Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from Digital Hollywood Spring, 2006 For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Tuesday, August 15 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM Track I: Desktop Browser & Search As Application Platform: Gateway to Information and Entertainment We are now entering the world that is has been coined Web 2.0. To understand that phrase and that universe, think of your current universe of web access and put it on steroids. In this new and evolving world of interactivity, the user is being enabled by a superpowered network, superpowered web servers and routers, superpowered access point, and superpowered access device (eg. Computer or handheld device) In other words, in the Web 2.0 future, the user will be able to interact with the information in ways not easily understood in a prior world. Applications will be written for the server or for the website that the user is visiting. In fact, a website or remote server, may well be able to replace all the services of your current desktop computer, applications and all. In this session, we will begin to explore the world of the Browser and network as the application platform. This session is about the evolution of a new gateway to information. 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 Stephen Governale, Vice President/Director, SMG Search: At the helm of SMG Search, Stephen Governale is responsible for strategically guiding agencies and clients through the quickly-evolving search marketplace. As one of the thought leaders behind sister agency Starcom IP, the award-winning digital and online media agency of Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), Governale has been leading SMG's search expertise and innovation within the agency since 1999. In his tenure at SMG, Governale has worked with several clients that rely heavily on search advertising. He has leveraged experiences there to build an agency expertise focused on delivering best practices in search marketing. Under Governale's leadership, SMG Search has already achieved successes that include recognition by major engines for innovation and creativity in application of search. Prior to focusing on search, Governale was a Media Director in Starcom IP. During his tenure in IP, he and his teams earned consistent recognition for strategic media planning both within the agency and industry-wide. Governale is the recipient of numerous internal SMG award recognitions for his work on Nintendo, and received an honorable mention for his the LEGO "Revenge of the Brick;" Nintendo DS at Cannes. Governale earned his Bachelor of Arts in marketing from Arizona State University. He is a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies' Board for Search Marketing. Avikk Ghose, Director of Business Development, Mercora: Avikk directs business development and product strategy at Mercora, a social music network based in Santa Clara, California. Prior to joining Mercora, Mr. Ghose was Director of Product Management at Hiwire, a Los Angeles-based software company that developed streaming advertising solutions for Internet and terrestrial radio broadcasters. Hiwire was backed by Clear Channel and New Enterprise Associates. Before leading product management initiatives at Hiwire, Mr. Ghose worked in business development at RealNetworks in Seattle. At RealNetworks, Mr. Ghose conducted industry research and due diligence on potential acquisition candidates. In addition, Mr. Ghose directed technology licensing and content distribution alliances with software vendors, media companies, and record labels. Mr. Ghose received a BA in Economics from the University of Washington and an MBA from New York University. Mike Lanza is the founder and CEO of Click.TV. Prior to Click.TV, Mike founded and served as CEO of two online finance companies: 1 View Network, which he sold to Digital Insight, and Avolent Corporation. In addition to his software and Internet experience from his previous companies, Mike finds inspiration for Click.TV from his years as an amateur documentary videographer. You can check out two videos he's produced on the Click.TV blog here and here. Mike holds an MBA from Stanford University, as well as MA and BA degrees in Economics from Stanford. Chase Norlin is the CEO of Pixsy Corporation and was most recently a Senior Business Development Executive at ValueClick focused on publisher distribution and emerging technologies for the ValueClick Media Ad Network and other ValueClick divisions including PriceRunner and Search. Previously, Mr. Norlin was a Senior Business Development Consultant to InfoSpace focused on publisher distribution and Vice President of Public Relations at Mercent. Mr. Norlin created Sony's first online photo sharing venture, the web's first online photo and video sharing company, and was a Strategy Consultant to Boeing where he launched Boeing's online photo and video licensing division. Mr. Norlin received his BA from UC Berkeley and MA from The University of Chicago. Brian Glicklich is Senior Vice President, Digital Media for Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), which syndicates 70 radio programs and services to more than 5,000 radio affiliations and reaches over 190 million listeners weekly. Premiere Radio is the number one radio network in the country and features the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Jim Rome, Casey Kasem, Ryan Seacrest, Carson Daly, Glenn Beck, Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Delilah, Blair Garner, George Noory, John Boy and Billy, Phil Hendrie, Matt Drudge, Art Bell, Donald Trump, Glenn Hollis, Big Tigger, and others. Steve Hersey, Senior Director, Marketing and Product Management, Motorola Wireline Networks: Steve has 19 years of experience marketing, managing, and developing telecommunications solutions for global service providers. Steve joined Motorola in 2004 through the acquisition of Quantum Bridge, a leading supplier of Passive Optical Networking solutions. In his current role, Steve is responsible for marketing and product management for the Fiber-To-The-Premises product line in Motorola's Wireline Networks Division. Prior to joining Quantum Bridge, Steve spent 13 years at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies where he worked in the Optical Networking Group developing and marketing SONET systems and DWDM metropolitan and long haul systems. Steve received his MSEE degree from Boston University and his BS degree from the University of Massachusetts.