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Digital Hollywood Los Angeles
Monday, September 27th
Track I: General Sessions
Track II: Entertainment Financing and Packaging: For the Film, TV, Game & Broadband Executive - from Theatrical & TV to Wireless, iTV, DVD & Broadband Opportunities
Track III: Wireless Entertainment & Technology – The Audio, Video and Text-Based Experience
Track IV: General Sessions

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track I:
Transforming Television: From Reality TV, HDTV and Interactive TV, to PVR TV and VOD TV
Salil Mehta, Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Development, The Walt Disney Company
Patricia Karpas, Vice President and General Manager, AOL Television
Bill Squadron, SVP & Head of North America Advanced Media, for TWI, div. of IMG
Frederic V. Bien, SVP Advanced Media Technology, Turner Broadcasting System
Larry Namer, President & CEO, Reality Central
Tim Hanlon, Senior Vice President/Director, Emerging Contacts, Starcom MediaVest Group
Ken Rutkowski, founder, KenRadio Broadcasting, Moderator
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Track II:
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
Jeff Allen, Managing Director Rocket Ventures
Donald Karl, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator
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Track III:
Mobile Entertainment Immersion – As Audio & Video Content – from MP3, Radio, Net-Based and Video Communications and Entertainment Emerge
Rob Gelick, Manager, Global Entertainment Solutions Personal Communications Sector, Motorola
Benjamin Feinman, Apple Computer
Robert Tercek, Executive VP Programming - Chief Strategy Officer, (M)FORMA
Jonathan Kim, VP of Global Marketing & Business Development, WiderThan.com, an affiliate of SK Telecom
Greg Woock, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Electronics
Ralph Simon, Mobile Entertainment Forum, U.S. Chair Americas, Moderator (founder of Yourmobile and co-founder of Zomba Group/Jive Records)
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Track IV:
The Games Genius Roundtable: Merging The Consciousness Behind Games Development with the Hollywood Community
Robert Walsh, CEO and founder, Krome Studios
Don L. Daglow, President and CEO, Stormfront Studios
JC Herz, Author, Joystick Nation
Michael Isner, Character Animation Lead, Softimage
Josh Resnick, President, Pandemic Studios
Joshua B. Grode, Partner, Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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9:15 AM - 5:00 PM - Exhibits Open

10:45 AM - Noon
Track I:
Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Broadband Home to the Mobile and Wi-Fi Universe
Jay Samit, General Manager, Sony Connect
Brian Queen, Digital Media Solutions Manager, IBM Corp.
Tom Flanagan, Director, Worldwide Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments
Peter Wolff, Program Manager, Partnerships and Initiatives, DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology
Peter Lee, Vice-President, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company
Craig Palmer, President and CEO, Gracenote
Gigi Johnson, Executive Director, Entertainment and Media Management Institute, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Moderator
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Track II:
Financing & Packaging: The Feature Film Producer – Innovative Concepts in Business Development: From International, co-Production, Cable and Satellite and DVD, to Broadband & Wireless Brand Extension
Erik Feig, President of Production and Acquisitions, Summit Entertainment (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Slackers)
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, founder, Antidote Films (Thirteen, Laurel Canyon, The Station Agent, The Jimmy Show, Wendigo)
David Garber, Lantern Lane Entertainment LTD (Monster, My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
John Manulis, CEO, Visionbox Media (Tortilla Soup, Charlette Somtimes, The Basketball Diaries)
Thierry Baujard, CEO, Peacefulfish
Susan Ruskin, Producer, Western Sandblast
Sharon Swart, Senior Editor, Variety, Moderator
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Track III:
Wireless – Participation TV Programming & Marketing - "SMS – Mobile and Telephony"
Ross Levinsohn, Senior Vice President & General Manager – Fox Sports Interactive Media
Bruce Gersh, Senior Vice President Business Development, ABC Entertainment Group
Brian Levin, CEO, Mobliss
Howard Handler, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Mobile USA
Keith Hindle, VP Integrated Marketing and Interactivity, FremantleMedia North America (American Idol)
Chris Marlowe, Associate Editor, New Media/Technology, The Hollywood Reporter, Moderator
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Track IV:
The Telco-Entertainment Partnership - From TV to Broadband Services
John McLarty, Director, Broadband Events – IP Broadcasting, Bell Canada
Angela Bradley, Vice President, International Pay Per View and Video on Demand, MGM
Amy Friedlander, Founder, Xanthum Partners
Bill Correll, Corporate Development, Broadband & Digital Media Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Inc
Suzanne Rainey, Principal, Accord Media Group LLC
Derek Kuhn P.Eng., Director of Marketing and Business Development, Information, Communication and Entertainment Group, Fixed Solutions Division, Alcatel Fixed Communications Group & Chairman, Broadband Content Delivery Forum, Moderator
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12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Track I:
Digital Cable and Satellite Television Strategies: Channel Launches, SVOD-VOD, HDTV, International and Interactive
David L. Meister, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Tennis Channel, Inc.
Matt Farber, founding Consultant, Logo, Viacom
Mitchell Chun, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Fox Cable Networks Group
Barbara Meili, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Michael Kohn, Sr VP Business Affairs & General Counsel, GSN: The Network for Games
Aditya Kishore, Media & Entertainment Strategies, The Yankee Group, Moderator
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Track II:
Innovative Film & Entertainment Financing: From Access to Capital Markets and Securitization to Structural Innovation, Tax Advantages and Equity Distribution
Isaac Palmer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Paramount Pictures
Clark Hallren, VP, JP Morgan Entertainment Industries
Gary Adelson, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey Howard Zukin
Cindy Wilkinson Kirven, Vice President of Finance and Business Affairs, Endgame Entertainment Fund I, LLC
William J. Amon, Tax Partner, Lead Tax Services Group, Deloitte & Touche
Hassan Miah, Managing Director, Media and Entertainment, Intel Capital, Moderator
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Track III:
Music as the Mobile Entertainment Killer Application
Ben Patterson, Director of New Media, The Firm
Roy Kosuge, former executive, Universal Music Group
Luke Wood, Vice President, A&R DreamWorks Records
Marcus Peterzell, President, Sales & Marketing, Aaron Walton Entertainment
Kamran Valanejad, Director of New Media, Universal Music
Robert Smith, co-founder, Nomadic Artists Agency, Moderator
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Track IV:
Digital Cinema Transforms an Industry - From Production and Distribution to Projection and Display
Michael Sterling, Principal-Technical Coordination, Technicolor Digital Cinema (TDC)
Kurt Hall, President and Chief Executive Officer, Regal CineMedia Corporation
Julian Levin, Executive Vice President, Digital Exhibition and non-Theatrical Sales, Fox Entertainment
Michael Karagosian, Partner, Karagosian MacCalla Partners, Digital Cinema Consultant, NATO
Walt Ordway, Chief Technology Officer, DCI
Charles S. Swartz, Executive Director & CEO, USC Entertainment Technology Center
Steve Bergman, Vice President, Digital Cinema, Deluxe, Moderator
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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Intel Digital Home Technology and Content Solutions Workshop
A half-day Executive Workshop to Explore the Emerging Digital Home Experience: Merging the Personal Computing, Mobile, Consumer Electronics and Content Industries
Presented by Intel Corp.
Kevin Corbett, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
Bob Gregory, Director of Initiatives Planning, Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
Sandip H. Mandera, Digital Home Evangelist/Staff Technical Marketing Engineer Software & Solutions, Intel Corporation
Gary N. Matos, Market Development Manager, Industry Enabling, Desktop Platform Group, Intel Corporation
Steve Whalley, Technology Enabling Manager, Platform Architecture & Solutions Division, Intel Corporation
Russ Campbell, Product Marketing Engineer, Intel Digital Home Technologies
KeithW. Rowe, Digital Home Ecosystem Planner, Intel Corporation
Brian Tucker, Initiatives Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation
Mike Harris, President and COO, Digital5
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2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Track I:
Entertainment Concepts in Branded & Integrated Entertainment - Film, TV, Music, Cable, Wireless, Games & Broadband
Charles Hirschhorn, founder & CEO, G4 TechTV
Larry Tanz, Chief Executive Officer, LivePlanet
Linda Yaccarino, Executive Vice president, Turner Entertainment Sales and Marketing
Allison Johnson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Company
Ken Solomon, President, FINE LIVING Network
Peter Jaysen, Head of Moving Pictures, DPI
Michael Kassan, Media and Entertainment Consultant, Moderator
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Track II:
Understand the Global Terrain - Financing & Packaging – from co-Production, International Financing to Foreign and State Subsidies and Grants
Bhuvan Lall, President, Lall Entertainment, former Executive Director, India Broadcasting Foundation
Brian O'Shea, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Distribution, Media 8 Entertainment
Thomas Augsberger, Eden Rock Media Inc.
Shaun Redick, Agent, ICM International Creative Management
Hal S. Sadoff, Entertainment Finance Consultant/Executive Producer
Thierry Baujard, CEO, Peacefulfish
Peter Hoffman, Seven Arts Pictures
Randolph M. Paul, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Moderator
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Track III:
Wireless - Mobile Games, Ringtones, Advertainment & Custom Branded Experience
Andy Volanakis, COO, Zingy
Anthony Stonefield, Chief Strategy Officer, InfoSpace Mobile
Andy Lipschultz, Product Manager, Digital Media, Nextel Communications
Halldor Sanne, Executive Vice President Sales, ILoop Mobile
LaShun Lawson, Assistant Vice President, Multimedia and Interactive Licensing, PLAYERS, Inc.
Jeff Nuzzi, Global Marketing Director, THQ Wireless
Matthew Bellows, Vice President, Mobile Entertainment, GameSpot, CNET Networks Inc., Moderator
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Track IV:
Raising Money – Public and Private. Valuation in Private Placement, IPOs and M and A
Santo Politi, Partner, Charles River Ventures
Frank Kline, Managing Partner and Founder, Kline Hawkes & Co.
Ralph Terkowitz, Special Partner, ABS Capital Partners
Paul Vais, Partner, Apax Partners
Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West
David O. Higley, Managing Director & Head of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Bank, Moderator
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3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Track I:
Beyond Movies: Television On Demand – New Revenue Generating Opportunities from the Syndication and Delivery of On-Demand Content
Paul Colichman, Chairman and partner, Regent Entertainment and President , here! TV, LLC
Mitch Oscar, Executive Vice President, Carat Digital
Jeff Shultz, CEO, CONCERT
Dan York, CEO, York Media Group
Joshua Wexler, Head of Business Development, Threshold Entertainment
Jeff Binder, President, Broadbus Technologies, Moderator
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Track II:
Greenlighting Games: As Budgets and Grosses Expand: From Rights Holders and Title Development to Games Publishers and Hollywood Studios to Brand Extension and Ancillary Rights
Keith Boesky, founder, Video Game Department, International Creative Management
Louis Castle, Vice President; Electronic Arts Los Angeles
Germaine Gioia, Vice President, Licensing, THQ
Marc Jackson, Game Industry Specialist, Film Finance, Inc.
Kurt Buecheler, President & CEO, The b EQUAL Company
Jim Charne, former, President & Executive Director, Academy of Interactive Arts, Moderator
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Track III:
Strategies in Wireless Devices and Services: How Innovation Drives Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion
Alberto Moriondo, Worldwide Director, Content & Applications Personal Communications Sector, Motorola
Debra Kennedy, GM, Multimedia Marketing, North America, Nokia
Frank Barbieri, Group Product Manager, Portable Media Center, Microsoft Corporation
Michael Boyd, Director, Business Development, QUALCOMM
Jamie Rosenberg, Sr. Director of Program Management, Danger
Geoff Graber, Director, Yahoo! Games, Yahoo! Inc.
Luis Ubinas, Director, West Coast, McKinsey & Co, Moderator
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Track IV:
Next Generation DVD - Transforming an Industry
Jordi Ribas, Director, Technical Strategy, Windows Digital Media Division, Microsoft Corporation
Josh Peterson, Director of Strategic Alliances, Optical Storage Solutions Business, Hewlett-Packard
Richard Doherty, Managing Director of Blu-ray and Professional A/V, Panasonic, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory
Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group
David Bunzel, Santa Clara Consulting Group and President of OSTA, Moderator

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5:00 - End-of-Day Receptions Begin
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Monday, Evening Session
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
(Open to all Digital Hollywood Registrants)
The University Project
"Entertainment Technology in the University Environment - Integrating the Digital Lifestyle into the University"
John Mason, Director of Kodak Student Filmmaker Program, Kodak
Tim Parker, Higher Education, Senior Systems Engineer, Apple Computer
Susan Estrada, Director of the One Gigabit or Bust™ Initiative, CENIC Corporation for Education Network Initiatives for California
Matthew Grossman, Director of Digital Strategy & Corporate Communications, MPAA
Jonathan Curtiss, UCLA Student Services
Todd Richmond, Managing Director, Annenberg Center for Communication, USC, Moderator
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