Wednesday, March 29 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM The DVD Association Workshops - Part II Next Generation DVD - Content Makers Bruce Nazarian, CEO, Digital Media Consulting Group, Inc. & DVDA Board Member, Moderator Kevin Collins, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Steve Venezia, Manager of DVD and DTV Broadcast Support, Dolby Labs Joseph McCrossan, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory Jim Taylor, Founder/Chairman, DVDA; Chief of DVD Technology, Sonic Solutions, Moderator Morgan Holly, Vice President, Digital Services, Ascent Media Management Services James M. Burger, Esq., Dow, Lohnes & Albertson; DVDA Board Member Morgan Holly is Vice President, Digital Services for Ascent Media Management. His responsibilities include design and implementation of new services such as interactive television, next-generation formats, and digital asset management. Previously, Holly was Managing Director of Blink Digital Santa Monica, an Ascent Media Company. Before joining Ascent, he was Technical Director of The Voyager Company, where he worked on the first consumer entertainment CD-ROM. During that time, Holly directed production for The Criterion Collection, collaborating closely with filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Terry Gilliam, and Martin Scorsese on dozens of award-winning laserdiscs. Holly has won numerous awards and citations, including Video Magazine’s Best Videodisc of the Year Award when he was 19. Jim Taylor is Chief of DVD Technology and General Manager of the Technology Products Group at Sonic Solutions, the leading developer of DVD authoring systems. He is the author of DVD Demystified, the best-selling book about DVD technology, published by McGraw-Hill. Called a "minor tech legend" by E! Online, Jim created the acclaimed Internet DVD FAQ, writes articles and columns about DVD, and sits on advisory boards of leading-edge companies in the DVD industry. Jim received the 2000 DVD Pro Discus Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry, and was also named one of the 21 most influential DVD executives by DVD Report. He has worked with interactive media for over 20 years, developing educational software, laserdiscs, CD-ROMs, Web sites, and DVDs, along with teaching workshops, seminars, and university courses. Before joining Sonic in 2001, Jim was DVD Evangelist at Microsoft, and was formerly VP of Information Technology at Videodiscovery, an educational multimedia publishing company.