Laurin Herr, CineGrid Cofounder, to Speak at Columbia University Conference "Digital Television: Beyond HD & DTV"

Business Wire, Oct 25, 2007

CineGrid Founder Laurin Herr On the Future of Streaming, Production and Distribution of Very High Quality Digital Media: Its Impact on the Global Distribution of Motion Pictures, Distance Learning, Science, Medicine and Global Security

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Friday, November 2, 2007
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Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI):
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A detailed schedule of other speakers and topics can be found at
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http://www.citi.columbia.edu/events/digitaltviptv.htm
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Columbia Business School
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Room L107 Warren Hall
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Amsterdam Ave (between 115 & 116)
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Laurin Herr, Keynote Speaker
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9 a. m. - Conference begins
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12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Laurin Herr

Mr. Herr is co-founder of CineGrid, an international membership organization with close ties to university research laboratories with access to large bandwidth over very high speed networks. Focused on the research, development, and demonstration of networked collaborative tools to enable the production, use and exchange of very-high-quality digital media over photonic networks, CineGrid encourages and coordinates member projects that may transform the way we currently produce and experience entertainment, distance learning, scientific visualization, remote collaboration and international cultural exchange.

The CineGrid community includes leading university research laboratories networks and exchanges, libraries, museums, technology companies, equipment manufacturers and researchers around the globe. Members' experiments with very high resolution content are yielding stunning results and discoveries for movies, sound, 3D and more.

CineGrid has coordinated public demonstrations and experiments worldwide that will revolutionize the production and global distribution of motion pictures and other media. Streaming motion pictures with four times the resolution of High Definition Television over ultra high-speed networks in surround sound, CineGrid has offered a glimpse of the future that could transform the delivery of entertainment, education, tele-medicine, arts and a host of related disciplines. In yet another groundbreaking experiment, CineGrid members literally removed the geographic barriers to 4K motion picture cinematography and production, by enabling international collaboration for "dailies," including color balancing in real time over high speed networks.

Laurin Herr is available for one-on-one discussions with reporters.

Media registration: Free but pre registration is required.