[kNews] Cross-Media Metadata Summit Content Signposts Visibility

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Dear All,

So much going on...

1. Kendra Initiative Cross-Media Metadata Summit
    Frontline Club London 09/03/2007
    Content description, search and discovery

2. Kendra Signposts - cross-media metadata standard

3. Kendra Initiative Networking Party
    Sponsored by Streaming Media Europe 06/03/2007

4. Free access to TV Over Net and
    Connected Home conferences at IPTV World Forum

5. Sponsor pack insert to reach 6000+ IPTV delegates

6. Kendra Team Meeting London 12/02/2007

7. Big Thanks to...

1. KENDRA INITIATIVE CROSS-MEDIA METADATA SUMMIT
    FRONTLINE CLUB LONDON 09/03/2007
    CONTENT DESCRIPTION, SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

How do content owners increase visibility of their content? Do we need more 
metadata standards for cross-media description, search and discovery? 
What's wrong with ones we already have? Does more effort need to be made to 
implement those that already exist? Should standards groups build more 
end-user tools? What are the drivers for industry adoption? Can we make the 
tools simpler and easier to use?
 

We'll have answers (and yet more questions) from many sectors in the media 
content industry. Additionally, we'll hear from search engines, image 
archives, record labels, film companies and more.
 

The day will feature short, sharp business strategy and technology 
briefings from many experts in media, technology and data management 
industries, trade associations, academia, community, open source and 
standards groups. We hope that practitioners will benefit from the 
experiences of their counterparts in other arts and media sectors. We'll be 
identifying areas requiring further investigation to drive adoption of 
metadata syndication ecosystems.
 

Places will be restricted to experts. If you qualify then register by 
clicking your personalised link at the bottom of this email. For more 
details see:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/wiki/wiki.pl?KendraMeeting20070309

Many thanks to Makeni - http://www.makeni.com - for sponsoring this 
summit.
 

2. KENDRA SIGNPOSTS - CROSS-MEDIA METADATA STANDARD

If search engines knew more details about your content and provided richer 
search tools could that bring more potential consumers to your door? Can 
you stay in control of your catalogue database?
 

Kendra Signposts will assist content owners to describe and advertise their 
digital media; content consumers to find and purchase the digital media 
that they want and search engines or applications to provide richer and 
more accurate search results.
 

Peter Buckingham, Head Of Distribution and Exhibition at the UK Film 
Council, said at a recent Kendra Initiative meeting "the biggest threat is 
obscurity".
 

Kendra Signposts will provide a standardised framework with which to richly 
describe digital media files and live streams. Content owners, aggregators 
and online stores will be able to publish detailed information about the 
digital media they are publishing.
 

Kendra Signposts will work across all digital media types. Content owners 
will be provided with tools to build Kendra Signposts from their existing 
datastores and will be in complete control of this information. To find out 
more see:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/wiki/wiki.pl?KendraSignposts

3. KENDRA INITIATIVE NETWORKING PARTY
    SPONSORED BY STREAMING MEDIA EUROPE 06/03/2007

Kendra Initiative is holding its first networking party in collaboration 
with Streaming Media Europe during the week of IPTV World Forum. Join us 
for networking drinks and an incisive keynote on Tuesday 6th March from 
17:30 â?? 19:30 at Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington, a stone's throw from 
Olympia. Your chance to network with key streaming and digital media 
practitioners and developers, this networking event is strictly by 
invitation only, so please register your intention to attend by clicking 
your personalised link at the bottom of this email. Or register in your web 
profile area.
 

Taking the lead from its US-based sister events, Streaming Media Europe is 
a conference and exhibition providing streaming and digital media solutions 
for enterprise, broadcast, entertainment, government and education. 
Streaming Media Europe takes place on 4th and 5th October 2007 at Copthorne 
Tara Hotel, London. See:
 
http://www.streamingmedia.com/europe/

4. FREE ACCESS TO TV OVER NET AND
    CONNECTED HOME CONFERENCES AT IPTV WORLD FORUM

6000 plus people are expected at the IPTV exhibition. We have stand number 
2 kindly provided by the organisers. We have free access to the conference 
for Kendra Events Team participants. Show your interest in a tour of stand 
duty and access to the conference by clicking your personalised link at the 
bottom of this email.
 

5. SPONSOR PACK INSERT TO REACH 6000+ IPTV DELEGATES

We are looking to produce a brochure insert to be given to exhibition 
punters and conference delegates. If you want to get your company and 
products/services in front of 6000 plus people then talk to us about 
sponsorship.
 

6. KENDRA TEAM MEETING LONDON 12/02/2007

We're having a relaxed get together (the calm before the storm) in central 
London on Monday 12th February. Starting with lunch at 1pm and seeing how 
far we can go. We'll be discussing logistics for IPTV World Forum and the 
Cross-Media Metadata Summit events. We'll also be exploring Kendra 
Signposts - the cross-media metadata standard. Register for this event by 
clicking the personalised link at the bottom of this email or in your web 
profile area and you'll be sent details of when and where.
 

7. BIG THANKS TO...

Yvette Elkana, CEO of Clickx 242, for coordinating the Kendra Initiative 
Networking Party. Yvette brings over 22 years experience in delivering 
Business Consultancy, Management, Marketing, ICT and Broadcasting services 
to client organisations. She has been responsible for budgets of up to 
£1.5 million for international programme implementations and she has lead 
client projects of up to £3.5 million. She has had business development 
responsibility for budgets of up to $50 million. She has particularly 
extensive experience in the finance and broadcast media industries. She has 
strong leadership and people management skills, she is a quick learner and 
a flexible team player with excellent strategic and creative thinking:
 
http://www.clickx242.com

And lastly don't forget free drinks Tuesday 6th Feb in London:
http://iwaeurope.org/awards.htm

Full steam ahead! ;-)

Cheers Daniel

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