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träge. Bei dem Pilotprojekt
wurden fünf Sitzungen jeweils
parallel gefilmt. Insgesamt
konnten Abonnenten
über 100 ausgewählte
Sitzungen mit mehr als 300
Vorträgen live im Internet
verfolgen. Wer den Kongress
verpasst hat, kann im
Nachgang zu der Veranstaltung
über die Kongresshomepage
darauf zugreifen.
Unter www.dgim2010.de/
erreicht man mit einem
Klick den gewünschten Beitrag.
„Es war ein erfolgrei-
Many potential attendees
can’t visit congresses
for a lack of time,
and others might be interested
in just one particular
lecture. That’s actually the
group of people who might
be interested in the full-service
offered by m:convidoc:
it allows users to follow specific
lectures and presentations
live online or to download
them later from the
media center on demand in
the Internet. m:convidoc
was developed by the congress
and event organizer
m:con in Mannheim. "A con-
cher Start für m:convidoc“,
bestätigt Hohm.
Die Möglichkeit zur virtuellen
Kongressteilnahme ist
ein zukunftsweisendes Angebot,
ist m:con-Geschäftsführer
Michel
Maugé überzeugt: „Es sind
innovative Lösungen gefragt,
die die Kongresswirtschaft
weiter voranbringen.
Die Verknüpfung von Tagungen
mit Web 2.0-Technologien
bietet Veranstaltern
einen echten Mehrwert.“
Premiere hatte m.convidoc beim 116. Kongress der DGIM.
New congress service m:convidoc launched
Online congress –
just a mouse click away
Live transmission and on-demand download of congress lectures via Internet allows organizers
to considerably enlarge their range of potential participants. m:convidoc offers virtual participants
what is almost a live experience. Speakers and their actual presentation, i.e. the entire
screen content, may be recorded and uploaded to the Internet without any great effort.
sistently rising number of
organizers has begun to appreciate
the advantages inherent
to live broadcasts
and on-demand availability
of the entire event in the Internet",
said Thomas Hohm,
Open to viewers all
over the world
m:con’s IT services manager.
"As part of the Internet,
the congress is open to
viewers all over the world.
This approach is suited to
tap new potentials and to
raise the number of participants
as well."
m:convidoc is based upon
four technical components:
a camera, a recorder, recording
and playback software,
and an Internet portal. The
lecturer is filmed with the
camera, and the presentation
on his/her screen is recorded
at the same time
while the soundtrack is recorded
from the center’s audio
system. Video, audio,
and screen are synchronized
to each other and the
data is transmitted to a server
loaded with an Internet
portal. Users may use this
portal to access the contents
– live or as download
from the media center
where all lectures and presentations
are automatically
archived. Organizers may also
integrate online participants
live into moderated discussion
panels by opening
chat windows.
The stream viewed by users
comes very close to live
transmission: they can
watch the lecturer render
the speech and at the same
time they have the presentation
or demonstration in
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