Thursday, October 4 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Track B: E-Mail as an Entertainment and Interactive Medium Have you received your first audio enhanced, video, or animated email? If you haven’t, it’s a whole new experience. Email will never be the same. As the technology moves forward, so do the amazing things we can do with it, and the future of email as a broadband entertainment experience is just around the corner. In this session we bring together the companies who are leading the way in technology and content application in the e-mail marketplace. As your community of users grows and becomes more complex, so will your ability to communicate with them. Gordon Paddison, Senior V.P., Worldwide Interactive Marketing & Business Development, New Line Cinema Jessica Schieve, Product Manager, PowerTV Don L. Daglow, President, Stormfront Studios Orang Dialameh, co-founder & CEO, Eyematic Michael Terpin, Chief Strategic Officer & Chairman of the Board, Internet Wire, Moderator Gordon Paddison, Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Interactive Marketing and Business Development for New Line Cinema, works with international distributors for business development, marketing and promotions. He is responsible for New Line’s domestic strategy and creative execution of all online and new technology content, promotions and publicity. He manages all interactive media strategy, planning, campaign analysis and creative design, in addition to overseeing New Line’s multimillion dollar package of promotions and advertising with America Online. Campaigns developed and executed include: "Lord of the Rings," "Blow," "Thirteen Days," "The Cell," "Final Destination,' "Austin Powers," "Boogie Nights," "Pleasantville," "Gone With The Wind," "Lost In Space," "Rush Hour," "Blade," "Wedding Singer," and "Spawn," among others. Paddison was named in Entertainment Weekly’s "IT" Issue as one of the 100 most creative people in entertainment and chosen by Daily Variety as a member of their "Digital Dozen" as an individual who will have a strong hand in shaping the new wired Hollywood. Chris Piché, Chairman and CEO, Eyeball Networks: As the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eyeball Networks, Piché’s role is to implement the strategic direction of the company with particular emphasis on software and corporate development. He has led Eyeball to an annual average growth rate of 200% since its inception in 1996. He was named one of Canada's Top Young Leaders by the Globe & Mail and one of Vancouver's "Top 40 Under 40" business people by Business in Vancouver magazine in 1999. Prior to founding Eyeball Networks, Piché spent three years at Simba Technologies and Oracle Communications in software engineering and product marketing. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia (Canada). Don Daglow is president of Stormfront Studios, developers of EA Sports' NASCAR series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, John Madden Football, Discovery Channel's Byzantine: the Betrayal, Creative Wonders' Eagle Eye Mysteries, and the Tony La Russa Baseball series. In 1971 he wrote the first computer baseball game ever created (on a PDP-10 mainframe); in 1976 he wrote the first mainframe role-playing game. In 1981 he designed and programmed the first Sim game, Utopia for Intellivision. Don has led design teams for almost 20 years, as Director of Game Design for Mattel's Intellivision, as a Producer at EA, and as the head of Broderbund's Entertainment & Education division before founding Stormfront Studios in 1988. He holds a BA in Creative Writing (Pomona College) and a Master's in Education (Claremont Graduate School). Michael Terpin, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Internet Wire: Michael Terpin is a 20-year high technology public relations veteran. Frustrated by the lack of truly high-tech services for public relations and marketing professionals, Terpin formed the global internet news agency (gina) in 1994 to develop Internet-based products for the PR and promotions industries. gina offered a wide range of pioneering online marketing and interactive public relations services. It was the first PR industry Web site as well as one of the first to offer hyperlink marketing, metatag analysis and search engine registration services. In 1998, gina relaunched under the name Internet Wire. In addition to his direct experience in the public relations industry, where he directed the PR activities for clients ranging from America Online and EarthLink to Playboy and XOOM.com, Terpin also was a founder of Direct IPO, one of the first Web sites to market direct public offerings. Terpin holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Buffalo, as well as Bachelor Degrees in Journalism and English from Syracuse University. He is a frequent lecturer in public relations at UCLA. Orang Dialameh, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Eyematic: Orang Dialameh has extensive experience in advanced technology development and commercialization. He has helped lead the vision and execution of Eyematic’s strategy to date. Dialameh oversees a team of renowned scientists, engineers, artists and business development executives in the core areas of research and development, product marketing and software development. Prior to forming Eyematic in 1997, Dialameh was involved in various aspects of new product development ranging from technology to business development. Dialameh has led the advanced project development efforts of Lear Astronics Corporation (LAC) in the areas of Unmanned Systems, Integrated GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems and Advanced Sensors for commercial and military applications. He also served as founder and principal architect at three successful technology firms. Concurrently, Dialameh was integrally involved in raising significant funding from commercial and government sources.