Multi-Day Track
March 30 - April 1st, 2005
The Digital and Networked Home Track

The Goal: To create a gathering place for an international community of creative and marketing executives in the Digital Home Content & Technology Sectors. At each Digital Hollywood we will attempt to facilitate the future of the Digital Home by bringing together the leading executives in seminars, working groups and VIP dinners. We welcome your comments and suggestions below.

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Wednesday, March 30th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
• Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Digital Home to the Mobile and Wi-Fi Universe
William Carney, Strategic Business Development, Wireless LAN, Texas Instruments
Scott Smyers, Chairman, DLNA Board of Directors, Vice President, Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America, Sony Electronics
Dan Quigley, Senior Director, Strategic Technology, Motorola
Dale (Ty) Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote
Tom Powledge, Director, Product Management, Consumer and Client Product Delivery, Symantec Corporation
Jurgen Krehnke, Sr. Director, Regional Marketing, Consumer & Multimedia, Philips Semiconductors
Scott R. Campbell, Vice Consul, UK Trade & Investment, Moderator
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Next Generation of DVD - Transforming an Industry – Expanding the Experience
Zane Vella, President and co-founder, MX Entertainment
Brian Brodeur, President, Masterdisk/NewYorkDVD
Rick Dean, Director Technical Business Development, THX
Andy Parsons, Senior Vice President, Advanced Product Development, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.
Doug Textor, Founder & CEO, The Cannery
Tom Adams, President, Adams Media Research
Ben Fritz, Technology Reporter, Variety / Daily Variety
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10:45 AM - Noon
• Hollywood and the Digital Home: How Technology and Content Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience
Bob Lambert, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Media Technology and Development, The Walt Disney Company
Michael Arrieta, Senior Vice President, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment
Shahid Khan, Managing Director, BearingPoint, Inc.
Adam Bain, Vice President, Technology & Production, Fox Sports Interactive
Roger Munford, General Manager, Maxim Online
Charles S. Swartz, Executive Director & CEO, Entertainment Technology Center at USC (ETC-USC)
Lisa Napoli, Journalist, New York Times, American Public Media - Marketplace, Moderator
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Thursday, March 31st
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
• The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR/DVR – the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server

David B. Davies, Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Subscriber Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Charlie Gonsalves, Business Development Manager, Streaming Media Group, Texas Instruments
Ken Nelson, President & CEO, CACMedia
James Behrens, Chief Executive Officer, Orb Networks
Gordon Paulus, Senior Marketing Manager, Digital Entertainment, Maxtor
Jan-Luc Blakborn, North America Digital Entertainment Category Manager, Digital Entertainment Products, Hewlett-Packard Company
Ben Mendelson, founder & President, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator
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10:45 AM - Noon
• Movie Distribution and the Broadband Timeline - Via the PC - Via the Set-Top: Technology, Content & DRM
Steve Shannon, founder and Executive Vice President, Akimbo
Ken Lipscomb, President, DAVE Networks
Curt Marvis, CEO, CinemaNow
Virl Z. Hill, Senior Director of Business Development, Consumer Services, RealNetworks, Inc.
Alan Citron, SVP Marketing, Movielink
John D. Canning, Tech Evangelist., Apps and Services, Windows eHome, Microsoft
Lisa Crane Greer, CEO, Media Venture Advisors, Moderator
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• Everything-on-Demand: From the Server to the Set-Top Box - Movies, TV Programs, Games and More - Enhanced Content Opportunity Now in 50 Million Homes
Stuart Lipson, Vice President of Content Solutions, Seachange
Ken Goldsholl,
CEO, PRISMIQ
Daniel Putterman, President and CEO, Mediabolic
Reggie Bradford, president, Tandberg Television
Bill Correll, Director, Corporate Development, Broadband & Digital Media Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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The Telco Advantage and the IPTV Digital Home: Gateway to Services - VOIP, Wireless Music, Broadband and Set-top
Jay Fausch, Senior Director of Marketing, Alcatel's Fixed Communications Group
Keith Wehmeyer, General Manager, IP Video Business, Thomson
Josette Bonte, Managing Director, Broadband Services, RHK
Matthew Marnik, Director of Marketing & Business Development, Broadband Networks Group, Nortel
Brian Queen, Digital Media Solutions Manager, IBM Corp.
Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator
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Noon - 2:00 PM
The Intel Digital Home Workshop: Delivering Electronic Content to the Consumer

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
HD, DVD and the CE Transformation of the Digital Home
Dr. Hugo Steemers, Director of Strategic Marketing, Display Group, National Semiconductor
Bill Holmes, VP of Consumer Electronics, DivX
Rob Pait, Senior Director, Global Consumer Electronics Marketing, Seagate Technologies
Vivek Pathela, Senior Director, Product Management and Marketing, Residential Products, NETGEAR
Rex Wong. President, X2 Corporation
Michael Tchong, Trend Analyst, Trendsetters.com, Moderator
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3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
• Entertainment Expands the Digital Home: Networking, Sharing and Protecting
Mitch Singer, Executive Vice President, Digital Policy Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Mike Harris, President, Digital 5, Inc.
Todd Basche, Senior Vice President, Engineering & Products, Entertainment Technologies Group, Macrovision Corporation
Anthony Wood, founder and CEO, Roku
Jim Flynn, CEO, EZTakes

Peter Kaars, Business Development Manager, Philips Electronics
David E. Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac, Moderator
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Behind the Digital Home: Chips, Microprocessors & Optical Technology Define the Future of Entertainment - from DVDs, MP3s, HD & Set-Tops to Games, PDAs and PCs
Taner Ozcelik, General Manager, Consumer Electronics, NVIDIA
Sandip H. Mandera, Digital Home Evangelist, Intel Corporation
William Carney, Strategic Business Development, Wireless LAN, Texas Instruments
Ken Wirt, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, palmOne, Inc.
AMD, speaker to be announced
Oren Zeev, Partner, Apax Partners, Moderator
Additional speaker to be announced
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