8 March 2006


From: "Digital Hollywood" <vharwood[at]digitalhollywood.org>
Subject: Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Consortium at Digital Hollywood, Hosted by MSN Entertainment and Video Services, Microsoft, March 27-30, Loews Santa Monica
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:02:01 -0500

It is with great pleasure that we announce the next meeting of the "Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Consortium at Digital Hollywood" at the 17th Annual Digital Hollywood Spring, March 27-30, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. 

The next gathering of the Advisory Committee will be held on Tuesday, March 28, Hosted by MSN Entertainment and Video Services, Microsoft and we thank them for their generous support.  Selected attendees and speakers will also be invited to attend this dinner

"Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Consortium"

Consortium Advisory Committee Members

Claudia Ceniceros, Senior Director, Media and Content Strategy, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Ira Rubenstein, Senior Vice President, Digital Sales and Marketing, Sony Pictures

Blair Westlake, Corporate Vice President, Media/Entertainment & Technology Convergence Group, Microsoft

Bob Greene, SVP, Advanced Services, Starz Entertainment Group

David L. Kang, J.D., Ph.D., Media and Entertainment Consultant

Jennifer Feikin, Director Google Video

Peter Chane, Senior Business Product Manager, Google Video

Laura Caraccioli-Davis, Senior Vice President/Director Starcom Entertainment, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG)

Todd Herman, Director of Media Strategy, MSN Video, MSN, Microsoft Corporation

Saul Berman, Partner and Global Executive, IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS)

Jan Steenkamp, CEO, Entriq

Vince Messina, Entertainment Category Development Officer, Yahoo!

Willem de Zoete, Vice President and General Manager, Digital Entertainment Services, Hewlett-Packard

Hassan Miah, Managing Director, Oris Capital

John Harran, Director Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Alan Citron, SVP Marketing, Movielink

Virl Z. Hill, Senior Director of Business Development, Consumer Services, RealNetworks, Inc.

Derek Kuhn, P.Eng., Senior Director Marketing and Business Development Media and Entertainment, Alcatel Strategic Solutions & Chairman - Broadband Service Forum

Karen Bloore, Managing Director, Universal McCann

Curt Marvis, CEO, CinemaNow

Adam Bain, Executive Vice President, Fox Interactive Media

Maria Thomas, Vice President and General Manager, NPR Online

Peter Lee, Vice-President, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company

Claire Cowart, SVP, Business Development and Strategy, Courtroom Television Network LLC

Amy Friedlander, SVP, Programming, SBC Communications

Scott Roesch, Vice President & General Manager, AtomFilms

Vince Broady, SVP, Games & Entertainment, CNET Networks

Steven Yee, Vice President and General Manager, AOL Movies and Moviefone, America Online, Inc.

Paul Kosac, Vice President of Market Development, Media Networks/Headend Transmission Network Systems, Scientific Atlanta

Greg Demetriades, CEO, Continental Vista Broadcasting Group

Stephen Smyth, Vice President, Mobile and Emerging Media, Reuters

Marty Gordon, Vice President, Philips Electronics Hollywood Office

Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group

Todd Tarpley, President, Tarpley Media

The Goal: "Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Consortium" is a group created to help facilitate broadband content as a significant entry in the great tradition of innovation from Hollywood - the entertainment and information industries. "The Consortium" will not only meet at trade events such as Digital Hollywood, Building Blocks 2006 or CES, but also to hold "Creative Retreats" for to help broaden and enhance the reach and future of Broadband Content. To that end, the Advisory Committee to the "Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: Music, Movies, TV, News & Sports" Consortium will be held at Digital Hollywood, on Tuesday, March 28th at 7:00 PM - at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.

Digital Hollywood is the conference where everything you do, you say and you see means business.  Over 2,000 of the industry's key executives in every dynamic industry sector will be there.  Digital Hollywood Spring is the home of the most comprehensive sessions, special events and dinners.  You will not want to miss it.

         Register online today, see http://www.digitalhollywood.com/LASpring06Agenda.html

         Thanks and I look forward to working with you again this year.

Victor Harwood, President, Digital Hollywood 212-352-9720


The Complete Agenda

Digital Hollywood Spring

Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel

March 27-30, 2006

Santa Monica, California

 

Special Pre-Event Day Special Conference

Open to All Conference Registrants

Mobile Film, TV, Music & Games - Content & Technology

Monday, March 27

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Session A:

Mobile as the Dominant Video & Broadband Experience - Building a Network and Interface for Entertainment and Communications

Bruce Gersh, Senior Vice President Business Development, ABC Entertainment Group

Greg Clayman, Vice President of Wireless Strategy and Operations, MTV Networks

Ken Wirt, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, palmOne, Inc.

Michael Boyd, Senior Director of Programming, QUALCOMM MediaFLO

Paul Scanlan, co-founder & COO, MobiTV

Tom Parrish, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Content, Mobliss

Ken Rutkowski, founder, KenRadio Broadcasting, Moderator



Session B - Hosted by MEF Mobile Entertainment Forum

Content Creators: Taking your Trade Mobile

Robert Tercek, co-founder, MultiMedia Networks LLC

Lauren Cole, President, Cole Media

Steven Hoffman, North American Studio Head - Games & Mobile Entertainment, Infospace, Inc.

Bryan Biniak is the Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile division of American Greetings Interactive (AG Interactive), Moderator

Additional speaker to be announced

 

2:35 - 3:45 PM

Session A:

Mobile Music - Business Models - Downloads, Subscriptions & Ringtunes

Richard Conlon, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Media Licensing, BMI

KamranV, Marketing, Universal Music Mobile

Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, D3 - Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music

Jonathan Kim, SVP Product & Services, WiderThan, Inc.

Nicolas Pelletier, Chief Executive Officer, Musiwave

Bill Valenti, CEO, Melodeo

Scott Campbell, US Media & Communications Industry Advisor, British Consulate-General, Moderator

 

Session B:

Mobile Film & TV - Technology & Platforms that Make the System Go

Gary Deutsch, General Manager, Mobile Applications, Bell Labs

Larry Smith, Chief Operating Officer, ARCHOS

Paul Werp, Mobile Connectivity Solutions Business Director, Wireless Terminals Business Unit, Semiconductor Group, Texas Instruments

Dan Monahan, Global Infotainment Segment Manager, Mobility Products Group, Intel, Inc

Boris Fridman, CEO, Crisp Wireless

Ahmad Ouri, President, Chief Technology Officer, Thomson Services Division

Peg Jackson, Managing Director, NeoCarta Ventures, Moderator

 

4:10 PM - 5:15 PM

Session A:

Mobile TV & Film - Programming & Creativity for a Transforming Medium

Jordan Levin, Founding Partner, Generate

Rich Cusick, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media, TV Guide

Bill McLean, Mobile Products, E! Networks

Mike Bailey, Senior Director, Programming, MediaFLO USA, Inc.

John Smelzer, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Fox Interactive Media

Brent Weinstein, Games & Interactive Dept, United Talent Agency, Moderator

 

Session B:

Mobile Video: Ready for Primetime

Cassandra Cummings, Windows Digital Media Music & Filmed Entertainment Marketing, Microsoft

Chris Anderson, Product Manager, IGN, Direct to Drive

Billy Wright, VP Worldwide Wireless, Warner Bros.

Heidi Lehmann, Vice President, Content Acquisition and Strategy, Third Screen Media

Daniel Harris, CEO MediaPass¨ Network, Moderator

Additional speaker to be announced

 

5:15 PM End-of-Day Poolside Reception at the Loews

 

6:45 PM - The Consortium Dinner

Mobile Film, Video & TV Consortium Dinner

Hosted by MediaFlo, A Qualcomm Company

 

Digital Hollywood Spring

The Agenda

Tuesday, March 28

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Track I:

Television 2.0: OnDemand, PRV, DRV, Cable, Telco, Satellite & Broadband Redefine the Future of Entertainment and Communications

Albert Cheng, Executive Vice President, Digital Media, Disney-ABC Television Group

Albie Hecht, founder & CEO, Worldwide Biggies Inc.

Tara Maitra, Vice President, General Manager, Content Services, TiVo Inc.

James Glasscock,Vice President, Video-on-Demand, Playboy Entertainment Group

Paul Colichman, Chief Executive Officer & co-founder, here! Networks

Alex Ben Block, Author and Entertainment Industry Journalist, Moderator

 

Track II:

Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment, Content and Technology - From the Digital Home to the Mobile and Wi-Fi Universe

Claudia Ceniceros, Senior Director, Media and Content Strategy, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Scott Smyers, Chairman, DLNA Board of Directors, Vice President, Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America, Sony Electronics

Barry James Folsom, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Connected Home Solutions, Motorola

Udo Eberlein, founder and President, Nero, Inc.

Jan Steenkamp, CEO, Entriq

Intel Corp., speaker to be announced

Janice Roberts, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund, Moderator

 

Track III:

Mobile Commerce and Content - The Mobile Web, Off Deck Content, Mobile Search and MVNO Options

Kelly C. Egan, Entertainment Strategy, Best Buy, Inc.

Peter Bernard, Group Manager, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division, Microsoft

Eric Harber, VP of Corporate and Business Development, Qpass

Roger Cameron Wood, EVP, Marketing, AIRMEDIA

Michael Grossi, Vice President, Business Developement, HELIO, Inc.

Tony Kern, Deputy Managing Partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Americas Managing Partner, Media & Entertainment, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Moderator

 

Track IV:

Urban Media: Broadband, IPTV, Mobile & TV Content & Technology

Kimberly King-Burns, President & COO, Greenbridge Media Holdings Inc.

Jaymes Hines, founder & Executive Producer, NDY Media Group, Inc.

Brandon Schultz, President, ImajiMation, Inc.

Adrian Sexton, Vice President, Digital Media, Lions Gate Entertainment

Leonard Washington, founder & President, Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE)

Terrence Coles, EVP, Next Medium, Inc., Moderator

Additional Speakers to be announced

 

10:45 AM - Noon

Track I:

Traditional Media and New Media M&A Convergence - The Broadband Effect

Kevin Conroy, EVP/COO, AOL Media Networks, America Online, Inc.

Michael Montgomery, President & Head of Media Banking, Montgomery & Co.

Allen Z. Sussman, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP

Keith Bencher, Vice President, Strategy & Development, CNET Games & Entertainment

Dennis Miller, Managing Director, Spark Capital

Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, TD Securities, Moderator

 

Track II:

Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience

Erik Flannigan, Vice President, Programming, AOL

Ty Ahmad-Taylor, Senior Director, Interactive Products, Comcast Cable

Shawn Gold, Vice President Marketing & Content, MySpace.com

Rob Bennett, General Manager, MSN Entertainment and Video, Microsoft Corp.

John Penney, Vice President, Business Development, HBO, Inc.

John Zelenka, Senior Manager, Business Development, Tribune Media Services

Ira Rubenstein, Senior Vice President, Digital Sales and Marketing, Sony Pictures, Moderator

 

Track III:

Mobile Video & Music Make-Over - As Mobile and Entertainment Industry Merge - TV, Music and Movies

Rio Caraeff, Vice President & General Manager, Universal Music Mobile US

Liz Jones, VP, Content Publishing, Fox Mobile Entertainment

Lauren de la Fuente, Vice President, Strategic Programming & Media Alliances, G4 VideoGame TV

David Britts, General Partner, ComVentures

Ian Blaine, CEO, The Platform

Ralph Simon, Chairman, Mobile Entertainment Forum - Americas & President/CEO, The Mobilium Group, Moderator

 

Track IV:

Video Bling! Audio Bling - The Evolving Bling Bling Phenomenon: From Audio and Video Ringtones, Ringtunes, Advertainment to Games & Custom Branded Experience

Cindy Mesaros, Vice President, Marketing, Moderati

Mitch Rotter, Director, Content Licensing & Acquisition, Infospace Mobile

Scott M. Jensen, Vice President, Head of Licensing & Brand Partnerships, MFORMA Group, Inc.

Michael Pinto, President, CEO, mobZilla

Anthony Stonefield, CEO, USA Wireless

Timothy Shey, Creative Director and co-founder, Proteus, Moderator

 

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Track I:

OnDemand Television - All-Access All the Time - From the Basic DTV Package, the Premium Package to the VOD, Broadband and PVR Enabled Viewer

Ryan O'Hara, President, TV Guide Channel

Rishi Malhotra, Director, HBO On Demand

Tim Hanlon, Senior Vice President, Ventures, Denuo - A Publicis Groupe Company

Steve Canepa, IBM, Vice President, IBM Global Media & Entertainment Industry

Will Griffin, CEO, DoD

Shahid Khan, Partner, Interactive Broadband Consulting, LLC, Moderator

 

Track II:

Game Power - Entertainment as Franchise - Crossover into Music, TV, Cable, Movie, Mobile, Advertainment & Custom Branded Experience

David Cohn, General Manager, MTV2, MTV Networks

Eric Aledort, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Walt Disney Internet Group

Nicholas Longano, Chief Marketing Officer, Massive Incorporated

David Getson, CEO, g-NET Media

Jon Goldman, CEO, Foundation 9 Entertainment

John Davison, VP and Editorial Director of Ziff Davis Media Game Group, Moderator

 

Track III:

Mobile Music: New Platforms + New Technology + More Music + Dynamic Marketplace

Jay Samit, General Manager, Sony Connect

Peter Baron, Vice President of Label Relations, MTV and MTV2

Mike Brochu, CEO, Loudeye

Chad Hodge, Microsoft Windows Marketing, Consumer Electronics and Media & Entertainment, Microsoft

Ken Hertz, Senior Partner, Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP

Paul Resnikoff, Editor, founder, digitalmusicnews.com, Moderator

 

Track IV:

IPTV Emergence - The Broadband, Telco, Cable, Studio Content & Technology Strategy

Tom Flanagan, Executive Director, Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments

David Alsobrook, Director, IPTV Products, Scientific Atlanta

Daren Gill, VP, Business Development, ChoiceStream

Mark Turner, Head of the Western region, BT Media & Broadcast

Frank Nein, Industry & Technology Analyst/Consultant, Verizon (ANJ) Video/Broadcast Portal

Derek Kuhn, P.Eng., Senior Director Marketing and Business Development Media and Entertainment, Alcatel Strategic Solutions & Chairman - Broadband Service Forum, Moderator

 

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

University Project Workshop Workshop

Developing the Next Generation of Entertainment, Media & Technology Thinkers and Visionaries - Science vs. Commerce vs. Theory

Joaqu'n Alvarado, Director, Institute for Next Generation Internet

San Francisco State University

Tracy Fullerton, Interactive Media Division, USC Cinema-TV

Carol Wilder, Associate Dean & Chair, Media Studies & Film, The New School

Anna Marie Piersimoni, Director, Internet Communications, Director, Media & Technology, American Film Institute

Bernard J. Luskin, Director, EVP Media Studies, Fielding Graduate University, Moderator

Additional speaker to be announced

 

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

"Launch at Digital Hollywood"

Hosted by:

Hassan Miah, Managing Director, Oris Capital

Jay MacDonald, Managing Director, DeSilva & Phillips

 

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Track I:

The Future of Enhanced Advertising: Addressing Brands, Message, Technology, Media and Entertainment

Chris Di Cesare, Director of Entertainment Marketing, Microsoft

Larry Tanz, CEO, LivePlanet

Joey Carson, CEO, Bunim/Murray Production

Tom Meyer, President of Davie-Brown Entertainment (DBE)

Robert Riesenberg, president & CEO, Full Circle Entertainment

David L. Kang, Media and Entertainment Consultant

Michael Kassan, Principal, Media Link, LLC, Moderator

 

Track II

Movies, TV and Video for Mobile - Original Entertainment & Information Programming Jumpstarts the Revolution

Dr. Phillip Alvelda, Chairman & CEO, Co-Founder, MobiTV

Bill Sanders, Vice President, Programming, Sony Pictures Digital Sales and Marketing

Daniel Tibbets, Vice President, GoTV Labs, GoTV Networks

Louis K. Gump, Vice President, Mobile, The Weather Channel Interactive

Bill Stratton, Vice President, Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

John Najarian, Senior Vice President, New Media, E! Entertainment

Chris Marlowe, Editorial Director, Digital Media, The Hollywood Reporter, Moderator

 

Track III:

Web 2.0: How Next Generation Personalized Media - Programmable Web, Podcasting & Blogging - is Transforming and Disassembling the World of Traditional Media, Communications & Advertising

Tina Sharkey, Senior Vice President, AOL Network Programming & Community, America Online, Inc.

Phil Holden, Director:Windows Live, Microsoft

John D. Canning, Yahoo Media Group

Brad Greenspan, founder and former CEO, Intermix Media

Sarah Bernard, General Manager, The Huffington Post

Kevin Cohen, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Molly Wood, Section Editor, CNET.com, Moderator

 

Track IV:

Mobile Games: In-Game Advertising & the Custom Branded Experience

Minard Hamilton, Executive Vice President of Sales and Brand Partnership, JAMDAT Mobile Inc.

Jonathan Epstein, United Talent Agency

Julian Corbett, Vice President of Business Development and Brand Partnerships, In-Fusio

Steven Hoffman, North American Studio Head - Games & Mobile Entertainment, Infospace, Inc.

Bas Verhart, founder & CEO, Media Republic (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Mark Friedler, CEO, GameDAILY, Moderator

Additional speaker to be announced

 

3:30 PM - 5: 00 PM

The University Project Workshop

Envisioning the Future of Digital Entertainment - As a Student Curriculum, as a Cultural Prototype and as a Digital Lifestyle

Tim Langdell, Information Technology Program, USC - langdell@usc.edu

Kevin Roebuck, Manager, Libraries and e-Learning, Sun Microsystems

Todd Richmond, Managing Director, Annenberg School for Communication, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

 

3:50 PM - 5:00 PM

Track I:

Advertising Strategies in the Diversified Digital Culture: Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Broadband, Games and Mobile

David Ernst, Executive Vice President, Director, Futures & Technologies, Initiative Worldwide

Barry Frey, SVP, Cablevision Advanced Platforms

Todd Herman, Director, Advertising & Business Strategy, MSN Video / TV / Movies / Radio, Microsoft Corporation

Walter Schild, Founder & CEO, Genex

Gigi Johnson, Principal, Maremel Partners; Lecturer, Entertainment and Media Management Institute, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Moderator

 

Track II:

Strategies in Wireless Devices and Services - from Audio & Video to Downloads: How Innovation Drives Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion

Dag Kittlaus, Senior Director, Interactive Media Solutions, Mobile Devices business, Motorola, Inc.

George Linardos, Sr. Business Development Manager, Branded Content, Nokia

Avner Goren, Worldwide Director, Cellular Systems Marketing, Wireless Terminals Business Unit, Semiconductor Group, Texas Instruments

Matthew Feldman, President and CEO, Versaly Entertainment

JH Kah, VP, Global Business, SK Telecom

Luis Ubinas, Director, West Coast Media Practice, McKinsey & Co, Moderator

 

Track III.

Search as Gateway to the Video and E-Commerce - The Integrated Consumer Experience of Choice, Quality and Global Integration

Brian Lent, CEO, Medio Systems

Perry Solomon, Senior Director, Media Business Development, FAST Search & Transfer

Brian Kalinowski, Chief Operating Officer, Lycos

Steven Marder, CEO, Eurekster

Suranga Chandratillake, co-founder, blinkx

Brian Glicklich, Vice President Interactive Services, Premiere Radio Networks, Moderator

 

Track IV: Presented by DVD Association

Next Generation DVD - Part I - Market Makers SuperSession Moderated by:

Scott Hettrick, Contributing Editor, Variety

Bruce Apar, Board Member, DVD Association

Andy Parsons, Senior VP, Pioneer Electronics and Blu-ray Disc Association

John Town, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Research and Development Technicolor

Steve Nickerson, Senior VP, Warner Home Entertainment

Mark Waring, Director, Sanyo Technology Center USA

 

5:00 PM - Poolside Reception at the Loews

 

7:00 PM - The Consortium Dinners

I. Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Consortium: Music, Movies, TV, News & Sports - Consortium at Digital Hollywood

Dinner Hosted by MSN Entertainment, Video Services, Microsoft

 

II. OnDemand Content & Technologies Consortium: Cable, Mobile, Broadband, Telco & Satellite

Dinner Hosted by Seachange International

 

III. Digital Music Consortium at Digital Hollywood: Mobile, Broadband, PODs & TV

Dinner Hosted by: Motorola

 

IV. University Project Dinner

Hosted by Sun Microsystems

 

V. Venture and Private Equity Consortium Dinner at Digital Hollywood

 

Wednesday, March 29

Digital Hollywood Seminars

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Track I:

Rightsholder Options: Evaluating Rights & Licensing in an Exploding Cross Platform Distribution Universe

Jeff Treuhaft, Vice President, Digital Content Services, VeriSign

Jason Johnson, Director of Licensing and Business Development, Via Licensing

Richard LeVine, Senior Manager, Global Architecture and Core Technologies, Accenture

Christopher Amenita, Senior Vice President, Enterprises Group, ASCAP

Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Fred Davis, Founder, Davis, Shapiro, Lewit, Montone & Hayes, Moderator

 

Track II:

Branded Media Marketing - TV, Film, Broadband, Podcasting & Blogging, Mobile, Music and Games - Reinventing the Commerce & Media Model

Neil McGinness, Vice President, National Lampoon

Maria Thomas, Vice President and General Manager, NPR Digital Media

J.D. Heilprin, Executive Vice President, Network LIVE

Jason Brown, Senior Vice President, National Advertising Sales, Screenvision

Stephen Smyth, Vice President, Mobile and Emerging Media, Reuters

Chris Petrovic, VP, Business Development, Playboy Entertainment Group

Todd Schulkin, Account Group Director/Entertainment Solutions at Millward Brown, Moderator

 

Track III:

The DVR and VOD as a Disruptive Market Force: How Consumer Adaptation of Technology Determines the Future of Advertising and Programming

Davina Kent, Vice President, National Advertising Sales and Research, TiVo

Denny Wilkinson, CEO, BlackArrow

Kenneth Papagan, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Planning Rentrak Corporation

Mike Vorhaus, Managing Director, Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc.

Shelly Palmer, President/CEO, Advanced Media Ventures

Louisa Shipnuck, Global Media and Entertainment Industry Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV)

Ben Mendelson, founder & President, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator

 

Track IV:

The Telco Advantage and the IPTV Digital Home: Gateway to Services - VOIP, Wireless Music, Broadband and Set-top

Jay Fausch, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing, Fixed Communications Group, Alcatel

J.D. Zeeman, Director, Digital Media, Global Communications Sector Services, IBM

Suman Narayan, Worldwide Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments

Joseph Dellinger, Vice President, Sales, IMAKE

Daniel Harris, CEO MediaPass¨ Network

Martijn Lopes Cardozo, Executive Vice President Distribution and Partnerships, GoldPocket

Michelle Abraham, Principal Analyst, In-Stat, Moderator

 

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

The DVD Association Workshops - Part II

Next Generation DVD - Content Makers

Bruce Nazarian, Gnome Digital & DVDA Board, Moderator

Jim Taylor, Founder/Chairman, Sonic & DVDA Board Member

Kevin Collins, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Andy Evans, Managing Director, Pepper Post Production

Morgan Holly, Managing Director, Blink Digital, An Ascent Media Company

Jeff Norton, co-CEO, Lean Forward Media

Steve Venezia, Manager of DVD and DTV Broadcast Support, Dolby Labs

James M. Burger, Esq., Dow, Lohnes & Albertson

 

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM - Workshop

The Broadband Services Forum Presents

Delivery, Development and Dynamics of Content in a Radically Changed Communications Environment

Technology Providers Present New Developments for Delivery Vehicles

 

10:30 AM - Noon

University Project Workshop

Research, Development and Investment in Entertainment Technologies and Media Studies Innovation: From the University to Industry Application

Bruce Lincoln, founder/ Chief Design Scientist, Urban Cyberspace Company, former, Senior Educational Technologist, Teachers College, Columbia University

Peter S. Fader, Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor; Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School of the University of the University of Pennsylvania

Mary C. Schaffer, Assistant Professor, Multimedia, Cinema and Television Arts, California State University, Northridge

Julian Bleecker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Interactive Media Division, School of Cinema-TV, University of Southern California

Cal Tech, speaker to be announced

Kenn Heller, UCLA Associate Director, Center for Student Programming

Kathy Smith, USC Chair, Division of Animation, Digital Arts

Marty Perlmutter, Exec Pro, META-4, Moderator

 

10:45 AM - Noon

Track I:

Piracy and Digital Rights Management: Legal, Legislative and Social Issues Surrounding DRM Implementation

Phil Lelyveld, Vice President, Digital Industry Relations for The Walt Disney Company's New Technology and New Media Group,

Michael Petricone, VP Government Relations, CEA Consumer Electronics Association

Fritz E. Attaway, Executive Vice President and Washington General Counsel, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc

Jamie Perlman, Business Development, SNOCAP, Inc.

Larry Kivett, Senior Manager, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Regulatory Consulting, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Lydia Loizides, Analyst / Principal, Paphion Inc., Moderator

 

Track II:

Digital Music & its Transformation: Downloads and Subscriptions in Mobile, Broadband, Pods & Digital and Internet Radio

David Ulmer, Senior Director of Marketing, Digital Media Services, Motorola

Srivats Sampath, President & CEO, MERCORA

Drew Denbo, Director of Business Development, Music, RealNetworks, Inc.

John Loscalzo, Vice President, MTV Multi Platform Music Programming Initiatives, MTV Networks

John Rosso, Senior Vice President, Affiliate Relations and Business Administration, ABC Radio Networks

Karin Gilford, Director, On-Demand Services, Yahoo! Music

Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, D3 - Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music, Moderator

 

Track III:

Bridging TV and Broadband: Strategic Relationships - Advertising, Technology & Content

John Harran, Director Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Patricia Karpas, VP and General Manager, AOL Television Ventures

Rob Glidden, Industry Manager, Broadband Media, Sun Microsystems, Inc

Trevor Kaufman, CEO, Schematic

Len Mead, Director, Programming & Acquisitions, ESPN

Oren Katzeff, Business Development Manager, Yahoo!

Todd Tarpley, President, Tarpley Media, Moderator

 

Track IV:

The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR/DVR - the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server

William O. Leszinske, Jr., General Manager, Networked Media Platform Group, Intel Corporation

Mitchell J. Weinraub, Senior Director, New Media Initiatives and Implementation, Comcast

David Novak, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Video Without Boundaries, Inc.

Steve Francis, CEO, Avtrex

Dave Davies, VP of Strategy and Product Marketing, Scientific Atlanta

Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator

 

12:10 PM - 1:45 PM

Special Luncheon Session
(first come first served)

Hosted by UK Trade & Investment

Movies, OnDemand Content and Broadband - Via the PC - Via the Set-Top: Technology & Content

Curt Marvis, CEO, CinemaNow

Don Dulchinos, Vice President, Advanced Platforms and Services, CableLabs¨,

Scott Roesch, Vice President & General Manager, AtomFilms

Jeff Shultz, CEO, CONCERT

Carl Crabill, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, MovieBeam

Rex Wong, CEO, DAVE.TV

Lisa Crane Greer, CEO, Media Venture Advisors, Moderator

 

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

DVDA Excellence Awards Luncheon

Presented by the DVD Association

 

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM - Workshop

The Broadband Services Forum Presents

Service Providers Present the Work Done To Date, Delivery Concepts, New Business Models

 

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Track I:

DRM Implementation in Media and Entertainment: From Standardization to Implementation of New Technology Strategies

Albhy Galuten, Vice President, Digital Media Technology Strategy, Sony Corporation of America

Raj Samtani, Director of Sales & Marketing, ContentGuard

Keith Kocho, President and CEO, ExtendMedia

Jian Zhao, CTO, Content Security Solutions, Thomson

Jonathan Lee, Vice President of Business Development, MediaDefender, Inc.

David E. Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac, Moderator

 

Track III:

Rethinking Advertising: VOD, DVR, Broadband & Mobile - New Video Platforms, New Video Paradigms

Holly Leff-Pressman, EVP/General Manager, Nielsen Entertainment

Chris Pizzurro, Vice President of Multimedia Marketing, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Mitch Oscar, Executive Vice President, Carat Digital

Braxton Jarratt, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, TANDBERG Television

Terry S. Bienstock, Bienstock Consulting, LLC, former EVP & General Counsel, Comcast Cable, Moderator

 

Track IV:

TV & Interactivity: Evolving Content & Business Models: Content, Commerce and Branded Entertainment

Cindy Johanson, Senior Vice President, PBS Interactive and Education

Paul Condolora, Vice President and General Manager, Cartoon Network New Media, Turner Broadcasting

Jim Turner, Vice President, Interactive, A&E Television Networks

Stephanie Quay, Manager, Industry Relations, TV.com, CNET Networks Inc.

Jonathan Rintels, Executive Director, Center for Creative Voices in Media

Jeff Binder, President, Broadbus Technologies, Moderator

 

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The University Project Workshops

Inventing Next Generation Communications - Interdisciplinary Collaboration - Computer Science, Engineering, Design & Personal & Social Communication

Jeremy Bailenson, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University

David Traub, VP Business Development, Vidiva

Jeff Burke, UCLA HyperMedia Studio

Additional speakers to be announced

 

2:00 PM -3:30 PM

DVDA Excellence Awards Winners Circle

Presented by DVD Association

Panel of 2006 DVDA-winning producers discuss the creative process and secrets of their success.

Jeff Norton, Lean Forward Media

 

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Track I:

DRM Interoperability Challenge - Consumer Satisfaction - Consumer Confusion

Talal G. Shamoon, Chief Executive Officer, Intertrust

Scott Smyers, Vice President, Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America, Sony Electronics

Brian Lakamp, Senior Vice President, Technology, Sony Pictures' Digital Policy Group,

Arnaud Robert, The Walt Disney Company

Martha Nalebuff, Director of Policy and Strategy, Windows Client Strategic Relations and Policy Division, Microsoft Corp, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

 

Track II:

Subscription, Download & Advertising Models in Broadband: Music, Film, TV. Games and News & Information Content Distribution

David Payne, Senior Vice President, General Manager, CNN.com

Josh Goldman, Chief Executive Officer, Akimbo

Ron Frankel, Chief Executive Officer, Synacor

Sue Cross, Vice President, AP's Online Services, Associated Press

Brad Singer, Executive Vice President, Products and Markets, PaymentOne

Walt Disney Internet Group, tba

Marcia Zellers, Director, AFI Digital Content Lab, American Film Institute, Moderator

 

Track III:

Venture Funding and Leadership in the Entertainment & Technology Space: Games, Wireless & Broadband

Mike Buckley, Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation

Bob Davis, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital Partners

David O. Higley, Managing Director & Head of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Bank

Michael J. Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West

Tim Chang, Principal, Gabriel Venture Partners

David Hutkin, 1st Vice President, ICB Entertainment Finance

Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator

 

Track IV:

The Digital Home Entertainment Complex - Music and Movies Everywhere - Content Enabled by Servers, Set-Tops and Gateways

Mike Fidler, Chief Executive Officer, Digeo, Inc.

Yoav Nissan-Cohen, president and CEO, Amimon

Paul Greenberg, Senior Vice President, Business Development & Partner Relations, MusicNet

Bill Holmes, VP of Consumer Electronics, DivX, Inc

Edward Scott, Principal, Media & Entertainment, Infosys Technologies

Bill Correll, Director, Corporate Development, Broadband & Digital Media Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Moderator

 

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Workshop

The Broadband Services Forum Presents

Content Providers Explore How Current Capabilities and Future Plans Impact The Exploitation of Assets

 

3:50 PM - 5:00 PM

Track I:

Entertainment Expands the Digital Home: Networking, Sharing and Protecting

Daniel Putterman, president and CEO, Mediabolic

Anthony Wood, CEO, Roku

Rob Pait, Director, Global Consumer Electronics Marketing, Seagate

Brad Hunt, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

Peter B. Kaars, Director of Business Development, Philips Electronics, Moderator

Additional speaker to be announced

 

Track II:

Broadband Advertising Power Surge - Video, Links & Banners - Entertainment, Digital Publishing and Search Engines Emergence

Maria Mandel, Partner, Director of Digital Innovation, Digital Innovation, OgilvyInteractive, New York

Simon Assaad, co-CEO, Heavy.com

John Ferber, Chief Product Officer, Advertising.com

Rob Petty, CEO, ROO

Jen Soch, Vice President, Associate Director of Advanced TV, MediaVest USA

Mariana Danilovic, Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, LLC, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

 

Track III:

Behind the Digital Home & Mobile Consumer: Chips, Microprocessors & Optical Technology Define the Future of Entertainment - from DVDs, MP3s, HD & Set-Tops to Games, PDAs and PCs

Jeroen Brouwer, Director of Business Development, BU Home, Philips Semiconductors

Dr. Nikhil Balram, General Manager, High-Definition Products Division, National Semiconductor Corporation

Jose V Tormo, Jr., Manager, Business Strategy, Digital Media & Pervasive Computing Group, AMD

Sandip H. Mandera, Product Manager, Digital Media Products and Infrastructure, Intel Corporation

Berardino Baratta, General Manager of Multimedia Applications Division, Wireless & Mobile Systems Group, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

Jack Guedj, CEO, Magnum Semiconductors

Antonette K. Goroch, Senior Analyst, Digital Tech Consulting, Moderator

 

Track IV:

Understanding the Integrated DTV, Broadband & Mobile Customer Experience: Demands in Design and Delivery of Content, Products and Services

Tim Napoleon, Product Line Director, Akamai

Bob Smith, Chief Marketing Officer, Internap

Jonathan Hurd, Vice President, ADVENTIS, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

 

5:00 PM - Poolside Reception at the Loews

 

6:45 PM - The Consortium Dinners

I. Reinventing Advertising: VOD, PVR, Broadband, Games, PODs & Mobile Consortium at Digital Hollywood

Hosted by: Zap2it, A Tribune Media Services Company

 

II. 6:45 PM - The Consortium Dinner

Digital Rights, Content Rights & Anti-Piracy Consortium at Digital Hollywood

Advisory Committee Dinner Hosted by Savvis

 

III.
Chips, Microprocessors & Optical Technology Consortium Dinner

 

IV. Casual, Broadband and Multiplayer Games Consortium Dinner

 

The Seminars

Thursday, March 30

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Track I:

IP Video, Broadband Connectivity, Broadband Wireless, Datacasting and other Technologies Enabling the Transformation of Entertainment

Rick DeGabrielle, President & CEO, Arroyo

Sam Pemberton, president and CEO of Softel-USA

Seth Kenvin, VP, Strategic Marketing & Corporate Development, BigBand Networks

Scott Dougall, Director of Content Delivery Software, SkyStream

Ray Smets, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Netopia

Donald A. Jasko, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Economics, Moderator

 

Track II:

Video Distribution Across Platforms: Broadband, IPTV, Cable, TV and Mobile

Doug Glen, Chief Marketing Officer, Zetera Corporation

Tom Inglefield, Media and Entertainment Solutions Manager, Data Management Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Norman Liang, Business Development Manager, Technology Collaboration Solutions, IBM Corp.

Geoff Allen, Chairman and Founder, Anystream, Inc.

Michael Gordon, co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Limelight Networks

Katherine L. Parker, Internet, Media & Entertainment Industry Sales Global Business Development Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Moderator

 

Track III:

Protecting Your Intellectual Property - The Policies and Technologies for Managing Risk

Russell P. Reeder, Chairman and CEO, RightsLine, Inc.

Mark Ishikawa, CEO, BayTSP

Russ Frackman, Partner, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp

Paul Rasmusson, Senior Manager, Media & Entertainment, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Shaun Abrahamson, Director, Digital Strategy and Development, SafeNet

Mike McGuire, Research Director, GartnerG2, Moderator

Additional speaker to be announced

 

Track IV:

The Broadband Video Tipping Point: Availability of Vast Content and Portability - Broadband, ITV, Mobile & DTV

Todd Finch, President & CEO, Vizible Corporation

Michael Raneri, COO, MeeVee

Karl Quist, founder & President, TotalVid

Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, Veoh Networks

J. Chris Wagner, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, NeuLion, Inc.

Markus Almer, president and co-founder, Almer/Blank

Allison Dollar, founder & CEO, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator

 

11:05 AM - 12:20 PM

Track I:

Next Generation P2P Music and Film - DRM, Paid for Pass-Along and Other Legal Distributed Computing Models and the Entertainment Industries

Billy McNair, co-founder and CEO, Peerflix

Erik Davis, VP Marketing, ExtendMedia

Srivats Sampath, President & CEO, MERCORA

Chip Venters, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Containers

John Beezer, President, Shared Media Licensing, Inc.

Les Ottolenghi, President, INTENT MediaWorks, LLC

Robert Summer, Executive Chairman, iMesh

Marty Lafferty, Chief Executive Officer, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA), Moderator

 

Track II:

Internet Video, Advertising & Marketing: The Next Generation of Consumer Reach

Greg Verdino, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, ROO

Shawn Conahan, founder, Chairman and CEO, Intercasting Corp

Hilmi Ozguc, CEO, Maven Networks

Steven Starr, founder, Chief Executive Officer, Revver

Adam Gerber, Vice President, Ad Products & Strategy, Brightcove

Greg Demetriades, founder, Chairman & CEO, Continental Vista Broadcasting Group

Darcy Lorincz, SVP & General Manager Global Rich Media, SAVVIS

Keith Richman, CEO, Break.com

Scott Ehrlich, CEO, Red Tie, Inc., Moderator

 

Track III:

DTV, Broadband, Set-Top and Interactive Content & Advertising Experience - Enabling Entertainment Choice via Interactive Guides and Gateways

Seth Haberman, founder & President, Visible World

Jodie McAfee, Vice President, Business Development, Turner Media Group

Aslam Khader, VP, Marketing and Strategy, Ensequence

Colin Dixon, Senior Analyst & IPTV Practice Manager, Specialty: Enhanced TV Applications

David Jensen, Vice President of Business Development, Zetools

Jack Perry, President & Chief Executive Officer, Decisionmark

Bill Niemeyer, Chief of Analysis and Research, DiMA Group,Moderator

 

Track IV:

Desktop Browser & Search As Application Platform: Gateway to Information and Entertainment

Matthew de Ganon, Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Application Software, The Weather Channel Interactive (TWCI).

Tom St John, CTO, Searchformedia

Mike Lanza, CEO, Click TV

Thomas McInerney, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Guba.com

Larry Marcus, General Partner, Walden VC

Brian Hanley, VP Business Development AOL Time Warner

Joyce Schwarz, JCOM Emerging Entertainment Marketing, Moderator

 

12:50 PM - 2:00 PM

Track I:

Music Industry Innovates and Morphs: Radio, Blogs, P2P, Ad Revenue Concepts, Cable/TV Innovation

Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, D3 - Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music

Justin Beckett, CEO and founder, Fluid Audio Networks

Bill Moore, CEO, RadioTime

Michael Weiss, President & CEO, StreamCast Networks

Douglas S. Knopper, CEO, BitPass

Shawn Hopwood, Sr. Director, Coding Technologies

Stephen Murray, founder & President of Entertainment, BurnLounge

Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator

 

Track II:

Telcos, IPTV & the Technology Food Chain: From the Broadband Infrastructure to the Headend, ITV Services and the Set-Top

Rob Glidden, Industry Manager, Broadband Media, Sun Microsystems, Inc

Hemang Mehta, Group Product Manager, Microsoft TV

Taras Bugir, Chief Strategy Officer, Harris Software Systems

David Price, Vice President, Business Development, Harmonic, Inc.

Josette Bonte, Vice President, Content and IPTV, Ovum

Kurt Hoppe, Director, Product Management, 2Wire

Fred Dawson, Editor & Publisher, Screenplays, Moderator

 

Track III:

Personalized Video Media: ITV Advertising and Content

Dan O'Brien, President & CEO, Gotuit Media

Greg Morrow, President, PureVideo

Israel Drori, President & CEO, Integra5

Kanaiya Vasani, Vice President, Product Marketing, Terayon Communication Systems

Mark Jeffery, Senior Director, Product Marketing, ICTV

Jay Schiller, Vice President, Business Development, Atlas On Demand

Pat Dunbar, co-founder and President, DiMA Group and the ID!A Program, Moderator

 

Track IV:

Broadband Games Expand - From the Casual to the Massively Multiplayer Universe

Ralph Rivera, VP & GM, AOL Games

David Laux, Global Executive, Games & Interactive Entertainment, IBM

Scott Cohen, President, Game Trust, Inc.

Mike Goslin, Vice President, Virtual Reality Studio, Walt Disney Internet Group

Dave Williams, CMO and GM Chief Marketing Officer, General Manager, AtomShockwave

Matthew Bromberg, President and Chief Operating Officer, Major League Gaming Inc., Moderator

 

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Track I:

Adult Industry Business Models: Understanding the $10B Opportunity and How Adult Pushes Technology To Mainstream

Ian Aaron, CEO, Waat Media Wireless Entertainment

Tom Hymes, Communications Director, Free Speech Coalition

Chris Petrovic, VP, Business Development, Playboy Entertainment Group, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

 

Track II:

Alternative Media & Advertising: Personalized Consumer Broadband, RSS Feeds, Blogging and Podcasting

Mike Tatum, Vice President, Strategy and Development, CNET Networks

Chase Norlin, CEO, Pixsy

Richard Sharp, CEO, PodChannels, Inc.

Michael W. Geoghegan, President, Willnick Productions, Inc.

Mike Markson, Vice President Marketing, Topix.net

Peter H. Kang, Esq., Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Moderator

 

Track III:

Personalized Mobile Experience - Breakthroughs in Messaging, Music, Video and Search Capabilities

Frederick Ghahramani, director and co-founder, AirG

Jeff Hastings, President, Pinnacle Systems, a division, Avid Technology

Gregg Daffner, Chairman of the Board, TV Mine Inc.

Dorrian Porter, CEO, Mozes, Inc.

Jeff Blanc, VP Sales and Corporate Communication, NeoMagic

Steve Bradbury, Vice President, Business Develoment, GoTV Networks, Moderator

 

Track IV:

Building Brands, Hollywood Style - Word of Mouth and Community Marketing

David Reis, CEO, DEI Worldwide

Scott Meldrum, President/CEO, HypeCouncil

David Brody, Director, Marketing and Creative, Virgin Digital

Todd Steinman, Partner and Chief Operating Officer, M80 Services

Betsy Green, CEO, Media Matchmaker

Chris M. Williams, co-founder & CEO, FanLib

Bryan Kujawski, co-founder, 360i, Moderator

 

Coming Events in 2006

Digital Hollywood Spring, Los Angeles
March 27-March 30, 2006, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel; http://www.digitalhollywood.com/LASpring06Agenda.html

Building Blocks 2006, San Jose, California, Transforming Technologies, Interface Design & Global Communications, August 14-17, 2006 ; http://www.digitalhollywood.com/BuildingBlocks.html

Digital Hollywood Fall, Los Angeles, October 24-26, 2006, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel

 

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