Telos Alliance
12:25PM: Box Lunch, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Samara L. Firebaugh, Provost at the United States Navel Academy
PM Session: Session Chair: Jeff Andrew, SVP, Engineering and Operations, Signal Infrastructure Group
1:25PM : Retrofitting Community Transmission Systems, Supporting Legacy Broadcast Systems - Nicole Starrett, Director of Electrical Engineering, Dielectric and Dan Glavin, Senior Engineer, Broadcast Solutions, American Tower Corporation
2:10PM : SRT Backup, a proposal for the improvement of C band satellite link availability - Guy Bouchard, 2023 IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Secretary
2:55PM : PM Break
3:25PM : ATSC 3.0 Adjacent Channel Testing - Tom Barbeau, Vice President of Engineering, Hitachi Comark
4:10PM : Vibration and Fatigue Criteria in the Design of Television Transmission Antennas, Jim Butts, Mechanical Engineering Manager, Dielectric
4:55PM : Closing Remarks