Complete Track
Tuesday, August 15 - Thursday, August 17th
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: The Content, The Digital Home & Digital Distribution
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The Consortium Dinner
Tuesday, August 15 - 6:45 PM - The Marriott San Jose
Dinner Hosted by:
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Consortium
Advisory Committee Members
Claudia Ceniceros, Senior Director, Media and Content Strategy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Ira Rubenstein, Executive Vice President, Digital Sales and Marketing, Sony Pictures
Blair Westlake, Corporate Vice President, Media, Content & Partner Strategy Group, Microsoft
Bob Greene, SVP, Advanced Services, Starz Entertainment Group
David L. Kang, J.D., Ph.D., Media and Entertainment Consultant
Jennifer Feikin, Director Google Video
Peter Chane, Senior Business Product Manager, Google Video
Laura Caraccioli-Davis, Senior Vice President/Director Starcom Entertainment, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG)
Todd Herman, Director of Media Strategy, MSN Video, MSN, Microsoft Corporation
Saul Berman, Partner and Global Executive, IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS)
Jan Steenkamp, CEO, Entriq
Vince Messina, Entertainment, Microsoft
Willem de Zoete, Vice President and General Manager, Digital Entertainment Services, Hewlett-Packard
Erik Flannigan, Vice President of Entertainment Programming , AOL
James Glasscock, Vice President, Video-on-Demand, Playboy Entertainment Group
Hassan Miah, Managing Director, Oris Capital
John Harran, Director Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Virl Z. Hill, General Manager, Partner Services, Music Software and Services, RealNetworks, Inc.
Lewis Henderson, Senior Vice President, William Morris Agency
Derek Kuhn, P.Eng., Senior Director Marketing and Business Development Media and Entertainment, Alcatel Strategic Solutions & Chairman - Broadband Service Forum
GK Parish-Philp, Director of Product Management, DivX
Karen Bloore, Managing Director, Universal McCann
Curt Marvis, CEO, CinemaNow
Adam Bain, Executive Vice President, Fox Interactive Media
Maria Thomas, Vice President and General Manager, NPR Digital Media
Peter Lee, Vice-President, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company
Claire Cowart, SVP, Business Development and Strategy, Courtroom Television Network LLC
Amy Friedlander, Senior Vice President, Programming, AT&T Operations
Scott Roesch, Vice President & General Manager, AtomFilms
Vince Broady, SVP, Games & Entertainment, CNET Networks
Jay Fehnel, Vice President, Entertainment Products, Tribune Media Services
Paul Kosac, Vice President of Market Development, Media Networks/Headend Transmission Network Systems, Scientific Atlanta
Kris Alexander, Senior Media & Entertainment Services Manager, Akamai
Nick DeMartino, SVP Media & Technology, American Film Institute
Greg Demetriades, CEO, Whiteblox
Stephen Smyth, Vice President, Mobile and Emerging Media, Reuters
Ron Vaisbort, Media & Entertainment, Alliances Manager, Intel
Marty Gordon, Vice President, Philips Electronics Hollywood Office
Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group
Todd Tarpley, President, Tarpley Media
The Goal: "Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Consortium" is a group created to help facilitate broadband content as a significant entry in the great tradition of innovation from Hollywood - the entertainment and information industries. "The Consortium" will not only meet at trade events such as Digital Hollywood, Building Blocks 2006 or CES, but also to hold "Creative Retreats" for to help broaden and enhance the reach and future of Broadband Content. To that end, the VIP Dinner of the Advisory Committee to the "Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: Music, Movies, TV, News & Sports" Consortium will be held at Building Blocks 2006, on Tuesday, August 15th at 6:45 PM - at the Marriott San Jose Hotel.
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The Track
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: The Content, The Digital Home & Digital Distribution
Tuesday, August 15
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track II:
The TV and Set-top as the Consumer Gateway to Entertainment & Information – Set-Top, Broadband, Guides & PVRs
Tara Maitra, VP and GM, Content Services, TiVo Inc
Andrew Solmssen, Executive Vice President, Schematic
Eric Cooney, President & CEO, TANDBERG Television
Chris Seymour, Director of Video Business Development, Motorola, Inc.
Mitch Oscar, EVP, Carat Digital, Carat North America
Mike Fidler, CEO, Digeo
Dr. Ken Morse, Vice President Client Architecture, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Dave Rose, Global Director Home Solutions, ARM, Moderator
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Track III:
Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Digital Home to the Mobile Universe
Claudia Ceniceros, Senior Director Media and Content Strategy, Cisco Systems
Tom Flanagan, Executive Director, Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments
Debbie Solomon, Senior Partner, Group Research Director, MindShare
Udo Eberlein, founder and President, Nero, Inc.
Mary Francia, Vice President Telecom Business Innovation, Sales and Marketing Home Networks Americas, Royal Philips Electronics, Consumer Electronics
Scott Smyers, Chairman, DLNA Board of Directors, Vice President, Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America, Sony Electronics
Stephen Condon, Vice President, Marketing, Entriq, Moderator
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10:45 AM - Noon
Track III:
Television 2.0: Cable, Telco, Satellite & Broadband Redefine the Future of Entertainment and Communications
Saul Berman, Partner and Global Executive, IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS)
Patricia Karpas, Vice President and General Manger – AOL Television, AOL LLC
Tony Kern, Deputy Managing Partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Americas Managing Partner, Media & Entertainment, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Philip R. Wiser, President and Chairman, Building B, Inc.
David Tochterman, Executive Vice President/Executive Producer, ChannelBlast
Larry Tanz, CEO, LivePlanet
Shahid Khan, Partner, Interactive Broadband Consulting, LLC, Moderator
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Track II:
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience
Jennifer Feikin, Director, Google Video
John Penney, Vice President, Business Development, HBO, Inc.
Lewis Henderson, Senior Vice President, William Morris Agency
Chad Hurley, CEO & co-founder, YouTube
Michael Grasso, Assistant Vice President, Consumer Marketing, AT&T U-verse
Joe Michaels, Director, Business Development, MSN Entertainment, Microsoft
Ira Rubenstein, Executive Vice President, Digital Sales and Marketing, Sony Pictures, Moderator
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Track IV:
Ubiquitous Video to the Consumer: The Technology Enablers - Broadband, IPTV, Mobile & TV
Dr. Timothy Tuttle, Vice President, AOL Video, AOL, Inc.
Frank Nein, Industry & Technology Analyst/Consultant, Verizon (ANJ) Video/Broadcast Portal
Bill Correll, Director, Corporate Development, Broadband & Digital Media Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Mike Afergan, Chief Technology Officer, Akamai
Michael Gordon, co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Limelight Networks
Pallavi Shah, Senior Director, Technology Commercialization, Hewlett-Packard
Nash Parker, Director Strategic Alliances, Alcatel, Moderator
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Wednesday, August 16
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track III:
The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR/DVR – the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server
Patrick Barry, Director, Digital Home, Yahoo! Inc.
John Gildred, Vice President of Engineering, Pioneer
Sandip H. Mandera, Product Manager, Digital Media Products and Infrastructure, Intel Corporation
Lucas Covers, Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Set-Top Boxes, Philips Consumer Electronics
Ian Blaine, CEO, ThePlatform
Carl J. Rohling, Esq., V.P. Business Development. Radiotime
Dan Sokol, Analyst, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator
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10:45 - Noon
Track III:
Bridging TV and Broadband: Strategic Relationships - Advertising, Technology & Content
Matthew de Ganon, Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Application Software, The Weather Channel Interactive (TWCI)
Curt Hecht, EVP, Chief Digital Officer, GM Planworks
Stephanie Quay, Site Director, TV.com, CNET
Jen Soch, Vice President, Associate Director of Advanced TV, MediaVest USA
Geoff Allen, Chairman and Founder, Anystream, Inc.
Ed Forman, COO & Executive Vice President, ICTV Inc.
Jeff Binder, President, Broadbus Technologies, Moderator
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Track IV:
The Telco Advantage and the IPTV Digital Home: Gateway to Services - VOIP, Wireless Music, Broadband and Set-top
Jay Fausch, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing, Fixed Communications Group, Alcatel
J.D. Zeeman, Director, Digital Media, Global Communications Sector Services, IBM
Christopher Thompson, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Netopia
Steve Hersey, Senior Director, Marketing and Product Management, Motorola Wireline Networks
John Reister, Chief Architect of IPTV, BigBand Networks
Ben Wagner, Director, Service Provider Strategic Marketing, Texas Instruments
Ben Mendelson, founder & President, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Track II:
Movies & OnDemand Content - Via Broadband & PC - Via the Set-Top & Via Mobile: A Discussion of Technology & Content
Shravan K Goli, Director, Product Management for Video, Yahoo Media Group
Mary Coller Albert, Chief Marketing Officer, Movielink
Bruce David Eisen, President, CinemaNow, Inc.
Jim Funk, co-founder and Vice President of Marketing, Akimbo
Carl Crabill, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, MovieBeam
Brian Taptich, Vice President of Business Development, BitTorrent
Marcia Zellers, Director, AFI Digital Content Lab, American Film Institute, Moderator
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track I:
Connected CE Devices and Standards for the Digital Living Experience
Dr. Ken Morse, Vice President Client Architecture, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Takashi Ishidoshiro, CTO, Buffalo
Chris Day, General Manager, Media Processing, Philips
Dr. Simon Milner, Vice President and General Manager,, Enterprise Business Unit, Communications and Consumer Business Group, Marvell Semiconductor
Ron Cates, Vice President, North American Sales & Marketing, Metalink
Jim Hillman, Vice President, Advanced Initiatives, Audio Entertainment Group, Plantronics
Daniel Putterman, president and CEO, Mediabolic, Moderator
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Track IV:
Enabling OnDemand Delivery of Content: Implications of Expanded Bandwidth and Near to Unlimited Storage
Basil Badawiyeh, Vice President, On Demand Strategy, C-COR Inc.
Steve Lampen, Multimedia Technology Manager, Belden Electronics Division, Belden CDT
Yoav Tzruya, COO, Exent Technologies
Tom L Engdahl, CEO, Radiance Technologies
Darcy Lorincz, SVP & General Manager Global Rich Media, SAVVIS
Randall Crockett, Senior Vice President, DRM Networks
Michael Rolnick, Partner, ComVentures, Moderator
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track IV:
Entertainment Expands the Digital Home: Device Interoperability, Sharing and Protecting
Jurgen Krehnke, Sr. Director, Regional Marketing, Consumer & Multimedia, Philips Semiconductors
Doug Glen, Chief Marketing Officer, Zetera Corporation
James M. Burger, Esq., Dow, Lohnes & Albertson; DVDA Board Member
Brett Marl, Vice President of Engineering, Network Magic
Scott Smyers, Chairman, DLNA Board of Directors, Vice President, Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America, Sony Electronics
Joe Menard, Corporate Vice President, Consumer Business, AMD
Ross Rubin, Director of Industry Analysis, The NPD Group, Moderator
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Thursday, August 17
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Track I:
DTV, Broadband, Set-Top and Interactive Content & Advertising Experience - Enabling Entertainment Choice via Interactive Guides and Gateways
Andy Addis, Executive Vice President, Hillcrest Labs
Brian Heuckroth, Vice President, Marketing, Magnum Semiconductor
Martijn Lopes Cardozo, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, TANDBERG Television
Rolf Hartley, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Professional Products Group, Sonic Solutions
Colin Dixon, Senior Analyst & IPTV Practice Manager, The Diffusion Group
Trevor Cornwell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Broadband Television Network Corporation
Bill Niemeyer, Chief of Analysis and Research, DiMA Group,Moderator
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Track II:
Video Distribution Across Platforms: Broadband, IPTV, Cable, TV and Mobile
Scott Crowder, Chief Operating Officer, Entriq
Norman Liang, Business Development Manager, Technology Collaboration Solutions, IBM Corp.
Mitchell J. Weinraub, Senior Director, New Media Initiatives and Implementation, Comcast
Courtney Jane Acuff, Associate Director, Denuo
Rodrigo Sepulveda, CEO, vpod.tv
John Delay, Director of Strategic Management, Networking Solutions, Harris Corp.
Katherine L. Parker, Internet, Media & Entertainment Industry Sales Global Business Development Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Moderator
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Track III:
All Video-All the Time: Next Generation in Media Technologies – Creating and Maintaining a Rich Media Internet-Based Broadcasting Network
Mark Larkin, Executive Producer, CNET Broadband and Webcasting
Marc Ruxin, Chief Operating Officer, The Mill Group, North America, BEAM.TV
Faraj Aalaei, CEO and co-founder, Centillium Communications
Samantha Stone, Vice President of Product Marketing, Maven Networks
Patrick Vogt, Chief Executive Officer, Viewpoint Corporation
Todd Johnson, VP of Broadband Content Services, VeriSign
Tony Greenberg, CEO, RampRate Sourcing Advisors/Research, Moderator
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11:05 PM - 12:20 PM
Track I:
The PVR, DVR and VOD as a Disruptive Market Force: How Consumer Adaptation of Technology Determines the Future of Advertising and Programming
Tom Morgan, Chief Development Officer, BlackArrow
Don Bogue, Chairman and CEO, Command Audio
Jeff Shultz, CEO, CONCERT
Louisa Shipnuck, Global Media and Entertainment Industry Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV)
Sangita Verma, CEO & founder, TVHead
Beverly Zaslow, Vice President, Acquisitions & Business Development, ReelTime
Seth Shapiro, New Amsterdam Media Inc., (Two-time Emmy® Award winner), Moderator
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12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Track I:
Personalized Video Media: ITV, Broadband, Podcasting & Blogs - Advertising and Content
Mihai Crasneanu, CEO, Glowria
Daren Gill, Vice President, Business Development, Entertainment Products Group, ChoiceStream
Jay Amato, Managing Partner, Personal Screen Media
Ron Stevens CEO, Pixpo
Andrea Mitchell, founder/CEO, podcastGO
Rochelle Grayson, President, Media 2.0 Consulting, Moderator
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Track II:
Telcos, IPTV & the Technology Food Chain: From the Broadband Infrastructure to the Headend, ITV Services and the Set-Top
Adam Powers, CTO, Coaxsys
Marc Raygoza, CTO, Interactive Television Networks, Inc. (ITVN)
Ladd Wardani, president of Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA™)
John J. Reed, Chairman of the Board, Bluestreak Network
Gary Sasaki, President, digdia
Anup Murarka, Director, Technical Marketing, Mobile and Devices, Adobe Systems Inc.
Ken Pyle, co-founder, Viodi, LLC, Moderator
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