Friday, January 7 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Session A- DH9: The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR – the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server The home entertainment server is about one basic idea - to deliver more and varied media-rich content to the consumer - giving consumers what they want, when they want it. But the battle for this consumer sector is about to assert itself as a competition of technologies, more complicated than the older battle of the home PC vs. the TV. This is a world containing the set-top box, the PVR, the PC and a host of other devices. The next generation of DTV/Set-Top/PC home entertainment server will come into the battle delivering Internet, music, games, movies, plus innovative two-way communications and telephony services that the old set-top provider was only beginning to deliver. This battle for the home will be a tremendous winner for both the consumer as well as for the content industry. It presents the simple proposition that offering the consumer more and richer services in a competitive environment is the perfect formula for success. Brian Lakamp, Senior Vice President, Technology, Sony Pictures’ Digital Policy Group. Simon Wegerif, Vice President & General Manager, Philips Semiconductors' Home Entertainment Solutions Business Line Dave Davies, Vice President, Strategic Marketing for Subscriber Networks, Scientific-Atlanta Simon Parnall, Chairman of the TV-Anytime Forum, & Director of Advanced Technologies, NDS Richard Titus, President of Schematic Michael Collette, CEO, Ucentric Systems Richard Doherty, CEO, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator Brian Lakamp is the Senior Vice President of Technology for Sony Pictures’ Digital Policy Group. SPE’s Digital Policy Group was formed to coordinate digital policy across all Sony Pictures' businesses. Brian focuses on copy protection issues, but he also investigates emerging and disruptive technologies such as watermark fingerprinting and digital rights management. Brian also works on developing new business models around home networking to keep Sony Pictures ahead of the technological curve. Brian represents SPE in forums such as the Motion Pictures Association and the Copy Protection Technical Working Group. Brian also represents SPE in standards activities such as Digital Transmission Copy Protection (5C) and Advanced Access Content System (AACS). Simon Wegerif is Vice President & General Manager of Philips Semiconductors' Home Entertainment Solutions Business Line, responsible for creating systems on silicon which allow consumers to access and store video content transparently and seamlessly in the home environment. Simon was based in the U.S. for the past seven years, first leading the Company's marketing activities for ATSC digital TV reception and subsequently responsible for growing the Nexperia media processor business as a key building block for the Connected Planet. Prior to joining Philips in 1991, he was with the UK BBC's Research and Development activities, where he specified & developed the first ASIC to enable cost effective digital audio broadcast chains. He holds both Engineering and Marketing / Management degrees. Richard Titus, President, Schematic: Richard manages the external face of the company including business development, marketing and PR as well as M&A and corporate development. Richard co-founded Schematic after his departure from Razorfish and a two-year sabbatical. Richard joined Razorfish when it acquired a firm he founded and was the CEO of <tag> media (one of the 1st interactive agencies in Los Angeles). Richard served as Managing Director of the Los Angeles office which he built into a division employing 300 professionals, both organically and through the acquisition of FUEL in mid 1999. Richard helped establish Razorfish’s new platforms practices (including wireless and ITV) and served on the corporate management team as VP of Strategic Investments until his 2001 departure. Richard is also the co-founder of Plinyminor, which he still owns, where he and his partner have developed and produced a variety of feature film and television projects including feature film On_line, which premiered in 2002 at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and was released theatrically in the US in June of 2003 and several projects for the SciFi channel. Richard serves on the board of Governors and as Vice-Chair of the PGA New Media Council, on the Board of the Interactive Television Alliance and several non-profits. For the last three years, the Digital Coast Reporter Magazine has named Richard one of the 50 most influential people in the Digital Coast. Michael Collette, Chief Executive Officer, Ucentric: An industry veteran, Collette brings extensive general management experience and marketing and sales expertise in growth-oriented broadband technology and entertainment industries to Ucentric. Most recently, Collette was senior vice president of marketing and business development for OpenTV, where he was responsible for the global positioning and marketing of the company’s interactive television architecture, applications and media solutions. Prior to OpenTV, he was senior vice president of marketing and business development for ICTV, Inc. He also served as president and chief executive officer of MediaTech Strategies, a strategic consulting firm he founded in 1996 focusing on emerging TV applications, including companies involved in personal video recording (PVR), video-on-demand (VOD) content, interactive television (iTV), and iTV portal development. In addition, Collette is the founder of The Bandies award show, a featured industry event that recognizes achievements in new media entertainment and technologies. Collette earned a Master’s of Business Administration degree from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management and undergraduate degrees in English and Social Science from University of California, Berkeley. David B. Davies, Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Subscriber Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.: Dave Davies currently serves as Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Subscriber Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. In his role, Davies is responsible for Scientific-Atlanta’s product marketing and business development for all subscriber-facing products including the Explorer“ line of interactive set-tops and cable modems. In addition, he is responsible for strategy and marketing for the most popular cable services including digital video recording (DVR), high-definition television (HDTV) and video-on-demand (VOD.) Most recently, Davies directed the launch of Explorer® 8000HD™ with DVR. This revolutionary product merges the pristine picture quality of HDTV with Digital Video Recording capabilities to enable consumers to watch whatever they want whenever they want to.Prior to assuming his current position at Scientific Atlanta, Davies was a Senior Associate with Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc, a leading global strategy and management consulting firm, where he focused on both corporate and operations strategy. He also has prior experience in the areas of system engineering and product development and manufacturing at various technology companies. Davies is a member of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and has recently spoken at several industry conferences including Digital Hollywood, Kagan, CTAM, and CES. Davies has an M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business, an M.S./M.E. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.S./M.E. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Simon Parnall is the founding chairman of the TV Anytime Forum. He joined the BBC after graduating from Imperial College in London. Working in the BBC's Research and Development department, Simon was responsible for the BBC's system for the presentation of widescreen films and RDS, the Radio Data System. Simon has led a number of multidisciplinary international projects, and for a number of years was the chairman of DAVIC's Applications Technical Committee, which pioneered the concepts of TV Anytime. In 1999, Simon left the BBC and is now Director of Advanced Technologies of NDS. Rick Doherty is a co-founder and Director of The Envisioneering Group; a two-decade old Seaford, NY Technology Assessment and Market Research Corporation. Before that, for thirteen years, Doherty was the Senior Technology Writer for Electronic Engineering Times, where he remains a guest columnist. Doherty is an electro-physicist who has garnered more than a dozen U.S. patents in computing, communications, medical electronics, high performance tooling and consumer electronics industry sectors along with dozens of international patents. During Doherty's 32 year career he has been Director of the Urban Vehicle Design Group at Pratt Institute, an engineer for Data General Corp., Chief Engineer of Lourdes Industries, Inc., founder and President of Optronic Labs and since 1983, co-founder and Director of The Envisioneering Group. There, he directs laboratory testing of technologies, products and services, oversees publication of the Envisioneering Newsletter, market research reports and provides senior executive counsel on market development and intellectual property protection, portfolio management and licensing opportunities. Doherty's prime focus is on researching and articulating the impact of advanced digital technologies, services, products, industry initiatives and standards efforts on consumers, industry and society. Doherty is a 31 year member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is active with its Biomedical Engineering, Solid State Circuits Society , Consumer Electronics Society, Broadcast Engineering, Magnetic Technology Society, Technology & Social Policy and other I.E.E.E. societies. This is his eleventh year as a planning director for the International Conference on Consumer Electronics. Doherty is also a member of the Society for Information Display, Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and many other technology & professional business industry associations. In addition, Doherty has been a co-chair of, and presently sits on several cross industry standards associations and technical working groups, spanning consumer digital electronics, communications, digital media and computing architecture definition groups. He is called upon by the industry to organize and chair panels at trade conferences and technical symposia more than a dozen times each year. Amongst his many industry awards, Doherty has been cited by the International Television Association for his many years of technology coverage of digital video design and engineering trends, and is the writer most cited by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment for detailed features on the evolution of America's Digital TV system. Doherty also assisted Dr. Richard Feynman, NASA and Congressional researchers in the Shuttle Challenger accident investigation at the Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center and many NASA contractor sites. In 2003, Doherty was nominated to and accepted a multi-year position on the Presidential Medal of Technology Award Selection Committee, reporting to the White House and Department of Commerce. Acting as an independent resource on the impact of digital and internet technologies on the consumer, society and business, Doherty is quoted frequently for his opinions on new technologies by CNN, CNBC, Fox News and by numerous American and international industry trade and daily business publications, including the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Newsday and the San Jose Mercury News. Doherty is married and resides in Seaford, NY with his wife and two daughters.