Archive of 2001 Event

The #1 Conference in the Country
Digital Hollywood Los Angeles
Beverly Hilton Hotel • October 1-4, 2001
Subscription Services • Set-Tops • VOD • Interactive TV • Broadband • Digital Cinema • Wireless • Streaming • Peer2Peer

This Conference is Co-Located with the Entertainment Globalization Initiative

In Joint Keynotes with Entertainment Globalization Initiative
Keynote Speaker (live via satellite)
Shimon Peres, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel















Keynote Speaker (from Moscow)
Mikhail Gorbachev, former President, Soviet Union














Conference at a Glance
Monday, October 1
Pre-Event Technology Bootcamps - Day Long Sessions - Sponsored by Individual Companies

Building Digital Media Infrastructure
Track A: Interactive TV/Enhanced TV Developers
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Session I ITV/ETV Portals - Entry Point to Content, E-Commerce and the Television Interface
Tim Bucher, Vice President of Consumer Products, UltimateTV, Microsoft Corp.
AOL-TV, speaker to be announced
Bo Wu, CEO, EnReach
John Esrey, Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, MetaTV
Rick Portin, EVP Production, Steeplechase
Terrence Coles, SVP, Programming, Intertainer
Ed Knudson, SVP, Business Development, Intellocity
Todd Lash, Senior Vice President, Product Strategy and Alliances, co-founder, RespondTV, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM -
Session II Enhanced TV/ITV and E-Commerce - Monetizing the Interactive Experience
Norman Guadagno, Vice President Marketing, Qpass
Neil Braun, President, VastVideo
Gene Feroglia, Chief Executive Officer, iSurfTV
Roger Sant, Chief Strategy Officer, Carat Interactive
Kirt Gunn, Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Cylo
Channing Dawson, Senior Vice President, New Ventures, Scripps Networks
Scott Newnam, President & co-Founder, GoldPocket Interactive, Moderator
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2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Session III Interactive TV/DTV Software & Programming Solutions
Charlie G. Tritschler, Vice President of Marketing, Liberate Technologies
Ian Tapp, Vice President Market Development, NDS Americas
Manu Mehta, Founder, President and CEO, Metabyte Networks
Ed Graczyk, Director, Marketing & Communications, Microsoft TV Platforms
Bob Gager, Director of Product Management, PowerTV
Arthur Orduna, Vice President Marketing, Canal + U.S. Technologies
Michael Collette, SVP Marketing and Business Development, Worldwide, OpenTV
Caroline Beck, President and CEO, Mixed Signals Technologies, Moderator
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4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Session IV Set-Top Box as Entertainment Super Appliance: PVR, ISP, PPV, MP3 Receiver and More, Part I
Tim Bucher, Vice President of Consumer Products, UltimateTV, Microsoft Corp.
Bob McIntyre, CTO, Scientific-Atlanta
Mark DePietro, V.P. Marketing and Systems Engineering, DigiCable, Motorola, Broadband Communications Sector
Patrick Custer, Chairman/CEO, uniView Technologies Corporation
David Novak, Director of Marketing, Pace Micro Technology, Americas
Jay Jaisimha, Director Consumer Appliances, RealNetworks
Christopher Solomon, VP, Business Development & Marketing, ZapMedia
Ken Rutkowski, founder, Ken Radio, Moderator
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Track B: Digital Cinema, Cable & TV Overview
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Session I - Digital Cinema Overview - From Production and Distribution to Projection, Part I
Frank Stirling, Executive Director, Boeing Digital Cinema
Scott Sander, President and CEO, SightSound Technologies
Harry Mathias, Director of Digital Cinema, America, Barco
Russell J. Wintner, Principal of Exhibitor Relations and Alternative Programming, Technicolor Digital Cinema
Thomas J. Gritzmacher, President and Chief Operating Officer, Picture, PipeLine, LLC
Jon L. Korecki, Senior Director of Business Development, QUALCOMM Digital Media
Bob Mayson, General Manager Cinema Operations, Kodak
David Gajda, CEO, Hollywood Software, Moderator
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12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Session II - Video on Demand - Monetizing Content through Cable, Internet and Satellite Distribution, Part I
Greg DePrez, VP, Subscription Video-on-Demand, Starz Encore Group
Neil Goldberg, Vice President, Programming & Acquisitions, DIVA
Greg Reitman, Field Marketing, Entertainment & Digital Media, LSI Logic Storage Systems
Del Kunert, Vice President Marketing, Concurrent Computer Corp.
Enrico Pesatori, President & CEO, BlueArc
Dom Stasi, Chief Technology Officer, TVN
Richard Doherty, CEO, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator
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2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Session III - The All-Digital Production - From Features, TV and Games to the Net
Robert P. Seidel, Vice President, Engineering, CBS, New York
Jeff Ruhe, SVP Media & Entertainment, Proxicom (Two Time Emmy Winner - Lake Placid & LA Olympic Games)
Steve Schklair, President & CEO, Cobalt Entertainment Technology
Randall Paris Dark, founder, President & C.E.O., HD VISION, Inc.
Sony Imageworks, speaker to be announced
Janette Bradley, Director & Executive Producer, AvidProNet, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Session IV - HDTV Report: From Broadcasters to Home Use
Robert P. Seidel, Vice President, Engineering, CBS, New York
William Reed, Vice President Marketing, 2netFX
Teresa (Terry) Ragan, Director Product & Strategic Marketing, Discreet
Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications
Sony Electronics Corp., speaker to be announced
Jeffrey Joseph, Vice President, Consumer Electronics Association, Moderator
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Track C: Digital Rights Management
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM -
Session I - The Next Frontier - Digital Rights in Music, Film and Video Distribution (co-Sponsored by Sun Microsystems)
Brad Hunt, Chief Technology Officer, Motion Picture Association
Russ Reeder, President & CEO, RightsLine
Bob Gardner, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Bob Kohn, Chairman & CEO, Laugh.com
Ravi Razdan, founder, CEO & CTO, Streamtone
Katherine Parker, Business Development Manager, Entertainment & Media, Sun Microsystems, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Session II - Copy Protection Software for CDs, DVDs & Digital Downloads
Bill Krepick,
President & COO, Macrovision
John Hoy,
President/CEO of License Management International, LLC
Christopher Gorog, President & CEO, Roxio
Donald P. Dulchinos, Vice President, Advanced Platforms and Services, CableLabs®
Motorola, speaker to be announced
Sony, Speaker to be announced
Steven J. Pena, Partner and Co-Chair iLawGroup, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Moderator
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2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Session III - Digital Rights Management - Business Models, Secure Streaming, Secure Subscriptions & Download, Secure Pay Per View Technology Solutions, Part I
Jeff Albertson,
Product Manager, Media Systems Division, RealNetworks
Convera,
speaker to be announced
Jim Long, President & CEO, Rioport
David Goodman, CEO, LockStream
Robert Fransdonk, Chief Technology Officer, Entriq, Inc.
Armistead Whitney, co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Sekani
Paul Martino, Senior Director Strategic Alliances, InterTrust Technologies
Larry Gussin, Rights Management Consultant, Moderator
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4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Session IV - Digital Rights Management - Business Models, Secure Streaming, Secure Subscriptions & Download, Secure Pay Per View Technology Solutions, Part II
Norm Ritchie, Vice-President, Technology & Business Development, NetActive
Scott Burnett, Marketing Executive, Content Distribution, IBM Global Media & Entertainment Industry
Josette Bonte, Senior VP, Business Development, Media Station
Dr. George Friedman, founder & Chief Technology Officer, Infraworks
Sanjay Parekh, co-founder, Executive VP, and Chief Strategy Officer, Digital Envoy
Chris Kitze, CEO, Yaga
Michael Miron, Co-chairman Board of Directors & CEO, ContentGuard
John North, Director, Origin Data, Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track D: Sun Microsystems Multichannel Content Distribution Developers Workshop - From Broadband Internet and Wireless to ITV & the Set-Top Box
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM - The Next Frontier - Digital Rights in Music, Film and Video Distribution (co-Sponsored - Joint Session with Track C: DRM Panel
Brad Hunt, Chief Technology Officer, Motion Picture Association
Bob Gardner, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Russ Reeder, President & CEO, Rightsline
Bob Kohn, Chairman & CEO, Laugh.com
Ravi Razdan, founder, CEO & CTO, Streamtone
Katherine Parker, Business Development Manager, Entertainment & Media, Sun Microsystems, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

12:45 PM - 2:00 - Broadband Entertainment Infrastructure
Greg Onyszchuk, Vice President of Emerging Markets, Williams Communications, Vyvx Broadband Media Unit
Sebastian Holst, Vice President Marketing, Artesia Technologies
Satish Menon, VP R&D & CTO, Kasenna
iKnowledge, speaker to be announced
Mitchell Linden, Head, Digital Media Solutions Group, BBC Technology
Tony Espinoza, Vice President, Products & Services, Kontiki
Pallavi Shah, Market Development Manager, Streaming and Video Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems, Moderator
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2:30 PM - 3:45 - Digital Content Archiving and Retrieval
Jeremy Ring,
CEO, Convizion
Additional speakers to be announced
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4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Session IV: Wireless Portals and the Entertainment - Content Industries (Joint Session with Track E: Wireless Panel
Bernard Gershon,
Senior Vice President & General Manager, ABCNEWS.com
Tommy McGloin, General Manager, AOL Moviefone
Meredith Hanrahan, Vice President/General Manager of Entertainment Content, Terra Lycos
Scott Marquardt, CEO, ActiveSky
Roger Gulrajani, General Manager Wireless Consumer Applications, RealNetworks
Reza Nabavi, Market Development Manager, Sun Microsystems, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track E: Monetizing Content in Internet, Cable, Satellite and ITV
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM - Video on Demand - Internet, ITV and Digital Set-top Redefine the Options
Curt Marvis,
CEO, CinemaNow
Sony Pictures Entertainment, speaker to be announced
Steve Chester, founder, Digital Planet
Sid Amira, CEO, TotalPayPerView
Stephen Ste. Marie, President & Chief Operating Officer, Intertainer
Mark Snowden, Senior Analyst, Gartner, Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM - Subscription Models in Music, Film and Information Content Distribution
Jeremy Hinman,
Director, Business Development, MSN Music, Microsoft Corp.
Barbara Meili, Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Elliot Broadwin, CEO, iVAST
Chris Gladwin, Chairman & CEO, FullAudio
Aron Campisano, CEO, Filmspeed
Gene Hoffman, President & CEO, EMusic.com
Frank Hausmann, Chairman & CEO, CenterSpan Communications
RealNetworks, speaker to be announced
Derek Alderton, Partner, McKinsey & Company, Moderator
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Track E: Wireless Content
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Session III: Wireless Content - From Music, Games and Animation to the Information Industries
Val Rahmani, General Manager, Global Wireless, IBM Corp.
Shawn Conahan, VP & Head of MP3 Mobile, MP3.Com
William Marks, Director, Corporate Development, Walt Disney Internet Group
Austin Murray, co-founder, VP, Business Development, JAMDAT Mobile
Tyrone Lam, President, Buzztime Entertainments
John A. Lack, President & CEO, i3 Mobile
Alice Rodd O'Rourke, Executive Director, New York New Media Association, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Session IV: Wireless Portals and the Entertainment - Content Industries (co-Sponsored by Sun Microsystems)
Bernard Gershon,
Senior Vice President & General Manager, ABCNEWS.com
Tommy McGloin, General Manager, AOL Moviefone
Meredith Hanrahan, Vice President/General Manager of Entertainment Content, Terra Lycos
Scott Marquardt, CEO, ActiveSky
Roger Gulrajani, General Manager Wireless Consumer Applications, RealNetworks
Reza Nabavi, Market Development Manager, Sun Microsystems, Moderator
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5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Poolside Reception - Beverly Hilton Pool
Reception co-Sponsored by:

Tuesday, October 2
Digital Hollywood Seminars
9:00 AM - 10:15 PM
Track A: Networking the Digital Home and the Residential Gateway - The TV Hub, Computer Hub, Telecommunications Hub
Steve Dusse, Director of Business Development, Ucentric Systems
Jeff Luther, Director, Broadband Applications Product Management, National Consumer Organization, Sprint
Keith Laepple, Group Manager, Evangelism, Microsoft eHome Division
Jonathan L. Prial, Director of Marketing and Strategy, IBM Pervasive Computing Division
Gastao DeFigueiredo, Senior Manager, Strategic Sales Developmemt, Broadband, Sun Microsystems
Allan McLennan, EVP of Business Development & Marketing, LumenatiNetTV
Peter Kempf, Vice President, Business Development, Conexant Systems (HomePlug Powerline Alliance), Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track B: Inside the Entertainment Box: New Technologies to Make the Set-Top Grow
John Setel O'Donnell,
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Equator Technologies
Avner Ronen,
co-founder & VP Strategic Development, Odigo
Richard Johnson, President & CEO, CacheVision
Haig Krakirian,
Senior Vice President Software Engineering, Pioneer
Neil Mitchell,
Director of Marketing, Teralogic
Jay Schiller,
Vice President of Broadband Strategy & Product Management, nCUBE
Peter Forman,
President & CEO, Ligos, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track C: Technology Infrastructure for the Delivery of Broadband Entertainment
Matt Armstrong, Senior Director, Marketing, NET-36
Mehmood Merali, Chief Technical Officer, Media.net
Rick Gillett, founder & CTO, Storigen Systems
Doug Mow, Vice President, Product Management and Marketing, Qwest Digital Media
Tom Pinckney, CTO & founder, Vividon
Enterasys Networks, speaker to be announced
Michael Bloom, President, Communication Strategies and Planning, Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

10:00 AM - Exhibits Open for the Day

10:45 AM - Noon
Track A: Set-Top Box as Entertainment Super Appliance: PVR, ISP, PPV, MP3 Receiver and More, Part II
Steve Shannon, Vice President Marketing, ReplayTV
Anup Murarka, VP Strategic and Product Marketing, OpenTV
Erik Ekkel, Director, Solutions & Business Development, Philips Components
Ken Soohoo, CEO, Planetweb
Thomas Sulzer, founder and Chief Executive Officer, MoodLogic
Robert Ferrari, Evangelist of Emerging Technologies, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track B: Video on Demand - Monetizing Content through Cable, Internet and Satellite Distribution, Part II (Sponsored by Sun Microsystems)
Bill Correll, Group Marketing Manager, Sun Microsystems
Larry Hess, V.P. Programming & Acquisitions USA, Video Networks Inc. (Home Choice Service)
Andy Birchall, Chairman & Co-Founder, ON Demand Group
Bill Thornton, V.P. Business Development and Marketing, Reliacast
Russ Krapf, President & CEO, Keen Personal Media
Satish Menon, VP R&D & CTO, Kasenna
Sun Microsystems, Moderator to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track C: Digital Media Hubs: Deploying Content to Multiple Platforms & Devices
Tim Hampson,
Vice President Enterprise Marketing, Interwoven
Robin Wang, Director Marketing, Dalet Digital Media System
Scott Yara, Chairman & CEO, Co-Founder, Metapa
David Wilkins, CEO, VertigoXmedia
Deepak Srinivasan, CEO, enScaler
Mark Lieberman, Chairman & CEO, Interactive Video Technologies (IVT)
Greg Deocampo, Chief Technology Officer, Tekadence
Bill Foulkes, Vice President, Business Development Context Media, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM - Keynote Address

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track A: The PC Connected Home - Extending to Portables, ITV, and other Appliances
Keith Laepple, Group Manager, Evangelism, Microsoft eHome Division
Bob Bennett, co-founder, Vice President Corporate Development, Sharewave
Chris Schairbaum, New Business Development Manager Internet Audio, Texas Instruments
Roxanne Gryder, Business Development Manager, Extended TV Capability, Intel Architecture Labs, Intel Corporation
David Frerichs, Co Founder and Chief Technology Officer, iM Networks
Bill Loesch, Vice President Marketing & Technology, Pinnacle Systems
Paul Katz, Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track B: Development of Streaming Video Programming: Concepts in Entertainment or Information Channels
Bertrand Pecquerie, CEO, Fashion Live - France
Stephen Felisan, Senior Vice President, Technology & Interactive, House of Blues Entertainment
Marc Chalom, Vice President Content, iNextv.com
Marty Lafferty, President and CEO, Zoom Culture
Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, BNNtv.com/CameraPlanet.com
Michael Dorf, CEO, KnitMedia
Jay Mathieu, Director of Video Services, AccuWeather
Neil McGinness, founder, Scale Studio, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track C: Internet Content Distribution - An Economic Breakdown - Keeping Streaming Costs Under Control
Eric Toperzer,
Director Solutions Marketing, Applications & Content Delivery Solutions, Nortel Networks
Tim Carruthers, Senior Director Professional Services Organization, iBEAM Broadcasting Corp.
Abdelsalam (Solom) A. Heddaya, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, InfoLibria
Jim O’Brien, Director, Footprint Streaming Services, Digital Island
Keith Hatounian, Vice President Sales, Generic Media
Dan Rayburn, Worldwide Product Manager Streaming Media, Globix Corporation
Vincent Grosso, CEO, Into Networks
Marc Steatham, Chief Marketing Officer, AllCast
Jay Goldin, co-founder, Digital Fountain, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Track A: Timeline to Broadband Wireless - Delivering Video & Rich Media to Handhelds
David Collier, Senior Director Strategy, PacketVideo, Applications & Services Division
Ian Freed, General Manager Mobile Solutions, RealNetworks
Dr. Florian Seiche, General Manager and Vice President, Siemens Mobile Phones USA Region
Nitin J. Shah, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Internet Products Group, ArrayComm
Dr. Gurminder Singh, CEO, NewsTakes
Etesh Mangray, Director, Corporate Business Development, Walt Disney Internet Group
William Mutual, President & Chairman, POPcast Communications
Michael Stroud, founder, iHollywood Forum, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track B: Multimedia Search and Intelligent Management of Content
Daniel C. Agan, Vice President, Corporate Market Development, Convera
Carlos Montalvo, Chief Marketing Officer, Virage, Inc.
Tim Hampson, Vice President Enterprise Marketing, Interwoven
Mike Schelske, Professional Services, The Bulldog Group
Bob Griffin, CEO, eMotion
Eric Rehm, CTO, Singingfish/Thomson Multimedia
Max Bloom, Streaming Media Consultant & founder, Integrated Streaming, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Track C: Immersive Technology on TV and the Net - Expanding the Visual Horizon
Bill Gubbins,
SVP Entertainment, iPIX
Dr. Edward C. Driscoll, Jr., founder, Chairman & CTO, Be Here Technologies
Jenna Buckner, Director of Marketing, Dynamic Digital Depth
Rodger Campbell, Senior Vice President, Operations, CYBERWORLD International
Paul Cha, Executive Vice President, Enroute Imaging
Ted Iannuzzi, Canadian CEO, Cycore
Gregory Peter Panos, Co-Chair, SIGGRAPH-Los Angeles, Moderator
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5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Poolside Reception - Beverly Hilton Pool
Reception Sponsored by:


Wednesday, October 3
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Session A Enhanced TV Networks and Critical Mass Audience: Entertainment, Sports, News & Finance
Rick Mandler, Vice President & General Manager, Walt Disney Internet Group & ABC’s Enhanced TV
Frederic Bien, Senior VP, New Media Technology, Turner Broadcasting
Todd Tarpley, Vice President, A&E Television Network Interactive
John Gilles, Director Strategic Development, TechTV
Madeline Di Nonno, Vice President, Marketing Alliances & New Media, Hallmark Channel
Nick DeMartino, Director of Strategic Planning, AFI American Film Institute
Gene Falk, Senior VP, Showtime Digital Media Group, Showtime Networks
Chris Swain, Vice President Programming, Spiderdance, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session B Broadband Datacasting to the PC and TV
Oliver Luckett, co-founder & CTO, iBlast
Leo Hoarty, co-founder and CTO, Dotcast
Jeff Huppertz, Vice President, Marketing, Clearband
Chandy Nilakantan, CTO & Vice President, SkyStream Networks
Pantelis Michalopoulos, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Brian Hickey, Vice President Marketing, Wavexpress
Dr. Diana Gagnon Hawkins, founder, Interactive Associates
Shadi Mahassel, SVP Marketing, Signalstream, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session C Streaming Video Management on the Net - Encoding, Compression, Video Storage, Security & Media Asset Management
David Heppe, VP Product Management and Business Development, Telestream
Simon Khalaf, President, Volera
Caren Anhder, Senior Product Line Manager Development, Media 100
Josh Coates, founder & CTO, Scale Eight
Christopher Levy, Senior Director Technology, NaviSite
John Bishop, Osprey Product Manager, ViewCast Corporation
Jim Stroud, Editor / Analyst, The Carmel Group, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

10:00 AM - Exhibits Open for the Day

10:45 AM - Noon
Session A VC and Investment in the Broadband, Wireless & P2P Entertainment/Technology Space
John C. Kirkland, Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ravin Agrawal, Partner, EastWest VentureGroup
Mariana Danilovic, CEO, Digital Media X
Allen Z. Sussman, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Dennis Miller, General Partner, Constellation Venture Partners
Michael Montgomery, Co-CEO, Digital Coast Partners
Dyan G. Triffo, Managing Director, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session B Peer to Peer as an Entertainment Business Strategy - Developing Business Models - Technology & Entertainment Companies Define a New Sector, Part I
Paul Distefano, PhD, President and CEO, ChainCast Networks
Geoffrey W. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Interbind
Marc Steatham, Chief Marketing Officer, AllCast
Steve Frison, President and Chief Operating Officer, CenterSpan Communications Corporation
Ty Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote (formerly CDDB)
Sun Microsystems, speaker to be announced
Jack Kay, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hotline Communications, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session C Internet & Satellite Radio - Home, Office or Mobile - Redefining through Personalization
Gordon Bridge, Chairman & CEO, SurferNETWORK
Zack Zalon, General Manager, Radio Free Virgin
Richard Gingras, Board Member, Audio Mill
Simon Hossell, CEO, Future Sound Technologies
Laurence W. Norjean, co-founder, FMiTV
Sam Turcotte, Market Development Manager, Sun Microsystems
Richard Sadowsky, Senior Vice President of Technology, RadioCentral
Lisa Crane, Managing Director, Global Media and Entertainment Practice, StratfordGroup, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM - Keynote Address

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Session A Music Industry: Subscription Services, Downloads and other Concepts in Monetizing
Jeremy Hinman, Director, Business Development, MSN Music, Microsoft Corp.
Albhy Galuten, Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology, eLabs, Universal Music Group
Ken Hertz, Music Partner, Hanson, Jacobson
Tim Bratton, VP Subscription Services, Listen.com
Ruben R. Lozano II, President and CEO, loudENERGY
MTV Networks, speaker to be announced
Ted Cohen, VP New Media, EMI Recorded Music, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session B Wireless from Europe: Finland, Sweden and the EU lead the Way
Ville Tolvanen, CEO, Intervisio
Rami Korhonen, co-founder and Partner, Small Planet
Teemu Huuhtanen, CEO, Orchimedia
Laurine Garaude, Director, Milia, Reed Midem Organization
Anttoni Vesterinen, CEO, oplayo
Charles Tobermann, President, La Claie Productions, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session C Internet Animation - From Broadband to Wireless - Programming and Distributing Content for the Internet
John Halley, Director of Business Development, Pulse Entertainment
Austin Harrison, President, MediaTrip.com
Bob Holmes, CEO, Sudden Industries
Jan Mallis, Executive Producer, Third Party Development & Licensing, Mondo Mini Shows
Tom Winkler, Creator, doodie.com
Michael Jenkinson, Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Urban Entertainment
AtomShockwave, speaker to be announced
Stuart L. Carroll, Esq., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Session A Content Syndication Business Models - From Internet to Wireless, Part I
Bill Foulkes,
Vice President, Business Development Context Media
Jay Fehnel, Director Business Development, Tribune Media Services
John Little, CEO, Portal Software
Sandy Smallens, Executive Vice President Programming and Content, GetMusic
Shawn Gold, co-President & Chief Strategic Officer, eUniverse
Steven Ramirez, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Wild Brain
Tracey Trottenberg-Yuzpe, President, Joe Public Interactive Communications, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session B Is There a Winner in the Digital Revolution? An Entertainment and Technology Industry Roundtable
Sean Bailey,
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, LivePlanet
Ben Tatta, Chief Operating Officer, Lagardère Active North America
Michael Sagalyn, Executive Consultant, Digital Media National Practice, IBM Corp.
Bob Ezrin, Vice Chairman, Clear Channel Internet (Renown Producer Pink Floyd, Kiss, Alice Cooper)
Mark Mullen, Director, UltimateTV Planning, Microsoft Corp.
Hassan Miah, Chairman & CEO, SloMedia
Peter Clemente, CEO, Oddcast
Michael Kline, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session C Porting Content & Applications: From the PC Desktop and TV to the Wireless Environment
Tony Sica,
Director, Wireless Communications & Computing Group Marketing, Intel Corporation
Roseanna Marchetti, Managing, Director North American Operations, Wokup!
Lorraine Harition, CEO & President, Beatnik
Leo Volfson, President, Inetcam
Omar Karim, Chief Technology Officer, WorldNow
Tracy Trent, President & CEO, Stellcom
Carin Dessauer, George Washington University Shapiro Fellow, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

The Seminars
Thursday, October 4
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Session A Children's Entertainment - From Computer Games to the Net
Ken Goldstein, Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Disney Online
Jean-Marie Winikates, Director of Business Development, Barbie/Girl’s Division, Mattel, Inc.
Philip Cruver, President, Kidz Online
Ashfaq Ishaq, PhD, FRSA, Executive Director, International Child Art Foundation
Arthur Pober, President, Entertainment Software Rating Board
Jim Charne, Law Offices, James I. Charne, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session B Content Syndication, Part II - Technology to Enable and Enhance the Business Model
Michael Terpin, Chief Strategic Officer & Chairman of the Board, Internet Wire
Rand Bleimeister, CEO, First Look
Amit Goswamy, President & Co-Founder, SpotLife
David Sokolic, Vice President, Marketing, Gizmoz, Inc.
Karl Kronenberger, President and Co-founder, Spunky Productions, a Division of Universal Digital Communications
Raj Toleti, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cytura Corporation
Stephen Paul, CEO, V1M, Inc., Moderator
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Session C Peer to Peer as an Entertainment Business Strategy - Developing Business Models - Technology & Entertainment Companies Define a New Sector, Part II
Aron Campisano, CEO, Filmspeed
Gregory Blatt, Executive Vice President Business Development, Burda Digital
Jason Grosfeld, CEO, Softwax
Gabe Zichermann, V.P. Marketing & Business Development, Trymedia Systems
Michael Weiss, CEO, MusicCity
Jeremy Toeman, co-founder, Mediabolic, Moderator
Additional speaker to be announced
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Session A Education as an Internet/Broadband Content Form - From Subscription to VOD Services
Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, Director of New Media, Astrophysicist, Miami Museum of Science & Space Planetarium
Steven Rossen, Manager, UCLA New Media Center, Educator, Author, Consultant
David Spitzer, V.P. Creative, Ninth House Network
Jennifer L. Scott, Director, Partner and Product Development, Fathom Knowledge Network, Inc.
Kent Devereaux, former Senior Vice President/Product Development & Editorial, Britannica.com
Todd Tarpley, Vice President, A&E Television Network Interactive, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session B Viral Marketing on the Net
Keith Quinn, Vice President Marketing, LivePlanet
David Gilby, Director of Marketing, Streaming Media Division, NaviSite
David Sokolic, Vice President, Marketing, Gizmoz, Inc.
Keith Ferrazzi, CEO, YaYa
Barry Peters, Director of Emerging Media, Lot21
Gianluca Grechi, Managing Director, Vitaminic.com
Wanda Meloni, Principal, M2 Research, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

Session C E-Commerce and V-Commerce in Streaming Media & Video Environment
Shailendra Jit Singh, CEO & Founder, Jalva Media
Matt Devine, CEO, CoolCast
Chris Bruck, Managing Director Europe, IP Planet
Sarah Pate, Senior V.P. & GM Solutions Sales, iPIX
Shari Glusker, Manager Revenue Services Strategies Group, Microsoft TV Platforms
Kevin Wandryk, SVP Corporate Development, Quova, Inc.
Tom Des Jardins, Chairman & Chief Technology Officer, Lightningcast
Brent Roske, President, American Federation of Film Producers, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Session A Personalizing the Internet, Wireless or ITV Experience
Marty Behrens, Vice President, Content Programming, Digeo
Paul Sidlo, CEO, Founder, REZN8 Productions
Andrew Collins, Vice President Business Development, HotRoof
Cris Bjelajac, Manager Content Strategy, Sonera
Sefy Ariely, Director Business Development, Orca Interactive
Matthew Skyrm, CEO, Kick Inc.
Scott A. Martin, VP CRM & Alliances, Critical Mass, Moderator
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Session B Measuring and Tracking Internet Use - the Ratings Race
Bill Thornton, V.P. Business Development and Marketing, Reliacast
T.S. Kelly, Director and Principal Media Analyst, Nielsen/NetRatings
Eric Shepcaro, CEO, Broadstream
Terri Swartz, Vice President Marketing, Navic Networks
Brad Bedford, Vice President, Sales, Arbitron Webcast Services, Arbitron, Inc.
Stuart Lerner, Consultant, Financial Planning and Analysis, Mondo Media
Bill Piwonka, Vice President of Marketing, Measurecast
Chaz Austin, President, Austin Digital Media, Moderator
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Session C Monetizing the Internet or ITV Community
Ron Luniewski, Vice President and COO, Youbet.com
Mark Weiss, co-founder & President, MusicVision
Cathy Hetzel, Senior Vice President, Sales, Media & Entertainment Industry, Concero
Patrick Sansonetti, co-founder & V.P. Business Operations, Rachis Corporation
Daniel Stein, co-founder & Producer, Evolution Bureau
Chantal Payette, founder and President, Whatever Media Inc.
David Michail, Law Office of David F. Michail, Moderator
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2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Session A Selling Movies, Music & TV - Marketing Movies, TV, Music and DVDs via ITV, Wireless & the Net
Opher Mizrahi, CEO and Co-Founder, MovieFlix.com
Jason Yim, President & Creative Director, Media Revolution
Scott Kraft, Partner, The Sterling Group
Anthony Stonefield, founder & CEO, Premium Wireless Services and YourMobile Networks
Juha Tulokas, founder & CEO, Mobilehit, Ltd.
Dave Rochlin, Principal, The Emacula Group
Joyce Schwarz, cofounder, MaydayInteractive.com & CEO, JCOM, Moderator
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Session B E-Mail as an Entertainment and Interactive Medium
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
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Session C Broadband Advertising - Merging E-Commerce and Content
Scott Harmolin, CEO, co-founder & Chief Visionary, Centerseat
Shari Glusker, Manager Revenue Services Strategies Group, Microsoft TV Platforms
Richard Frankel, VP & GM, DoubleClick Adserver Software Business
Mark Smelzer, VP Entertainment, L90
Steve Goldberg, CEO, Hiwire
Susan Bratton, formerly, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Excite@Home
Phil Swann, CEO, TV Predictions, Moderator
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