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Welcome To The Toronto Section Of The Society Of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

The Theatorium at 183 Yonge Street
opened in 1906 As Toronto's First
Movie Theatre

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.

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 SMPTE's largest North American section. 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.

Announcing SMPTE Toronto’s 17th Technical Seminar - Boot Camp 4

June 8 and 9, 2010 At Ryerson University 8:30 am—6:00 pm
June 7 Evening Tour/BBQ
June 8 Evening Tradeshow
SMPTE Members - Earlybird Price $100

Boot Camp 4 - 3D, Mobility And More...
Exploring The Next Dimension Of Film And Video Technologies

Never in the short history of Motion Imaging has technological change been as pervasive and dynamic as we’re experiencing today. Whether you identify yourself as a Motion Picture or Television Engineer, Operations Technician, Filmmaker or Videographer the relentless pace of digital technologies has forever changed our industries production workflows with no end in sight.

BOOT CAMP IV—The Next Dimension: 3D, Mobility and More... is SMPTE Toronto’s 17th semi-annual Technical Seminar. This two day event is crammed with practical information on new and emerging advanced technologies. The sessions have been designed for today’s Motion Picture and Television professionals to advance their knowledge on today’s and tomorrows leading edge technologies. Organized by SMPTE’s Toronto Section this popular event brings some of the industries top presenters who will speak on topics relevant to the technological advances that will define our industry over the next few years.

This two-day long technical seminar titled BOOT CAMP IV—The Next Dimension: 3D, Mobility and More... represents both a tremendous opportunity to learn and an incredible training bargain. Previous technical seminars, such as the last three BOOT CAMPs, have been highly attended for good reasons. The content was extremely relevant and forward thinking. With the emergence of 3D digital film production, the adoption of Mobile TV standards, the pervasiveness of broadcast IT infrastructures and their associated file based workflows, this years seminar theme will focus on technologies essential to your career. As in the past Toronto’s BOOT CAMP features speakers, many of them the top technical people in their fields, who will focus on what’s in the future and what the engineering community needs to know when it comes to the future communications and motion imaging technology.

Attendees can expect that this years BOOT CAMP to have new twists. BOOT CAMP IV begins the evening of Monday June 7th in conjunction a bonus event joining with the Toronto Section BBQ and tour of the brand new CITY/OMNI TV facility in Toronto’s Dundas Square.

After getting behind the scenes on the Monday evening tour paper presentations start on Tuesday. The Tuesday Evening Tradeshow will allow you to get up close and personal with technology. Keynote speakers will complement the two-day program by providing unique observations into the greater context to which all of the Engineering community works and the role that they play as it relates to next dimension technology.

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON AT WWW.SMPTE.CA

Upcoming Section Meetings - 2010

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.

Date

Topic

Time And Location

Status

Meeting Notice

February 2010

No Meeting Due To Olympics

No Meeting

No Meeting

 No Meeting

March 16, 2010

Canada's Winter Olympics Technology

Rogers Communications Centre
7 pm.
Ryerson University –  80 Gould Street

All Welcome

 Notice Posted Early March

June 8 and 9, 2010

Boot Camp IV - The Next Dimension:
3D, Mobility And More….

Ryerson University

Registration To Commence Shortly

 Details - Click Here

January 12, 2010

ATSC Mobile

Rogers Communications Centre
7 pm.
Ryerson University –  80 Gould Street

Meeting Video Now Posted

 Past Meeting

December 8, 2009

Internet Connected Television

Rogers Communications Centre
7 pm. Room RCC-361
Ryerson University –  80 Gould Street

Meeting Video Now Posted

 Past Meeting

November 10, 2009

Dealing with Audio Loudness

Rogers Communications Centre
Room RCC-361
Ryerson University –  80 Gould Street

Meeting Video Now Posted

Past Meeting

October 13, 2009

QC, Measurement and Content Repair in File-Based Workflows

Rogers Communications Centre
RCC-204   -  Eaton Lecture Theatre
Ryerson University –  80 Gould Street

Meeting Video Now Posted

Past Meeting

September 8, 2009

Developments in High Dynamic Range Imaging

Rogers Communications Centre
RCC-204   -  Eaton Lecture Theatre
Ryerson University –  80 Gould Street

 

Meeting Video Now Posted

 

Past Meeting

June 9

Filmport

Facility Tour

FILMPORT Studios

Meeting Video Now Posted

Past Meeting

May 12

NAB 2009 Wrap Up

Ryerson University

Meeting Video Now Posted

Past Meeting

April 14

RED Digital Cinema

The Workflow Of PontyPool

Ryerson University

Meeting Video Now Posted

Past Meeting

March 10, 2009

Education

Ryerson University

Meeting Video Now Posted

Past Meeting

Feb. 9, 2009

Facility Tour

The SCORE

Meeting Video Now Posted

Past Meeting