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Will Net Video be the next wave? "Smith believes video-on-demand and video phones could be big, but cautions more infrastructure needs to be built for those applications to become a reality." ottawabusinessjournal.com technology on display in Ottawa By Brian Salisbury, Ottawa Business Journal This week’s NetVideoWorld conference is not only an important opportunity for local startups to rub shoulders with industry elite, it’s a chance to put Ottawa on the map, say organizers. “This positions us very well. We have considerable strengths in video and we want to highlight that to North America. It’s a perfect fit for OCRI’s SmartCapital initiative,” says Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation’s Carol Sage. The conference, which runs April 30 to May 1, is being organized by OCRI, and will feature more than 40 speakers from across North America. Three areas of interest for industry insiders — video content management, infrastructure and applications — have been adapted as conference themes and will be discussed during conference presentations, panels and workshops. The cast for the conference ranges from industry heavy-hitters to pre-IPOs and includes Nortel Networks, March Networks, Palm, Intel, MGI Software and Real Networks. “This puts us ahead on an international scale than we would have been before the conference,” says Eli Fathi, conference chair and executive VP of business development for March Networks. He believes the conference can act as a springboard for many of the region’s startups. “It’s definitely an important step. To have two days with the big boys in town is very important. I know a lot of smaller companies are coming from Toronto that would never have had this chance if it weren’t in Ottawa,” says Fathi. Keynote speakers Terry Matthews of March Networks and Satjiv Chahil of Palm will tackle the impact of broadband in the delivery of video and the future of PDAs. Panel discussions will reveal the telcos’ and service providers’ perspectives on video transmission and will also address industry trends, services and applications. More than 30 trade show exhibits will include displays of video application demonstrations, technology integration, wireless applications and interactive technology. Jim Smith of California-based venture capital firm Mohr, Davidow Ventures will be among the many panellists at the conference. As a VC, he has seen the networked video market emerge recently. Smith believes video-on-demand and video phones could be big, but cautions more infrastructure needs to built for those applications to become a reality. “We’re funding a lot of those companies (that are building the broadband infrastructure) now,” says Smith. “It’s an industry that people put a lot of money in during the past five years, and a lot of those companies did not pan out,” he adds. “We’ve realized a lot of those techniques (to reach the customer with broadband applications) that got funded are not going to work, so there needs to be new techniques.” These new techniques may include satellite or wireless, or improved DSL capabilities. Fathi also believes in the potential of the video market: “Video is becoming a big part of our lives. “The next wave (of telecom) will be managed services, and video will play a key role in that.” As a representative of March Networks, Fathi also sees the benefits of the conference for his company. “When people come to play in your backyard it’s very important. There are a lot of opportunities to rub shoulders with the Ciscos, the EMCs and the Microsofts, so from that perspective it’s very important to March and everybody else in the region.”