NEM Summit

“The art challenges technology, technology inspires art”

Acreo and LTH participated in the fourth annual NEM Summit (http://nem-summit.eu/), which took place in Torino, Italy on the 27th-29th of September. NEM (Networked electronic media) is a European technology platform under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). There was a strong focus on media in this event, which was manifested in the NEM art competition together with a piano concert opening the summit and a LED Dance Performance during the closing ceremony. An inspiring setting boosting creativity. Bob Sumner from Disney Research quoted John Lasseter, the creative genius behind Pixar studios: “The art challenges technology, technology inspires art”.

Andreas Aurelius, Acreo

The summit comprises presentations and an exhibition, in which the Celtic IPNQSIS project (Acreo and LTH) had a booth to demonstrate its activities regarding video transmission and quality monitoring. A demonstration of video distribution, and the impact on video quality from network impairments, such as packet loss, jitter, etc.. In the project, solutions for network and traffic monitoring are developed. The Swedish SME and project member, Procera Networks will further develop its traffic management solutions. Alkit Communications, also a Swedish SME, will further develop its video collaboration solutions, especially considering service optimization and adaptation to the current state of the network. Both of these development activities are performed in close collaboration with Acreo and LTH, and several demonstrations are planned in the future, at e.g. Celtic event and similar occasions.

Maria Kihl, LTH

Apart from technical presentations from the NEM projects, the summit also gathered many prominent guest speakers from the EU commission. In the opening ceremony, both Neely Kroes (Commissioner for Information Society and Media) and Megan Richards (Director, Directorate General Information Society and Media) presented their views over video link. The executive director of the NEM Initiative, Jean-Dominique Meunier from Technicolor, opened the summit. At the closing of the conference, Bartolome Arroyo-Fernandez from the European Commission presented his view on "Present and Future of Networked Media collaborative R&D in Europe", and shared some information on the status of the research directions the EC sees for the period 2014-2020.

For more information contact Andreas Aurelius at Acreo
andreas.aurelius(at)acreo.se or Ph. +46 08 632 7802

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