Digital Hollywood - Special Event
DVD Forum North America - Special Day-Long Event
Location: Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, 1700 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, California
Date: Monday, September 19



The DVD Forum North America will be holding a series of meeting, seminars and receptions at Digital Hollywood fall. The Seminars (see below) will be open to all Digital Hollywood attendees as well as DVD Forum Members.

To Register for DVD Forum Sessions: DVD Forum Sessions are open to all Digital Hollywood conference registrants. In addition, 150 Members of the DVD Forum are being pre-registered for Digital Hollywood by the Association - - for DVD Forum Member Registration - All Registration will now be Onsite at the Loews Hotel

The DVD Forum is an international association of hardware manufacturers, software firms, content providers and other users of Digital Versatile Discs. The Forum's purpose is to exchange and disseminate ideas and information about the DVD Format and its technical capabilities, improvements and innovations. The Forum works to promote broad acceptance of DVD products on a worldwide basis, across entertainment, consumer electronics and IT industries. For DVD Forum Member inquiries, contact Marge Ang, Intel Corp. - marge.ang@intel.com

HD DVD Demonstration Room - Loews Hotel, Malibu Room, 7th Floor
Monday, Sept. 19 - Wednesday, September 21
All Digital Hollywood Attendees Welcome During Exhibiting Hours

HD DVD Exhibit - Booth #11 on the Exhibit Floor

The Seminars - Open to All Digital Hollywood Attendees
Monday, September 19th
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
Keynote Speaker
Warren Lieberfarb, Chairman & CEO, Warren Lieberfarb & Associates
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12:55 p.m. to 1:45 p.m
HD DVD Hardware Update & Advanced Content Demonstration
Mark Waring, Director, Sanyo Technology Center, USA
Kevin Collins, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Rick Hayatsu, Chief Manager, 1st Storage Products Division, NEC
Mark Knox, Advisor, Toshiba, HD-DVD Promotion Division
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2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
HD DVD Studio Panel Discussion
Steve Nickerson, Senior Vice President, Warner Home Video
Jerry Pierce, Senior Vice President, Technology, Universal Pictures
Paramount Pictures, Speaker to be announced
Matt Lasorsa, Executive Vice President, Marketing, New Line Home Entertainment
Bruce Apar, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, MediaWare Magazine, Moderator
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3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
HD DVD Replication Update
Dominick Dallaverde, Senior Director, Pre-Production, Cinram International
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3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
AACS
Alan Bell, Senior Vice President, Technical Operations, Warner Bros.
Kilroy Hughes, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
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3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
DVD Recordable
Tony Jasionowski, Senior Group Manager, Panasonic Technologies Company
Wolfgang Schlichting, Research Director, IDC
Andy Parsons, VP Advanced Product Development, Pioneer USA
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4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
DualDisc
John Trickett, Chairman & CEO, 5.1 CH, Moderator
Leslie Cohen, Senior Vice President, Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Bishow, Vice President, Universal Music Group
Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, EMIMusic
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Closing Remarks by:
Roger Heuberger, Executive Director, Pro Group

5:30 PM - DVD Forum North America - Reception for DVD Forum Members Only - Topanga Room - 7th Floor, Loews Hotel

DVD Forum North America
Steering Committee Companies
• Hitachi, Ltd.
• IBM Corporation
• Industrial and Technology Research Institute
• Intel Corporation
• LG Electronics Inc.
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
• Microsoft Corporation
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• NEC Corporation
• PIONEER CORPORATION
• Royal Philips Electronics
• SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
• SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
• SHARP CORPORATION
• Sony Corporation
• THOMSON
• Time Warner Inc.
• Toshiba Corporation
• Victor Company of Japan, Limited
• Walt Disney Pictures and Television