Former Community Member

13 Aug 2013

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John Logie Baird's birthday is notable for two things in my mind. One of them is obvious: the pioneering inventor who struggled against the limitations of technology to achieve something incredible (several times!). The other may surprise you: for many years, the IET has produced an annual lecture concentrating on one aspect of the leading edge of technology, and it is called the 'John Logie Baird Lecture'. I'm convinced that if it had been running just under a hundred years ago, then John Logie Baird would have been giving one of the 'James Clerk Maxwell' (perhaps - or who would you nominate?) lectures.

Because technology advances on a broad but chaotic wavefront, previous 'JLB' lectures have covered a diverse range of topics: from 3D cinema to the underlying technology behind the Internet, passing through TV, media and just about every other Multimedia Communications area of interest. This year's lecture is planned for the 3rd of October 2013 at BBC White City, and asks a question that is linked to the annual IBC multimedia conference and exhibition held in Amsterdam: "Do you think there will be a point when broadcast TV viewing will be replaced by non-broadcast means?". So the idea is to ask exhibitors at IBC what they think, and then this is the follow-up panel session where the responses can be analysed and debated. Given the topic, it is likely to be a lively evening!

More about Baird (from his descendants!): http://bairdtelevision.com/

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