Tuesday, September 30
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Session A:
VC and Investment in the Entertainment/Technology Space: Games, Wireless & Broadband
The VC and Investment community has always led the way in recognizing the newest opportunities in the technology and entertainment space. There are even signs of post-bubble investment and an IPO reversal on the horizon. VC funds are always available for the right idea and in this session, we will focus on the four sectors leading the entertainment and technology space today, broadband, wireless, the DTV/SVOD content and technology and games opportunities. Broadband has been the Holy Grail for the entertainment industry for years, but what it represents today, is the reality of locking in millions of users. Wireless represents the explosive technology of the moment, DTV/SVOD represents the next explosive area of growth in the entertainment business - bringing new content to millions of consumers and games represent the next threshold of entertainment.
David O. Higley, Head of US Digital Media Technologies, UBS Warburg LLC
Allen Sussman, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Sun Jen Yung, Director, Media Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Bill Correll, Corporate Development, Strategic Investments, Broadband and Digital Media Technologies, Sun Microsystems
Donald Karl, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator

David O. Higley, Head of US Digital Media Technologies, UBS Warburg LLC: David O. Higley joined UBS Warburg LLC from Prudential Volpe Technology Group where he was head of the Interactive Media and eBusiness Groups. During his career, Dave has raised over $5 billion for his clients and advised on over $2 billion in M&A transactions. Prior to investment banking, Dave was a securities attorney at Thelen Reid & Priest, a national law firm based in San Francisco. During his time at Thelen, Dave was involved in numerous equity and debt offerings and M&A transactions for emerging growth companies. Dave has a bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California (where he was part of the Business Scholars Program) and a Law Degree from the University of Virginia.

Sun Jen Yung, Director, Media Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. based in San Francisco. Sun has responsibilities for the firm's Investment Banking franchises in Enhanced TV and Broadband. Sun joined Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown in February 2000 from Lehman Brothers, where she was a senior Internet banker in the San Francisco office. During her seven years at Lehman Brothers, Sun initially spent a year in equity research covering software and service companies and six years in banking covering software and Internet. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Sun spent two years at TCSI in Berkeley, CA in Business Development and Finance. In addition, Sun's background includes several years of investment banking experience at J.P. Morgan (Brazil) and PaineWebber (New York and San Francisco). Sun graduated from Columbia Business School in 1988 with an MBA in Finance and a B.A. in Economics and International Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN in 1984.

Allen Z. Sussman, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP. He specializes in corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on high technology companies. Allen's practice includes public and private financings, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, corporate partnering and strategic alliance arrangements, joint ventures, franchising, licensing and start-up and emerging company business transactions. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, he was a Partner of Brobeck Pelps & Phillips, LLP, served as Senior Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., and Senior Attorney, Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury. Allen is a graduate of Boston University Law School (J.D., 1988) and Cornell University (B.A., 1985).







Donald E. Karl, Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, California: Don Karl is a partner in the Emerging Companies and Technology Group of Perkins Coie LLP’s Los Angeles office. Don provides clients in the technology, entertainment and new media industries guidance and advice on issues relating to corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic relationships. He has represented motion picture studios, record labels and telecommunications and electronics companies in a wide variety of matters involving new media/technology, including online and other digital distribution of motion pictures, music and games. Don was appointed in 1998 to Los Angeles’ Digital Coast Roundtable, and was a member of the Entrepreneurial Advisory Board of the American Film Institute. He is the author of "Multimedia Joint Ventures: the Business of Combining Art and Technology," a co-author of "The Public Company Handbook: a Practical Guide for Directors and Executives" and is a frequent lecturer on issues relating to new media, technology and business law. Don received a BS in physics from the University of Michigan, a masters in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School.

Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S., Inc.: Joey Tamer is a widely-acclaimed strategic consultant to technology and media CEOs, U.S. and worldwide. Her work helps create wealth for founders and investors of entrepreneurial ventures, and a high return on investment for Fortune 1000 in-house ventures. Her capital strategies drive up her clients’ valuations and profitability. She consults to Fortune 1000 and mid-sized companies, capitalized start-ups, and investment funds. Her clients have included J.P. Morgan Capital, Sony, IBM, Apple, Hearst, Blockbuster, Technicolor, Harper Collins, Discovery Channel, and Time-Warner. Her clients say she is "a brilliant strategist and a practical, down-to-earth, get-it-done person," "invaluable in understanding the competitive landscape and alternative strategies" and that she "cuts right through the noise, giving a clear vision of the future," "protecting us from liability and cutting our costs." Through the emergence of the PC, new media, and the Internet, her clients have been in the business, enterprise and consumer sectors, with companies in technology, hardware and software, media and entertainment, publishing and advertising, distribution, and investment and venture funding. She has worked in the U.S., Europe and China. A strategist, policymaker, dealmaker, and negotiator, her work includes strategies on entry, exit, capitalization, return on investment, growth, positioning, pricing, distribution, risk-assessment, new market and international expansion, due diligence, and intellectual property. She speaks and publishes widely. Her website is www.joeytamer.com and she can be reached at joey @ joeytamer.com, or 310 245 5310.