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    August 2007 MEETING

    An Evening at Dolby Laboratories

  • Speakers from Dolby Laboratories, Inc.:
    • David DesRoches, Director, Applications Software;
    • Jeff Riedmiller, Senior Product Manager, Broadcast;
    • Ioan Allen, Senior Vice President;
    • Jeff McNall, Cinema Product Manager;
  • Date & time: Thursday, 30 August 2007;
    • 6:30 PM reception, third-floor lobby
    • 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM presentations-Screening Room

  • Hosted by: Ioan Allen, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
  • Meeting organizer: Rick Reagen, Chair, SMPTEsf
  • Program:

    Presenting a few of the recent products and technologies introduced by Dolby:

    Dolby Digital Cinema -- Digital Cinema has come of age, and this presentation will describe current technology, and the modern all-electronic cinema. Presented by David DesRoches, Director, Applications Software

    Dolby Model 600 -- Program Optimizer -- a unique set of audio tools for file-based broadcast environments and work flows. Presented by Jeff Riedmiller, Senior Product Manager, Broadcast

    "How Loud was your Evening?" -- a new procedure to derive a metric for the loudness of entire movies. Presented by Ioan Allen, Senior Vice President

    Dolby Digital Cinema 3D -- a new technology for an old art form. A sharper picture and better color than ever before possible for 3D movies -- and in every seat. Presented by Jeff McNall, Cinema Product Manager

    Question-and-answer period

    About our speakers:

    Ioan Allen, Sr. Vice President
    Ioan Allen joined Dolby Laboratories in 1969, and was in large part responsible for the origination and development of the Dolby Stereo film program. He is a Fellow of the SMPTE, AES and BKSTS and is active in U.S. and world standards organizations. He is past president of the International Theatre Equipment Association and past Engineering Director - Motion Pictures for the SMPTE. He is an Adjunct Professor at The University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television and holds an honorary Doctorate Degree of Science from the University of Nottingham. Ioan was the 1985 recipient of the Samuel L. Warner Award for contributions to motion picture sound and has received Scientific and Engineering Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1979, 1987 and 2001, and an Oscar in 1989.

    Welcome:

    SMPTEsf  welcomes members and friends to attend without charge.

    Location:

    Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
    100 Potrero Avenue
    San Francisco, CA 94103-4813

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