Agenda

18 May 2005

Section 10. Information Society Technologies
and Infrastructure for the Knowledge Societies
10:00 – 13:00 Session 1

Venue:

• The A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications (7 Pochtamtskaya ulitza, Saint-Petersburg)

Chairperson:

• Yuri Grin, Member of the UN Information and Communication Technology Task Force; Chairman, ITU Council Working Group on WSIS; Director General of Department for International Cooperation, Ministry for Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation (Russia)

Presentations:

1. International Solutions to Use Digital Broadcasting and Cinematograph for Development of Information Society and for Bridging the Digital Gap
   Mark Krivosheev, Honorary Chairman, the ITU Study Group for Digital Broadcasting; Honored Worker of Science of Russia, Professor (Russia)
2. Convergence of Digital Broadcasting and Data Transmission Networks: a Way to Bridge the Digital Gap
   Valery Butenko, Acting Director General, Radio Research & Development Institute (NIIR); Vilyam Saryan, Deputy Chief Engineer, NIIR (Russia)
3. On Development of Digital TV Broadcasting in the Russian Federation
   Mikhail Simonov, First Deputy Director General, NIIR (Russia)
4. System of Data Transmission in Digital TV Channels
   Yuri Bolovintzev, Head of Laboratory, NIIR; Vilyam Saryan, Deputy Chief Engineer, NIIR; Yuri Shavdiya, Director, Scientific and Technological Centre, NIIR (Russia)
5. Setting Up a Video Archive, its Role in Modern TV Production
   Stanislaw Bunevitch, Adviser to Director General, “TVC” Channel (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderator:

• Mark Krivosheev, Honorary Chairman, the ITU Study Group for Digital Broadcasting; Honored Worker of Science of Russia, Professor (Russia)

Section 10. Information Society
Technologies and Infrastructure
15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

Venue:

• The A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications (7 Pochtamtskaya ulitza, Saint-Petersburg)

Chairperson:

• Yuri Grin, Member of the UN Information and Communication Technology Task Force; Chairman, ITU Council Working Group on WSIS; Director General of Department for International Cooperation, Ministry for Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation (Russia)

Presentations:

1. Mobile TV: Its Role in the Modern World
   Alexander Krupnov, President, Association 3G; Andrey Skorodumov, Vice President, Association 3G; Valery Butenko, Acting Director General, NIIR; Vilyam K. Saryan, Deputy Chief Engineer, NIIR (Russia)
2. Shaping the National Infrastructure of Geographical Information Resources: Electronic Interoperability Framework
   Efim Koudashev, Lead Researcher, Institute of Space Research, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
3. On Development of the “Culture” Channel Infrastructure
   Stella Neretina, First Deputy Director General, TV Channel “Culture” (Russia)
4. Development of Digital Technologies in Cinematography
   Alexei Vinokur, Director General, Cinema and Photo Research & Development Institute (Russia)
5. Prospects of Digital TV Development in Saint Petersburg
   Dmitry Volobuev, Director General, Digital TV Centre, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

Moderator:

• Mark Krivosheev, Honorary Chairman, the ITU Study Group for Digital Broadcasting; Honored Worker of Science of Russia, Professor (Russia)