9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track III:
Mobile Entertainment Immersion – As Audio & Video Content – from MP3, Radio, Net-Based and Video Communications and Entertainment Emerge
The wireless experience is merging with entertainment consciousness. What was thought to be absurd two years ago is now fait accompli. The mobile device is about to reinvent itself once again to include the full range of entertainment dynamics, from the functionality of a radio or MP3 player to the video quality of a DVD player. Video phones will be for watching TV, watching friends on vacation and for watching movies. Mobile devices will range from the mini, the micro to the mini-laptop, perfect for watching full-featured live sporting events. Music will be accessed via the mobile device. Video shopping will be become a factor in the marketplace. The parameters of the mobile audio and video experience are only now beginning to be understood. In this opening session to our day-long workshop on "Wireless," we will begin to sketch out those limits.
Rob Gelick, Manager, Global Entertainment Solutions Personal Communications Sector, Motorola
Benjamin Feinman, Apple Computer
Robert Tercek, Executive VP Programming - Chief Strategy Officer, (M)FORMA
Jonathan Kim, VP of Global Marketing & Business Development, WiderThan.com, an affiliate of SK Telecom
Greg Woock, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Electronics
Ralph Simon, Mobile Entertainment Forum, U.S. Chair Americas, Moderator (founder of Yourmobile and co-founder of Zomba Group/Jive Records)
Additional speaker to be announced
Rob Gelick, Manager, Global Entertainment Solutions Personal Communications Sector, Motorola: As Manager of Global Entertainment Solutions in Motorola’s Personal Communications Sector, Robert Gelick is responsible for defining and bringing to market PCS entertainment applications with a focus on mobile music…. Before assuming this role, spent two years establishing Motorola’s European Design and Innovation Center, and spearheaded the company’s Future Product Vision on emerging wireless products…. Prior to the European initiative, Mr. Gelick was a Strategic Design Planner in the Consumer Experience Design organization…. Before joining Motorola, he worked for Insight Product Development Ltd., a product design and development consultancy…. Holds a BA from the University of Michigan …. Has managed student workshops at the Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, and at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Design in Chicago.
Robert Tercek, Executive VP Programming / Chief Strategy Officer
(M)FORMA’s partnership alliances and content strategy are managed by Robert Tercek, an 18 year veteran of the digital media industry. Tercek previously served in executive management roles at PacketVideo, Sony Pictures Entertainment, MTV: Music Television and 7th Level. He has supervised the development and production of entertainment content and services for every digital platform, including satellite and cable television, narrow- and broadband Internet, game consoles and PC CD ROM, and wireless networks. His credits include some of the most successful interactive entertainment titles, including the online editions of Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Trivial Pursuit, The Dating Game, and the Monty Python PC game series.
Jonathan Kim, VP of Global Marketing & Business Development, WiderThan.com: Jonathan Kim is responsible for WiderThan.com's global business development and marketing efforts. Mr. Kim brings years of international executive management experience in high-technology companies to WiderThan.com. Most recently, he consulted for Ericsson, BEA Systems, AOL Time Warner, and other software and media companies in the U.S., Japan, and Korea, for Adega Solutions, a project management consultancy based in New York City. Prior to Adega, Mr. Kim co-founded a mobile technology company, LiveMind, in San Francisco and he also led Qualcomm's European Business Unit.
Greg Woock, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Electronics: With more than 15 years experience launching high-volume consumer technology products, Greg is responsible for driving Virgin Electronics’ overall corporate strategy. As chief executive officer, Greg leads a handpicked team of technology experts focused on bringing to market personal, portable, simple and connected digital products for consumers. Previously, Greg was vice president of worldwide sales at Handspring, which he joined shortly after the company’s formation by the founders of mobile computing leader Palm, Inc. While at Handspring, Greg designed and launched the company’s retail strategy and is credited for forging partnerships with wireless operators around the world for today’s popular line of Treo smartphones. Before Handspring, Greg was one of the original members of the pre-IPO team at Creative Labs. He helped to build the company from a small start-up into a dominant brand while serving as vice president of sales. Greg led sales efforts that resulted in the shipment of more than 100 million SoundBlaster branded products. Greg holds a bachelor’s degree in film from Columbia College in Chicago.
Ralph Simon, Mobile Entertainment Forum, U.S. Chair Americas: Los Angeles-based Ralph Simon is recognized as one the leading international authorities on mobile entertainment. Simon co-founded the Zomba Group of music companies. Zomba and its Jive Records is the world's most successful and leading independent music publishing and recording organization. In 1993, he became Executive Vice President of Capitol Records and Blue Note Records in Los Angeles where he founded EMI's New technology & New Media division. In 1996, Simon was appointed European President of Rondor Music International and Almo Sounds record companies in the UK and Ireland, Holland, Germany, France and other European Union territories.In 1998, Simon returned to Los Angeles and became Chairman of Santa Monica-based Global Music One and founded Yourmobile - the first company of its kind in the USA specializing in the development, distribution and application of mobile entertainment, intellectual property and publishing rights of the emerging mobile entertainment industry. Simon was responsible for concluding the sale of Yourmobile to Vivendi-Universal's VU Net USA in January 2002.