 Event: Building Blocks 2006 Date: August 15-17, 2006 Location: Marriott, San Jose, San Jose, California Day One of Building Blocks 2006 Scroll Down: See Complete Agenda & Speaker Listings for Tuesday, August 15th To Scroll Other Event Days Wednesday Seminars & Receptions - Click Here Thursday Seminars & Receptions - Click Here Attendee Registration - Click Here Instructions: To Navigate this Agenda and Find Information: Building Blocks 2006 has over 70 different sessions and event over 400 speakers during the the three days. Attendees are free to move from conference room to conference room during the day. There are four or five sessions being held at all times. You can scroll through the information on this site by clicking on the Subject Tracks (listed in columns one and three on this page) or you can scoll down this page, you will find an hour by hour listing of all events on Day One, August 15th. Special Pre-Day Event Monday, August 14th, 3pm - 6pm Sun Microsystems, Inc. Strategic Technology Roundtable & Reception A University Project Event Open to all Building Blocks Attendees  Held at the Computer History Museum - Click Here for Information The Agenda Building Blocks Supersessions Tuesday, August 15 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Track I: User Generated Content: An Internet, Communications and Advertising Transformation Scott Roesch, Vice President & General Manager, AtomFilms Peter Chane, Senior Business Product Manager, Google Video Jason Zajac, GM Social Media - Search & Marketplace, Yahoo! Inc. Andrew Anker, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development Six Apart & General Manager, VOX Oliver Luckett, co-founder, Senior Vice President of Network Development, Revver Erik Hawkins, CEO, PureVideo (StupidVideos.com, GrindTV.com) Ken Rutkowski, founder, KenRadio Broadcasting, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track II: 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. Cornelis (Koen) M. Huizer, Chief Technology Officer, Business Line Cluster Digital Video Set-Top Boxes, Business Group Home Entertainment Networks, Philips 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 For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track III: 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 For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here 10:45 AM - Noon Track I: Web 2.0 - The Next Iteration: How Next Generation Personalized Media is Rewiring the Web - Programmable Web, Podcasting, Mashups & Blogging - Transforming and Disassembling the World of Traditional Media, Communications & Advertising Ty Ahmad-Taylor, Senior Director, Interactive Products, Comcast Cable Marcien Jenckes, VP and GM, AIM, AOL Baris Karadogan, Partner, ComVentures Kevin Rose, founder and chief architect, digg, Inc. Greg Kostello, CEO, vMix Media Inc. Dan Nova, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital Molly Wood, Executive Editor, CNET.com, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track II: Launch at Building Blocks - Part I Companies will be selected to present company products and business plans. This session is part of the Venture, Private Equity and M&A Consortium Presentations by: I. vMix Media Inc.: Presentation by: Greg Kostello, CEO of vMix Media Inc. II. FilmLoop, Inc.: Kyle Mashima, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, FilmLoop III. Narrowstep™ Inc.: Presentation by: Carolyn Wall, President, Narrowstep, North America IV. Exavio, Presentation by: Michael Moone, President and CEO, Exavio V. Gas Station TV: Presentation by: Adam Bleibtreu, President, Gas Station TV VI. Rights Group, LLC: Presentation by: Jed Alpert, CEO of Rights Group, LLC Co-Hosts: Peg Jackson, Managing Director, NeoCarta Ventures, Arthur C. Chang, President, Tipping Point Partners, LLC For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track III: Television 2.0: Cable, Telco, Satellite & Broadband Redefine the Future of Entertainment and Communications 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 Eric Mark, IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS) Shahid Khan, Partner, Interactive Broadband Consulting, LLC, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track IV: Mobile Video & TV – Technology & Platforms that Make the System Go Bhuvan Lall, President (Global), MCORP Global Bob Shallow, Head, Music and Rich Media Business Unit, North America, Nokia Dan Monahan, Global Infotainment Segment Manager, Mobility Products Group, Intel, Inc. Rich Ferreira, Senior Director of Marketing, RMM Americas, BU Mobile and Personal, Philips Gregory Berkin, co-founder, Think Mobile Omar Javaid, Senior Director, Business Development, QUALCOMM MediaFLO Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritas, Mobile Entertainment Forum – Americas & President/CEO, The Mobilium Group, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Track I: 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 For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track II: Social Networking in Mobile: Content, Communications and Monetizing Michael Grossi, VP of Business Development, HELIO, Inc. Shawn Conahan, CEO, Intercasting Thomas V. Ryan, Senior Vice President, Digital & Mobile Strategy and Development, EMI Music Jed Stremel, Director, Facebook Chris Bull, Vice President, Marketing, AirPlay Bryan Biniak, General Partner, Providence Ventures Michael Wehrs, Chief Technical Evangelist, AOL Wireless Dorrian Porter, CEO, Mozes, Inc., Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track III: The Rush to Mobile Video: Establishing and Monetizing a Revolutionary Entertainment and Communications Medium Jeremiah Zinn, Senior Director, Wireless Product Development, MTV Networks David Bluhm, Chief Executive Officer, GoTV Networks Paul Scanlan, co-founder & COO, MobiTV Glenn R. Schuster, Director, Partner Programs Handheld GPU, NVIDIA Sanjay Reddy, SVP, Business Development, Gemstar-TV Guide Varsha Tagare, Senior Investment Manager, Intel Capital, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here 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 For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM Track I: Internet Video, Advertising & Marketing: The Next Generation of Consumer Reach Kris W. Jacob, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Podcast Network, PodShow, Inc. Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, Veoh Networks Ed Delfs, Vice President, National Advertising Sales and Operations, Real Networks Keith Richman, CEO, Break.com Greg Demetriades, CEO, WhiteBlox Alex Welch, CEO, Photobucket Pam Horan, President, OPA, Onlilne Publishers Association, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track II: Launch at Building Blocks - 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 Presentations by: I. Songbird: Presentation by: Rob Lord, CEO, Songbird II. Fabrik, Inc.: Presentation by: Mike Cordano is the CEO and a cofounder, Fabrik III. Subculture: Presentation by: Christian Burkholder, CEO, Subculture IV. Haystack.com: Presentation by: Jordan Garbis founder, Haystack V. Cracked Entertainment, Presentation by: Monty Sarhan, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Cracked Entertainment VI. Black Arrow, Inc.: Presentation by: Denny Wilkinson, President & CEO, Black Arrow, Inc. Co-hosted by: Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, TD Securities David Britts, General Partner, ComVentures For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track III: Mobile Commerce and Content - The Mobile Web, Off Deck Content, Mobile Search and MVNO Options Heidi Lehmann, VP of Content Acquisition and Strategy, Third Screen Media Lee Hancock, CEO, go2 Nara Rajagopalan, Vice President, Mobile Edge, Openwave Shaukat Shamim, SVP, Business Development, Rhythm NewMedia Inc. Vince Shaw, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP Peter Levin, President, Bellrock Media / Co-owner, Chicago Rush / Partner, Palisades Baseball, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track IV: Targeted Search: Aggregating Markets – Content and Advertising Ben Wright, Director, Channel Strategy and Development, Yahoo! Search Marketing David Marks, CEO and co-founder, Loomia Steven Marder, CEO, Eurekster Brian Lent. CEO, Medio Systems Bob Fogarty, VP, Sales and Business Development, PodZinger Manish Chandra, CEO and founder, Kaboodle Perry Solomon, Senior Director, Media Business Development, Fast Search & Transfer Sharon Wienbar, Managing Director, BA Venture Partners, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM Track I: Desktop Browser & Search As Application Platform: Gateway to Information and Entertainment Chase Norlin, CEO, Pixsy Corporation Doug Leeds, Vice President, Products, Ask.com Stephen Governale, Vice President, Director, SMG Search Mike Lanza, CEO, Click TV Avikk Ghose, Director, Business Development, Mercora Brian Glicklich, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, Premiere Radio Networks, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track II: Mobile Music: New Platforms + New Technology + More Music + Dynamic Marketplace Dr. Muzibul Khan, Vice President, Product Management and Engineering, Wireless Terminals Division, Samsung Larry Moores, Senior Vice President, Global Business Division, WiderThan Jamie Perlman, Business Development, SNOCAP, Inc. Jim Hollingsworth, Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Gracenote Ashok Narasimhan, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, July Systems Mike Pinto, CEO, mobZilla Daniel Harris, CEO MediaPass® Network, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track III: Advertising Strategies in the Diversified Digital Culture: Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Broadband, Podcasting, Games and Mobile Todd Herman, Director, Advertising & Business Strategy, MSN Video / TV / Movies / Radio, Microsoft Corporation Tim Hanlon, Senior Vice President, Ventures, Denuo - A Publicis Groupe Company Dave Williams, CMO, Atom Entertainment and GM, Shockwave.com Jack Isquith, Executive Director of Music Industry Relations, AOL Music and the AOL Radio Network, AOL LLC Chris Pizzurro, Vice President, Digital, New Media Advertising Sales and Marketing, Turner Entertainment Walter Schild, Founder & CEO, Genex Andrew Frank, Media Research Director, Gartner Research, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here Track IV: Strategies in Wireless Devices and Services - from Audio & Video to Downloads: How Innovation Drives Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion Bradford D. Duea, President, Napster Jamie Rosenberg, Vice President, Premium Services, Danger, Inc. Troy Evans, Senior Business Development Manager, Branded Content, Forum Nokia, Americas Steve Schnier, Consumer Electronics Market Segment Manager, Wireless Networking Business Unit, Texas Instruments Whitey Bluestein, Strategic Business Consultant Eric Harber, Vice President of Corporate and Business Development, Qpass Lauren Cole, President, Lauren Cole Media, Moderator For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here The Consortium Dinners: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM I. Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Consortium Tuesday, August 15 - 6:45 PM - The Marriott San Jose Dinner Hosted by:  II. OnDemand Content & Technology Consortium Tuesday, August 15 - 6:45 PM - The Marriott San Jose Dinner Hosted by:  III. Digital Rights, Content Rights & Piracy Consortium Tuesday, August 15 - 6:45 PM - The Marriott San Jose Dinner Hosted by:  IV. The Web, Social Networks & The Net Economy Consortium at Building Blocks V. Venture, Private Equity and M&A Consortium; VI. Reinventing Advertising VII. Mobile TV, Video & Music Consortium VIII. Digital Music Consortium |
|||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||
 Special Events, Consortium Dinners at Building Blocks I. The Web, Social Networks & The Net Economy Consortium at Building Blocks II. Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: The Digital Home & Digital Distribution III. Venture, Private Equity and M&A Consortium; IV. Reinventing Advertising: Technology & Content in VOD, PVR, Broadband, Games, PODs & Mobile Consortium V. OnDemand Content & Technology Consortium: Cable, Mobile, Broadband, Telco & Satellite; VI. Mobile TV, Video & Music Content Development & Deployment Consortium; VII. Digital Music Consortium: Technology & Content -Mobile, Broadband, PODs & TV VIII. Digital Rights, Content Rights & Piracy Consortium; IX. The University Project at Building Blocks;      Digital Rights, Content Rights & Piracy Wednesday, August 16 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM • The Piracy Freight Train: As Entertainment, The Law & The Technology Collide 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM • DRM Implementation in Media and Entertainment 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM • Digital Music & its Transformation 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM • Entertainment Expands the Digital Home Thursday, August 17 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM • Next Generation P2P Music and Film 12:50 PM - 2:15 PM • Music Industry Innovates and Morphs Hollywood and the Digital Consumer Tuesday, August 15 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM • The TV and Set-top as the Consumer Gateway • Embracing the Connected Consumer 10:45 AM - Noon • Television 2.0: Cable, Telco, Satellite & Broadband 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM • Hollywood and the Digital Consumer • Ubiquitous Video to the Consumer Wednesday, August 16 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM • The Networked Entertainment Home 10:45 - Noon • Bridging TV and Broadband • The Telco Advantage and the IPTV Digital Home 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM • Movies & OnDemand Content 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM • Connected CE Devices • Enabling OnDemand Delivery of Content 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM • Entertainment Expands the Digital Home Thursday, August 17 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM • DTV, Broadband, Set-Top • Video Distribution Across Platforms • All Video-All the Time 11:05 PM - 12:20 PM • The PVR, DVR and VOD as Disruptive Force 12:50 PM - 2:00 PM • Telcos, IPTV & the Technology The Web, Social Networks and the Net Economy Tuesday, August 15th 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM • User Generated Content 10:45 AM - Noon • Web 2.0 - The Next Iteration 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM • Social Networking in Mobile 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM • Internet Video, Advertising & Marketing • Targeted Search: Aggregating Markets 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM • Desktop Browser & Search Wednesday, August 16th 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM • The Broadband Video Tipping Point 10:45 AM - Noon • Alternative Media & Advertising 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM • VoIP and Web Phone Applications • The Craigslist Effect Thursday, August 17th 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM • Exploring the Web: The Ajax, Mashups 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM • Blogs, Mashups, Social Media • Expanding the Horizons of Search and Personalization 12:50 PM - 2:00 PM • Personalized Video Media • Advertising NEXT 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM • Personalized Mobile Experience • Micropayments & MicroEconomies • Vlogs - Broadband and Mobile Video Blogging Mobile Entertainment: Film, TV, Music & Games - Content & Technology Tuesday, August 15 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM • Embracing the Connected Consumer 10:45 AM - Noon • Mobile Video & TV that Make the System Go 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM • The Rush to Mobile Video • Social Networking in Mobile • Ubiquitous Video to the Consumer 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM • Mobile Commerce and Content 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM • Mobile Music: New Platforms + New Technology • Strategies in Wireless Devices and Services Thursday, August 17 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM • Personalized Mobile Experience |
|||||||||||||||
 Speaker Guidelines, Click Here Exhibitor Information - Click Here  For Full Length Videos of selected conference sessions from recently held Digital Hollywood Spring - Click Here Building Blocks 2006, Marriott, San Jose, San Jose, California, August 15-17, 2006 - Click Here Digital Hollywood Fall, Los Angeles, October 23-26, 2006, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel - Click Here Digital Hollywood Europe in London, Excel, The Docklands, London, November 29-Dec. 1, 2006 - Click Here 2007 CES Game Power Showcase & Forum, January 8, 2007, Las Vegas Convention Center, Produced by Digital Hollywood - Click Here 2007 Mobile Entertainment at CES - produced by Digital Hollywood, January 8-11, 2007, Las Vegas Convention Center - Click Here Digital Hollywood at 2007 International CES, January 8-11, 2007, Las Vegas Convention Center - Click Here Media Summit, New York - February 7-8, 2007 • McGraw Hill Building • Registration Click Here Digital Hollywood Spring, Los Angeles June 11-14, 2007, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel- Click Here  Sponsor & Media Sponsor Links, Click Here           |
|||||||||||||||
