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Digital Hollywood Fall
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Santa Monica, California
September 19-21, 2005
"Transforming the Entertainment Industry"

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The Agenda
Monday, September 19
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track I:
OnDemand Television – All-Access All the Time – From the Basic DTV Package, the Premium Package to the PVR Enabled Viewer
Albert Cheng, SVP, Business Strategy and Development, Disney and ESPN Media Networks
Paul Colichman, Chairman and partner, Regent Entertainment and President , here! TV, LLC
Edward Lichty, Vice President, Business Development, TiVo
Philip W. Schuman, founder, HighView Media
Julia Veale, Vice President, Business Development, Showtime Digital Media Group, Showtime Networks Inc.
Stuart Lipson, Vice President, Content Solutions, SeaChange International
Aditya Kishore, Media & Entertainment Strategies, The Yankee Group, Moderator
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Track II:
Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment, Content and Technology - From the Digital Home to the Mobile and Wi-Fi Universe
Claudia Ceniceros, Senior Director, Media and Content Strategy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Scott Smyers, Chairman, DLNA Board of Directors, Vice President, Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America, Sony Electronics
Tom Powledge, Director, Product Management, Consumer and Client Product Delivery, Symantec Corporation
Julian Humphreys, Vice President, Marketing, TV & STB, Philips Semiconductors
Tami Guy, Vice President, Marketing, Internet Home Alliance, and Worldwide Consumer Marketing Strategist, Hewlett-Packard
Trevor Kaufman, CEO, Schematic
Brian Cooley, Editor-at-Large, CNET.com, Moderator
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Track III:
Getting the Bling Bling: From Ringtones, Ringtunes, Advertainment to Games & Custom Branded Experience
Bryan Biniak, Senior Vice President/General Manager of Wireless, AGInteractive & President, Agmobile, American Greetings Corporation
Michael Pinto, President, CEO, mobZilla
Carolynne Schloeder, CEO, Moderati Inc.
Scott Jensen, Vice President, Licensing & Brand Partnerships, MFORMA
Tony Rovello, Product Marketing Manager, Danger
Ken Rutkowski, founder, KenRadio Broadcasting, Moderator
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Track IV:
The Value of Celebrity Brands in Brand Integration
Benjamin R. Mulcahy, Partner, Entertainment & Media Group, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP
Ken Hertz, Senior Partner, Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP
Ken Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Tennis Channel
Robert Hollander, President, Brand Sense Partners
Rick Dees, Legendary Radio Personality and Industry Executive
Mariana Danilovic, Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, LLC, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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10:45 AM - Noon
Track I:
Mobile Games: Advertainment & the Custom Branded Experience
Jeff Nuzzi, Director, Global Marketing, THQ Wireless
Steven Hoffman, Executive Producer, InfoSpace Mobile
Minard Hamilton, Executive Vice President of Sales and Brand Partnership, JAMDAT Mobile Inc.
John Cahill, Director, Games Operations, Yahoo! Inc.
Julian Corbett, Vice President of Business Development and Brand Partnerships, IN-FUSIO
Disney Mobile, speaker to be announced
Russell G. Weiss, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Moderator
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Track II:
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience
Blair Westlake, Corporate Vice President, Media/Entertainment & Technology Convergence Group, Microsoft
David Bishop, President, Worldwide Brand Integration, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Vince Messina, Entertainment Category Development Officer, Yahoo!
Ty Ahmad-Taylor, Senior Director, Interactive Products, Comcast Cable
Jennifer Feikin, Director, Google Video
Ira Rubenstein, Senior Vice President, Sony Pictures Digital Sales and Marketing, Moderator
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Track III:
Mobile Music & Video Make-Over – As Mobile and Entertainment Industry Merge – TV, Music and Movies
Bruce Gersh, Senior Vice President Business Development, ABC Entertainment Group
Lucy Hood, President, Fox Mobile Entertainment, and Senior Vice President, Content and Marketing for News Corporation
Rob Chandhok, Vice President Engineering, QUALCOMM, MediaFLO
George Linardos, Sr. Business Development Manager, Branded Content, Nokia
David Bluhm, Chief Executive Officer, GoTV Networks
Ralph Simon, Co-founder Zomba/Jive & Chairman, The Mobilium Group, Los Angeles & Chairman, Mobile Entertainment Forum, Americas, Moderator
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Track IV:
IPTV Emergence – The Broadband, Telco, Cable, Studio Content & Technology Strategy
James Henderson, Vice President Corporate Development, Charter Communications
Amy Friedlander, SVP, Programming, SBC Communications
Tom Flanagan, Executive Director, Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments
Tom Sauer, Head of Business Development, Electronic Content Distribution Services, Technicolor
Mark Turner, Head of the Western region for BT Media & Broadcast
Michelle Abraham, Principal Analyst, In-Stat
Derek Kuhn, P.Eng., Senior Director Marketing and Business Development Media and Entertainment, Alcatel Strategic Solutions & Chairman - Broadband Service Forum, Moderator
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12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Track I:
Transforming Television: Challenges and Success Strategies for the Future -- From HDTV, Interactive TV, PVRs, VOD and Beyond...
Tim Hanlon, Senior Vice President/Director, Emerging Contacts, Starcom MediaVest Group
Michael Bonner, VP, New Media, NBC Universal Cable
Peter Roberts, General Manager, Advanced Services, Starz Entertainment Group LLC
Greg Moyer, co-General Manager, VOOM HD Originals, Rainbow Media
Mike Derrenberger, General Manager, R&D, Corporate Research, Thomson
Saul Berman, Partner and Global Executive, IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS), Moderator
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Track II:
Game Power - Entertainment as Franchise - Crossover into Music, TV, Cable, Movie, Mobile, Advertainment & Custom Branded Experience
Jonathan Epstein, United Talent Agency
Dario Spina, Vice President of Marketing & Promotions, Spike TV
Don L. Daglow, President and CEO, Stormfront Studios
Pascal Bonnet, Director of Licensing, Ubisoft North America
Germaine Gioia, Vice President, Licensing, THQ
Will Kassoy, Vice President, Global Brand Management, Activision, Inc.
Mark Friedler, CEO, GameDAILY/Gigex, Inc., Moderator
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Track III:
Mobile Music: New Platforms + New Technology + More Music + Dynamic Marketplace
Alberto Moriondo, Worldwide Director, Entertainment Solutions, Mobile Devices Business, Motorola
Jay Samit, General Manager, Sony Connect
John Pollard, Senior Director, Applications and Services, Mobile Devices Marketing, Microsoft
Linda Young, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing and Business Development, Loudeye
KamranV, Marketing, Universal Music Mobile
Thomas V. Ryan, Senior Vice President, Mobile and Digital Development, EMI Music North America
Molly Wood, Section Editor, CNET.com, Moderator
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Track IV:
DVD Forum North America - Sponsored DVD Conference
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
DVD Keynote Speaker
Warren Lieberfarb, Chairman, Warren Lieberfarb & Associates
12:55 - 1:45 PM
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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1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Workshop - Additional Fee - See Registration Form
Parks Associates Workshop
The Experts Analyze DRM, IPTV, & Content for Consumers
Deepa Iyer, Analyst , Parks Associates
Harry Wang, Analyst, Parks Associates
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Workshop - The University Project
"Envisioning the Future of Digital Entertainment – As a Student Curriculum, as a Cultural Prototype and as a Digital Lifestyle"
Chamath Palihapitiya, VP/General Manager, AIM and ICQ, America Online
John Tarnoff, Senior Executive, DreamWorks Animation
Brett Goldberg, President, Cdigix
Kevin Roebuck, Manager , Libraries and e-Learning, Sun Microsystems
Bobby Beck, President/CEO, AnimationMentor.com
Teri Schwartz, Dean of Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television
Tom Lesser, Director of Integrated Media, CalArts
Todd Richmond, Managing Director, Annenberg Center for Communication, Moderator
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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
Laura Caraccioli-Davis, Senior Vice President/Director Starcom Entertainment, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG)
Robert Riesenberg, president & CEO, Full Circle Entertainment (an Omnicom Media Group company)
Deborah A. Forte, President, Scholastic Entertainment (SE), and Executive Vice President, Scholastic Inc.
David L. Kang, J.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Strategic Development and New Media, The Firm
Jason Brown, Senior Vice President, Screenvision National Sales
Michael Kassan, Media and Entertainment Consultant, Moderator
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Track II:
Movies and TV for Mobile - Original Entertainment & Information Programming Jumpstarts the Revolution
Alice Kim, Senior Director of Carrier Relations and Distribution, MTV Networks
Bill Stratton, Vice President, Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Bill Sanders, Vice President Programming, Sony Pictures Digital Sales and Marketing
Michael Boyd, Director, Business Development, QUALCOMM
Dr. Phillip Alvelda, Chairman & CEO, Co-Founder, Idetic, Inc. MobiTV
Frank Chindamo, President/Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies
Chris Marlowe, Editorial Director, Digital Media, The Hollywood Reporter, Moderator
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Track III:
Mobile Content & Commerce: Off Deck and MVNO Options
John Harran, Director Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
John Zehr, Vice President Product Development, ESPN Mobile
Scott Nichols, Director MVNO Business Development, North America, Ericsson North America
Eric Harber, VP of Corporate and Business Development, Qpass
Robin Abrams, CEO, Firefly Mobile, Inc.
Jeff Karish, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company
Shahid Khan, Managing Director, BearingPoint, Inc., Moderator
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Track IV:
DVD Forum North America - Sponsored DVD Conference
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
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
HD DVD Replication Update
Dominick Dallaverde, Senior Director, Pre-Production, Cinram International
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 - 5:00 PM
Track I:
Advertising Strategies in the Diversified Digital Culture: Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Broadband, Games and Mobile
Tracy Dolgin, president and CEO, YES Network
Rob Norman, CEO, MEC Interaction, Mediaedge:cia
David Ernst, Executive Vice President, Director, Futures & Technologies, Initiative Worldwide
Todd Herman, Director of Media Strategy, MSN Video, MSN, Microsoft Corporation
Chris Pizzurro, Vice President of Multimedia Marketing, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc
Gigi Johnson, Principal, Maremel Partners; Lecturer, Entertainment and Media Management Institute, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Moderator
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Track II:
Strategies in Wireless Devices and Services - from Audio & Video to Downloads: How Innovation Drives Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion
Ken Wirt, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, palmOne, Inc.
Gilles Babinet, CEO and Founder, Musiwave
Paul Werp, Mobile Connectivity Solutions Business Director, Wireless Terminals Business Unit, Semiconductor Group, Texas Instruments
Tom Parrish, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Content, Mobliss
Ian Blaine, Chief Executive Officer, thePlatform
Louis K. Gump, Vice President, Mobile, The Weather Channel Interactive
Luis Ubinas, Director, West Coast Media Practice, McKinsey & Co, Moderator
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Track III:
DVD Forum North America - Sponsored DVD Conference
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
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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DVD Forum
Closing Remarks by:
Roger Heuberger, Executive Director, Pro Group

Track IV:
The University Project - Open to All Attendees
"Digital Filmmaking - Future of the Creative Process - Film, Games & Video - Students Question the Professionals"
The Dreamworks Team

Rick Rekedal, DreamWorks Animation Consumer Products - Moderator
Denis Couchon, Supervising Animator, MADAGASCAR
Tom McGrath, Director , MADAGASCAR ( Subject to availability)
Paul Reiche, founder/CEO, Toys For Bob (MADAGASCAR video game developer)
Laird Malamed, VP Studios, Activision
Peter Sauers, VP Product Development, The bEQUAL Company (MADAGASCAR DVD game developer/publisher)
Mark Rowen, Producer, MADAGASCAR DVD
University Project Moderator: Kathy Smith, Chair of Animation/Digital Arts, USC
Student Questioners:
Adam Fanton, UCLA
Hao Gu, USC
Marianna Hayden, CalArts
Pablo Calvillo, CalArts
Terilyn Lawson, USC
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5:00 PM - Poolside Reception at the Loews - Open to All Attendees
Sponsored by Intel Corporation



5:30 PM - DVD Forum North America - Reception

7:00 PM - University Project Dinner - Open to All Attendees - First Come - First Served
Hosted by:


7:00 PM – Advisory Committee Dinner – Click Here
Mobile Film, TV and Video Content Development Consortium at Digital Hollywood
Co- hosted by MEF Mobile Entertainment Forum and MediaFlo USA, a Qualcomm Company



7:00 PM - Advisory Committee Dinner - Click Here
"Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: Music, Movies, TV, News & Sports - Consortium at Digital Hollywood"
Co- hosted by Intel Corp. and Entriq



7:00 PM - Advisory Committee Dinner - Click Here
Digital Music Consortium at Digital Hollywood: Mobile, Broadband, PODs & TV - Advisory Committee Dinner
Hosted by Motorola


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