Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from Digital Hollywood Spring, 2006 For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Wednesday, August 16 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Track III: The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR/DVR – the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server The home entertainment server is about one basic idea - to deliver more and varied media-rich content to the consumer - giving consumers what they want, when they want it. But the battle for this consumer sector is about to assert itself as a competition of technologies, more complicated than the older battle of the home PC vs. the TV. This is a world containing the set-top box, the PVR, the PC and a host of other devices. The next generation of DTV/Set-Top/PC home entertainment server will come into the battle delivering Internet, music, games, movies, plus innovative two-way communications and telephony services that the old set-top provider was only beginning to deliver. This battle for the home will be a tremendous winner for both the consumer as well as for the content industry. It presents the simple proposition that offering the consumer more and richer services in a competitive environment is the perfect formula for success. 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 Cornelis (Koen) M. Huizer, Chief Technology Officer, Business Line Cluster Digital Video Set-Top Boxes, Business Group Home Entertainment Networks, Philips Consumer Electronics Carl J. Rohling, Esq., V.P. Business Development. Radiotime Dan Sokol, Analyst, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator Ian Blaine, Chief Executive Officer, thePlatform: Ian is a software industry veteran with experience at large software companies as well as successful start-ups. He has a strong background in product development, having spent over nine years at Aldus/Adobe Systems as a senior manager in the publishing division. In addition, Mr. Blaine has proven entrepreneurial experience, having co-founded two successful start-up companies. In 1998, he founded an online personal information management company, Uniplanet, which he led as Chief Executive Officer from startup to acquisition by NBCi in 1999. In 2000, Mr. Blaine co-founded thePlatform, and has successfully guided the company through two rounds of financing, and two mergers. He is a director of thePlatform and in addition to managing day-to-day activities, he sets long- term strategy for the company. Mr. Blaine holds a B.A. in business administration from the University of Washington. Sandip H. Mandera, Product Manager, Digital Media Products and Infrastructure, Intel Corporation. He is responsible for enabling ISVs on digital home technologies (UPnP, DTCP/IP), developing enabling strategies and evangelizing digital home technologies. He has over 8 years of experience in software and technical marketing combined. In the past, he led Intel's marketing representation on Web services standards - UDDI.org and later OASIS UDDI during 2002 and 2003. He has spoken at leading conferences like Software Development Conference & Web Services World XML and Web Services Conference, contributed to a book chapter in the notable XML Handbook (5th edition) and his articles have appeared in leading magazines like IDS, DevX and JavaWorld. He holds an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University, M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington and a B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Calicut, India. John Gildred is currently serving as Vice President of Engineering at Pioneer. For the past 5 years John has lead Pioneer's US division for product development and advanced research, encompassing Blu-ray product development, plasma TV product development, US digital TV standards, home AV networking standards, and the establishment of a common software framework for Pioneer. During his time at Pioneer, John has served as the Chairman of the DENi Steering Committee, Vice Chair of the UPnP Forum Steering Committee, Chairman of the CEA R7.6 home network subcommitte, editor of the PERM digital rights management standard and Pioneer representative to DLNA, Coral Consortium, CE Linux Forum, UHAPI, IEEE 802 and the Ethernet Alliance. Prior to his work at Pioneer, John has held senior executive positions for various early stage ventures in consumer home entertainment, Internet communications and digital rights management, and he has also served as technology consultant to various Fortune 500 compsanies. Pioneer is respected for its role in such innovations as interactive cable TV, the Laser Disc player, developing the first Compact Disc player for the car and the first detachable face car stereo, DVD and DVD recording, plasma display, and organic electroluminescent display. The Company's strength in optical disc and display technology is complemented by its state-of-the-art software products and manufacturing capabilities. Cornelis (Koen) M. Huizer, Chief Technology Officer, Business Line Cluster Digital Video Set-Top Boxes, Business Group Home Entertainment Networks, Philips Consumer Electronics: Cornelis Huizer has been Chief Technology Officer of the Business Line Cluster Digital Video Set-Top Boxes within Philips Consumer Electronics since January 2003. Since August 2004 he has been based in Los Angeles. He is responsible for the global technology strategy of the BLC, including the technical aspects of the relationship with key customers and suppliers. He joined Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in 1981 initially working on VLSI design. Between 1992 and 1994 he was a Visiting Scientist at the Philips Laboratories in Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA, active in the then emerging field of Digital TV. Between 1994 and 1997 he represented Philips in several Standards activities (MPEG, DVB, DAVIC) on the subject of Digital TV. In 1998 he joined Philips Digital Networks as Manager for Advanced Business and Technology Development responsible for Research and Advanced Development coordination and Standards activities. Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Cornelis Huizer holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands. He has published in a variety of scientific journals and holds 13 USA patents. Carl Rohling is a Vice President of Sales and Business Development for RadioTime, Inc. He manages strategic alliances and distribution for both the consumer web service and the OEM business units. His focus for web services is portal, music and ISP services and for OEM targets the automotive, PC, and consumer electronics. Rohling has over (6) years experience in digital media covering both hardware and software in roles ranging from marketing, sales and business development. Previously, Rohling spent (2) years at Creative Labs overseeing their business development activities for the portable audio, speaker and web camera business units. Tying together services and hardware was his achievement in delivering and end-to-end solution for a better consumer experience. Prior to Creative Labs, Rohling spent (3) years as Director of Business Development overseeing the ReplayTV, GoVideo and Rio product lines for SonicBlue, Inc. Rohling was involved in SonicBlue’s expansion into into consumer electronics with the acquisition of the ReplayTV and GoVideo product lines. Rohling was a corporate attorney for Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York City and a litigation attorney for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison working out of their New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. Rohling attended the University at Albany for undergraduate studies and the University at Buffalo for both his MBA and J.D. Rohling lives with his wife in Campbell, California where he enjoys his hobby of running a small Italian restaurant located in downtown Campbell.