Video Keynote
		Tuesfday 9:45 PM - 10:35 AM January 12 Keynote JOE KANE PRODUCTIONS Valley Village, CA

Bio

Mr. Kane specializes in the sciences of electronic imaging and accurately reproducing video signals on display devices. These efforts have been the focus of his company, Joe Kane Productions, since its founding in 1982. Mr. Kane joined and later became chair of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Working Group on Professional & Studio Monitors. That effort in the late 1980’s brought organization and consistency to displaying standard definition video images in the professional and broadcast worlds. Members of the SMPTE Working Group challenged Mr. Kane to communicate a similar message to consumers, which was first realized in 1989 in the laserdisc format. It was also the start of his long term involvement in consumer electronics and home theater in addition to continued work in the broadcast and post production communities.

Through presentations and demonstrations Mr. Kane supported efforts to make the video community aware of the advantages of progressive high definition images. He wrote articles, presented seminars for system installers, and worked with manufacturers and program production facilities to further those efforts. There were additional video tutorials in then current video distribution formats as new developments occurred in the industry.

As CEO of Joe Kane Productions, Mr. Kane continues his efforts in supervising the design of progressive digital HD displays, working on image quality in methods of digital compression, helping with video quality capability in optical media players, and presenting lectures and demonstrations about the real capability of high definition technology.