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 I MAGING WITH MOBILE DEVICES SEMINAR TACKLES MOBILE IMAGING COMPATIBILITY ISSUES ATPHOTOKINA 2006
Panel Features Digital Imaging Experts Eran Steinberg, Elmo Sapwater, & John Henshall
August 2, 2006, Cologne, Germany  The Panel,  A Call to Simplify ImageCapture/Print Workflow will be presented at this yearÂ's Photokina in Cologne,Germany, as part of the  Imaging with Mobile Devices full day seminar. The panelfeatures three digital imaging experts: Eran Steinberg, CEO of FotoNation; ElmoSapwater, Columnist and Moderator; and John Henshall, Columnist, Columnistwww.ChipShopOnline.c om and  The Photographer magazine (UK), who will discuss waysto effectively simplify and standardize mobile devices for ease of use in imaging. The trio will debate intelligent workflow solutions that will remove obstacles,making image printing as easy as making a phone call. Almost 50% of People are Using Cellphones as a Camera
 WeÂ're approaching the fact that almost 50% of people are already using cameraphones as either their main capture devices or as a supplement to their digitalcameras. But amazingly, there is still no easy way to capture and print photos, said panel Moderator, Elmo Sapwater.  However, with an effective design and smartuser interface, mobile devices can be finally universally standardized forsuccessful and simple imaging. The  A Call to Simplify Image Capture/Print Workflow Panel will be held duringPhotokina on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 4:30 PM, in the Kolnmesse, Cologne,Germany. The panel is part of a full day seminar on imaging, sponsored byPhotofinishing News, IMI Europe, Koelmnesse and Prophoto. For more information onthe  A Call to Simplify Image Capture/Print Workflow panel during Photokina, seehttp://www.photokina.de. About Eran Steinberg Eran Steinberg is CEO of FotoNationhttp://www.fotonati on.com, the company that standardized wireless transfer throughConnected Photography technology. The technology takes photos from awireless-enabled digital camera and then immediately wirelessly transfers them toa kiosk or other device for saving and printing. CIPA (Japanese Camera andImaging Products Association), camera manufacturers (such as Canon and Kodak), andMicrosoft have all adopted FotoNationÂ's wireless connectivity standard, PTP/IP(Picture transfer Protocol over Internet Protocol Networks). Steinberg is theauthor of several granted patents in the field of digital photography and is theproject leader of the ISO Committee for Command Language for Cameras(ISO-15740/Picture Transfer Protocol). For more information, seehttp://www.fotonation.com.
About John Henshall John Henshall is the UKÂ's longest established digital imagingevangelist. Henshall has an unmatched breadth of experience, both technical andcreative, in all branches of photography, still and moving image; silver halide anddigital. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS), the BritishInstitute of Professional Photography (FBIPP), of which he was President 1991-1992;and a Fellow of the British Professional Photographers Associates (FBPPA). JohnHenshallÂ's photography column is available at http://www.chipshoponline.com. AboutElmo Sapwater Elmo Sapwater is a digital imaging innovator with over 25 years ofphotographic and publishing experience. He is the former executive editor of PEIand Professional Photographer, as well as a contributing columnist and writer to avariety of international publications. His accomplishments have ranged fromcreating the worldÂ's first all-electronic publication to developing multimediakiosks in Europe and developing an electronic still photography platform forcriminal investigations. He is publisher of Piranha Daily Imaging News athttp://www.piranhadailynews .com as well as a member of Photo Imaging News.
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