Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from Digital Hollywood Spring, 2006 For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Tuesday, August 15 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Track III: Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Digital Home to the Mobile Universe In the six years since the burst of the technology bubble, an amazing thing has happened, the technology industry has once again, perhaps more quietly this time, transformed the relationship of the consumer to communications, media, entertainment and technology. . Whether it’s a wirelessly connected home comprised of unlimited content via DTV and HDTV, PDAs, laptops, desktops PCs, a Set-Top connection, IM devices or telephony system; a broadband mobile device, a fully loaded media friendly car, a broadband workspace or public space, the consumer is connected all the time, sending or receiving information and content. In this session, we will explore what it means to create and enable that fully connected universe. Claudia Ceniceros, Senior Director Media and Content Strategy, Cisco Systems Tom Flanagan, Executive Director, Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments Debbie Solomon, Senior Partner, Group Research Director, MindShare Udo Eberlein, founder and President, Nero, Inc. Cornelis (Koen) M. Huizer, Chief Technology Officer, Business Line Cluster Digital Video Set-Top Boxes, Business Group Home Entertainment Networks, Philips Consumer Electronics Scott Smyers, Chairman, DLNA Board of Directors, Vice President, Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America, Sony Electronics Stephen Condon, Vice President, Marketing, Entriq, Moderator Stephen Condon, Vice President, Marketing, Entriq: Stephen Condon brings more than 20 years of marketing experience to Entriq from the advertising and technology industries. His primary role as Vice President, Marketing, is to clearly position the company in the pay media marketplace. His responsibilities include strategic marketing, marketing communications as well as developing the company's advertising, public relations and trade show strategy. Condon commenced his career in advertising working for J. Walter Thompson and Chiat/Day on leading brands such as Kraft Foods and NutraSweet. His advertising career introduced him to the high technology entertainment business when he worked on the hugely successful launch of DIRECTV at the advertising agency, Campbell-Ewald. He later joined DIRECTV, as Senior Director of Marketing and was responsible for program marketing and subscriber acquisition promotions. In 1998 Condon moved from delivering video over satellite to delivering video on the Internet and joined INTERVU as Vice President of Marketing where he lead strategic marketing efforts and marketing communications up until the Akamai acquisition. Since then, Condon has held various senior technology marketing positions including Chief Marketing Officer of Intertainer, which was one of the first online video delivery portals. He holds a bachelor's degree in business and has completed post graduate studies in Marketing at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia Udo Eberlein, founder and President, Nero, Inc.: Udo Eberlein joined Nero, Inc. in May 2001 as Founder and President, and successfully launched Nero products in North America, transforming the brand from a CD/DVD burning application into a premier digital media solution. Nero product is now ranked within the top 3 software solutions nationwide. Prior to Nero, Mr. Eberlein was an Executive at ABX Logistics where he oversaw product development, sales and marketing. Mr. Eberlein is a multilingual professional with work experience in Europe, Asia and the USA. He obtained a Masters in Logistics and Business Administration from Academy of Business in Germany. Nero provides state-of-the-art software solutions for the global digital media market. Since the company was founded in 1995, its products have established a loyal clientele of more than 180 million users throughout the world. Nero offers the industry’s most reliable CD/DVD-software applications. Its award-winning flagship product, Nero 6, includes all the applications and functionalities needed in the digital media field. Other Nero products include the MPEG 4 based audio/video technology - Nero Digital™, the simple and complete photo solution - Nero PhotoShow Elite, and SIPPS™ and SIPPSTAR PBX, which provide voice-over IP solutions for private and business customers. Claudia Ceniceros, Senior Director, Media and Content Strategy, Cisco Systems, Inc.: Claudia Ceniceros directs Cisco’s media entertainment initiatives and cross-divisional efforts in digital media strategy and business development. Claudia identifies investment opportunities in leading-edge companies in networked entertainment and is charged with communicating the company’s digital media vision and strategy to partners. Before assuming her current duties, Claudia ran corporate public relations at Cisco. Prior to joining Cisco, Claudia was vice president of corporate communications for Acclaim Entertainment, a developer and publisher of software for a variety of gaming platforms. She also held executive positions at ABC Television Network and Robinson Lerer & Montgomery/Sawyer Miller Group. At ABC, she launched network initiatives such as the World Cup HDTV programming and "Disney's One Saturday Morning." At Robinson Lerer & Montgomery, she managed entertainment accounts that included Time Warner, Six Flags, Nickelodeon, MTV Europe, Philips Media and The Special Olympic Games. Claudia graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago, with a B.A. in philosophy and political science. Memberships: PR Seminar 2004, Arthur W. Page Society 2004, and Global Communication Forum 2003-2004. Scott Smyers, Chairman, DLNA Board of Directors, Vice President, Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America, Sony Electronics: Mr. Smyers serves as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Digital Living Network Alliance and as President of DLNA Corporation. Aside from his DLNA duties, Mr. Smyers is also Vice President of the Network and Systems Architecture Division of the Platform Technology Center of America at Sony Electronics. Mr. Smyers’ particular area of focus is system architecture, system I/O and interfaces. Through his leadership as chairman of the 1394 Trade Association's AV Working Group over the course of seven years, Mr. Smyers has served a pivotal role in bringing about a suite of standards that define consumer device discovery and control. Mr. Smyers now also serves as the Chairman of the CE Linux Forum Steering Committee, and has in the past served as CTO and member of the Board of Directors of the 1394 Trade Association and on the UPnP Steering Committee. Mr. Smyers holds a BA in Physics and Philosophy from Cornell University Tom Flanagan, Director, Broadband Strategy, Broadband Communications Group, Texas Instruments: Tom Flanagan is Director, Broadband Strategy for Texas Instruments’ Broadband Communications Group. TI’s broadband communications business includes cable modems, digital subscriber line (DSL) modems, integrated access devices (IADs), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateways, carrier infrastructure, and home and office wireless networking. Prior to this, Mr. Flanagan was Director, Business Development for Telogy Networks and Vice President Sales and Marketing for ADC Skyline. Mr. Flanagan also held various marketing, sales and business development positions during a 12 year career with Dynatech Communications. He holds a B.S. degree from James Madison University. Debbie Solomon is Senior Partner, Group Research Director at MindShare USA. She serves as an in-house consultant to the planning and buying groups on a wide variety of media research and planning issues. Her work encompasses all media disciplines and she has worked on all the agency’s clients. She is also part of MindShare’s global Insights team. Debbie was at J. Walter Thompson when the media departments of J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather merged to become MindShare. She joined J. Walter Thompson after working in the Media Research Department at Leo Burnett. This was preceded by marketing research positions at Britt & Frerichs, Quaker Oats, and Milton Bradley. She has won a number of industry honors. Recently, Media Magazine named her one of the 10 most influential people "navigating the waters of the magazine business." In 1998, she was named Top Kid Researcher by KidScreen magazine. In 1992, Media Week magazine elected her Media Research All-Star, largely for her work in children’s measurement. And Esquire magazine has honored her as a "Woman We Love in Advertising." She has also won several corporate awards including WPP’s Atticus Award for original published thinking for her paper on Wearout and J. Walter Thompson’s White Pea award for media innovation. Debbie has also been one of a select group of people invited to meet with the International Olympic Committee to advise them on the state of media in the future. Debbie has an M.A. in psychology from Duke University and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Chicago. You may have seen her articles in Advertising Age, AdMap, Marketing and Media Decisions, the Journal of Advertising Research and the Journal of Media Planning. She chairs the AAAA’s Consumer Magazine Committee and the Advertising Research Foundation’s Youth Research Council. She also is part of the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the body that accredits Advertising programs at colleges and universities. In her spare time, Debbie indulges her creative side through silversmithing. Mary Francia, Vice President Telecom Business Innovation, Consumer Electronics, Royal Philips Electronics: A global telecommunications executive with experience in Europe, North and South America, Mary Francia is Vice President, Business Innovation for Philips Consumer Electronics, a division of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands. In this position, Ms. Francia has responsibility for developing Home Networks in the Americas with IP enabled devices for access, communications, entertainment and control. Ms. Francia joined Philips in 2003 as Senior Director, Operator Business Innovation for the Division, Region Europe, based in Amsterdam. In this role, as part of the Connected Planet Vision of Philips, she created a new sales channel for Consumer Electronics, and managed alliances with major Telecom Operators in Europe for cooperation in marketing, product innovation and retail. Ms. Francia has held positions in Customer Service & Sales with Air Liquide Medical, Customer Service & Marketing in Cable TV with Century Communications, Marketing & Sales of Telecom Equipment with Somera Communications, Business Development in OEM Outsourcing with Flextronics International, and Business Development in Network Services in Latin America for Wireless Facilities Inc. A native of Peru, Ms. Francia has an MBA in International Business. She and her husband, Gus have 2 children and live in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands Electronics develop opportunities with Telecom Operators for sthe Americas. Ms. Francia is also responsible for Operator Alliances and Relationships as One Philips in areas of Healthcare, Lifestyle and Technology and in that role, she interfaces with all Divisions of Royal Philips Electronics. Ms Francia was born in Lima Peru, she is married and has 2 children. Jim Hollingsworth, Vice President of Marketing, Gracenote: Bringing over 25 years of experience in the consumer electronics industry, Hollingsworth leads Gracenote’s global marketing throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe. Joining Gracenote in 2004, Hollingsworth was previously President of ReplayTV a subsidiary of Denon and Marantz Holdings. Prior to D&M’s acquisition of ReplayTV, Hollingsworth was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, where he oversaw four major product lines (RIO Digital Audio, GoVideo, ReplayTV and Diamond Multimedia). Previously, Hollingsworth was Vice President of Marketing, Computer Products at Sony Corp., and was integral in the launch of the VAIO line of PCs and Peripherals. Prior to that, he spent two years at StarSight Telecast (now Gemstar, Inc.), where he was responsible for licensing StarSight's technologies to the consumer electronics industry. He began his career with nine years at Sony Consumer Electronics and an additional three years at Panasonic, where he held roles in sales and marketing. Hollingsworth has extensive experience in speaking at high profile industry events, including the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Comdex and Electronic Home Expo; and also appeared on CBS Marketwatch, Bloomberg TV, CNN and Tech TV.