Tuesday, September 30 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Session C: Digital Cinema Transforms an Industry - From Production and Distribution to Projection and Display The film industry is slowly transforming into a 100% digital experience, from the high end super-animated all-digital and special effects extravaganza to new evolving 3D digital experiences and the low budget digital feature production. Creative teams are being empowered. On the production front, from the creation of private digital broadband network to the transfer of digital dailies and then finally to the ultimate destination of immediate digital distribution or CD distribution of features and their projection in movie theatres the industry is in total flux. In this session, we bring together players who can offer an overview of how digital cinema is changing the industry, speaking to the timeline of development and implementation. The day of end-to-end digital is very near. Kurt Hall, President and Chief Executive Officer, Regal CineMedia Corporation Josh Greer, Real D Steve Bergman, Strategic Development & Marketing Director, Boeing Digital Cinema Richard A. Dean, Director, Technical Business Development, THX Ltd. Steve Schklair, President & CEO, Cobalt Entertainment Technology, Moderator Additional speaker to be announced Kurt Hall, President and Chief Executive Officer, Regal CineMedia Corporation: Kurt Hall is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE-"RGC") and is President and Chief Executive Officer of RGC’s media Division Regal CineMedia Corporation. Prior to his current position, Mr. Hall served as President and Chief Executive Officer of United Artists Theatre Company ("UATC") since March 6, 1998 and a director since May 12, 1992. Prior to being named CEO, Mr. Hall acted as ("UATC’s") Chief Operating Officer (February 1997 to March 1998) and as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President (May 1992 to February 1997). Mr. Hall served as Vice President and Treasurer and various other financial and accounting positions within UATC predecessor companies since joining the United Artists group in January, 1988. Prior to joining United Artists, Mr. Hall was Director, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Avalon Corporation, a public independent oil and gas real estate company based in New York City and from 1983 to 1985 was a Senior Accountant with Peat Marwick Main & Co. in Denver (currently KPMG Peat Marwick). Mr. Hall received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business/Finance/Accounting from the University of Vermont ("UVM") in 1983. Prior to finishing his studies at UVM, Mr. Hall played professional baseball as a catcher at various minor league levels of the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankee organizations. Richard A. Dean, Director, Technical Business Development, THX Ltd.: Rick Dean has more than 20 years of experience in the motion picture industry. He serves THX Digital Works studio clients, providing QA and process management services in postproduction of motion pictures for Digital Cinema, DVD and VHS release. As the founder of quality assurance programs for superior cinema presentation, THX was established in 1983 by George Lucas to ensure that the entertainment consumer experienced films as the director intended. Today, THX Certification assures the finest picture and sound quality for cinemas, mixing studios, home theatres, DVDs, multimedia products, and luxury automotive vehicles. Steve Bergman, Strategic Development & Marketing Director, Boeing Digital Cinema: Steve Bergman is Head of Strategic Development & Marketing at Boeing Digital Cinema. He has nearly 20 years of entertainment experience, including over a dozen years in digital media. Bergman's most recent position was as Vice President of Creative Strategy at Massive Media, a Digital Rights Management venture for film and music content. Massive Media recruited Bergman from Excite@Home where he was Director of Broadband Business Development for Excite, then Director of Interactive Television Services for @Home. Immediately prior, Bergman spent three years as a Senior Director for TeleTV -- a joint-venture of Bell Atlantic, NYNEX & Pacific Bell. He was the lead producer for their interactive digital TV service. Bergman has built & managed teams working on a variety of new media platforms including narrowband, DSL, MMDS, HFC, FSN & satellite delivery. Before moving into the digital realm, Bergman worked in traditional development, production, and post-production. He has consulted widely in digital media and continues to speak at digital events both in the US and internationally. Bergman has a BA from Brown University, an MBA from Yale, and a Master's in interactive media from Harvard, where he was an associate at the MIT Media Lab." Steve Schklair, CEO of Cobalt Entertainment, LLC., has had a love affair with 3D for most of his eclectic career. Emerging from the Masters program at USC Cinema, he is a confirmed techie who enjoys working on the front edge of new technologies and has made his mark in movies, special effects, and interactive media. His current company, Cobalt Entertainment, is a market-leading provider of 3D digital production services and proprietary technology to the film, computer, and broadcast television industries. Working entirely in the digital domain, Schklair believes that 3D is now completely achievable as an ancillary release for most entertainment content, and that it is inevitable that sports and music will be broadcast live to digital television in both 2D and 3D. Previously, Schklair served as vice president and general manager of new media for Digital Domain, the studio responsible for the effects on such films as Titanic, Apollo 13, The Fifth Element, and True Lies. While at Digital Domain and in partnership with Mattel, he developed the award-winning CD-ROM Barbie Fashion Designer, which ranks among the best-selling software titles ever produced for the childrenâs market. Among his other accomplishments in the multimedia industry is the acclaimed Columbus: Encounter, Discovery and Beyond produced for Robert Abel and IBM. It is a project honored with numerous awards, including selection by the Library of Congress as the centerpiece of their multimedia exhibit. As one of the first users of HDTV technology, Schklair photographed and co-produced, with Doug Trumbull, To Dream Of Roses for release at the 1990 World Expo in Osaka, Japan. Directed by Keith Melton, the movie was the first ever project to originate in HD, utilize live real-time composite effects, and then transferred from HD to 65mm film for release.