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Digital Hollywood Spring, Hollywood, California
Date: May 5 - 8, 2008
Location: The Grand Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland and the adjacent Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, 1755 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, California, Tel: 800-769-4774 (next to the Kodak Theater)

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Note: Digital Hollywood has multiple tracks on each day. Attendees will be free to move from conference room to conference room during the day. There will be from four to eight concurrent sessions - depending on the Day - see the very long agenda below.


I. Monday, May 5th
VIP Dinner (by Invitation)
"Celebrity 2.0: The role of Professional Talent in the New Social Digital Media Landscape"
Hosted by: Tim Chang, Managing Director, Norwest Venture Partners
Speakers:
Damon Wayans: comedian & actor
Tyrese Gibson: actor, model, singer
ChuckD: musician, founder of Public Enemy

II. Monday, May 5th
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
End of Day Poolside Reception
Hosted by Microsoft Media Center

III. Tuesday, May 6th
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
End of Day Poolside Reception
Variety’s Ten Innovators to Watch Cocktail Reception Presented by BMW

IV. Monday, May 5th: 10:00 AM
Media & Entertainment Valuation Symposium
Hosted by: Media Valuation Partners

V. Day-Long Workshops
The International Digital Media & Arts Association (iDMAa) - co-production of a Digital Hollywood University Project - Click Here

VI. Monday, May 5th
Co-Located Event
DCIA Conference
P2P MEDIA SUMMIT LA - Click Here

VII. Monday, May 5th
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
The ETC - Studio Executive VIP Dinner & "First Look - VC - Company Launch
ETC Board Members from Disney, Fox, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros

VIII. Tuesday, May 6th
Breakfast Presentation
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
The Age of Web TV: Who Will Control Digital Distribution and Who Will Lose Out? Limited attendance event - register please Click on This Link
Hosted by Strategy Analytics

IX. Tuesday, May 6th
Microsoft Silverlight -
Special Luncheon Event - Limited Seating

XI. Tuesday, May 6 - 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Lucky Strike Lanes, Hollywood & Highland Center: Bowling! Open bar, hors d'oeuvres
Sponsored by EdgeCast Networks RSVP - Click Here

XII. Special Day-Long Event
DVDA at Digital Hollywood Spring
Hosted by: Bruce Nazarian, President, DVD Association - Click Here for Full Agenda

XIII. Wednesday, May 7th
Special Event - Open to All Attendees
The Korea Entertainment & Technology Strategic Sessions - Click Here
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
presented by
Better Communications & Consulting

XIV. Special Day-Long Event
Wednesday, May 7th
Online Marketing Strategy and Planning Summit
Sponsored by: Online Marketing Summit
Executive Director, Aaron Kahlow

XV. Wednesday, May 7th
10:00 AM - Noon
Digital Media Habits: Consumer Research Presentation and Lunch
Sponsored by Parks Associates
This is a limited attendance event - email eparks@parksassociates.com


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I. Tuesday, May 6th
SuperSessions
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track I:
Contextual Media & Advertising: Transforming and Redefining the Relationship Between the Consumer, Advertising and Media Platforms
Alan Cohen President, Initiative West and Worldwide Innovation
Sean Finnegan, Chief Media Officer, Vibrant Media
John Lisko, Executive Communications Director, Saatchi & Saatchi LA
Peter Hoskins, CEO, maniaTV
Dr. Kiumarse Zamanian, Vice President, Media’s Evolution Advertising Platform, Glam Media
Doug Scott, Senior Partner, Executive Director, Mather Productions Branded Content & Entertainment, Ogilvy & Mather, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track II:
The Rush to Mobile Video: The Creation of a Revolutionary Entertainment and Communications Medium
Eric Berger, Senior Vice President, Mobile Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television
Daniel Tibbets, Studio Chief, GoTV Networks
Edward Skolarus, Vice President, Business & Operations, Fox Reality Channel, News Corporation
Bob Shallow, Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Entertainment Group, TV Guide Network
Robyn R. Polashuk, Shareholder , Entertainment; Corporate Media Group Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jeffrey Litvack, Global Director, New Media Markets, AP Digital
Shelly Palmer, Managing Partner, Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC and President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track III:
Television without Boundaries: Cable, Telco, Satellite, Broadband & Mobile Define the Future of Entertainment and Communications
Ryan O’Hara, President, TV Guide Network
Betty Cohen, former, President, CEO of Lifetime Entertainment
Michael Quigley, Executive Director, Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.)
Robin Murdoch, Senior Manager, Accenture Strategy Practice
Stephen Condon, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Verisign
Martin Sacchi, Senior Director, Windows Media Center, Microsoft
Shahid Khan, Partner, Interactive Broadband Consulting, LLC, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track IV:
Embracing the Personalized Consumer - Entertainment, Technology and Commerce - From the Digital Home to the Mobile Platform
Ken Wirt, Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Cisco
Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Macrovision
Carlos Montalvo, Vice President, Connected Entertainment Business, Hewlett Packard
Dale (Ty) Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote
Michele McGarry, Vice President of Business Development, ThinkAnalytics
Toffer Winslow, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Choicestream
Erik Ramberg, Business Development, Windows Media Center, Microsoft
Mary Francia, CEO & Managing Director, SeroWires, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

10:45 AM - Noon
Track I:
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience
Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing for Electronic Arts
Andy Forssell, Senior Vice President, Content & Distribution, Hulu
Sean Atkins, SVP, Digital Media, HBO
Derek Broes, SVP, Digital Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
Saul Berman, Global Lead Partner and Executive, IBM Global Business Services, Media & Entertainment Industry
Herb Scannell, CEO and co-founder, Next New Networks, former Vice Chairman, MTV Networks
Ira Rubenstein, EVP Global Digital Media Group, Marvel Entertainment, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track II:
Social Media & User Generated Media Economy: The Content, Personalization, Lifestyle and Advertising Phenomenon
Erick Hachenburg, CEO, Metacafe
Marc Canter, CEO, Broadband Mechanics
Alex Blum, CEO, KickApps
Robert Blatt, Vice President and General Manager, Personal Media, AOL LLC
Marc Shedroff, Strategic Partner Development, YouTube
Greg Martin, Partner, Redpoint Ventures
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Collins Stewart LLC, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track III:
Ubiquitous Video to the Consumer: The Technology & Content Enablers - Broadband, IPTV, Mobile & TV
Tom Sauer, VP, Corporate Strategy, AT&T
Richard D. Titus, Head of User Experience, BBC Future Media & Technology
Rob Hayes, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Showtime Digital Media
Kelly Egan, VP Business Development, Swarmcast
Derek Kuhn, Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development, Strategic Solutions, Alcatel-Lucent
Dr. Pete Kocks, President, Truveo and Vice President, AOL
Phil Simmonds, Vice President, Product Delivery, Content Markets, Level 3 Communications
Alex Ben Block, Senior Columnist and Show Business Historian, HOLLYWOOD TODAY, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track IV:
Personalized Mobile Experience – Social Networking: Breakthroughs in Search, Messaging, Entertainment, Video Capabilities & Advertising
Dan Monahan, Global Internet Segment Manager, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel, Inc.
Jason Ling, Head of Mobile, Myspace
Jim Black, Digital Media Innovation - DMI, Sprint
Doug Britt, VP of Service Management, Helio
Jeremy De Bonet, CEO and Founder, Skyward Mobile
Maria Pacheco, Vice President, Marketing for Vivendi Games Mobile
Morgan Guenther, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AirPlay Network, Inc
Steve Bradbury, VP, Content Strategy & Business Affairs, GoTV Networks, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

10:45 AM - Noon - Special Workshops
Workshop A:
The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television
Buzz Hays, Senior Producer, 3D Stereoscopic Feature Films, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Bob Mayson, General Manager, Kodak Digital Motion Imaging, and Vice President, Entertainment Imaging for Eastman Kodak
Steve Schklair, CEO, 3Ality Digital
Chris Yewdall, President and Chief Executive Officer, DDD Group plc
Jonathan Dern, president, The Bigger Picture
Joshua Greer, President & Co-Founder, REAL D
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Workshop B:
The Revolutionized Digital Workflow Experience: Understanding How Information Technology, Broadcast & Entertainment Production Merge
Steven L. Canepa, Vice President, Global Media & Entertainment Industry, IBM
Thomas A. Ohanian, Chief Strategy Officer, Signiant
Michelle Munson, President and founder, Aspera, Inc.
Jake Winett, Global Industry Manage, Media & Entertainment, Communications Sector, Microsoft Corporation
Mike Pusateri, SVP Technology Development, Disney-ABC Television Group
Joel Ordesky, Chief Technical Officer, Wexler Video, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Track I:
Hollywood Reinvented! Internet Video, Mobile, User Generated Media, IPTV and Broadband as Next Generation Mass Media Programming and Big Business
Sean Carey, Senior Executive Vice President, Sony Pictures Television
Albie Hecht, CEO & founder, Worldwide Biggies
Lewis Henderson, Senior Vice President, William Morris Agency
David Armour, VP, Endemol Digital Studios
David Wertheimer, Executive Director, ETC@USC
Nina Guralnick, President, Live Earth
Hamet A. Watt, founder, NextMedium, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track II:
Advertising Strategies in the Diversified Digital Culture: Broadband, Cable, Satellite, Games, Mobile and Social Networks
Bruce A. Haymes, Senior Vice President - Product Leadership Group, The Nielsen Company
David Getson, CEO, g-NET Media
Sean Ryan, EVP of Sales, maniaTV
Jonathan Haber, Director, Innovations, Initiative West
Kyle Acquistapace, Executive Vice President, Director of Media Planning, Deutsch Los Angeles
Brandon Berger, Head of Digital, MDC Partners
Brad Berens, Ph.D., Chief Content Officer & Editor at Large, NA, ad:tech & iMedia, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track III:
Unlimited Choice TV - VOD, PVR, Broadband & Mobile: The Next Gen Cable, Satellite, Telco & IPTV
Barbara Meili, Chair, New York Media & Entertainment Practice, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Michael Bonner, Vice President, New Media Distribution, NBC Universal
David Kenin, EVP, Programming, Hallmark Channel
Tara Maitra, Vice President, General Manager of Programming, Tivo
Stuart McKechnie, Director Strategic Marketing, Zoran
Ken Papagan, President & Chief Strategy Officer, Rentrak
Jay Samit, former EVP at Sony Corporation of America, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track IV:
Mobile Commerce and Content - The Mobile Web, Off Deck Content, Mobile Search and Advertising Options
Michael Ball, Account Lead / Mobile Marketing Specialist, Interpublic Emerging Media Lab
Peter Cannistra, Vice President, Strategic Partnership, WiMAX from Sprint
David Thomson, Global Acquisitions - Video | Film | Television, Sony Ericsson
Larry Berkin, Senior Director Developer Ecosystem & Technology Acquisition, ACCESS Systems America
Brian Johnson, Senior Vice President, Americas and Asia Pacific, mBlox
Lee Hancock, founder, go2 Media
Mike Vorhaus, Managing Director, Frank N. Magid Associates, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Noon - 1:30 PM
Microsoft Silverlight
Special Luncheon Event
Tuesday, May 6th



Special Workshop:
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Disruption & Innovation – Demos at Digital Hollywood
Hosted by:
Hassan Miah, Managing Director, Oris Capital
Art Chang, founder and CEO, Tipping Point Partners
Presentations by:
Federico Grosso, Senior Vice President, Business Development, blinkx
Michael Hoydich, co-founder, uvLayer, division of unknown vector
Jonathan Strietzel, co-founder, Big Stage
Sean Darwish, CTO/CSO, Broadramp
Ed Zylka, CEO, tvCompass Inc.
Iain Scholnick, CEO and President, ImageSpan
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Track I:
The Future of Enhanced Advertising: Addressing Brands, Message, Technology, Media and Entertainment
Xavier Kochhar, Business Development, Corporate Alliances, The Walt Disney Company
Joseph Eibert, Executive Director, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Hank Wasiak, co-founder, The Concept Farm
Todd Steinman, Chief Operating Officer, M80
James Heckman, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Advisor, Zazzle
Matti Leshem, founder and CEO, Protagonist
Michael Kassan, Principal, Media Link, LLC, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track II:
Movies, TV and Video for Mobile - Entertainment & Information Programming Jumpstarts the Revolution
Marie Jacobson, Executive Vice President, Programming and Production, International Networks, Sony Pictures Television International
Chris Petrovic, VP New Media, Playboy
Chris Brunner, VP Mobile, Univision
Matthew Feldman, President and CEO, Versaly Entertainment
Jack Hallahan, Vice President, Advertising and Brand Partnerships, MobiTV
Nick Montes, CEO, Viva Vision
Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment Forum – Americas, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track III:
Hollywood 2.0 - Content & Commerce: New Rules for the Film, TV, Broadband & Mobile Video Industry - Deals, Advertising and Commerce
Dean Valentine, President, Symbolic Action, LLC, former President, UPN and former President, Walt Disney Television
Joel Wright, Vice President of Interactive Media, Paradigm Talent Agency
David Garrett, screenwriter and executive producer, "Model Family", "Living with Fran", “Deuce Bigalow: European Jigalow" and "Corky Romano”
Kourosh Taj, Co-President & Head of Programming, No Good TV
Taryn Southern, executive producer, “Project MyWorld”
Douglas Gayeton, Film Making Pioneer, "Molotov Alva", “Johnny Mnemonic”
Arlene Zeichner, Principal, Selavy Associates, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track IV:
Widgets as a Platform: Content, Advertising, Communications
Ken Barbieri, Director of Business Development, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Jia Shen, CTO and Co-founder, RockYou!
Keith Rabois, VP Strategy & Business Development, Slide
Don Pillsbury, Vice President of Business Development, Gydget
Benjamin Chen, Chairman and CTO, Mochila
Hooman Radfar, CEO & Co-founder, Clearspring Technologies
Will Price, CEO, Widgetbox
Satya Patel, Principal, Battery Ventures, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Special Workshops
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Workshop A: The Entertainment and Media Legal Issues
DRM 101 – The DRM Primer: Rights Management – Rights Holder Issues – The Content vs. Technology Collision
Hosted by: James M. Burger, Attorney at Law, Dow Lohnes
Robert Schumann, General Manager, Cinea
Dr. Jian Zhao, CTO, Thomson STS
Ton Kalker, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett-Packard
Alan Bell, EVP and CTO, Paramount Pictures
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Workshop B:
The Virtual Worlds and Massively Multiplayer Gaming Explosion - PC, Console and Mobile
Alex St. John, co-founder and CEO, WildTangent
Mike Goslin, Vice President, Virtual Reality Studio, Walt Disney Internet Group
George Dolbier, CTO Games & Interactive Entertainment, IBM
Scott Cuthbertson, Vice President, Creative Development, 38 Studios
Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online
Bob Ferrari, Vice President, Business Development & Sales, Turbine Inc.
Don L. Daglow, President and CEO, Stormfront Studios Inc.
Rob Uhrich, Senior Director, Digital Markets, PaymentOne
Russell G. Weiss, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

3:30 PM -5:00 PM
Variety’s 10 Innovators to Watch panel presented by BMW
Featuring:
Brent Weinstein: Chief Executive Officer, 60 Frames
Dr. Richard R. Green: President and Chief Executive Officer, CableLabs
Ronny Golan & Ariel Napchi: Co-Founders, Hiro
Jules Urbach: Founder & Chief Executive Officer, JulesWorld LLC.
Michael Malcolm: Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Kaleidscape
Christophe Abric & Vincent Moon: Founders, La Blogoteque
Richard Kerris: Chief Technology Officer, Lucasfilms
Bhaskar Roy, Ramu Sankara & Nikolay Abkairov: Co-founders, Qik
Tim Sassoon: President & Creative Director, Sassoon Film Design
Jenova Chen: Creative Director and Co-Founder & Kellee Santiago: President and Co-Founder, thatgamecompany
Moderated by:
David Cohen & Daniel Frankel, Variety’s Associate Feature Editors,

3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track I:
Broadband as a Strategic Entertainment Platform: Content, Advertising and Branding
Paul Jelinek, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, A&E Television Networks
Jason Turner, Director of Interactive, FremantleMedia North American
Allen DeBevoise, Chairman and CEO, Machinima, Inc.
Aaron Grosky, President, Control Room
Robert E. Quicksilver, Chief Content Officer, Tidal TV
Andrew Wallenstein, Deputy Editor, Hollywood Reporter, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track II:
Advertising and Technology - Games, Interactive TV, Cable, Broadband, UGM & Mobile - Ad-insertion, On-Demand and Back-End Management
Justin Townsend, CEO and Co-Founder, IGA
Pallavi Shah, Digital Media Strategist, Hewlett-Packard
Scott Ferris, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Publisher & Emerging Media, Atlas, a division of aQuantive
Chet Kanojia, Chief Executive Officer, Navic Network
Nash Parker, Director Media Strategy, Alcatel-Lucent Americas
Gordon Bellamy, Director of Business Development, Double Fusion
Keith Kocho, founder, ExtendMedia, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track III:
The Hollywood Producer - The Real Deal: Reinventing the Strategy, the Platforms and the Revenue Streams
Nicholas Longano, President and COO, Brash Entertainment
Steve Tao, SVP/Scripted Programming, Fremantle Media North
George H. Ruiz, Vice-President of Business Affairs, International Creative Management
Quincy “QD3” Jones III, CEO, QD3 Entertainment
Michael Wayne, CEO and co-founder, DECA
Kelly Rodriques, CEO and co-founder, Blowtorch Entertainment
David Tochterman, President, Moving Target Entertainment, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track IV:
The Connected TV and Set-top as the Consumer Gateway to Entertainment & Information – Set-Top, Broadband, Guides & PVRs
Jay Fehnel, Vice President, Entertainment Products, Tribune Media Services
Dave Brown, Cable Solutions Marketing Manager, Worldwide Service Provider Marketing, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Paul Ledak, VP Development, Digital Convergence, IBM
Terrence Coles, Solution Partner, Media Business Development, Business Edge Solutions
Steve West, Director, North American Strategy, Alcatel-Lucent
Nick Colsey, Director of Product Planning, Sony Electronics
Alex Thatcher, Senior Product Marketing Manager, HP Connected Entertainment
Jeffrey Binder, Managing Director, Harvard Venture Partners, LLC, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

3:50 PM - 5:00 PM – Special Workshop
Workshop A: The Entertainment and Media Legal Issues
Web 2.0: The Emerging Law of Wiki, Blogs and Social Networks and Its Impact on Traditional Business and Entertainment
Tim Morgan, CEO, Mint Digital
Kristin L. Holland, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP
Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix
Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Todd Herman, Managing Director, Mediagasm, LLC
Chris Ruhland, Partner, Orrick, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

3:50 PM - 5:00 PM – Special Workshop
Workshop B:
Delivering Video Programming - Streaming and Live Broadband and Mobile: The Next Consumer Entertainment and Information Experience
James Segil, co-founder & President, EdgeCast Networks
Marcus Morton, President and Co-founder, NFT
Anthony Yi, Vice-President of Sales and Business Development, Narrowstep
Greg Nakagawa, President and Chief Executive Officer, BroadRamp
Cathy Brooks, Director, Business Development, Seesmic, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Tuesday, May 6th
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
End of Day Poolside Reception
Variety’s Ten Innovators to Watch Cocktail Reception Presented by BMW



5:00 PM - Special Event
End of Day Reception
6:30 - 9:00 PM
Lucky Strike Lanes, Hollywood & Highland Center: Bowling! Open bar, hors d'oeuvres
Sponsored by EdgeCast Networks RSVP - Click Here



6:15 PM – 8:00 PM
Special VIP Consortium Dinner – Hollywood 2.0: The Content and the Programming