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Track Sponsor

Nokia - MEF - End of Day Reception - Monday, March 29th - To Inquire About Attendance - Click Here
Wireless Entertainment & Technology The Audio, Video and Text-Based Experience
Monday, March 29th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Mobile Entertainment Immersion Audio & Video Content
10:45 AM - Noon
Participation TV Programming & Marketing - "SMS Mobile and Telephony
12:30 PM 1:45 PM
Retail Mobile & Entertainment - Value Chain - Marketing & Advertising - the Short Code & Bar Code Future
2:15 PM 3:30 PM
Mobile Games & Music, Advertainment & Custom Branded Experience
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Strategies in Wireless Devices: How Device Innovation Drives Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion
Digital Rights Management, Content Piracy and Security Strategic Sessions
Tueday, March 30th
10:45 AM - Noon
Music Industry, DRM and Piracy: Digital Downloads, MP3s, CDs and Mobile Devices
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Feature Film Distribution and Piracy - Broadband, DTV, HDTV and Digital Cinema
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
DRM Technology Innovation: Content Integrity in Music, Film, Games and Mobile
Music Industry - Strategic Sessions
Monday, March 29th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Music Industry - Brand Extension in Games, Wireless and TV
2:15 PM 3:30 PM
Mobile Games & Music, Advertainment & Custom Branded Experience
Tuesday, March 30th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Music Industry Innovates into Future - From Digital Downloads and Subscriptions to Digital and Internet Radio
10:45 AM - Noon
Subscription and Download Models in Broadband: Music, Film, Games and Information Content Distribution
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Music Industry, DRM and Piracy: Digital Downloads, MP3s, CDs and Mobile Devices
Wednesday, March 31
11:05 AM - 12:20 PM
Next Generation P2P - Part I
12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Next Generation P2P - Part II
DH Games - Content Development, Distribution & Brand Integration
Monday, March 29th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Music Industry - Brand Extension in Games, Wireless and TV
2:15 PM 3:30 PM
Games & Hollywood: From Feature & TV Crossover Development to Merchandising and Brand Extension
Mobile Games, Advertainment & Custom Branded Experience
Entertainment Concepts in Branded & Integrated Entertainment - Film, TV, Cable, Wireless, Games & Broadband
Tuesday, March 30th
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Branded Media Marketing and Broadband Advertising - Merging Commerce and Content
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Everything-on-Demand Movies, TV Programs, Games and More - Enhanced Content Opportunity in 50 Million Homes
VC and Investment in the Entertainment/Technology Space: Games, Wireless & Broadband
Wednesday, March 31
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Internet Gaming - Understanding the Massively Multiplayer Universe

For Entire Working Group Meeting List at Digital Hollywood Spring - Click Here
For Working Group Instructions - Click Here
Working Groups in Progress:
I. Monday, March 29th - Working Group Lunch - by invitation
"Broadband: Delivering Content: From Film, TV & Music to Information"
Hosted by Kurt Kratchman, Vice President & General Manager, Blast Radius
II. Monday, March 29
VIP Wireless Working Group Dinner - by invitation
Hosted by Reidar Wasenius, Senior Project Manager, Nokia Multimedia / New Media Business Unit
III. Tuesday, March 30 - by invitation
Luncheon - Music Industry - Content Delivery and Management
Hosted by Jeff Cavins, CEO, Loudeye
IV. Wednesday, March 31 - by invitation
VIP Breakfast - Video over IP Working Group
Hosted by John O'Donnell, co-founder & CT0, Equator Technologies
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The #1 Conference in the Country
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Digital Hollywood Los Angeles
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Santa Monica, California
March 29th - March 31st, 2004
"Transforming the Entertainment Industry"
Conference at a Glance
Digital Hollywood Supersessions
Monday, March 29th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track I:
Transforming Television: From Reality TV, HDTV and Interactive TV, to PVR TV and VOD TV
Frederic V. Bien, SVP Advanced Media Technology, Turner Broadcasting System
Larry Namer, President & CEO, Reality Central
Matt Cohen, VP Strategy and Business Development, TVN
David Ernst, Executive Vice President, Director, Futures & Technologies, Initiative
Edward Lichty, Vice President, Business Development, Tivo
Richard Sherrill, Playground Media Group
Luis Ubinas, Director, West Coast, McKinsey & Co, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Track II:
Music Industry - Brand Extension in Games, Wireless and TV
Jason Hirschhorn, Senior Vice President, Digital Music and Media, MTV Networks
Ken Hertz, Senior Partner, Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP
Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Audio, Electronic Arts
Michael Goldstein, Vice President of Interactive Programming, Fuse
Don Maggi, President, intertainment, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
9:15 AM - 5:00 PM - Exhibits Open
10:45 AM - Noon
Track I:
Power Economics How the Convergence of Media, Entertainment and Technology Shape the Global Economy
Roy A. Salter, founder and Managing Member, The Salter Group
Saul Berman, Partner, Media and Entertainment group, IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS)
Jeff DeJoseph, Vice Chairman and Chief Strategic Officer, Doremus
Jim Bankoff, EVP, Programming, Properties, and Production, AOL
Don Levy, Senior Vice president of Marketing and Communications, Sony Pictures Digital, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Track II:
Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Broadband Home to the Mobile and Wi-Fi Universe
Neville Wheeler, Senior Manager, Cisco Systems
Nancy Goguen, Director of Strategic Marketing, Broadband Communications Group, Texas Instruments Incorporated
Scott R. Campbell, Vice Consul, British Trade International, British Consulate-General
Eric Aledort, SVP Business Development and Strategic Partnership Marketing, Walt Disney Internet Group
Brian Queen, Digital Media Solutions Manager, IBM Corp.
Tony Barra, Chief Strategy Officer, Internet Home Alliance, President, Filament Consulting, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
12:30 PM 1:45 PM
Track I:
The Film and Television Producer Strategic Concepts in Business Development: Understanding Platforms & Branding - Cable/Satellite, DVD, Broadband & Wireless
Adrian Sexton, Executive Director, Business Development, Lions Gate Entertainment
Keith Hindle, VP Integrated Marketing and Interactivity, FremantleMedia North America (American Idol)
Sarah Nettinga, Director, Film, Television and Music Entertainment, NASCAR
Carl Bressler, President, Bressler Adventures and Strategic Endeavors
Bernie Morris, CEO/Founder, Magnetic Film
Douglas Scott, co-founder & Partner, MATTER, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Track II:
Digital Cable and Satellite Television Strategies: Channel Launches, SVOD-VOD, HDTV, International and Interactive
Greg DePrez, VP, Subscription VOD, Starz Encore Group LLC
Tom Barreca, Senior Vice President, World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Charles Segars, Senior Vice President, Programming, Production and Network Strategy, FINE LIVING Network
Thomas N. Heymann, Senior Vice President/General Manager, The Biography Channel
Alex Ben Block, Editor, Television Week, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
2:15 PM 3:30 PM
Track I:
Games & Hollywood: From Feature & TV Crossover Development to Merchandising and Brand Extension
Paul Jensen, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Sony Pictures Digital Networks
Chris Di Cesare, Director of Marketing, Microsoft Game Studios (Xbox, PC & Online Games)
Jason Hall, SVP, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Dave Perry, founder, Shiny Entertainment (Enter The Matrix)
Don L. Daglow, President and CEO, Stormfront Studios
Karim Sanjabi, EVP, Creative & Technology, Carat Interactive
Mark Friedler, CEO, Gigex, Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Track II:
Entertainment Concepts in Branded & Integrated Entertainment - Film, TV, Cable, Wireless, Games & Broadband
Michael Kassan, Media and Entertainment Consultant
David Lande, Partner, Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie & Stiffelman LLP
Kristin Patrick Petersen, Senior Vice President, National Promotions, Universal Pictures
Erik Feig, President of Production and Acquisitions, Summit Entertainment
Chris Gebhardt, Partner, Integrated Entertainment Partners, Moderator
Additional speaker to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Track I:
Digital Gizmos and CE Products and Gadgets Revolutionize Entertainment: From Wireless Devices, Games & MP3 to DVD and HDTV
Dave Pahl, General Manager, Digital Still / Video Camera Product Group, Texas Instruments
Vivek Pathela, Senior Director, Product Management and Marketing, Home, MicroBusiness and Carrier products, NETGEAR
Fred Swan, Director of Marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business Unit, Logitech
Michael Fidler, Senior Vice President, Blu-ray Disc Group, Sony Corp. of America
Best Buy, speaker to be announced
Fred Davis, Chairman, Prosumer Media, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Track II:
Beyond Movies: Television On Demand New Revenue Generating Opportunities from the Syndication and Delivery of On-Demand Content
Mary Coller, Sr. Vice President, SoapCity.com, Sony Pictures Digital Networks
Todd Walker, SVP & General Manager, TV Guide Interactive
Doug Hirsch, GM, Yahoo! Entertainment
Rebecca Scilingo, Director of New Products, Digital Television, Comcast
Jeff Binder, CEO, Broadbus Technologies
Additional speaker to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Day Long Monday Wireless Workshop
Track Hosted by Mobile Entertainment Forum
Wireless Entertainment & Technology The Audio, Video and Text-Based Experience
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Mobile Entertainment Immersion As Audio & Video Content from MP3, Radio, Net-Based and Video Communications and Entertainment - Emerge
Reidar Wasenius, Senior Project Manager, Nokia Multimedia / New Media Business Unit
Benjamin Feinman, Apple Computer
Chris Melissinos, Chief Gaming Officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Robert Tercek, Executive VP Programming - Chief Strategy Officer, (M)FORMA
Ralph Simon, Mobile Entertainment Forum, U.S. Chair Americas, Moderator (founder of Yourmobile and co-founder of Zomba Group/Jive Records), Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
10:45 AM - Noon
Participation TV Programming & Marketing - "SMS Mobile and Telephony
Elizabeth Sherman, Vice President, New Media, Endemol USA (Fear Factor, Big Brother)
James Glasscock, Director, Advanced Media Technology, Turner Broadcasting System
Ross Levinsohn, Senior Vice President & General Manager Fox Sports Interactive Media
Bruce Gersh, Vice President, Business Development, ABC Entertainment Group
Craig Dalton, Director, Business Development, Proteus
Mark Scarpa, Producer/Director, Chair, Producers Guild of America, New Media Council NY Committee, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
12:30 PM 1:45 PM
Retail Mobile & Entertainment - Value Chain - Marketing & Advertising - the Short Code & Bar Code Future
Chung Liu, Chief Technology Officer, and Vice President of Engineering, ACCESS Systems America
Dale (Ty) Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote
Carles Guillot, Business Development Director, MobileWay
Koji Ono, Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances, NTT DoCoMo USA
Shawn Conahan, President, Conahan Consulting, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
2:15 PM 3:30 PM
Mobile Games, Ringtones & Music, Advertainment & Custom Branded Experience
Adam Flick, Director of Marketing, Sony Pictures Mobile
Tricia Han, Vice President Product Development, Vindigo Studios
Andy Volanakis, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Zingy
Greg Ballard, Chief Executive Officer, Sorrent
Pete Mauro, Wireless Product Development, Warner Bros.
Joyce Schwarz, Author & founder, JCOM, Moderato
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Strategies in Wireless Devices: How Device Innovation Drives Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion
Howard Gefen, Director, Mobile Operator Solutions, Windows Mobile Division, Microsoft Corporation
Steve Sprigg, Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm
Gina Centoni, Vice President of Openwave Developer Network Openwave Systems, Inc.
Mark C. Donovan, Director of Mobile Services & Marketing, RealNetworks, Inc.
John Arledge, Vice President of Business Development, Danger
Reidar Wasenius, Senior Project Manager, Nokia Multimedia / New Media Business Unit
David Frerichs, VP & US General Manager, Coding Technologies, Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
End of Day Poolside Reception - Open to All Attendees - To Inquire About MEF Reception - Click Here

6:00 - 7:30 PM
Blu-ray Reception - Lavande Room - Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel - By Invitation - To Inquire About Attendance - Click Here

Tuesday, March 30th
Digital Hollywood Seminars
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Session A:
Music Industry Innovates into Future - From Digital Downloads and Subscriptions to Mobile Music & Digital and Internet Radio
Ellie Hirschhorn, General Manager and Executive Vice President, MusicNet
Chris Schairbaum, World Wide Business Manager, Portable Audio/Infotainment, Texas Instruments
Christina Tancredi, SVP Marketing, Advertising & Sponsorship Sales, Music Choice
Scott Cohen, co-founder, The Orchard
Scott Young, Vice President Digital Entertainment, Entertainment Services, Best Buy
Lisa Crane, Managing Partner, Media Venture Advisors, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
Set-Top Box & Networked Environment - The Home as Entertainment & Communications Center
David B. Davies, Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Subscriber Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
David Wallace, Vice President, Malata North America
Joe Jensen, General Manager, Consumer Electronics Group, Intel Corporation
David Barron, Director, Digital Entertainment, Maxtor Corporation
William Chien, Director of Product Marketing for Pinnacle Systems Business and Consumer Division
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
Mike Katz, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
On Demand Networks: Innovations in VOD, Pay Subscriber and Basic TV Services
Alison Moore, Director of Sales & Marketing, HBO
Edward Stansfield, CEO, Studio 4
Will Griffin, President and COO, Simmons Lathan Media Group
Channing Dawson, SVP, New Ventures, Scripps Networks
Steve Shannon, founder and Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Akimbo
Bev Doughty, Senior Vice President Marketing, TVN Entertainment Corporation, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
9:15 AM - 5:00 PM - Exhibits Open
10:45 AM - Noon
Session A:
Music Industry, DRM and Piracy - Part I: Digital Downloads, MP3s, CDs and Mobile Devices
Howie Singer, PhD, VP Technology, Warner Music Group
Bob Ohlweiler, SVP Business Development, MUSICMATCH
Anthony J. Bay, Chairman of the Board, Loudeye
Amanda Marks, Senior Vice President, eLabs, Universal Music Group
Napster, speaker to be announced
Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, D3 Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Recorded Music, Moderator
Additional speaker to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
Branded Media Marketing - TV, Film, Wireless, Music and Broadband
Amanda Richman, VP, Account Director X-Box Live, Universal McCann
Liz Heller, founder, Buzztone
Kevin Townsend, founder, Science + Fiction
Julie Shumaker, Director of Advertising Sales, Electronic Arts
Mariana Danilovic, Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, LLC
Scott Randall, President, BrandGames
Josh Rose, Senior Vice President, Director of iDeutsch, Deutsch, Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server
Roxanne Gryder, Intel Research and Development, Technology Manager, Corporate Technology Group (CTG)
Harley Rinzler, Creative Director, Playground Media Group
Nicholas T. Chakalos, Vice President of Business Development, Ucentric
Anthony Wood, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Roku
Donald T. Metzger, SVP, Sales and Marketing, for Mediabolic
Erik Scheelke, co-Founder, President & CTO and Board Member, DigitalDeck
Scott Donaton, Editor, Advertising Age
Ben Mendelson, founder & President, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session D:
DVD - Producing the Enhanced and Definitive Edition - Where Content, Creativity and Technology Triumph
Rick Dean, Director Technical Business Development, THX
Greg Berkin, President/CEO/Founder, Think Digital, Inc.
Garrett Cook, Director of Graphics and Design, Technicolor Creative Services-DVD
Jeff Levison, Technical Director, DTS Entertainment
Mitchell Rubinstein, Executive Vice President, DVD, Creative Domain
Neil McGinness, Vice President, National Lampoon, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Session A:
DRM & Piracy - Part II - Feature Film Distribution - Broadband, DTV, HDTV and Digital Cinema
Scott Sander, President & CEO, SightSound Technologies
Bruce Anderson, Vice President of Operations, Movielink
Lucy Goldenhersh, Principal, IP Digital Rights Management
Russell P. Reeder, President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, RightsLine
IAN C. BALLON, chairman of the Internet and E-Commerce Practice Group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
Subscription and Download Models in Broadband: Music, Film, Games and Information Content Distribution
Dan Hart, CEO, Echo (consortium owned by Best Buy, Hastings Entertainment, Tower Records, Virgin Entertainment Group, Wherehouse Entertainment, and Trans World Entertainment)
Dan Hart, General Manager, Yahoo! Games
Scott Kauffman, CEO, MusicNow
Don Teague, Vice-President Sales & Marketing, PaymentOne
Bradley M. Mindich, CEO, People2People Group & EVP, Phoenix Media/Communications Group
Scott Roesch, Vice President, Marketing, AtomShockwave
Chris Kitze, CEO, Yaga Media, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
Movie Distribution and the Broadband Timeline - Via the PC - Via the Set-Top: Technology, Content & DRM
Alan Citron, SVP Marketing, Movielink
Curt Marvis, CEO, CinemaNow
Phil Corman, Director, Partner, Business
Development, MSTV, Microsoft Corp.
Bruce Lyon, Industry Group Marketing Manager, Global Media & Entertainment Markets Group, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Josette Bonte, Managing Director, Broadband Services, RHK
Ira Rubenstein, Senior Vice President, Sony Pictures Digital, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session D:
Broadband Advertising - Merging Commerce and Content: From Feature Film and TV Tie-ins to Search Engines
Todd Herman, Streaming Media Evangelist, MSN Video, Microsoft Corp.
Andrew Rosenman, Director, Account Management, 141XM North America, div., WPP Group
Chris Colborn, VP of Interaction Design, R/GA
Paul Zullo, CEO, Muze
Scott Ehrlich, co-founder & CEO, Red-Tie Media
William Fulco, CTO, Avant Interactive
Susan S. Bratton, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, mailblocks, inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Session A:
DRM - Part III - Technology Innovation: Content Integrity in Music, Film and Mobile
Janet Snowdon, Business Development Manager, IBM Digital Media Group
Pallavi Shah, Market Development Manager, Streaming and Video Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems
Bruce Davis, Chairman & CEO, Digimarc Corp.
Rajan Samtani, Director, Sales & Marketing, ContentGuard
Rist Brouwer, founder, DMDsecure
Christopher Levy, CEO & President, BuyDRM.com
David E. Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
Everything-on-Demand Movies, TV Programs, Games and More - Enhanced Content Opportunity Now in 50 Million Homes
Reggie Bradford, president & CEO, N2 Broadband
Gunjan Bhow, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft TV Division, Microsoft Corporation
Richard D. Titus, Managing Partner, Schematic
Ed Huguez, CEO, MidStream Technologies
Joseph Ambeault, Director of Broadband Systems, SeaChange International
Mark Schaszberger, Chairman and CEO, IMAKE Software & Services, Inc.
Allison Dollar, founder & co-President, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
VC and Investment in the Entertainment - Technology Space: Games, Wireless & Broadband
David O. Higley, Managing Director & Head of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Bank
Sun Jen Yung, Director, Media Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Allen Sussman, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Bob Davis, Partner, Highland Capital Partners, former CEO TerraLycos
Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West
Donald Karl, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session Hosted by Digital Coast Roundtable
Session D:
DV Production The Indie Feature - The Vision, The Production and the Distribution
Nancy Schreiber, ASC
Meyer Gottlieb, President, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Steve Schklair, President & CEO, Cobalt Entertainment Technology
J.F. Lawton, Writer, Producer, Director
John Manulis, CEO, Visionbox Media, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Session A:
Broadband, Content, Marketing & Commerce, the Internet and Reaching the Digital Consumer
Thomas Jones, Senior Vice President, Shopping Services and Advice, CNET Networks Inc
Catherine Levene, Vice President, Product, Strategy and Business Development, New York Times Digital
Jeff Kapner, Regional Director, Marketing and Strategy, Adelphia California Region
Jody Stark, Media & Entertainment Industry Leader, Blast Radius
Ron Frankel, CEO, Synacor
Larry Shapiro, EVP Biz Dev and Operations, Walt Disney Internet Group
Donald A. Jasko, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Economics, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
TV Networks and Interactivity: Evolving Content & Business Models
Bill Allman, Sr. Vice President, Interactive Media, Discovery Networks
Jeffrey Pollack, Managing Director, Broadcasting & New Media, NASCAR Digital Entertainment
John P. Roberts, Senior Vice President Interactive & Online Entertainment, Game Show Network
William Corbin, Vice President, Interactive Production, A&E Television Networks
John Gilles, Director of Interactive Television, TechTV
Scott Fedewa, Managing Partner, Broadcast Commerce Partners
Marcia Zellers, Director, Enhanced Television, American Film Institute, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
Digital Cinema Transforms an Industry - From Production and Distribution to Projection and Display
Walt Ordway, Chief Technology Officer, DCI
Kurt Hall, President and Chief Executive Officer, Regal CineMedia Corporation
Doug Darrow, Business Manager for DLP Cinema
Michael Sterling, Principal-Technical Coordination, Technicolor Digital Cinema (TDC)
Julian Levin, Executive Vice President, Digital Exhibition and non-Theatrical Sales, Fox Entertainment
Michael Karagosian, Partner, Karagosian MacCalla Partners, Digital Cinema Consultant, NATO
Steve Bergman, Vice President, Digital Cinema, Deluxe, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session D:
Chips, Microprocessors & Optical Technology Define the Future of Entertainment - from DVDs, MP3s, HD & Set-Tops to Games, PDAs and PCs
Maciek Brzeski, Vice President, Marketing, Toshiba America Information Systems
Jack P. Guedj, Vice President Video Products Marketing, Cirrus Logic
Sandip H. Mandera, Digital Home Evangelist/Staff Technical Marketing Engineer Software & Solutions, Intel Corporation
John LeMoncheck, Vice President of Consumer Electronics Products, Silicon Image
Henry Wiechman, Worldwide Manager, Streaming Media, Texas Instruments
Michelle Abraham, Sr. Analyst, In-Stat/MDR, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Microsoft - Playground Media Group Sponsored
End of Day Poolside Reception - Open to All Attendees - To Inquire About Reception - Click Here
5:30 - 9:00 PM
KOCCA Reception and Special Presentation - Tuesday, March 30th - By Invitation - To Inquire About Attendance - Click Here

Special KOCCA Presentation
Korean Content & the U.S. Market in the Digital Age
Hyun-tak Jeon, Korean Ministry of Culture & Tourism
Ralph Simon, Mobile Entertainment Forum
Jeremy Ross, TokyoPop
Robert Garriott, NC Soft/USA
Eric Nakamura, Giant Robot Magazine
Claudia Katz, Rough Draft Studios
Jason Lee, Ascend Worldwide, Moderator
Click Here
The Seminars
Wednesday, March 31
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Session Sponsored by The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Session A:
Producing for Interactive Television
Brian Seth Hurst, President, Opportunity Management Company
John P. Roberts, Senior Vice President, Interactive and Online Entertainment, Game Show Network, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
Video and Audio Management on the Net - Encoding, Compression, Video Storage, Security & Media Asset Management
James Schaff, Director of Marketing, BlueArc
David Rice, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Limelight Network
Tom Inglefield, StorageTek
Matt Deichman, GM Services Operations, Media Web Services, RealNetworks
Mike Harburg, CTO, Loudeye
Steve Bradbury, CyberStuff, Moderator
Additional speaker to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
IP Video, Datacasting and other Technologies Enabling the Transformation of Entertainment
Ryan Petty, Vice President, Engineering and Operations, Myrio
Dr. Ji Zhang, co-founder, chairman and CTO, Exavio, Inc.
John ODonnell, co-founder and CTO, Equator Technologies
David Price, Vice President, Business Development, Harmonic Inc,
Keith Wehmeyer, General Manager, IP Video Business, Thomson
Mark J. Kapczynski, President, MESoft Partners, LLC, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session D:
X3D: The ISO-Standard Format for Real-Time 3D Convergent Media - Anytime, Anywhere
Tony Parisi, Senior Vice President, The ManyOne Network; President, Media Machines, Co-Author, X3D Specification
David Colleen, Principle and Owner, Planet9 Studios
Jeff Weekley, Naval Postgraduate Schools MOVES Institute
Neil Trevett, Senior Vice President, Market Development, 3Dlabs, Inc.
Larry Rosenthal, Vice President of New Business and Marketing, Vizx3d.com. Founder- SFWEB3D, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
11:05 AM - 12:20 PM
Session A:
Interactive TV/DTV Middleware Enabling Solutions: from Interactive Guides to Interfaces
Gunjan Bhow, Director of Platform Product Strategy, Microsoft TV Group, Microsoft Corporation
David McElhatten, Creative Director, Vidiom Systems Corporation
Bow Rodgers, CEO, MyDTV
Dalen Harrison, President, CEO and Director, Ensequence
Scott Newnam, CEO, Goldpocket
Bill Niemeyer, Chief of Analysis and Research, The DiMA Group, LLC, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
Video and Audio Management and Content Distribution on the Net
Tim Napoleon, Director of Business Development, VitalStream, Inc.
Robert Flynn, CEO, Zetools
Donald Leka, CEO, Trans Media Exchange
Shoba Purushothaman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The NewsMarket, Inc.
Darcy Lorincz, Vice President & General Manager, Global Rich Media Services, SAVVIS Communication
Milind Gadekar, VP Marketing, P-Cube
Katherine Parker, Moderator, former, Business Development Manager for Entertainment & Media Industry, Sun Microsystems, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
Technology Infrastructure for the Delivery of Broadband Entertainment
Mads Lillelund, President, Mango Networks
Tom Flanagan, Director, Worldwide Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments
Steve West, Director of Product Marketing Broadband Media & Entertainment, Alcatel
Tim Tang, Senior Marketing Manager, Hughes Network Systems
Seth Kenvin, Vice President Corporate Development, BigBand Networks
Tom Sauer, Director, Business Development, SkyStream Networks
John North, Director, The Skyler Management Group, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session D:
Next Generation P2P Music and Film - DRM, Paid for Pass-Along and Other Legal Distributed Computing Models and the Entertainment Industries - Part I
Michael Weiss, President & CEO, StreamCast Networks
Albhy Galuten, former, Sr. Vice President, Advanced Technology, Universal Music Group
Travis Kalanick, founder, Chairman, Red Swoosh, Inc.
Blake White, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Advisory Services
Eric Garland, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, BigChampagne Media Measurement
Scott Cohen, Co-Founder & President, Red Tie Media, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Session A:
Economics of Interactive TV: Analysis of VOD, Games, Commerce, Voting Polls, Advertising, Banking Services as Functions of iTV
Jack Perry, President & CEO, Decisionmark
Tom Hagopian, SVP and General Manager, Advertising and Programming, OpenTV
Jonathan Symonds, VP, Business Development, ICTV
Bill Schick, Vice President, Media & Entertainment Group, EDS
Mark Pascarella, President, Gotuit Media Corp.
Jacqueline Corbelli, Co-Chief Executive Officers, BrightLine Partners
Robert Morrill, Senior Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
Managing Broadband & Mobile Commerce Tools & Strategies - Financial Management Models to Serve the Digital Distribution System
Perry Solomon, Vice President Strategic & Corportae Development, Peppercoin
Tom Trinneer, VP, Products, Qpass
Lorane Poersch, President and C.E.O. KidsWebTv Inc.
Brad Singer, Vice President of Products and Markets, PaymentOne, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
Next Generation P2P - DRM, Paid for Pass-Along and Other Legal Distributed Computing Models and the Entertainment Industries Part II
Chip Venters, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Containers
Gabe Zichermann, VP of Strategy and Communications, Trymedia Systems
Les Ottolenghi, Founding Partner, INTENT MediaWorks
Christian von Burkleo, SVP, Altnet
Luke Rippy, CEO, Seamless P2P
Martin C. Lafferty, Chief Executive Officer, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA), Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session D
Market Research as Reality Check: If We Build It, Will They Come?
Susan Preletz, Paramount Digital
Larry Levin, Synovate
Jonathan Hurd, Adventis
Stuart Halprin, Executive Vice President, Marketing, MovieTickets.com
Jerry Brandt, Vice President, Media and Entertainment, Synovate Research, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Her
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Session A:
Internet Gaming - Understanding the Massively Multiplayer Universe
Matthew S. Bromberg, Vice President and General Manager of AOL Games, America Online, Inc.
Mike Goslin, Vice President & Managing Director, Disney Online
Jason Bell, Executive Vice President, Turbine Entertainment Software
Keith McCurdy, Interactive and Online Industry Veteran and Consultant
Patricia Fry, Global Offering Executive, Digital Content Creation (DCC) and Online Games, IBM Corp.
Joshua Hong, co-founder and CEO, K2 Network
Kim Pallister, Technical Marketing Manager and Processor Evangelist, Software and Solutions Group, Intel Corp., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session B:
The Telco-Entertainment Partnership - From TV to Broadband Services
Dick Jones, Director of Programming, Verizon
Steve West, Director of Product Marketing Broadband Media & Entertainment, Alcatel
Leif Street, Director of Marketing, Wood County Telephone
Bill Correll, Corporate Strategy & Development, Broadband & Digital Media Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Margot Cathcart, Entara Media Group Inc.
Ken Pyle, Viodi, LLC, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session C:
Charting Media Platform Economics: Using Research & Analysis to Determine How Media Platforms Impact Consumer Consumption Habits
James Lamberti, Vice President of Entertainment and Media Solutions, comScore Networks, Inc.
Chris Rodarte, Sales Director, Nielsen//NetRatings
Karim Sanjabi, EVP Creative & Technology, Carat Interactive
Chris Roberts, Sr. VP Sales & Marketing, Rentrak
Richard Jalichandra, Vice President Business Development, IGN Entertainment
Larry Gerbrandt, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Analyst of Kagan World Media, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Session Sponsored by MPEG-4 Industry Forum
Session D:
MPEG-4 and AVC Applications
David Price, Vice President, Business Development, Harmonic Data Systems
Shawn Ambawni, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Nextreaming
Jeff Cooper, Worldwide Program Manager, Compression Technologies, Thomson, Moderator
Speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
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Next Event: Digital Hollywood Fall, September 27-29, 2004, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Event: Digital Hollywood Spring
Date: March 29-31, 2004
Location: Santa Monica, Calif., Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Hotel Information: Click Here
Registration: The All-Access Conference fee will be $495 per.
To register, Click Here

For Entire Working Group Meeting List at Digital Hollywood Spring - Click Here
For Working Group Instructions - Click Here


Sponsor & Media Sponsor Links, Click Here
Blu-ray Reception - Monday, March 29th - To Inquire About Attendance - Click Here
Nokia - MEF - Reception - Monday, March 29th - To Inquire About Attendance - Click Here
KOCCA Reception - Tuesday, March 30th - To Inquire About Attendance - Click Here


Monday, March 29th
Day Long Monday Wireless Workshop
Track Sponsor
Nokia - MEF - Reception - Monday, March 29th - To Inquire About Attendance - Click Here
Wireless Entertainment & Technology The Audio, Video and Text-Based Experience
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Mobile Entertainment Immersion Audio & Video Content
10:45 AM - Noon
Participation TV Programming & Marketing - "SMS Mobile and Telephony
12:30 PM 1:45 PM
Retail Mobile & Entertainment - Value Chain - Marketing & Advertising - the Short Code & Bar Code Future
2:15 PM 3:30 PM
Mobile Games & Music, Advertainment & Custom Branded Experience
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Strategies in Wireless Devices: How Device Innovation Drives Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion
Working Group Tracks
Film & TV Producers Strategic Sessions
Monday, March 29
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Transforming Television: From Reality TV, HDTV and Interactive TV, to PVR TV and VOD TV
10:45 PM - Noon
Participation TV Programming & Marketing - "SMS Mobile and Telephony
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
The Film and Television Producer Strategic Concepts in Business Development
Digital Cable and Satellite Television Strategies
2:30 PM - 3: 45 PM
Games & Hollywood: From Feature & TV Crossover Development to Merchandising and Brand Extension
Tuesday, March 30
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
On Demand Networks: Innovations in VOD, Pay Subscriber and Basic TV Services
10:45 AM - Noon
DVD - Producing the Enhanced and Definitive Edition
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Video-on-Demand Movies and Beyond - Enhanced Content in 50 Million Homes
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Movie Distribution and the Broadband Timeline - Via the PC,Set-Top & PVR
Session B: DV Production The Indie Feature - The Vision, The Production and the Distribution
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
TV Networks and Interactivity: Evolving Content & Business Models
Session C: Digital Cinema Transforms an Industry - From Production and Distribution to Projection and Display
Cable, Satellite & TV - Technology Transformation Strategic Sessions
Tuesday, March 29th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Set-Top Box & Networked Environment - The Home as Entertainment & Communications Center
10:45 AM - Noon
The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Movie Distribution and the Broadband Timeline
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Everything-on-Demand Movies, TV Programs, Games and More - Enhanced Content Opportunity Now in 50 Million Homes
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
TV Networks and Interactivity: Evolving Content & Business Models
Wednesday, March 31
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Producing for Interactive Television
11:05 AM - 12:20 PM
Interactive TV/DTV Middleware Enabling Solutions: from Interactive Guides to Interfaces
12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Economics of Interactive TV
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Digital Hollywood Fall, Los Angeles September 19-21, 2005, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel - Click Here
Media Summit, New York - February 8-9, 2006 McGraw Hill Building Registration Click Here
2006 CES Game Power Showcase & Forum, January 4, 2006, Las Vegas Convention Center, Produced by Digital Hollywood - Click Here
Digital Hollywood at 2006 International CES, January 5-8, 2006, Las Vegas Convention Center - Click Here
Digital Hollywood Spring, Los Angeles March 28-March 30, 2006, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel- Click Here

Speaker Selection Is Now in Process. There is no deadline for speaker submission. If you would like to be considered as a speaker for this or a future event, please email your request with Speaker Bio Info, Company Backgrounder and identify the session(s) from the current agenda, email: speakers@digitalhollywood.com
For More Information on Speaking, Click Here Once Sessions are full, wait-lists are complied.

For Entire Working Group Meeting List at Digital Hollywood Spring - Click Here
For Working Group Instructions - Click Here
Working Groups in Progress:
I. Monday, March 29th - Working Group Lunch - by invitation
"Broadband: Delivering Content: From Film, TV & Music to Information"
Hosted by Kurt Kratchman, Vice President & General Manager, Blast Radius
II. Monday, March 29
VIP Wireless Working Group Dinner - by invitation
Hosted by Reidar Wasenius, Senior Project Manager, Nokia Multimedia / New Media Business Unit
III. Tuesday, March 30 - by invitation
Luncheon - Music Industry - Content Delivery and Management
Hosted by Jeff Cavins, CEO, Loudeye
IV. Wednesday, March 31 - by invitation
VIP Breakfast - Video over IP Working Group
Hosted by John O'Donnell, co-founder & CT0, Equator Technologies
Prices at a Glance
Minimum Booth - $3250
Event Sponsor - $9500
Premium Sponsorships begin at $20,000
Attendee Sponsorships - $4000
Program Advertising - $2850
Click Here for More Info
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