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| Next Meeting | Live Stream | Meeting Archive | Contacts | Membership | Seminars | Education | Employment | Welcome To The Toronto Section Of The SMPTE
Since 1918 when Bill Redpath became the first Canadian (and Torontonian) to join SMPTE, the Toronto Section of the Society Of Motion Picture And Television Engineers has been one of the most active and innovative sections within the organization. With well over 400 members and with meetings that have been known to draw as many as 200, its volunteer Board Of Managers annually executes an aggressive, relevant, and corporately neutral program that goes well beyond the ten section meetings that it runs each season. The Toronto Sections program includes presentations from many of the industries top engineers and innovators, often includes facility tours and includes semi-annual technical seminars such as the sections popular "Boot Camps", that concentrates advanced learning over two days in a local Toronto venue. You're Invited: A Taste Of NAB Will Be Hosted By Rochester SMPTE Section On September 1, 2009
Toronto Section Members have been invited by their Rochester SMPTE counterparts to join them in Rochester, NY on Tuesday September 1st for the popular "Taste of NAB" Roadshow. The location has yet to be announced but a link to the Rochester event is at http://www.tech-notes.tv/2009/51-Rochester.htm The running time will be about 3 hours and the roadshow has great door prizes. Admission is s business card and if you don't have one they'll supply a blank that you can fill out. You must be present to win the local door prizes at the end of the presentation.SMPTE's Regional Seminar on File Based Workflows Coming To TorontoThis November Centennial College's Centre For Creative Communications will host the highly rated SMPTE Regional Seminar File-based Workflows in Broadcast and Production: Principles and Applications. This program will discuss the differences between baseband television production processes and more contemporary techniques using file based approaches. The conference will present a sound foundation in Information Technology (IT) concepts and principles as they relate to real time media and non real time production techniques. This will support material presented on file-based workflows in the context of broadcast television operations, television news, file-based content distribution networks, episodic program production and corporate video post production. Sessions will also provide practical guidance on conversion from production using baseband audio & video to file-based processes. Finally, the use of metadata, archives, and asset management will be discussed.Speakers Include: Al Kovalick has worked in the field of hybrid AV/IT systems for the past 15 years. Previously, he was a digital systems designer and technical strategist for Hewlett-Packard. Following HP, from 1999 to 2004, he was the CTO of the Broadcast Products Division at Pinnacle Systems. Currently, he is with Avid Technology and serves as a Strategist and Fellow. He also wrote the first book in its field on "tapeless" media workflows - Video Systems in an IT Environment. The 600 page, 225 figure book, covers the salient aspects of hybrid AV+IT systems.John Luff is an independent media technology consultant specializing in a wide range of television technology, facility planning and system design issues. Over the last four decades his clients have included public and commercial broadcasters across North America, Europe, and Africa. He is a Fellow of SMPTE, and the current Conference Vice President. John was the founder of system integration firm Synergistic Technologies Incorporated (STI), where he served until 2006. He was responsible for design and project management for ABC's HDTV facilities in NY, as well as several HD and SD mobile units. He has managed the crews and facilities for the EBU which covered major news events in over 40 venues around the world. More details and the date will be announced shortly. SMPTE Member Rate $199 U.S. Nonmember Rate $299 U.S. Upcoming Section Meetings - 2009
Toronto Section meetings are held ten times a year and are normally held on the second Tuesday of each month excluding the months of July and August. Meetings are designated as either Open or for Members Only. Membership in the Toronto Section of SMPTE has its privileges through its “Members Only” meetings that usually occur on several occasions and normally consist of broadcast/film production facility tours or screenings. Open SMPTE meetings are usually more presentation based and provide an opportunity for those new to the industry or those considering SMPTE to join us for a meeting. The 08-09 Toronto Section Program included “Members Only” meetings that toured Rogers Sportsnet, THE SCORE and Filmport. These tours are designed to provide our members with an insider view on how these operations are technologically put together, as well as how they operate.
SMPTE And The Toronto Sections Educational Focus
SMPTE's Toronto Sections reach extends well beyond the GTA covering an area that extends westward from the Province of Quebec to Victoria Island in British Columbia and northward from the American Border to the northern territories that include Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut making it one of SMPTE's largest sections. As such the Toronto Section is educationally focused streaming most of its meetings live to the internet so remote SMPTE members in Canada and around the globe can participate in SMPTE meetings of interest. In keeping with it's educational focus the Section maintains an archive library of its meetings that are available on demand globally via its website and date back as far as 1985. 
Education for SMPTE members extends far beyond that offered by the Toronto Section. Members of The Society Of Motion Picture And Television Engineers have access to a variety of seminars and publications. They include The Journal --available in print or PDF--, the SMPTE Professional Development Academy (SMPTE PDA), --a series of live interactive seminars that are available live as a streamed event or for download from the SMPTE's PDA web based archive--, and streamed archived recording of presentations made at SMPTE's Technical Conferences.
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