"Technology & Innovation in Hampton Roads"
We return to New York City for what is rumored to be the final Hope conference.
For the 3rd time Ethan and Chris are providing a digital video transport solution
for 2600 magazine's HOPE conference in New York City. This year we will be joined by
Erik who moved back to Hampton Roads from San Jose. Bart in NYC always helps, and often
others assist as well.
The HOPE conference is located in the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan. The conference
rooms are located on the 18th floor of the hotel. The other space for vendors, movies,
segways, and all other attractions is located on the 2nd floor of the hotel. Starting
with the 5th HOPE we have handled functionality to transport high quality video of the
talks on the 18th floor to the 2nd floor, to facility overflow. During the 6th HOPE
several setups were created that ran full time streaming of the talks upstairs for
those on the 2nd floor. In addition to this, hundreds of gigabytes of other video content
from past conferences, other conferences, and historical archives were made available on
the network.
We also have provided LED signboards that are network connected that display what is
being shown, as well as other information.
New additions this year will be a full automation system for content playback. We didn't
feel it was needed for the previous years, but it will be done for this year.
Speakers this year include Jello Biafra (former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys),
Steve Levy (author), and Adam Savage (from TV show Mythbusters).