Forthcoming Institute Conferences

Digital Futures 2008: International Standards around Printing and Imaging

Date: Tuesday 28 October 2008

Venue: The Institute of Physics, London, UK

Organisation: A symposium jointly organised by the Imaging Science Group of The Royal Photographic Society and the Printing and Graphics Science Group of the Institute of Physics

Registration deadline: Monday 20 October 2008

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Introduction

Digital Futures 2008 follows the successful series of Digital Futures symposia, which started in 2000 and is held annually.  This year the symposium covers the wide range of International Standards on Printing and Imaging.  The papers cover topics such as colour management, Graphic Arts, camera optics, digital photography and file format issues.  It will be of interest to those working in these areas and anyone on or using technical International Standards.

 

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Programme

09:00 - 09:30	Tea/Coffee & Registration
09:30 - 09:40	Welcome and Introduction Alan Hodgson, (Consultant, UK)
09:40 - 09:55	The Royal Photographic Society Imaging Science Group Sophie Triantaphillidou, (University of Westminster, UK)
09:55 - 10:10	Institute of Physics Printing and Graphics Science Group Alan Hodgson (Consultant, UK)
10:10 - 10:35	The development in standards for document W Craig Revie (Fujifilm Limited)
11:00 - 11:20	Coffee
11:20 - 11:45	New developments in ICC colour management Phil Green (London College of Communication, UK)
11:45 - 12:10	Estimating the Spectral Reflectance of Fluorescent Offset Papers for Varying Illuminants Eva Maria Loeffler (Stuttgart Media University, DE) and Phil Green, (LCC, UK)
12:10 - 12:35	Standards for microlenses and microlens arrays Richard Stevens (NPL, UK)
12:35 - 13:00	Bringing one of the oldest international standards into the 21st century: ISO 5 densitometry Phil Green (London College of Communication, UK)
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:25	The work of ISO Technical Committee 42 – Photography Alan Hodgson (Consultant, UK)
14:25 - 14:50	Digital Photography Standards Hani Muammar (Kodak European Research, UK)
14:50 - 15:15	Rumours of JPEG's death are greatly exaggerated Richard Clark (Elysium Ltd, UK)
15:15 - 15:35	Coffee
15:35 - 16:00	How International Standards affect Camera Testing Dietmar Wueller (Image Engineering, DE)
16:00 - 16:25	International Standards on Image Permanence Alan Hodgson (Consultant, UK)
16:25 - 16:50	The influence of medical photography’s Westminster reproduction ratios on standardization in forensic photography – An opinion Hoosain Ebrahim (University of Limpopo, ZA)
16:50 - 17:00	Closing comments

 

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Registration Fees

Non-members	£95.00
The Royal Photographic Society & Institute of Physics Members	£68.00
Speakers and Concessions (Students, Retired, Unemployed)	£38.00

Refreshments and lunch will be provided for each attendee whose registration form and payment has been received by 20 October 2008.
To book online please go to: http://www.rps-isg.org/DF2008regform.php

In the event of unforeseen circumstances the organisers reserve the right to cancel the meeting and refund any fees paid.

Organiser:
Dr Alan Hodgson
ALAN HODGSON CONSULTING LTD
E-mail: alan_AT_ntlworld.com

 

 

 

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