FEBRUARY 2002 MEETING

Pocket Video - The Next Big Small Thing

Date:        Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002
Time:        6:30 PM
Location: The Princeton Theological Seminary, Templeton Hall
                 Princeton Pike/Mercer Street (Rt. 583), Princeton

Additional Information --  Directions to the Meeting

Admission: Free for Princeton Chapter members
                 Other MCA-I Chapter Members $5
                 General public only $15

The historical progression of computer technology has been to make devices that are simultaneously smaller and more powerful: smaller calculators, smaller computers, smaller cell phones, and smaller video files.
For corporate video professionals "pocket" video files mean that the power of the video medium can now be brought to devices like personal digital assistants and cell phones. Repair technicians can watch an installation procedure without lugging around a laptop, and news and entertainment companies can reach mobile professionals with video.

This month's meeting will take a look at the entire issue of "Pocket Video:"

· What's being done right now
· Software and hardware requirements
· Future marketplaces and applications
· Future infrastructure for wireless and broadcast transmission

Our speakers are Neil Ziesing, an Account Manager for Menlo Park, Calif.-based Generic Media and John R. Wickens, Manager of Telecom and Interactive Media for New York-based PA Consulting Group. 

PA is an international management, systems and technology consulting firm with 3,800 staff in 20 countries. John Wickens is in charge of PA's relationships with US clients in the wireless industry. He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Kingston University in England, has participated in CCITT standards development, and speaks regularly at seminars on wireless communications in the US, Europe and Asia.

Mr. Ziesing will talk about Generic Media's unique streaming services, which includes streaming to PDAs and cell phones as well as g Movie Maker, and gMovie Player which enable Macintosh and Windows users to easily convert and playback color video, animation and still image files on Palm handheld devices, including the Palm, Sony CLIÉ, Handspring Visor, IBM WorkPad and TRGpro.

Mr. Wickens will discuss how broadband wireless will be deployed in the United states, the technology that will likely be used, and the expected timeline.

This is a must-attend meeting for anyone who's interested in the future of video and wireless telecom technology.

Additional Information

Princeton Media Communication Association is an organization that promotes the media arts and industry in New Jersey. We do this through an ongoing series of information and social events that highlight developments in our industry, from the technical to the esoteric.

Whether you are a media professional, student or kindred spirit, PMCA offers a variety of real and practical benefits. 

Find out more by visiting our website: www.movingimage.org.

Or contact PMCA president Dennis Nobile at 609.716.1737 / nthdmedia@aol.com

Directions to Princeton Theological Seminary:

Maps at http://www.ptsem.edu/look/campusmaps.htm

From the New Jersey Turnpike
*Take Exit 8A Cranbury.
Turn right onto Rt. 32 west after the toll, following signs to Cranbury and
Rt. 130. Take Rt. 130 south. At the second light, turn right onto Dey Road.
Continue on Dey Road for about 5 miles into Plainsboro. At a traffic light
turn right onto Scudders Mill Road. Take Rt. 1 south toward Princeton.
Follow directions from Rt. 1 south.

From Interstate 95
*Take exit 8B (Rt. 583, Princeton Pike North). Proceed five miles north to
Seminary.

From Route 206
*southbound, follow 206S into Princeton. At traffic light in Princeton turn
right onto Stockton St. (This is Rt. 206S continuing.) Turn left at first
light onto Library Place and continue to the Seminary.
*northbound, from 206N get onto I-295N (which becomes I-95S after crossing Rt. 1). Take exit 8B (Princeton Pike North) and follow five miles to the Seminary.

From Route 1
*southbound, take the Alexander Rd. west exit toward Princeton, which
follows quickly after the Washington Rd. traffic light. Follow Alexander Rd.
(which becomes Alexander St.) to the Seminary.
*northbound, follow Rt. 1 north across the Delaware River through Trenton
until you reach I-95 in Lawrenceville, NJ. Take I-95S to Exit 8B (Princeton
Pike North) and proceed five miles to the Seminary.

From the Pennsylvania Turnpike
*Take exit 28 (marked Philadelphia) and follow Rt. 1 North for a few miles.
Take the exit for I-95N into New Jersey. Follow directions from I-95 above.

Contact Andy Kienzle at Gravity Shift, 609-688-0100 ext. 14, if you have any questions.