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P2P & GAMES CONFERENCE - DCIA Special Event Agenda
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Catalina Room - Lobby Level

P2P & GAMES CONFERENCE
Attendee Registration
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9:30AM - 10:00AM
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

10:00AM - 10:45AM
WELCOME
Marty Lafferty, CEO, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)

P2P INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
Jim Kott, Co-President, Abacast

GAMES INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
Scott Tilghman, Principal, Hudson Square Research

CONSUMER & CONTENT ISSUES
Rick Buonincontri, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Solid State Networks


10:45AM - 11:30AM
CONSUMER PROTECTION
P2P Gamers – What Key User Concerns Must be Addressed
What are the principal issues that consumers need to understand regarding P2P and cloud computing? What unique concerns apply to the delivery of games and game updates via these technologies? How should this information be presented to users? Which items require explicit consent? Who should be responsible for managing these customer notification and safety matters?
Panelists:
Hal Bringman,
Founder & President, NVPR
Russell Frackman, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Robert Hunter, Digital Rights Consultant, Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA)
Steve Masur,
Managing Partner, MasurLaw
Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media
Chris Ullrich, Writer / Producer, The Flickcast
Moderator:
Laura Tunberg,
Member Services, DCIA, and Principal, We Get It Consulting

11:30AM – 12:00PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Joe Porus & Milt Ellis, Vice Presidents, Harris Interactive
Chris Hennebery, Director of Software Distribution, Yummy Interactive
Norman Henderson, VP of Business Development, Asankya

12:15PM - 1:00PM
CONTENT PROTECTION
Game Publishers – What Key Intellectual Property Concerns Must be Addressed
What are the principal issues that digital game developers and distributors need to understand regarding P2P and cloud computing? What unique concerns apply to the delivery of games and game updates via these technologies? What business models can optimally exploit the unique characteristics of this distribution channel? How can digital rights management (DRM) solutions be applied?
Panelists:
Jim Burger,
Member, Dow Lohnes
Max Davis, Director, DataRevenue.Org
Mark Isherwood, Senior Consultant, Rightscom
Aaron Markham, VP of Research & Development, BayTSP
Michael Perricone, Principal, Omstream
Rich Roberts, VP of Sales & Business Development, PlayFirst
Moderator:
Laura Tunberg, Member Services, DCIA, and Principal, We Get It Consulting

1:00PM – 1:45PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Simon Morris, VP of Product Marketing, BitTorrent
Nicholas Longano, CEO & Founder, Music Mogul
Robert Levitan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Pando Networks

1:45PM - 2:15PM
CONFERENCE LUNCHEON

2:15PM - 3:30PM
NEXT GENERATION P2P
Solutions Development – How is the Distribution Channel Progressing
The P2P industry is making strides in taking its technologies into the mainstream. With both download and live-streaming solutions and many evolving business models on the way – from paid-download with various DRM solutions to subscription and advertiser-based options – what are the essential strengths and weaknesses of P2P?
Panelists:
Jonathan Anderson,
CEO & Founder, Selfbank Mobile
Steve Masur, Managing Partner, MasurLaw
Matt Neco, Former General Counsel, Morpheus
Michael Papish, CEO & Co-Founder, MediaUnbound
Dimitri Villard, CEO, ARTISTdirect
Moderator:
Marty Lafferty,
CEO, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)

3:45PM – 4:30PM
CLOSING SESSION


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