The Complete Track
Monday, May 5th - Thursday, May 8th
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Social Networks & User Generated Media – Media, Communications and Entertainment Reinvented
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Monday, May 5th
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Track I - Money, Media, Entertainment & Technology
The New Hollywood Equation – Content Owners, New Platforms, Agents & Commerce
Michael Jay Solomon, President and CEO, Solomon Entertainment Enterprises (SEE), former President of Warner Bros. International Television
Donick Cary, Executive Producer, “Lil’ Bush”
Chris Moore, Partner, Redpoint Ventures
Alex Barkaloff, Executive Producer, Digital Media, LIONSGATE
Lesley Pinckney, Director, Digital Development, Essence Communications Inc.
Jon Healey, Editorial writer, Los Angeles Times, Moderator
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Track III - Hollywood 2.0 – Platforms and Content
Social Networks, UGM and Traditional Media: Strategies in Content, Communications and Commerce
Ziv Navoth, VP, Marketing and Business Development, Bebo
Stephen McKenna, Vice President, Media & Entertainment, Communications, Media, and Entertainment, Hewlett-Packard
Stephen Smyth, General Manager & Senior Vice President, Americas, Reuters Media
Robin Sloan, Strategist, New Media, Current TV
Matt Edelman, founder and CEO, PeopleJam
Jason Oberfest, VP Business Development, MySpace.com
Bobby Tulsiani, Analyst, Media and Internet Video, JupiterResearch, Moderator
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2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Track III - Hollywood 2.0 – Platforms and Content
Producing and Monetizing Content: The Online, Viral & Episodic Video Phenomenon
Rob Barnett, President & CEO, My Damn Channel
Sean Mills, President, The Onion
Jane Hu, Vuguru / Tornante
Eric Hadley, Chief Marketing Officer, Heavy Corporation
Lori H. Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Director of Emerging Media, Interpublic Emerging Media Lab
George Strompolos, Content Partnerships Manager, YouTube
Daniel Harris, Chairman & CEO, MEDIAPASS Network, Moderator
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3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Track III - Hollywood 2.0 – Platforms and Content
The Exploding Appetite of Film, Cable, TV and Broadband Networks - The New Golden Age of Hollywood
Michael Kernan, Chief Executive Officer, NuMedia Studios (former executive ICM)
Will Flannery, Vice President, Advanced Services, Fox Cable Networks
Ivana Ma, Partner, President of New Media, Generate
Shannon Pruitt, Vice President Integrated Marketing, Sponsorships and Live Events, FremantleMedia North American
Gaurav Dhillon, founder and CEO, Jaman
Mark J. Kapczynski, VP & GM InStream Solutions, EyeWonder, Moderator
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Tuesday, May 6th
10:45 AM - Noon
Track I:
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience
Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing for Electronic Arts
Andy Forssell, Senior Vice President, Content & Distribution, Hulu
Jamyn Edis, Vice President, Emerging Technology, Home Box Office, Inc.
Derek Broes, SVP, Digital Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
Steven Abraham, Global Leader, Media & Entertainment Practice, IBM Global Business Services
Saul Berman, Global Lead Partner and Executive, IBM Global Business Services, Media & Entertainment Industry
Herb Scannell, CEO and co-founder, Next New Networks, former Vice Chairman, MTV Networks
Ira Rubenstein, Media Executive, Moderator
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Track II:
Social Media & User Generated Media Economy: The Content, Personalization, Lifestyle and Advertising Phenomenon
Erick Hachenburg, CEO, Metacafe
Marc Canter, CEO, Broadband Mechanics
Alex Blum, CEO, KickApps
Robert Blatt, Vice President and General Manager, Personal Media, AOL LLC
Greg Martin, Partner, Redpoint Ventures
Marc Shedroff, Strategic Partner Development, YouTube
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Collins Stewart LLC, Moderator
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12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Track I:
Hollywood Reinvented! Internet Video, Mobile, User Generated Media, IPTV and Broadband as Next Generation Mass Media Programming and Big Business
Sean Carey, Senior Executive Vice President, Sony Pictures Television
Albie Hecht, CEO & founder, Worldwide Biggies
Lewis Henderson, Senior Vice President, William Morris Agency
David Armour, VP, Endemol Digital Studios
David Wertheimer, Executive Director, ETC@USC
Nina Guralnick, President, Live Earth
Hamet A. Watt, founder, NextMedium, Moderator
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2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Track III:
Hollywood 2.0 - Content & Commerce: New Rules for the Film, TV, Broadband & Mobile Video Industry - Deals, Advertising and Commerce
Dean Valentine, President, Symbolic Action, LLC, former President, UPN and former President, Walt Disney Television
Joel Wright, Vice President of Interactive Media, Paradigm Talent Agency
David Garrett, screenwriter and executive producer, "Model Family", "Living with Fran", “Deuce Bigalow: European Jigalow" and "Corky Romano”
Kourosh Taj, Co-President & Head of Programming, No Good TV
Taryn Southern, executive producer, “Project MyWorld”
Douglas Gayeton, Film Making Pioneer, "Molotov Alva", “Johnny Mnemonic”
Arlene Zeichner, Principal, Selavy Associates, Moderator
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Track IV:
Widgets as a Platform: Content, Advertising, Communications
Ken Barbieri, Director of Business Development, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Jia Shen, CTO and Co-founder, RockYou!
Keith Rabois, VP Strategy & Business Development, Slide
Don Pillsbury, Vice President of Business Development, Gydget
Benjamin Chen, Chairman and CTO, Mochila
Hooman Radfar, CEO & Co-founder, Clearspring Technologies
Will Price, CEO, Widgetbox
Satya Patel, Senior Associate, Battery Ventures, Moderator
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Workshop B:
The Virtual Worlds and Massively Multiplayer Gaming Explosion - PC, Console and Mobile
Alex St. John, co-founder and CEO, WildTangent
Mike Goslin, Vice President, Virtual Reality Studio, Walt Disney Internet Group
George Dolbier, Executive IT Architect, Digital Media and Games, IBM
Brett Close, President and CEO, 38 Studios
Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online
Bob Ferrari, Vice President, Business Development & Sales, Turbine Inc.
Don L. Daglow, President and CEO, Stormfront Studios Inc.
Russell G. Weiss, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Moderator
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track I:
Broadband as a Strategic Entertainment Platform: Content, Advertising and Branding
Paul Jelinek, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, A&E Television Networks
Jason Turner, Director of Interactive, FremantleMedia North American
Allen DeBevoise, Chairman and CEO, Machinima, Inc.
Aaron Grosky, President, Control Room
Robert E. Quicksilver, Chief Content Officer, Tidal TV
Andrew Wallenstein, Deputy Editor, Hollywood Reporter, Moderator
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Track III:
The Hollywood Producer - The Real Deal: Reinventing the Strategy, the Platforms and the Revenue Streams
Nicholas Longano, President and COO, Brash Entertainment
Steve Tao, SVP/Scripted Programming, Fremantle Media North
John Ferriter, Head of Worldwide Television, William Morris
Quincy “QD3” Jones III, CEO, QD3 Entertainment
Michael Wayne, CEO and co-founder, DECA
Kelly Rodriques, CEO and co-founder, Blowtorch Entertainment
David Tochterman, Executive Vice President, DigWorks™, Moderator
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM – Special Workshop
Workshop A: The Entertainment and Media Legal Issues
Web 2.0: The Emerging Law of Wiki, Blogs and Social Networks and Its Impact on Traditional Business and Entertainment
Tim Morgan, CEO, Mint Digital
Kristin L. Holland, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP
Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix
Chris Ruhland, Partner, Orrick, Moderator
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM – Special Workshop
Workshop B:
Delivering Video Programming - Streaming and Live Broadband and Mobile: The Next Consumer Entertainment and Information Experience
James Segil, co-founder & President, EdgeCast Networks
Annie Morita, Vice President, Marketing and Programming, Veoh
Marcus Morton, President and Co-founder, NFT
Anthony Yi, Vice-President of Sales and Business Development, Narrowstep
Greg Nakagawa, President and Chief Executive Officer, BroadRamp
Cathy Brooks, Director, Business Development, Seesmic, Moderator
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Wednesday, May 7th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track III:
The Web, Social Media and Advertising: Transforming and Disassembling the World of Traditional Media and Communications
Raquel Krouse, Vice President, Director of Social Media and Healthcare, Interpublic Emerging Media Lab
Frank Barbieri, CEO, Transpera
Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify.net
Nick Wilson, CTO, Break Media
Matt Rosenberg, Group Director, Media and Entertainment, Organic
Mark Lewis, Strategic Planning Director, DDB San Francisco
David Berkowitz, Director, Emerging Media, 360i, Moderator
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10:45 AM - Noon
Track II:
The Web: The All-Media, All-Consuming Phenomenon – PC, Mobile & TV
Peter Csathy, CEO, SightSpeed
Jonathan Cobb, founder and CTO, Kiptronic
Stacy S. Cook, President & CEO, BroadQ
Justin Chapweske, CEO, Swarmcast
Joy Marcus, US General Manager, Dailymotion
Tim Morgan, CEO, Mint Digital, Moderator
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Track IV:
Hypertargeting: Ad Networks, Ad Serving and Ad Targeting
Tim Vanderhook, president and co-founder, Specific Media
Brett Brewer, President and Director, Adknowledge.com
Brian Steel, CEO, VoloMedia
Jim Benton, VP Sales, AdBrite
Ben Weinberger, Chief Executive Officer, Digitalsmiths
Tony Nethercutt, VP of Sales, AdMob
Scott Cohen, CEO, Dimestore Media, Moderator
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track II:
Internet Video, Advertising & Marketing: The Next Generation of Consumer Reach
Troy Young, CMO, VideoEgg
Tom Wilde, CEO, EveryZing
Sanjay Desai, Product Marketing, Brightcove
Samantha Skey, EVP, Strategic Marketing, Alloy Marketing
Brett Wilson, Co-founder and CEO, TUBEMOGUL
Bill Hildebolt, President ExpoTV
Lauren Cole, President, Lauren Cole Media, Moderator
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Track IV:
Social Networks & User Generated Media as a Technology Challenge: The Platform, the Content & the Network
Ross Reynolds, Platform R&D, Technology Partnerships, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc
Steve Jang, CMO and Head of Business Development, imeem
Eric Chan, Director, Strategy and Marketing, Cisco Media Solutions Group
David Hyman, founder and CEO, MOG
Reena A Jadhav, Founder, CEO, CareerHERO
Michael Chin, SVP, Marketing, KickApps
Kelli Richards, President, The All Access Group, Moderator
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track III:
Social Media as a Content, Advertising and Commerce Platform
Joel York, Vice President of Marketing, Conduit
Kent Steffen, Vice President of Content Direct, CSG Systems
Jim McConnel, Executive IT Architect, Digital Media, IBM
John McCrea, VP of Marketing, Plaxo
Greg Watkins, CEO, AllHipHop
Malcolm Cowley, President, buy at, Inc.
Joel Smernoff, COO, Paltalk
Josh Crandall, Managing Director, Media-Screen LLC, Moderator
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Track IV:
Online Video: TV-Broadband Programming, Content & Advertising Innovation
Will Rogers, CEO, Rooftop Comedy
Alex Castro, CEO, Pluggd
Dina Kaplan, co-founder, blip.tv
Zadi Diaz, co-founder & Principal, Smashface Productions, LLC
Hayden Black, writer – actor - producer, Goodnight Burbank
Mike Dodge, SVP / General Manager, AtomicOnline
Andy Vitus, Principal, Scale Venture Partners, Moderator
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Thursday, May 8th
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Track II:
Innovation in Games, Game Networks and Social Gaming - Massive User Communities and Commerce
Isaac Babbs, CEO & Chairman, Tapatap
Ed Zobrist, President, Sierra Online, Vivendi Games
Karl Mehta, Founder & CEO, PLAYSPAN INC.
Andrew Schneider, founder, Live Gamer
Andrew Trader, co-founder and Executive Vice President, Zynga
Gene Mauro, Vice President, Business Development, Bunchball
Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP, Marketing, Ad Sales and Business Development, Sulake Corporation
Jonathan Weitz, Principal, IBB Consulting, Moderator
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Track IV:
Advertising in Social Media, Mobile, Search, P2P and other Web Based Services
Stephanie Grossman, founder and CEO, digital SIDEBAR
Chase Norlin, Chief Executive Officer, Pixsy Corporation
David Laux, Global Executive, Games & Interactive Entertainment, IBM
Scott Curtiss, VP of Business Development, BuzzLogic
Trey Shelton, founder and CEO, Music Interactive
Joshua Stylman, Managing Partner, Reprise Media
Dustin Engel, Director of Consumer Strategy & Research, Range Online Media
Robb Lewis, Vice President of Products, Retrevo
Donald A. Jasko, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Economics, Moderator
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11:05 AM - 12:20 PM
Track III:
All Video-All the Time: Next Generation in Media Technologies – Broadband and Mobile - Content & Advertising
Waikit Lau, Co-Founder and President/COO, ScanScout
Rajeev Raman, Founder & CEO, mywaves
Cynthia Francis, founder and CEO, Reality Digital
Glenn Gaudet, Chief Marketing Officer, Treedia Labs
Brendon Mills, CEO, President, RipCode
Sony Ericsson, speaker to be announced
Karen L. Webster, President, Market Platform Dynamics, Moderator
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Track IV:
The Next Generation in Mobile & Broadband Platform Personalization: Widgets, Search, Information & Commerce
Roland Deal, Co-Founder, Kadoink
Steven Goh, Co-Founder & CEO, mig33
Brent Brookler, CEO, Treemo
Eyal Gever, founder and CEO, Gizmoz
Mike More, CEO and Founder, Nabbr
Matt Palmer, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Stardoll
Shergul Arshad, VP, Business Development, StyleFeeder, Inc.
Gautam Bhargava, co-founder and CEO, SnapTell, Inc
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12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Track II
Personalized TV: Exploring the True Power of IPTV
Philip Hodgetts, President and CEO, OpenTV Networks
Andy Addis, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Hillcrest Labs
Gianluca Ferremi, Chief Marketing Officer, ESPRE Solutions
Tony Naughtin, CEO, Grid Networks
Anthony Bontrager, Vice President, Business Development, Onecast, Inc.
Dan Chu, Principal, Altman Vilandrie & Company, Moderator
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Track III:
Social Networks - The Future of Advertising, Marketing and Brand Building
Rebecca Weeks, Director of Business Development, Real Girls Media
Mica Scalin, Social Media Manager, Showtime Networks
Michelle Madhok, CEO, SheFinds.com and MomFinds.com
Todd Greene, COO and Co-founder, Trusted Opinion
Geoff Cook, CEO, MyYearBook
Josh Walker, Chief Executive Officer, CityVoter, Inc.
Ryan Okum, President, StreetWise Concepts +Culture
David Levy, VP, Strategic Partnerships, SocialVibe.com, Moderator
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track I:
The Widget Economy: The Information, Advertising, Next Generation Digital Consumer Experience
Jeff Nolan, Vice President of Software-as-a-Service, NewsGator
Steve Tomlin, CEO and Founder, Chumby
Alex Bard, President & CEO, Goowy Media
Gary Baker, founder and CEO, ClipBlast!
Jennifer Cooper, co-founder and CEO, MixerCast, Inc
Ken Willner, Vice President, Market Development, Zumobi
Michael Dever,co-founder and Chief Energy Officer, YouChoose.net
Joyce Schwarz, JCOM Emerging Entertainment Marketing, Moderator
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Track III:
Social Media, Web Applications, Advertising and Commerce: Monetizing the Interactive Experience
Jim Greer, co-founder and CEO, Kongregate
Jason Feffer, CEO, founder, Sodahead
Sam Altman, Founder and CEO, Loopt
Lisa Stone, co-founder, BlogHer
Paul Hurley, founder and CEO, Ideeli.com
Marcia Canady, VP of Marketing & Sales for V:social
Stephen M. Layne, General Manager, SportsPower Division, The Active Network
Marissa Gluck, Founder and Managing Partner, Radar Research, Moderator
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Track IV:
Contextual Media, Search, Ad Serving Networks & Advertising Applications in Broadband and Mobile
Ariel Maislos, founder & CEO, Pudding Media
Yosi Glick, CEO and Co-founder, Jinni
Dr. David Saad, founder, Chairman, and CEO, Clupedia
David Wolf, President and Founder, Syntryx Executive Solutions
Lauren Bigelow, General Manager, North America Weeworld.com, WeeWorld
Gregory E. Wester, VP, Product and Strategy, Voodoovox
Vivek Veeraraghavan, founder & CEO, AdBidCentral
Matt Booth, Senior Vice President and Program Director, Interactive Local Media, The Kelsey Group, Moderator
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