Complete Track
Tuesday, August 15 - Thursday, August 17th
The Web, Social Networks and the Net Economy
Consortium in Formation for "The Web, Social Networks and the Net Economy"
Consortium Dinner - Tuesday, August 15 - 6:45 PM - The Marriott San Jose
Consortium Advisory Committee Members
The Goal: It is the intent of the The Web, Social Networks and the Net Economy Consortium to help facilitate and accelerate the web, social networks and net economy as a significant entry in the great tradition of innovation from Hollywood, the entertainment and information industries. The "Consortium" will seek to accelerate projects, through meetings and "Creative Retreats" throughout the year. To that end, the "Consortium" will be holding a VIP Dinner (by invitation) at Building Blocks 2006, on Tuesday, August 15th at 6:45 PM - at the Marriott San Jose Hotel.
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The Web, Social Networks and the Net Economy
Tuesday, August 15
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Tuesday, August 15th
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
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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 LLC
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
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12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Track I:
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
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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
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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
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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
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Wednesday, August 16th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track I:
The Broadband Video Tipping Point: Availability of Vast Content and Portability - Broadband, ITV, Mobile & DTV
Jeff Karnes, Director of Multimedia Search, Yahoo! Inc.
Steve Banfield, SVP and General Manager, Sony Connect, Sony Digital Entertainment
Thomas McInerney, co-founder and CEO, GUBA
Robert Whitmore, CEO & co-founder, NPOWR Digital Media Inc. (stimTV™Network)
Theodore May, VP Content & Value Added Services, Synacor
Markus Almer, president and co-founder, Almer/Blank
Om Malik, Senior Writer, Business 2.0 magazine, Moderator
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10:45 AM - Noon
Track I:
Alternative Media & Advertising: Personalized Consumer Broadband, RSS Feeds, Blogging and Podcasting
Tom Merritt, Editor, CNET.com
Don Loeb, Vice President, Business Development, Feedburner
Bart Feder, CEO and President, The FeedRoom
Dr. Robert Arn, CTO, Itiva
Aaron Cohen, CEO and founder, Bolt Media
Evan Berg, Senior Director of Corporate and Business Development, Brightcove
Bryan Kujawski, co-founder, 360i, Moderator
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track I:
VoIP and Web Phone Applications: Web 2.0 Implications for Communications, Advertising and Content
Shawn M. Lewis, Chief Technology Officer, VoIP, Inc.
Gunjan Bhow, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management, Actiontec Electronics
Scott Faber, Creator/Co-Founder and General Manager, Ether
Monty Sharma, VP Product Management and Marketing, Vivox
Michael Levit, Chief Marketing Officer, Paltalk
Alex Quilici, Vice President, AOL Voice Services, AOL
Antonette K. Goroch, Senior Analyst, Digital Tech Consulting, Moderator
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Track III:
The Craigslist Effect: Transforming a Web-based Communications Relationship into a Commercial Personalized Information, Publishing and Advertising Enterprise
Walker Fenton, General Manager, Private Label Business, NewsGator
Bill Flitter, founder and CMO, Pheedo
Jeremy Stoppelman, co-founder and CEO, Yelp
Mike McGuire, Research Vice President, Mobile Device & Consumer Services, Dataquest
Eric Newman, Vice President & General Manager, Portal Solutions, Pluck Corp.
Howard Kaushansky, founder, President and CEO, Umbria, Moderator
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Thursday, August 17th
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Track IV:
Exploring the Web: The Ajax, Mashups, Streaming, Podcasting, Programmable Web Workshop
Examining the Power of a Dynamic Web Application and Suite of Services - Understanding the User, the Community and the Power of Interactive Experience
Stephen Benedict, Principal Product Manager, AIM, AOL LLC
David Dudas, co-founder and CTO, Eyespot
Greg Reinacker, founder and CTO, NewsGator Technologies
Kevin Rose, founder and chief architect, digg, Inc.
Ken Fromm, co-founder/Business Development, Loomia
Rob Lord, CEO, Songbird
Anil Dash, Vice President, Six Apart, Moderator
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11:05 AM - 12:20 PM
Track II:
Blogs, Mashups, Social Media, Wikis, and RSS as Mass Media – Blog Movements as Agents of Change
Steve S. Jang, VP, Marketing and Business Development, imeem, inc.
Andy Steuer, founder and CEO, Fidelity Assets
Vassil Mladjov, founder and ceo, Blogtronix
Tom Gerace, CEO, gather.com
Seth Sternberg, co-founder, meebo
Robin Hopper, CEO and founder, iUpload
Dan Farber, Vice-president, Editorial, CNET Networks, Editor-in-Chief, ZDNet, Moderator
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Track IV:
Expanding the Horizons of Search and Personalization – The Cross Platform Application – Mobile, Broadband, Computer & TV
Judith Goodwin, Vice President, VFinity
Brady O. Bruce, Senior Vice President of Telecom Products and Services, Promptu
David Clarke, VP Business Development, Searchformedia
Mike Brady, Senior Director, Business Development, Fast Search & Transfer™
Sean Morgan, founder and CEO, ClipSyndicate
Stacey Renner, Vice President, Research & Marketing, WCSN, World Championship Sports Network
Joyce Schwarz, JCOM Emerging Entertainment Marketing, 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
Andrea Mitchell, founder/CEO, podcastGO
Chris Hock, Director of Product Marketing, Macromedia
Rochelle Grayson, Co-President, Elastic Entertainment, Moderator
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Track IV:
Advertising NEXT: Broadband, Mobile, Pods, Social Nets, Blogs and IMs - It's the Breakthrough Year!
Hans Chung, co-founder and VP of Marketing, CrispAds
Arthur Ceria, Executive Creative Director, OgilvyOne San Francisco
Daniel Stein, founder & CEO, EVB, Inc.
Samir Arora, CEO, Glam Media
Vivian Lin, President and Founder, Tangent Entertainment
Scott Kliger, CTO and founder, Jingle Networks
Tejpaul Bhatia, President, Tej Media Networks, Inc., Moderator
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track I:
Personalized Mobile Experience – Social Networking: Breakthroughs in Messaging, Music, Video Capabilities & Advertising
Brett Crossley, VP of Sales and Marketing, Experience Group, Packet Video
David Ratner, Head of Digital Identity, Openwave Systems
Mark Pascarella, President, Gotuit Media Corp.
Atakan Cetinsoy, VP Business Products, MyStrands
Vincent John Vincent, President & founder, GestureTek, Inc.
Michael Papish, President & CEO, MediaUnbound
Nick Desai, founder, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Juice Wireless, Moderator
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Track II:
Micropayments & MicroEconomies - Establishing a New E-Commerce Gateway to the Future
Victoria Glickman Hodgkins, Director, Business Development & Marketing, Peppercoin
Leslie Poole, Chief Executive Officer, Javien Digital Payment Solutions
Craig McDonald, Vice President, Business Development, North America, Valista
Douglas Knopper, Chief Executive Officer, BitPass
Tom Meredith, President, P2P Cash
Peter H. Kang, Esq., Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Moderator
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Track IV:
Vlogs - Broadband and Mobile Video Blogging: Next Gen Entertainment and Journalism, Social Networking and Personal Communication
Mary Hodder, CEO & founder, Dabble
Tony Philipp, CEO & founder, UpSnap
Duane Kuroda, Vice President of Marketing, abazab
Paula Montondo, President, Blip TV
Chris O'Brien, CEO & co-founder, Motionbox
Kevin Sladek, co-founder, VideoEgg
Mariana Danilovic, Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, LLC, Moderator
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