Saturday, January 6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM DH5: Session A: Networking the Digital Home and the Residential Gateway - The TV Hub, Computer Hub, Telecom. Hub This session will address the key concepts in establishing the home as a media center by focusing on three primary technologies as the core home-media hubs: the telecommunications, the computer and the television. These are the concepts behind the idea of “technology convergence.” While each technology will not move forward along a completely distinct road or even make irrelevant the other, there are fundamentally different mind-sets and market strategies at work in each which we will explore. Which will be the most practical approach to creating the home network? Will it be wireless or will all new homes be built with crawl spaces for wiring behind walls or in the ceiling? These are the “crude” questions for our industry experts who are in the forefront of developing never-endingly “elegant” solutions. Mark Bridgwater, Vice President Marketing, Digital Harmony Technologies Bill Simmelink, Vice President, Business Development, Telogy Networks, A Texas Instruments Company Tim Bucher, Vice President, Consumer Products, WebTV Networks John Todd, John Todd, Analyst, Thomas Weisel Partners Ronald M. Perkes, President, NetTV Clint Brown, Director of Business Development, Home Networking Business Unit, Broadcom Richard Doherty, CEO, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator Mark Bridgwater, Evangelist of System Enabled Products for Digital Harmony Technologies, a company creating intellectual property dedicated to enabling interoperable digital devices and simplified consumer electronic systems. Currently Chairman of CEMA’s Convergence Issues Committee, creating industry awareness for converging technology in the computer, consumer electronics and communications industries. Created and chaired the first-ever 1394 Technology Pavilion at CES1999 which hosted more than 25 companies presenting 1394-based products and technology. Speaks on Broadband in the home issues, including addressing the 1999 Interactive Broadband Services Technology Summit ("Digital Harmony on 1394, Your Broadband Partner Inside the Home) and was the moderator of the Interactive Broadband panel at the ‘99 CEMA Fall Conference. Formerly co-founder and Vice President at Non-Stop Entertainment (home theater control automation) and founder of Internet Ventures, a producer of multi-media content to computer OEMs. A Graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (B.Sc., Product Planning and Development), and residing in the Seattle, Washington area with his wife and two children. John Todd, Principal, Thomas Weisel Partners: John Todd recently joined Thomas Weisel Partners Equity Research Department as a Principal covering wireless telecommunications, primarily equipment. Formerly, he was a Senior Research Analyst at CE Unterberg Towbin. Prior to that, John was the Managing Director of a communications technology consulting firm that he founded in 1987. In addition, John has worked for such firms as IBM, Hambrecht & Quist, and Bridge Communications. He received his MBA from Wharton in 1983, and his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1979. William P. Simmelink, Vice President, Business Development, Telogy Networks, A Texas Instruments Company: Mr. Simmelink is Vice President, Business Development of Telogy Networks, A Texas Instruments Company which was acquired by Texas Instruments in August, 1999. He previously served as Vice President, Sales, since joining the company in 1993. Prior to joining Telogy, Mr. Simmelink worked for 12 years at Hughes Network Systems, ultimately serving as Assistant Vice President with responsibility for sales in the Asia-Pacific region and business management in the International Business Satellite Business Group. Previously, Mr. Simmelink was manager of pre-sales technical support at AT&T. Mr. Simmelink received a BS in Mathematics from Purdue University. Ronald M. Perkes, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Founder of NetTV, was formerly a key founder, Vice President of Research and Development, and member of the executive committee at Tangent Computer, a $150 million PC company. At Tangent, he won over 20 industry awards from major technology magazines for his PC designs, including eight PC Magazine Editor’s Choice and three PC World Best Buy awards. Infoworld, Byte Magazine, Windows Magazine and LAN Times have all bestowed best of review awards to the various PC systems he designed. In 1990 he designed the first commercially available RAID – based file server. In 1995, PC Magazine awarded his systems a double Editor’s Choice Award as the best of 34 PCs reviewed, including systems from all major PC manufacturers. In addition, as a member of Tangent’s executive committee, he guided the growth and management of that company. Mr. Perkes was also a founding shareholder of Hooked.net, a pioneering Internet service provider that was subsequently acquired.