Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from the last Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood Fall 2006 Thursday, October 26 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Track III: Protecting Your Intellectual Property - The Policies and Technologies for Managing Risk Content is at the core of the problem. It’s not just music and the Net anymore, now it’s about content, video, audio text, rights of the individual – in a cross-platform universe of DVD, TV, Cable, Broadband, Mobile and the Net. Protecting your Intellectual Property is at the forefront of both the bottleneck of what keeps content from the consumer as well as at the crux of what will make the system work for all parties in an agreeable revenue sharing model. The industry, the content companies, the technology companies, the advisory and legal communities are all playing key roles in the process of reaching and discovering solutions. In this session, we bring together a fascinating and highly experienced group of leading figures in the world of Intellectual Property. We welcome them and look forward to an engrossing discussion. Filippo Puglisi-Alibrandi, Director, KPMG’s Advisory Services Jon Goldman, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation 9 Entertainment George Borkowski, Partner, Mitchell Slberberg & Knupp Reza Rassool, Chief Engineer, Widevine Technologies, Inc. Trent Larson, Director, Digital Media, Protiviti David Bloom, Journalist, Words and Deeds, Moderator Filippo Puglisi-Alibrandi, Director, KPMG’s Advisory Services: Filippo is a Director in KPMG’s Advisory Services practice based in Los Angeles. Filippo has more than thirteen years of experience in contract compliance examinations, brand protection, expert witness services and licensing consulting services. He has extensive experience in planning, performing and directing numerous license and distribution examinations on behalf of major movie studios, fashion designers, licensing agencies, software developers, profit participants, licensors and trademark owners. Under his direction, royalty compliance project teams have completed work internationally and have successfully helped recover millions of dollars in underreporting in addition to identifying many other instances of contractual non-compliance. Filippo is a founding member of KPMG’s Digital Services Framework ("DSF") which enables clients to identify and manage risk in the creation and distribution of digital content. Filippo’s knowledge and experience in licensing and contract compliance helps clients understand the challenges involved in migrating from a traditional licensing model to a digital one. Filippo holds a Bachelor’s in Economics and Accounting from the LUISS International University in Rome, Italy; in addition a Master’s in Fiscal Auditing, at the Academy of Italian Financial Guard in Milan, Italy. Filippo is Dottore Commercialista and Revisore Contabile, which is the equivalent title of CPA and CIA in Europe. A Filippo is Director of the Board of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West and a member of several associations in the licensing, fashion and software industry. Jon Goldman, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation 9 Entertainment: Jon Goldman is CEO of Foundation 9 Entertainment, overseeing operations, strategic planning, and contributing to new product development for the company. Before co-founding Foundation 9, Jon co-founded Backbone Entertainment and also ImaginEngine Corp. Jon has been a key player in bringing Backbone Entertainment’s original IP, Death, Jr. to multiple media. The project is being developed simultaneously as a videogame, comic book and feature film. Jon has been hands-on through every stage of the project, handling negotiations with game and comic book publishers, Hollywood studios and toy companies. He offers a unique perspective on how developing games and traditional media at the same time can be a powerful and mutually enforcing new strategy for content creation. Previous to founding Foundation 9 Entertainment, Backbone Entertainment and ImaginEngine Corp., Jon worked at an investment banking and advisory firm specializing in partnerships between U.S. and Asian technology companies. In addition, Jon created a children's story publishing venture, which received attention across the country, including such places as the Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio. Jon has spoken on a number of topics pertaining to the entertainment and game industries, including the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and iHollywood Forum. Jon attended Harvard, where he received an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in East Asian Studies, followed by a Mombusho fellowship at the University of Kyoto. Reza Rassool has been fortunate to have contributed to some of the most exciting product developments in the field of digital media. After gaining his B.Sc. in Physics at King’s College in 1984 he worked at GEC, RGB Computer Graphics, The Computer Film Company and Crosfield Electronics. In 1991 Reza was the technical manager and one of the original designers of the Lightworks NLE. After a tour of duty as chief engineer in the Micropolis Video Systems Division, he consulted on numerous video-related projects. Reza became chief engineer of Widevine Technologies Inc and helped formulate its mission. He holds patents, has published numerous papers and has been active on industry trade associations. George Borkowski, Partner, Mitchell Slberberg & Knupp: A crusader for the rights of content owners, George currently serves as a member of the MS&K Governing Board, and Chair of MS&K Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. He was formerly the Acting Director of Litigation for the Recording Industry Association of America and also served as a senior member of the litigation team representing the record industry in its copyright infringement suits against Kazaa, Sharman, Music City, Grokster and Napster. His experience in protecting copyrighted content also extends into the technology and wireless industries. Trent Larson leads Protiviti’s Digital Media practice addressing client issues commonly associated with digital content. With 18 years of industry experience, Trent has also lead the digital media efforts of KPMG and IBM UK. As a subject mater expert, Trent has been an advisor to the European Commission on DRM and content distribution strategies. During his career, he has been both an entrepreneur and has worked with large corporations; a combination which has enabled him to be involved at the forefront of many of the projects that have helped shape the way consumers discover and enjoy content today. Considered a thought leader in convergent technologies, Trent has written various papers on content protection and mobile entertainment. His work has been covered in many major publications and he is a regular presenter at many of the world’s leading conferences, universities and industry events on Digital Media. Trent holds a BSc. in Computer Information Systems from DeVry University, Los Angeles.