3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
DVD Recordable
DVD Forum member companies will report on the latest status of the DVD Forum’s recordable DVD formats, including higher speed DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW and Dual Layer DVD-R. Learn about the market and application trends, including the trend towards Super Multi products.
Tony Jasionowski, Senior Group Manager, Panasonic Technologies Company
Wolfgang Schlichting, Research Director, IDC
Andy Parsons, VP Advanced Product Development, Pioneer USA
Wolfgang Schlichting is a research director in IDC’s Storage and Enabl
ing Technology programs. As IDC's authority on optical storage, he sizes and forecasts the optical and removable storage markets. Mr. Schlichting covers a wide range of technologies, including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD and DVD burners, 3.5 magneto optical (MO), 5.25 optical, WORM, Zip, UDO, PDD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray Disc (BD), holographic storage and other new optical storage technologies. His research spans mechanisms (drives), automation products and, on a qualitative level, CD/DVD software. In addition, he researches the impact of nanotechnology on the IT market. Mr. Schlichting is a regular speaker at a number conferences including IDC’s Storage briefings at CES and CeBIT. He was also invited to lead the applications group at INISC's Optical Storage Roadmap Workshop in 2003, and spoke at several other symposia and Conferences. Additionally, Mr. Schlichting is often quoted in the New York Times, BusinessWeek, Investor's Business Daily, Washington Post, Handelsblatt and other major Newspapers, and is a frequent contributor to a variety of trade publications. Before joining IDC in 1996, Mr. Schlichting worked at Reveo, Inc. in Hawthorn, New York. As Manager, Optical Mass Storage Systems, he led the R&D effort on liquid crystals based multilayer optical disk technology. Prior to his work at Reveo, Mr. Schlichting was involved in research and development at the Optical Data Storage Center (ODSC) in Tucson, Arizona studying magneto-optical head designs. Mr. Schlichting published five scientific papers and presented his work at several international conferences during his tenure at the ODSC. Mr. Schlichting studied physics at the Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen and received a Master of Science degree in optical sciences from the University of Arizona.Tony Jasionowski is currently senior group manager of Panasonic Co
rporation of North America’s Technology Liaison & Alliances Group. He has been responsible for new technologies, formats, product planning, engineering and promotion at Panasonic for 30 years. Tony is also a member of the DVD Forum Promotion & Communications Committee in North America, which is responsible for this conference.