Chair's Welcome and Opening Remarks

Ian Weightman, President, IMS Research

Presentation: How the Next Generation of Intelligent Video Technology will Impact the VCA Industry

Looking beyond security, this presentation will discuss how next generation video technology can be leveraged by enterprises of all sizes in the retail, hospitality, government and security industries for applications such as parking guidance, law enforcement, facilities management and traffic control.

Prof. Subhash Challa, National ICT Australia, University of Melbourne and CEO of SenSen Networks

Session 1 – Learning From End-User VCA Deployments in the Real World

It is vital that the VCA industry understands the requirements of end users and integrators if VCA is to reach its true potential. Hence, this years’ VCA conference begins with a chance to hear the needs, challenges and success stories directly from those currently deploying VCA for security and business operations.

Case Study: Deploying a Video Analytics in a Public Transport System

The case study looks at the ways in which VCA is being used in public transport networks to improve safety, security and operations. Learn which aspects are working well and what next generation deployments will need.

Mark Cracknell, Project Manager, Technology Delivery Group, Transport for London

Session 2 – Overcoming the Hurdles Facing the Video Analytics Industry

In this session, leading VCA manufacturers and technology providers look at the cutting-edge solutions that are addressing the key issues that have affected the VCA industry in recent years.

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Designing Guard Assistance Systems

Traditionally VCA has been applied only on a very restrictive amount of cameras in a system. This is mainly due to two reasons: 1) the fact that analytic is typically seen as a “one task” only detection system (for a camera line crossing, for another one crowd density); 2) the cost implications due to additional infrastructure required (only a limited amount of cameras per VCA server, additional bandwidth…) and the price of the VCA itself. How is it yet possible to deploy VCA on 100% of the cameras – and benefit of all the possible features on each camera, hence creating a true “Guard Assistance System” – without infrastructure implication and limited cost factor? The answer lies in the edge!

David Lenot, Business Development Manager EMEA, Bosch

Case Study: Expanding the Applicability of Security Technologies

What’s commercially available now to address emerging requirements? The potential for security solutions such as people counting,  facial recognition and PSIM to encompass other operational requirements.  Our police, councils and corporations have to find ways to be more efficient and these technologies offer to address some of those requirements.

Chris Williams, Director of Marketing & Business Development, Wavestore

Presentation:  Minimising False Alarms – How Far Have We Come?

Other than the initial over-selling of the abilities of VCA in real world environments, the issue most frequently cited by end-users as being the most negative aspect of VCA is false alarms. In this presentation, a leading VCA company will discuss technologies and strategies for minimising these false alarms, and will show the impact that these advances have had on false alarm rates

Ben White, CTO, VCA Technology

Real World VCA: Pioneering the 3rd Dimension

Real-world target tracking in multiple-locality sites must survive temporary detection loss and discrimination challenges such as adverse lighting, background motion, environmental distractions and congestion. Since world-space is 3-dimensional, behaviour recognition with 2D VCA is artificially restrictive. This presentation will explore the potential of 3D VCA for tackling these challenges.

Mike Lea, CEO & CTO, Miragex

Presentation: Changing the Economics of Surveillance using New Video Analytics Technology

The implementation of video analysis is rapidly increasing not only because of the appreciation of the value of real-time alarms in replacing expensive and less-reliable human TV screen monitoring staff but also because of the increasing use of video surveillance (for security and commercial applications) and the concomitant rising volumes of data created and transmitted, which can be substantially mitigated by the deployment of VCA.

Dori Schmetterling, Business Development Manager, Europe, iOmniscient

Presentation:  Ensuring Best Practice When Deploying a VCA System

Looking from a manufacturer’s perspective, this presentation takes experiences from real world deployments in airports and transportation to form a synthesis of best practice that should be followed when designing and deploying a VCA system.

David Petrook, Managing Director, DVTel

Session 3 – Improving the VCA Experience Through Standards and Standardisation

This session explores some of the most important developments in the VCA industry related to the evolving standards that are leading to better interoperability and consistency of solution.

Standards Keynote: Meeting Interoperability Challenges with Global Standardisation

Learn how interoperability between vendors’ products will simplify installation processes and offer wider industry benefits. In addition, this presentation will explore the benefits interoperability brings for the end-user, including greater freedom when selecting equipment, more cost effective solutions, and enhanced flexibility in system design.  The presentation will also discuss what it will take to achieve this on a global scale in a rapidly developing market.

Michael Luetzeler, Director of Innovation Management, Security Solutions, Security Systems and Product at Siemens Switzerland Ltd & ONVIF Steering Committe

Video Analytics Standards for Government Application

The image library for intelligent Detection Systems (i-LIDS) is the United Kingdom Government’s benchmark for VA systems. There are currently 6 different scenario/technology based datasets available to manufacturers and researchers. The i-LIDS project conducts annual evaluations using datasets and makes recommendation for those systems with sufficient performance to be listed in the government’s security catalogue.

Prashath Mahendrarajah, Project Manager, i-LIDS Centre for Applied Science and Technology

Panel Debate: What are the Key Elements of Successful VCA Deployments –The Vendor’s Perspective

• What are the technology challenges facing system vendors today?
• How can companies leverage their existing VCA products and go after new markets?

Dori Schmetterling, Manager for Europe, iOmniscient
David Petrook, Managing Director, DVTel
Mike Lea, CEO & CTO, Miragex
Michael Luetzeler, Director of Innovation Management, Security Solutions, Security Systems and Product at Siemens Switzerland Ltd & ONVIF Steering Committee
Prashath Mahendrarajah, Project Manager, i-LIDS Centre for Applied Science and Technology
Ben White, CTO, VCA Technology

Chair's Welcome

Ian Weightman, President, IMS Research

Facial Recognition Keynote

Keynote: Facial Recognition Breakthroughs – Closing-in on the Holy Grail of Intelligent Video

The most powerful application for video analytics is often cited as accurate and reliable facial recognition. However, over the past decade the perception that this was easily achieved led to the over-selling of video analytic capabilities, which set the industry back.

At close quarters, under perfect lighting conditions, with a subject looking directly into the camera it is already possible to map facial features sufficiently well to enable comparison to facial maps of known individuals. Such solutions and their associated databases are already being used in applications such as banking and entrance control. However, in crowded situations, in varying lighting conditions, with people moving and not looking directly at the camera it becomes extremely difficult to use video analytics for facial recognition. When you add the fact that people’s faces and hair change over time, making databases difficult to keep up-to-date, the task becomes even harder.

This keynote will address these issues, and share some of the latest breakthroughs in facial recognition technology, including 3D analytics, which are beginning to make more complex facial recognition applications possible.

Dr. Tom Heseltine, Core Technology Development Manager, Aurora

Session 5 – IMS Research Forecasts & Predictions

Analyst Presentation:  An Insight into the Worldwide VCA Market
IMS Research’s Research Manager for Video Surveillance and VCA, Niall Jenkins, will explain how video analytics are beginning to move into the mainstream, and will explain what this means for predictions of growth for the industry.  Niall will also highlight the key issues that need to be addressed to sustain the growth of the VCA market.

Niall Jenkins, Research Manager, Video Surveillance and VCA Group, IMS Research

Session 6 – Improving Business Operations with Intelligent Video

Video analysis is fast becoming an excellent tool to help companies streamline their business processes, cut costs, and improve efficiency. This session will explore some of the successes and problems associated with the practical solutions that have been deployed.

Presentation: The Business Case for Intelligent Digital Signage

Applications for digital signage continue to grow, and one of the key drivers for that growth is intelligent video. Having in-built intelligence that is able to recognise the demographics of the person viewing the sign enables targeted advertising and message feedback that offer tangible returns to retail outlets and product manufacturers.

Raj Maini, Marketing Manager for Digital Signage, Intel

Case Study: Cross Functional Use of Intelligent Video Technology in Retail

What data do retailers typically collect? How has this information been traditionally collected? Whatcan video content analysis offer the retail industry? Will VCA help improve store layout and/or product positioning? Does VCA increase retail revenues? These questions and more will be addressed in this fascinating and informative case study.

Richard Boltze, Manager EMEA, ObjectVideo

The Benefits of Embedded Video Analytics in Business Intelligence Applications

In today’s competitive retail environment, success requires constant optimization of store performance. In this process, having a thorough understanding of customer’s behavior is crucial for making the right decisions. Video analytics software running embedded on standard network cameras provides an easy-to-use, stable and scalable solution that transforms raw video streams into this valuable statistics about customer behavior.

Rikard Berthilsson, CEO, Cognimatics

Presentation: Improving Energy Efficiency with Intelligent Video

Real VCA is a huge technical step up from simple motion detection technologies, often built by small innovative companies who have cracked the immensely difficult problem of dealing with dynamic real world scenes after many years of tough field trials and experience. This presentation will look to address some of the misconceptions about the VCA industry and define what true video analytics really means.

David Brocklebank, COO, Videalert

Session 7 – Video Analytics in Automotive - Collecting Money, Catching Criminals & Saving Lives

Video analysis is already being used in applications inside and outside of the car, making it one of the most promising areas for monetizing VCA. This session looks at the most recent developments in intelligent video for automotive applications, and also investigates some of the practical considerations in mass deployments.

Analyst Presentation: Market Analysis of Video Analytics in Automotive Applications

IMS Research’s Senior Market Analyst for Automotive, Helena Perslow, will explain how video analytics are being used in automotive applications and will explain where the market is now and why and project where the market is headed in the medium term.  Helena will also highlight the key issues that need to be addressed to expand the use of video analytics in the automotive industry.

Helena Perslow, Senior Market Analyst, IMS Research

Technology Keynote:  Expanding Opportunities for VCA and Vision Technology

Computer vision and video analytics algorithms have been under development for decades.  But, with the exception of a few select applications, computer vision technology has not yet been widely deployed.  This is about to change.

The key breakthrough enabling the widespread deployment of intelligent video is the availability of extremely high-performance, highly programmable processors that are sufficiently small, inexpensive, and energy efficient for mass markets.  In this presentation, Jeff Bier will share BDTI’s independent perspective on the unique processing demands of embedded computer vision applications and discuss how semiconductor companies are deploying new chip architectures to address these applications.

Jeff Bier, President, Berkeley Design Technology, Inc.

How Embedded Processors Are Enabling the Proliferation of Machines that See

Programmable system-on-a-chip digital media processors are embedded in hundreds of millions of camera and video systems for real-time image and video processing functions.  Many of these processors have also been programmed to provide embedded vision capabilities in systems for automotive safety, video surveillance and manufacturing inspection.  In this presentation we show examples of how the same processors are giving the sense of sight to wide-ranging new kinds of industrial and consumer products.

Dr. Bruce Flinchbaugh, TI Fellow, Manager of R&D, Texas Instruments

Presentation: The Evolution of Video Analytics

Hear about a revolutionary new approach to computer vision and how feed-forward hierarchical architectures can lead to more advanced video analytics systems.

Hung Do-Duy, CEO, SpikeNet Technology

Reverse Engineering the Human Vision System

With increasing bandwidth and massively greater computing power, what used to take a room full of equipment can now be done on a chip and placed at a consumer’s fingertips.  This has opened the way for analytics-enabled video monitoring system for consumers, with “thinking cameras” bringing video-enabled lifestyle management to living rooms, home offices, and mobile devices.

Cortexia

Session 9 –Video Analytics in Consumer - Changing the Face of TV , Gaming & Home Entertainment

The consumer electronics market probably offers the highest revenue opportunity for the video analytics industry. Its potential has been graphically demonstrated by the Xbox KinectTM, and this just represents the tip of the iceberg. This session explores the most innovative, and potentially most lucrative, uses of intelligent video in the consumer sector.

Presentation: Analytic Solutions for Accurate and Ubiquitous Video Search

The possibility of being able to analyze any video content, from movies, sports and TV shows to user generated content, opens-up a myriad of possibilities. For example, by meta-tagging video with information about its content, actors, players, etc. it will be possible to effectively search the rapidly expanding library of video content available to consumers. This easy search capability will be vital in facilitating a truly personal TV experience, with the consumer able to quickly and accurately search and find all of the content fitting their interests.

Markus Wierny, Product Manager "Video over IP" - VCA, Bosch

Interactive Panel Discussion: Evolving Video Analytics for the Benefit of All

Interactive Panel Discussion: Evolving Video Analytics for the Benefit of All
In this final session we will come together in this interactive session that will review the key takeaways from the past two days. Possible topics for discussion will include:  Where will VCA Technology be in the next decade? What are the most promising sectors for monetizing intelligent video? What barriers still need to be overcome? What new functionality and features are likely? What new algorithms will be available? How will the technical issues be solved?

Jeff Bier, President, Berkeley Design Technology, Inc.
Niall Jenkins, Research Manager, Video Surveillance and VCA Group, IMS Research
Dr. Subhash Challa, CEO, SenSen Networks
Raj Maini, Marketing Manager for Digital Signage, Intel
Rikard Berthilsson, CEO, Cognimatics