EPISODE

TMC - Now! A management workshop on Traffic Message Channel implementation

In line with the EPISODE Project objective - to disseminate information about RDS-TMC - this Workshop will address the issue of RDS-TMC implementation emphasising the broadcasters’ perspective. The workshop is particularly aimed at those who have not had implementation experience and will draw on knowledge gained by those who have been involved in early trials, the standardisation process, consumer electronics designs and initial service implementations. The Worshop is supported by the Radio Programme and technical Committees of the European Broadcasting Union. It will be held, with simultaneous English/French interpretation, at the EBU Headquarters in Geneva and is free to registered delegates.

Day One: Wednesday 19th March 1997

Session 1:	09.00 - 11.00 h
	THE EUROPEAN CHALLENGE
	Chairman: Daniel Favre, EBU Broadcasts for Motorists Co-ordinator

	Opening addresses
	Lutz Franke, Chairman of the TMC-Now Workshop Programming Committee Guest speaker: Jean-Bernard Mhnch, Secretary-General of the EBU

	What do we expect from the EC projects FORCE/ECORTIS and EPISODE
	Ed Troost, FORCE and EPISODE Project Officer, EC/DG XIII

	What are the objectives of the Euro-regional RDS-TMC projects
	Olivier Waldner, RDS-TMC projects co-ordinator, EC/DG VII

	TMC scenarios of today - a long history of technological developments
	Dietmar Kopitz, EPISODE Project Manager, EBU

11.00 - 11.30	Coffee break

Session 2:	11.30 - 13.00 h
	WHAT ARE THE TMC BUILDING BLOCKS
	Chairman: Dietmar Kopitz, EBU

	Standardization: Where are we today
	Bev Marks, EPISODE Project Engineer, EBU

	Location Databases
	Auke de Vries, Research and Development Engineer, NOS/NOB, Netherlands

	Smart Cards
	Gino Alberico, Research and Development Engineer, RAI, Italy

13.00 - 14.00	Lunch

Session 3:	14.00 - 16.00 h
	RECEIVERS - IMPLEMENTATION
	Chairman: Lutz Franke, Head of Programming, ARD/SDR, Germany

	Marketing issues and requirements for RDS-TMC receivers
	Martin Thoone, Head of Strategy and Planning - System and Information Technology, Philips, Germany Rudolph Vollmer, Head of Product Planning - Driver Information, Bosch, Germany

	TMC-ChipCard - Blue Book and Product realisation
	Stefan Goss, Development Traffic Telematics, Blaupunkt, Germany

	Message presentation / Speech output
	Hans Wilhelm Rhhl, Car Systems Product Strategy, Philips, Germany

	Message presentation / Visual Display and CD-ROM locations
	Jan HellDker, Manager Traffic & Transport Systems, Volvo, Sweden

16.00 - 16.30	Coffee break

Session 4:	16.30 - 18.00 h
	BROADCASTING - IMPLEMENTATION
	Chairman: Georg Auf der Maur, SBC/DRS Switzerland

	Technical Infrastructures for TMC
	Henning Wilkens and Clemens Kunert, Research and Development Engineer, ARD/ZDF-IRT, Germany

	Editorial Infrastructures for TMC
	Antonio Piserchia, Radio Co-ordination Director, RAI, Italy

	The longer term future of TMC
	Simon Parnall, Research and Development Engineer, BBC, United Kingdom

Day Two: Thursday 20th March 1997

Session 5:	09.00 - 10.45 h
	IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING
	Chairman: Antonio Piserchia, RAI, Italy

	Objectives to be achieved from the point of view of the European Commission
	Fotis Karamitsos, EC/DG XIII

	Germany
	Fritz Bolte, BAST, Germany

	France
	Roger Pagny, DSCR, France

	United Kingdom
	Paul Burton, Department of Transport, United Kingdom

	Italy
	Pasquale Cialdini, Ministry of Public Works, Italy

	Spain
	Jorge Navas, DGT, Spain

	Sweden
	Christer Karlsson, SNRA, Sweden

	Netherlands
	Wim Broeders, Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands

	Co-ordination activities of FORCE/ECORTIS
	David Bowerman , ERTICO

10.45 - 11.15	Coffee break

Session 6:	11.15 - 13.15 h
	ROUND-TABLE EVALUATION
	Chairman: Daniel Favre

	TMC-Now!? A critical evaluation from the Conference Rapporteur
	Johnny Beerling

	Conference discussion
	Members of the Panel: David Bowerman (ERTICO), Fotis Karamitsos (EC/DG/XIII) , Antonio Piserchia (RAI), Rudolph Vollmer (EACEM)

	Closing the Conference - Invitation to Eurotravel 1998
	John P. Kelly, Head of Specialized Radio Programmes, EBU

TMC-Now! is organised by the EPISODE Project - an activity funded by the European Commission, DG XIII

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