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Dear ARSC-friends, Here's the latest update on the JTS-programming (fwd from the JTS info-elist). Cheers, Jacqueline von Arb (IASA VP) -----Forwarded by Jacqueline VonArb/VIT/UIS on 04/26/2007 02:39PM ----- To: <[log in to unmask]> From: "Laura Rooney" <[log in to unmask]> Date: 04/26/2007 12:36AM Subject: JTS 2007: Program Updates! The Preliminary Program for the Joint Technical Symposium 2007 has been updated. New program information has been added to the JTS 2007 preliminary program ( http://www.jts2007.org/program.htm ). In addition to the topics already announced, the program now includes: Digital Archiving for Motion Pictures, Quality Control in Digital Cinematography, Non-Contact Surface Metrology for Preservation and Sound Recovery from Mechanical Sound Recordings, and Research on JPEG 2000 for Video Archiving. Additional subjects will be added shortly. Register now for the JTS at: http://www.jts2007.org/registration.htm . Hotel information and registration is also available, with a special hotel rate for JTS guests at the nearby Marriott Courtyard Hotel. It is important to register and to reserve your room early! There is a large event in Toronto the week of JTS and rooms will be hard to find. Funding assistance for participation in the JTS is available through a grant from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Funding is intended to assist archivists from the developing world by defraying travel and subsistence costs for those from Least Developed Countries, Africa and small island states. Information about UNESCO travel funding can be found at www.JTS2007.org ( http://www.jts2007.org/ ) . The theme of JTS 2007 is "AudioVisual Heritage and the Digital Universe". A sample of the Program topics include: Mass Migration of A/V Collections, New Tools for Film Sound Restoration, Preserving Digital Public Television, Restoring Motion Pictures in 4K Workflow, EDCINE: A System for Conservation and Access based on MXF and JPEG2000, Video Archiving and Digitization, Mass Storage Architecture and Workflow, Reports on Magnetic Media Studies, Media Condition Assessment and Environmental Monitoring of Moving Image Collections through Web-based Technology, New Tools for Content Assessment and Migration, Designing Digital Repositories for A/V collections, Selection Criteria for Analogue and Digital Content, Film Archive Challenges in the Digital Cinema Era, with additional topics to be announced soon. More information is available at www.jts2007.org , or by emailing: [log in to unmask] JTS 2007 is being host-coordinated by the Association of Moving Image Archivists on behalf of the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations ( www.ccaaa.org ( http://www.ccaaa.org/ )). See you in Toronto!