Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from Digital Hollywood Spring, 2006 For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Tuesday, August 15 10:45 AM - Noon Track I: Web 2.0 - The Next Iteration: How Next Generation Personalized Media is Rewiring the Web - Programmable Web, Podcasting, Mashups & Blogging - Transforming and Disassembling the World of Traditional Media, Communications & Advertising Within the world of the Broadband, TV, the Set-Top, Mobile and PVR experience, searching for content, making accessible the content and at the same time, offering an advertising and marketing experience is our challenge. Everything from blogging and Podcasting to Interactive TV is altering the user experience completely. The industry is finding a ready audience with an ever growing demand for better content and a better and a completely personalized experience. With the massive amount of content and technology being thrown at the consumer, navigating through that experience is not only difficult, it can be off-putting. We have entered the world of integrated user experience – the post-TiVo generation of consumers and viewers who are watching and listening to new forms of content on new platforms of technology. Ty Ahmad-Taylor, Senior Director, Interactive Products, Comcast Cable Marcien Jenckes, VP and GM, AIM, AOL Baris Karadogan, Partner, ComVentures Kevin Rose, founder and chief architect, digg, Inc. Greg Kostello, CEO, vMix Media Inc. Dan Nova, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital Molly Wood, Executive Editor, CNET.com, Moderator Justin Uberti, Chief Software Architect, Advanced Clients & Communications, AOL LLC: Justin Uberti is chief architect of AOL’s Advanced Clients & Communications division, spending the past six years as primary architect of AIM and AOL’s VoIP systems. His most recent design achievements include the multiplatform AIMCC architecture and APO that is the core of AIM Triton and the public AIM SDK, along with designing most of the major AIM features over the past eight years. He joined AOL in 1997 after a brief contracting position with IBM where he implemented networking applications to demonstrate the use of IBM-developed cryptography infrastructure with key escrow. Prior to that, he was senior software engineer for IFusion Com Corporation, where he implemented Windows rendering engine for the "Arrive" push-technology application. Justin has several patents pending, including: Integration of e-mail with instant messaging services; Secure instant messaging system; Techniques for facilitating item [file] sharing; and Instant messaging personalization. Justin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia with a B.A. with highest distinction in Mathematics and Physics. Kevin Rose is the founder and chief architect of digg, where he oversees all aspects of the management and development of the digg web site. He is also a co-host of Diggnation, a weekly video podcast based on digg.com news stories and content that consistently ranks as one of the top podcast downloads from the Apple iTunes Music Store. Kevin started digg in September 2004 as a personal project. His initial idea was to conduct a social experiment in how masses of users could control and promote news and other content on the Web, without external editorial control. After a very short time, he realized the power of his idea, as digg was becoming a resource for breaking news stories and developing a strong user following. Prior to founding digg, Kevin was a co-host of the popular technology television programs Attack of the Show on the G4 Network and The Screen Savers on TechTV. During Kevin's tenure at The Screen Savers, a live TV program focusing on computers and technology, it was the highest rated show on TechTV, reaching 55 million households. Before working at TechTV, Kevin worked for several technology startups as well as for the U.S. Department of Energy. Ty Ahmad-Taylor, Senior Director, Interactive Products, Comcast Cable: Ty Ahmad-Taylor began his career at the New York Times in their graphics department, working in National and International news. While there, he covered the Waco, TX standoff, the Los Angeles riots, the Gulf War, the Oklahoma City bombing and other large news events from a visual perspective, using schematics, databases and cartography. In 1995, his last year at the paper, he wrote articles on the emerging Internet, special effects in cinema, and the video game industry. From the Times he moved West to join the @Home Network. Ty became the Creative Director of @Home in 1997, and led their efforts to create next-generation portals for broadband and interactive television. After a year sabbatical in 2000, where he took cooking and French lessons, he returned to technology, working as the Chief Creative Architect for MetaTV, an iTV concern based in Mill Valley, CA, just north of San Francisco. While there, Ty generated user interface patents, and led the design of interactive television portals for Comcast, Cox, Echostar and other MSO and satellite operators. After working at Comcast Cable Corporation as the Director of Strategic Planning in their broadband group, where his mandate included devising and executing Comcast’s wireless (GPRS, UMTS and WiFi) strategy, and interactive content and applications. He is currently the Senior Director for Cross-platform applications at the company. His job duties encompass applications that straddle distribution channels, such as search, games and music. Ty has over nine years of experience in designing for broadband, eight years in interactive television, and 15 years in information design. He has lectured at Digital Hollywood, CES, Milia, AIGA conferences, HOW Design Conferences, Seybold Seminars, as well as the Poynter Institute for Journalism in St. Petersberg, Fla. Ty lives in New York City, though he is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. Molly Wood, Executive Editor, CNET.com, CNET Networks Inc.: As executive editor, Molly helps direct the content on CNET's home page and puts the suggestive spin on headlines that keep readers clicking. As author of the Daily Buzz Report column and host of the AnchorDesk newsletter, Molly engages readers by talking about what’s hot in the world of technology and helping readers through all the marketing hype to find out the bottom line on all things related to consumer electronics. Before joining CNET.com in 2000, Molly was senior associate editor at MacHome Journal, where she wrote and edited Macintosh-specific product reviews, news, features and trend stories at a national magazine for Apple enthusiasts. Prior to MacHome Journal, Molly was a reporter and supervising editor at The Associated Press (AP), where she was in charge of state, national and international news for three AP bureaus. Greg Kostello, CEO of vMix Media Inc.: As CEO and Founder of vMix, an online community for the distribution of video content, Greg Kostello brings over 20 years experience in technology development and management. Previously, Mr. Kostello was President of Vivendi-Universal Net Technologies where he integrated the advances made in technology from MP3.com into the music industry’s commercial systems. Previous to the sale of MP3.com to Vivendi-Universal in 2001, Mr. Kostello was Executive Vice President of Technology for MP3.com where he was instrumental in growing its website into the Number 1 music community on the Internet with over 30 million registered visitors. He also cofounded DigitalStyle, a leading Web graphics tools vendor specializing in Java-based animation, acquired by Netscape/AOL in 1997. His extensive knowledge and expertise within the technology industry also includes past positions at leading companies such as Apple Computer and Netscape. Mr. Kostello has also founded or participated in five other early stage startups. Greg Kostello graduated from UC Irvine with a degree in Information and Computer Science. He served on the UCSD Connect Leadership Council from 1999-2001. Dan Nova, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital: Dan is a Managing General Partner at Highland focusing on technology with specific experience and interest in internet, digital marketing and media technologies. Dan currently serves on the boards of Amp Resources LLC, CMI Marketing, Coremetrics, GlobalStreams, Gotuit Media, Navic Networks and Yoga Works. His portfolio also includes Ask Jeeves (Nasdaq: ASKJ), Be Free (Nasdaq: BFRE), Digital Market (acquired by Agile Software), eToys (Nasdaq: ETYS), Fastclick (acquired by ValueClick), Gamesville (acquired by Lycos), MapQuest.com (acquired by AOL), N2 Broadband (acquired by TANDBERG Television), New York Times Digital, NextCard (Nasdaq: NXCD), Quote.com (acquired by Lycos) Raindance Communications (Nasdaq: RNDC), RoweCom (Nasdaq: ROWE) and Terra Lycos (Nasdaq: TRLY). Prior to joining Highland in 1996, Dan was a Partner at CMG@Ventures where he co-led the partnership's investment activities in early-stage Internet companies. While at CMG@Ventures, Dan co-founded Lycos, Inc. in June of 1995, and played an integral role from its inception to its IPO in April of 1996, and finally through its sale to Terra Networks in 2000. Other investments completed during his employment at CMG@Ventures include Black Sun Interactive, GeoCities, Ikonic Interactive, NetCarta, Parable and Telet Communications. Prior to joining CMG@Ventures in January of 1995, Dan was a Senior Associate at Summit Partners focusing on later-stage technology and environmental investments. He also worked at Wang Laboratories from 1983 through 1989 in a variety of sales management and sales positions. Baris Karadogan, Partner, ComVentures, focuses on identifying investment opportunities in the Internet, new media and mobile markets. Karadogan joined ComVentures from U.S. Venture Partners where he was a board member of Minerva Networks, and worked closely with companies such as Podtech, Redline Communications, Aspendos Communications, Dilithium Networks, Maxxan Systems and Ciphertrust. Prior to U.S. Venture Partners, Karadogan worked in both engineering and marketing at 3Com/U.S. Robotics, where he helped to develop the company's networking and cable industry products. His work at U.S. Robotics resulted in a number of U.S. patents.