1ST DAY FISM

 Date : October 23rd, 2003, 9:30am to 10:30pm
 Venue : Ircam, Espace de projection
 Access conditions : registration on SATIS web site

09:30am - 01:00pm : multichannel formats of tomorrow

Speakers : Bernard Stiegler (Director of Ircam), Xavier Bringue, Riitta Väänänen (Ircam/Nokia Research Center), Diemer de Vries (Delft University), Rozenn Nicol and Jérôme Daniel (France Telecom).

09:30am	Opening of the sixth International Multi-channel Sound Forum Speaker : Bernard Stiegler
10:00am	Microsoft "New opportunities for contents provider" Speaker : Xavier Bringue
10:30am	Object-based content coding : the MPEG 4 format Speaker : Riita Väänänen
11:15am	Pause
11:45am	Sound (re)production with Wave Field Synthesis : new developments and attainment Speakers : Diemer de Vries
12:15pm	Comparison of Wave Field Synthesis and Ambisonic approches for encoding and sound restitution Speakers : Rozenn Nicol and Jérôme Daniel

02:00pm - 06:30pm : Fiction, news and sports for radio, television and DVD

Chairman : Jörg Wuttke, Technical Director (SCHOEPS microphones).

02:00pm	Jörg Wuttke : Space and localization
02:30pm	Radio France Speakers : Gilles Pezeras, Pascal Besnard
03:15pm	France 3 : documentaries and fiction
04:00pm	DOLBY : "from production to reception in 5.1 TV and radio"
04:40pm	Pause
05:15pm	TF1 : Ushuaia Speakers : Pascal Anciaux, Michael Cailly
06:00pm	Problems and solutions for Home Theater loudspeakers Speaker : Sören Bech (Bang & Olufsen)
07:00pm	Cocktail offered by Ircam

8:00pm - 10:30pm : Special evening "Multichannel Sound for Opera"

Speakers : David Griesinger (Lexicon), Eckhartd Kahle, Christian Hugonnet

08:00pm	Multichannel solutions for sound enhancement and apparent acoustic conditions in opera houses Speaker : David Griesinger
09:30pm	Round table : "Multichannel solutions for Performance Areas : a must, a need, a crutch ? Speakers : David Griesinger, Eckhartd Kahle Chairman : Christian Hugonnet