20th Annual Seminar series
Date: January 14-17, 2013
Place: The Universal Hilton, 555 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City, California, United States 91608-1001
This series of seminars is aimed at those individuals responsible for theatre design and the planning of day-to-day theatre operations.
Schedule for 2012 Event
ICTA SEMINAR SERIES
Monday, January 16th
7:00 PM Welcome Cocktail Reception
(Ballroom A)
Tuesday, January 17th
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
(Sierra Foyer A)
9:00 AM Welcome – Jack Panzeca, President, ICTA
Interview with John Fithian, NATO President by Pamela McClintock, “The Hollywood Reporter”
“Tips to Improve Your Digital Projection”
Moderator and Opening Remarks: Bobby Pinkston
“Digital Projector Lamp Modules” –
Paul Ratliff, Osram Sylvania
“Optimizing Lens Choices for Digital Cinema” –
Dwight Lindsey, Schneider Optics
“Optical Glass and Coatings For Digital Projection”
John Gracia, I.G.S., Inc.
“A Technical Look at 3D Projection Brightness” -
Rod Archer, RealD
“The Importance of Screen Design & Achieving Correct Light Levels in Cinemas” –
Andrew Robinson, Harkness Screens
(Ballroom A)
11:00 AM Coffee Break
(Sierra Foyer A)
11:30 AM “B-Chain Study Group”
Brian Vessa, Chairman SMPTE Study Group
Barry Ferrell – “Field Measurements of B-Chain Response”
John Allen – “The X-Curve: Where Do We Go From Here”
(Ballroom A)
12:30 PM Lunch
(Ballroom A)
1:30 PM ICTA Presentation on 40th Anniversary & Annual Convention in Charleston
Jack Panzeca, President
Joe DeMeo, Vice President
Bobby Franklin, Director
2:00 PM “All About Exhibition”
Moderator: Ioan Allen
Exhibitor’s Roundtable Discussion
Big Screen Formats –
RPX – Rob Del Moro, Regal Entertainment Group ETX – Dan Huerta, AMC Theatres
Big D – Terrell Mayton, Carmike
XD – Steve Owen, Cinemark
Dine-In Movies
Cine Bistros – Freddie Dobbs, Cobb Theatres
Alamo Draft-House – Tim Reed
Fred Walraven, Kerasotes
(Ballroom A)
3:30 PM Coffee Break
(Sierra Foyer A)
4:00 PM “Boothless Cinemas”
Moderator: Susie Beiersdorf, Sony Digital
Neil Pearlmutter, General Manager, North American Cinemas, Inc.
Tony Pleskow, AIA Principal, Pleskow Architects
Larry Jacobson, CEO, CineGenesis
4:45 PM Update on Digital Cinema and 3D Presentation Worldwide
Bill Mead
(Ballroom A)
6:00 PM Dinner in Executive Dining Room of Paramount Pictures
(Buses leave at 5:30 PM)
7:00 PM Tour of the New Technicolor Facilities on the Paramount Lot
(Mixing Stages, ADR Stages, Foley Square, Edit Suites, DVD Mastering)
(Buses return to the hotel at 8:30 PM)
Wednesday, January 18th
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
(Sierra Foyer A)
8:30 AM ”Auro 3D Sound Demo”
Auro 3D: As multi channel audio systems in theaters are quickly gaining stature worldwide, this program will demonstrate a proprietary 11-channel audio system which immerses movie patrons into a new sophisticated and premium sound environment.
Brian Claypool, Senior Strategic Business Development, Barco
Screening of feature film “Red Tails” from Lucasfilm & distributed by 20th Century Fox in Auro 3D Sound.
(Buses leave the Hotel at 8:00 AM)
It will be held at the Regal Theater Calabasas 6 located at 4767
Commons Way, Calabasas, CA 91302.
(Buses return at 11:15 AM)
11:45 AM “High Frame Rates”
This program will explain both verbally and visually the differences between 24, 48 and 60 frame rates per second in a movie feature presentation and how/when exhibitors may apply this emerging technology into their own operations.
Andrew Gaweda, Product Manager, Barco
12:30 PM Luncheon
(Ballroom B)
1:30 AM Manufacturers Presentations
Barry Ferrell - QSC Audio Products
Craig Chapin / Steve Marsh - Allure Global Solutions
Paul Mascot - GDC Technology
Michael Archer - Doremi Cinema
Jim Reisteter - NEC Display Solutions
Danny Fairman - Vista Ent. Solutions
Stuart Bowling - Dolby Laboratories
Pat Moore - Ballantyne Strong, Inc.
Susie Beiersdorf - Sony Digital Cinema
John Carey - D-BOX Technologies, Inc.
2:30 PM “A Bright Future: Seminar on Laser Projectors – Produced by the Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA)”
“Introduction to Laser Projectors”
Peter Ludè, Senior Vice President of Solutions Engineering
At Sony Electronics and Chairman of LIPA
“Lasers 101: The World of Lasers and Laser Projection”
Bill Beck, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of
Business Development Laser Light Engines
“Laser Regulatory Landscape”
Casey Stack, President of Laser Compliance
(Ballroom A)
4:30 PM Conclusion: Jack Panzeca