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3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Track A:
Networking the Digital Home and the Residential Gateway - The TV Hub, Computer Hub, Telecommunications Hub (Part I)
This workshop will address the key concepts in establishing the home as a media center by focusing on three primary technologies as the core home-media hubs: the telecommunications, the computer and the television. These are the concepts behind the idea of “technology convergence.” While each technology will not move forward along a completely distinct road or even make irrelevant the other, there are fundamentally different mind-sets and market strategies at work in each which we will explore. Which will be the most practical approach to creating the home network? Will it be wireless or will all new homes be built with crawl spaces for wiring behind walls or in the ceiling? These are the “crude” questions for our industry experts who are in the forefront of developing never-endingly “elegant” solutions.
Jeff Sasagawa, Manager, Strategic, Planning, WebTV Networks
Robert Hess, Director, New Media, Lucent Technologies
David Nash, Director, Connected.Home Initiative, Intel Architecture Labs
Tony Zuccarino, Vice President Marketing, Home Networking Division, Broadcom
Hana Shenouda, Director, Emerging Product Strategy, SBC Communications
Julie Walker, Product Line Manager, Gateway Services, Residential Connectivity Group, 3COM
Michael Petricone, Vice President, Technology Policy, Consumer Electronics Association, Moderator
David Nash, Director, Connected.Home Initiative, Intel Architecture Labs: David Nash is a Director with Intel Architecture Lab's Connected.Home Initiative, which is focused on accelerating deployment of high bandwidth Internet to the home, home networking, as well as new home devices and their applications. An Intel employee for the past 10 years, Mr. Nash has held several technical and marketing positions and has extensive experience in bringing new communications products and technologies to market, including Intel® ProShare Video Conferencing and Intel Video Phone. Mr. Nash has also worked closely with leading PC OEMs and Software Vendors to deliver new capabilities for the PC platform in the areas of ease of use, power management, serviceability / manageability, and high performance graphics. Mr. Nash was also responsible for Intel's industry enabling and interoperability efforts around TAPI, ISDN and Personal Conferencing standards. Mr. Nash holds a B.E.E. from the State University of New York. Mr. Nash has spoken at several industry conferences, including CEDIA, DSLcon, Forum '99, and HomeNet '99.
Julie Walker, Product Line Manager, Gateway Services, Residential Connectivity Group, 3COM: Julie Walker oversees 3Com’s home networking residential gateway efforts. Working in tandem with several product managers, she is responsible for defining and managing a range of gateway products from inception, planning and delivery. She leads a multidisciplinary team through all new product development phases, including marketing research, commercial positioning activities, business case development and financial impact analysis. Prior to joining 3Com, Walker worked for Philips Multimedia Center in Palo Alto, Calif. as product planning and strategy manager for Philip’s WebTV. While there, she was responsible for defining product and strategic requirements for this new Internet television. In addition, she held the position of consumer and market intelligence manager, responsible for feeding consumer and market information into new product development processes. Walker also has held marketing research management positions with Philips Sound and Vision and TV Europe; both located in Bruges, Belgium. She has extensive knowledge about the residential gateway and home networking markets and can readily address many of today’s digital home convergence topics. Walker received a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and economics from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.
Michael Petricone is the vice president of technology policy for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Formerly CEA’s staff director of government and legal affairs, Mr. Petricone handles technology policy and regulatory issues for the association, particularly work involving the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Mr. Petricone has been actively involved in digital television issues since 1994 and helped found the HDTV Model Station Project, the nation’s first commercial digital television station. Mr. Petricone is a frequent speaker on issues concerning digital television and consumer electronics. Before joining CEA in 1997, Mr. Petricone was the legal counsel for CEA’s parent organization, the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) for two years. Mr. Petricone received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and his undergraduate degree from Tufts University. He resides in Washington D.C. with his wife, Laura. CEA is an independent sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), the 74-year-old Arlington, Virginia-based trade organization representing all facets of electronics manufacturing. CEA represents more than 500 U.S. manufacturers of audio, video, accessories, mobile electronics, communication, information and multimedia products that are sold through consumer channels. CEA also sponsors and manages the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest annual trade event showcasing consumer electronics products.