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Day Two
Wednesday, October 25
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Santa Monica, California
October 23-26, 2006

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Day Two
Wednesday, October 25
Digital Hollywood Seminars
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track I:
Rightsholder Options: Evaluating Rights & Licensing in an Exploding Cross Platform Distribution Universe
Chris Carvalho, Business Development, Lucasfilm
David Ring, Senior V.P. Business Affairs & Business Development, Universal Music Group, eLabs
Marc Morgenstern, Vice President, Rights Holder Relations & Music, Navio
Ron Milkes, General Counsel, Control Room
Warner Bros., speaker to be announced
David E. Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac, Moderator
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Track II:
Branded Media Marketing - TV, Film, Broadband, Podcasting & Blogging, Mobile, Music and Games – Reinventing the Commerce & Media Model
Neil McGuiness, Vice President of Entertainment and Comedy, IMG Media
Lisa Black, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, Si TV
Maria Thomas, Vice President and General Manager, NPR Digital Media
JD Heilprin, Executive Vice President, Control Room
Chris Petrovic, VP, Business Development, Playboy Entertainment Group
Jeff Shultz, Co-Founder, CEO, CONCERT.TV
Adam Stewart, Vice President, National Sales, Western Region, Screenvision
Adrian Sexton, Partner, TAG Strategic, Moderator
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Track III:
Internet Video, Advertising & Marketing: The Next Generation of Consumer Reach
Jay Adelson, CEO, Revision 3
Jon Vlassopulos, Vice President, Business Development, Strategic Planning and New Media, Endemol USA
Scott Roesch, VP and GM, AtomFilms
Henk van Niekirk, Vice President, CNET Networks Entertainmen
Robert Aitken, Product Manager - Online Video, Associated Press
Richard Sussman, Director of Media and Entertainment, Nielsen//NetRatings
Stephen Condon, Vice President, Marketing, Entriq, Moderator
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Track IV:
IPTV Digital Home: Gateway to Expanded Content & Services - Movies, Music, Broadband, VOIP, Wireless and DVR
Jay Fausch, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing, Fixed Communications Group, Alcatel
Marc Bernstein, IPTV Solutions Architect, Juniper Networks
Eran Wagner, Vice President, Head of Product Strategy, Amdocs Products Group
Mark Samuel, General Manager, BCT Telco & Operator, BU Home, NXP Semiconductors
Kenneth A. Wright, Chief Technology Officer, C-COR
Jack Chan, Senior Product Marketing Manager, BigBand Networks
Ben Mendelson, founder & President, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator
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10:30 AM - Noon
University Project Workshop
Envisioning the Future of Digital Entertainment – As a Student Curriculum, as a Cultural Prototype and as a Digital Lifestyle
Kenn Heller, Associate Director of UCLA's Center for Student Programming, moderator
Mary C. Schaffer, Assistant Professor, Multimedia, Cinema and Television Arts, California State University, Northridge
Jeannie Novak, founder & CEO, Indiespace
Kathy Smith, Chair of Animation/Digital Arts, USC
John Tarnoff, Senior Executive, DreamWorks Animation
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10:45 AM - Noon
Track I:
Piracy and Digital Rights Management: Legal, Legislative and Social Issues Surrounding DRM Implementation
Derek Broes, Senior Director, Consumer Media Technology Group, Microsoft Corp.
Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO, Gibson Guitar Corp.
Fritz E. Attaway, Executive Vice President and Washington General Counsel, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc
Reed Stager, Chairman, Digital Watermarking Alliance
Michael Petricone, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association
David Richardson, Dirctor, Business Development, NDS Group
Molly Wood, Executive Editor, CNET.com, Moderator
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Track II:
Digital Music & its Transformation: Downloads and Subscriptions in Mobile, Broadband, Pods & Digital and Internet Radio
Anthony Bay, Chairman and co-founder, MOD Systems,
LaSean Smith, Senior Marketing Manager, Motorola, Inc.
Avikk S. Ghose, Director of Business Development, MERCORA
Craig Palmer, President and CEO, Gracenote
Anu Kirk, Director of Product Management of Music, Rhapsody team, Real Networks
Ty Braswell, VP, Content Development, Music, Sony Digital Entertainment
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic, Moderator
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Track III:
Bridging TV and Broadband: Strategic Relationships - Advertising, Technology & Content
Greg Fawcett, VP, Business Development, IMG World
Vivian Schiller, Senior VP & General Manager, NYTimes.com
Robert Hayes, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Digital Media, Showtime Networks
Keith Kocho, founder, ExtendMedia
Rob Petty, CEO, ROO
Michael Quigley, Executive Director, Business Development, TBS, Inc.
Tina Imm, Vice President, Digital Media, VH1
Will Richmond, President, Broadband Directions LLC, Moderator
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Track IV:
The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR/DVR – the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server
Frank Sandoval, Senior Software Architect, Advanced Platforms & Services, CableLabs
Nick Chakalos, Senior Director, Software Product Management, Connected Home Solutions, Motorola, Inc.
Rick DeGabrielle, President and Chief Executive Officer, Arroyo
Scott Vouri, General Manager, Multimedia Business Unit, NVIDIA Corporation
Stephen Mannel, Offerings Executive, Cable and Broadband Solutions, IBM Corporation
Bill Sheppard, Senior Business Develoment Manager, Sun Microsystems
John Gildred, Vice President of Engineering, Pioneer
Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator
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DVD Association Presents
10:45 AM - Noon
Conquering Next Gen Optical Discs
Russ Moffat, Director Operations, Interactive Media – Ascent Media
Jess Bowers, Director, Technical Services, 1K STUDIOS
Jeff Huang, Managing Director – Elektrofilm
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12:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Launch at Digital Hollywood - Part II
Companies will be selected to present company products and business plans. This session is part of the Venture, Private Equity and M&A Consortium
Co-Hosted by:
Arthur C. Chang, President, Tipping Point Partners, LLC
Peter Levin, President, Bellrock Media
I. Teamdating: Presentation by: Ray Doustdar, President, Teamdating & Kipp Gillian, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Teamdating
II. Fourspots, presenter to be announced
III. Cracked Entertainment: Presentation by: Monty Sarhan, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Cracked Entertainment
IV. MEDIAPASS™ Network: Presentation by: Daniel P. Harris, CEO & Founder,
V. Diversion Media: Presentation by: Nicholas Butterworth, Founder & CEO, Diversion Media LLC
VI. MyWire Media, Inc., speaker to be announced
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Track I:
DRM Implementation in Media and Entertainment: From Standardization to Implementation of New Technology Strategies, Part I
Brad Hunt, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc
Bill Schick, Client Industry Executive, Media & Entertainment, EDS
Donald E. Leake, Program Director for Copy, Protection Business Development, IBM Research Division
Usha Srinivasan, Sr. Director, MPAA Solutions, Macrovision
Tom Jacobs, Director of Research, Sun Labs, Manager, Voodoo Sciences Research Department
Robert Schumann, General Manager, Cinea
Richard LeVine, Senior Manager, Accenture, Moderator
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Track II:
Movies, OnDemand Content and Broadband - Via the PC - Via the Set-Top: Technology & Content
Mary Coller Albert, Chief Marketing Officer, Movielink
Bruce David Eisen, President, CinemaNow, Inc.
Josh Goldman, CEO, Akimbo
Carl Crabill, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, MovieBeam
Brian Taptich, Vice President of Business Development, BitTorrent
Brad Singer, Executive Vice President, PaymentOne
Lisa Crane Greer, CEO, Media Venture Advisors, Moderator
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Track III:
Rethinking Advertising: VOD, DVR, Broadband & Mobile - New Video Platforms, New Video Paradigms
Martin J. Yudkovitz, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, The Walt Disney Company
Will Griffin, CEO, DoD™
Kenneth Papagan, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Planning, Rentrak Corporation
Dean Scheu, Director of Business Development, Charter Media, West/Midwest Division
Braxton Jarratt, SVP Marketing and Business Development, TANDBERG Television
Andrew Ward, VP of Strategic Alliances, Comcast Spotlight
Terry S. Bienstock, Bienstock Consulting, LLC, former EVP & General Counsel, Comcast Cable, Moderator
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Track IV:
TV & Interactivity: Evolving Content & Business Models: Content, Commerce and Branded Entertainment
Edward Skolarus, Vice President, Business and Operations, FOX Reality
Jim Turner, Vice President, Interactive, A&E Television Networks
Chris Lucas, Vice President/Executive Producer, Digital Media, Showtime Networks
Jon Dakss, Director of iTV Product Development, NBC Universal
Stephanie Quay, Site Director, TV.com, CNET Networks Inc.
Lydia Loizides, Vice President, Director, Media and Technology Experience Analytics for The Consumer Experience Practice, Interpublic Media
Turner Entertainment, speaker to be announced
Jeff Binder, President, Broadbus Technologies, Moderator
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The University Project Workshop
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Inventing Next Generation Communications - Interdisciplinary Collaboration – Computer Science, Engineering, Design & Personal & Social Communication
David Traub, VP Business Development, Vidiva - moderator
Jeff Burke, Executive Director, UCLA Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance
Stuart Sim, Senior Architect, e-Learning and Collaboration, Sun Microsystems
Sirah Vetesse, Author and Educator
Steven Berman, Consultant, UCLA/ DC Government
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track I:
DRM Implementation in Media and Entertainment: From Standardization to Implementation of New Technology Strategies, Part II
Kevin English, Senior Vice President, Media and Entertainment Vertical Business Unit, Satyam
Steve Oetegenn, Executive Vice President, Verimatrix
Talal G. Shamoon, Chief Executive Officer, Intertrust
Rob Logan, Chief Executive Officer, CONTENTGUARD, Inc.
Randall Crockett, Senior Vice President, DRM Networks
Mark Heninger, founder & CMO, DreamTank
Bill Grubbs, Director of Media and Entertainment, SAVVIS Communications
Arlene Zeichner, Principal, Selavy Associates, Moderator
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Track II:
Subscription, Download & Advertising Models in Broadband: Music, Film, TV. Games and News & Information Content Distribution
Dave Williams, CMO, Atom Entertainment & GM, Shockwave.com
John Jones, Senior Vice President, Programming, MusicNet
Stuart Snyder, General Manager, GameTap, a TBS Entertainment Network
Ted May, Vice President, Content and Value Added Services, Synacor
Jeff Lanctot, VP/General Manager, Avenue A | Razorfish
Don Kosak, Chief Technology Officer, Lycos
Lisa Osborne, Production Manager, AFI Digital Content Lab, American Film Institute, Moderator
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Track III:
Venture Funding and Leadership in the Entertainment & Technology Space: Games, Wireless & Broadband
David O. Higley, Managing Director & Head of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Bank
Mike Buckley, Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
George Zachary, General Partner, Charles River Ventures
Roland Van der Meer, co-founder, ComVentures
Todd Dagres, founder and General Partner, Spark Capital
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator
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Track IV:
Social Networks & User Generated Media as a Technology Challenge for Content Providers & Networks
David Bankston, Executive Vice President & CTO, Neighborhood America
Caroline Marks, Director, Content Development, Comcast Interactive Media
Mike Lanza, CEO, Click TV
Steve Semelsberger, Vice President, Business Development, Pluck
Suzanne Johnson, Senior Producct Marketing Manager, Akamai, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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DVD Association Presents
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Putting Sizzle in Next Gen Optical Discs
Chris Armbrust, Senior Process Engineer, DVD – Technicolor Creative Services
Randy Berg, Director, Strategic Planning, Deluxe Digital Studios
Additional Speakers – TBA
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track I:
Entertainment Expands the Digital Home: Networking, Sharing and Protecting
Jack Guedj, PhD., President and C.E.O., Magnum Semiconductor, Inc.
Peter B. Kaars, Director of Business Development, Philips Consumer Electronics
Richard Bullwinkle, VP of products and Chief Evangelist, Mediabolic
Brian Hofstetter, Director of Marketing, Connected Entertainment, Zoran Corporation
Brett Marl, Chief Technology Officer, Pure Networks
Billy McNair, co-founder and CEO, Peerflix
Ross Rubin, Director of Industry Analysis, The NPD Group, Moderator
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Track II:
Broadband Advertising: The Power Surge – Video, PODs, Social Networks, Links & Banners - Entertainment, Digital Publishing, Communities and Search Engines Emergence
Mark Spates, Vice President, Brands, Heavy.com
Mark Larkin, Executive Producer, CNET Broadband and Webcasting, CNET Networks Inc.
Jason Oberfest, Managing Director, Product Strategy, LA Times
Charlie Whittingham, Vice President, Sales, Advertising.com
Gary M. Bishop, Deputy Director, Strategic Outreach Directorate, U.S Army Accessions Command
Andy Beers, Andy Beers and Associates, Ltd, Moderator
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Track III:
Digital Home Entertainment Complex: Movies & Music Everywhere - Servers to Set-tops and Home Gateways
Bill Correll, Telecommunications & Digital Media Consultant
Rob Pait, Director, Global Consumer Electronics Marketing, Seagate Technology
Bradley James, Vice President, Technology, Technicolor
Bill Holmes, VP of Consumer Electronics, DivX, Inc
Larry Namer, Senior Advisor/Head of US Operations, EUROCINEMA
Harshul Sanghi, Investment Manager, Motorola Ventures
Tony Greenberg, CEO, RampRate Sourcing Advisors/Research, Moderator
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Track IV:
Micropayments & MicroEconomies - Establishing a New E-Commerce Gateway to the Future
Carol L. Realini, Chief Executive Officer, Obopay
Victoria Glickman Hodgkins, Director, Business Development & Marketing, Peppercoin
Leslie Poole, Chief Executive Officer, Javien Digital Payment Solutions
Fran Heeran, Chief Technical Officer, Valista
Douglas Knopper, Chief Executive Officer, BitPass
Tom Meredith, President, P2P Cash
Teague Donahey, Senior Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, Moderator
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5:00 PM – Open to all Attendees
Reception - Poolside at the Loews

I. 6:45 PM - The Consortium Dinner - by invitation only
Digital Rights, Content Rights & Anti-Piracy Consortium
Dinner Hosted by SAVVIS




II. 6:45 PM - The Consortium Dinner - by invitation only
Digital Music Consortium at Digital Hollywood: Mobile, Broadband, PODs & TV
Dinner Hosted by DRM Networks


6:45 PM – The Consortium Dinner
III. Reinventing Advertising: VOD, PVR, Broadband, Games, PODs & Mobile Consortium at Digital Hollywood