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July
27th, 2010 Meeting Notice
Subject: |
The X-Curve: Its Origins and History |
Speaker: |
Ioan Allen, Sr. VP Dolby Laboratories, Inc. |
Place: |
Dolby Laboratories, San Francisco |
Time and Date: |
July 27, 2010 7:30 PM (refreshments at 7:00 PM) |
| PRE-REGISTERED GUESTS ONLY |
Description:
Electro-Acoustic Characteristics in the Cinema and the Mix-Room, the Large Room and the Small. Traces the beginnings of the X-Curve in work carried out in the early 1970s and follows the various developments since that time. This electro-acoustic characteristic is now employed in most theatres throughout the world. The "X" stood for "experimental," an epithet that now seems inappropriate for something that's been a national and international standard for 30 years!
About the Speaker:
Ioan Allen joined Dolby Laboratories in 1969 and was in large part responsible for the origination and development of all the major audio advancements emanating from the Dolby film program.
He is a Fellow of the AES, SMPTE and BKSTS, a member-at-large of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has served as past president of the International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA).
Mr. Allen is active in U.S. and world standards organizations and is currently U.S. correspondent on the International Standards Organization (ISO) Cinematography group (TC36). He is Engineering Director, Motion Pictures for SMPTE and chairman of the SMPTE Audio Recording and Reproduction Technology Committee. He serves as technical chairman of the Trailer Audio Standards Association (TASA) and chaired the Dye Track Committee, which was responsible for the industry conversion from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television and an Honorary Doctor of Science at the University of Nottingham.
Mr. Allen holds several patents and has authored many technical papers.
He has received much recognition for his work in the film industry over the years, and has been the recipient of awards from Intersociety for the Enhancement of Theatrical Presentation, the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), the BKSTS, and the Samuel L. Warner Award from SMPTE. Mr. Allen was the recipient of Scientific and Engineering Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1979, 1987, 2001 and 2004, and received an Oscar in 1989.
Address:
Dolby Laboratories
100 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94103-4813
Map:
Directions:
http://www.dolby.com/about/contact_us/directions_sf.html
From Peninsula/S.F. Airport/Silicon Valley (Hwy. 101 North) Take Vermont Street Exit. Make immediate left onto Vermont Street. Go 5 blocks and turn left onto Alameda Street. Three blocks up is Potrero Avenue. Dolby is the large, red, 3-story brick building on the corner of Potrero and Alameda.
From Bay Bridge (Hwy. 80 West) Take 9th Street/Civic Center exit. Go to the south onto Harrison Street. Follow Harrison to 10th Street. Turn left onto 10th Street and proceed under freeway overpass onto Potrero Avenue. Dolby is the large, red, 3-story brick building on the corner of Potrero and Alameda.
From Golden Gate Bridge (Hwy. 101 South) Cross Golden Gate Bridge, take the Lombard Street (Hwy. 101) Exit. Follow Hwy. 101 signs up Lombard to Van Ness Avenue. Turn right. Proceed on Van Ness to Fell Street and turn left. Proceed on Fell until it crosses Market Street and becomes 10th Street. Continue on 10th under freeway overpass and bear right onto Potrero Avenue. Dolby is the large, red, 3-story brick building on the corner of Potrero and Alameda.
Parking:
Free street parking after 7:00 PM