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This year's preliminary conference program for the MEDIA-TECH Europe 2009 features presentations and lectures about all aspects of the packaged media industry presented by experts, the MEDIA-TECH Association announced.

MEDIA-TECH Europe 2009 is a conference and equipment show. Under the motto "In Touch with Tomorrow's Storage Technology Today", the conference takes place on two half-day morning sessions focusing on storage technology, features and technologies impacting on the optical disc industry, including Blu­ray, digital copy, replication & duplication and green packaging, as well as the key influences on these business sectors. It also covers all production steps from authoring and encoding, through mastering to quality control.

The conference program has been put together by the specialist team at Futuresource Consulting, and co-founder Jim Bottoms will be participating throughout the event.

On Wednesday, April 22, 2009 the presentations include a discussion of the market prospects of Blu-ray Disc and the circumstances that will determine the long-term success.

Topics include:

Market Prospects for Blu-ray Disc
What is the Role for Independent Manufacturers?
Replication Progress Report
Making BD-Live Happen in Europe
Licensing, Royalties and Content Protection

The next day (April 23, 2009) will include presentations of new storage technologies such as 3D and Ultra High Resolution.

Topics on April 23 include:

Future Directions for Physical Media
The Impact of Digital Content Distribution
Manufacturing on Demand: In-factory, In-store, In-home?
3D and Beyond

The MEDIA-TECH Europe 2009 will take place from April 22-24, 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany.