Aaron Broder, CEO and Co-Founder, Evolve Media Corp.
Adam Ware, Principal, SSI Media Group
Adrian Sexton, CEO, New Medici
Alison Provost, CEO, TouchStorm, LLC
Amber J. Lawson, Partner- Multiplatform Strategist, The Opportunity Mgmt Co.
Andrea Redniss, Managing Director, Digital, Media
Storm
Andy Marks, General Manager, MATTER, Edelman Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Anthony Batt, President, Katalyst
Ariel Elazar, VP Digital Distribution and Brand Licensing, Dick Clark Productions
Ashley J. Swartz, SVP, Marketing & I2TV Practice Lead, Digitas
Bettina Sherick, SVP, Digital Strategic Marketing, 20th Century Fox International
Brandon Berger, Chief Digital Officer, Ogilvy & Mather
Brent Poer, EVP/Executive Creative Director, LiquidThread North America
Brian Fitzgerald, President and Co-Founder, Evolve Media Corp.
Brian Gerber, Co-Founder, Gerber Rigler Producing and Executive Consulting
Brian Monahan, Managing Partner; Intelligence Practice, MAGNA GLOBAL
Brian Seth Hurst, CEO, The Opportunity Management Company, Inc.
Bruce Eisen, VP Online Content Development & Strategy, DISH Network
Bruce Perlmutter, Senior Vice President, NBCUniversal - E! Network
Carlos Lamadrid, Executive Vice President/Publisher, Penske Media Corporation (PMC)
Caroline Giegerich, Founder/Editor, Daily Marauder
Chet Fenster, Managing Partner, MEC
Chris Raleigh, Senior Vice President, Cable & Cross Platform Ad Sales, The Weather Channel Companies
Chris Young, CEO, Digital Broadcasting Group (DBG)
Christy Tanner, Executive Vice President and General Manager, TV Guide Digital
Damon Berger, CEO, What's Trending
Dan Cohen, Executive Vice President, Pay Television and Digital, Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Daniel L. Paul, EVP, Solutions, IntermundoMedia, LLC
Daniel Tibbets, SVP Digital Media, Bunim-Murray Productions
Dave Martin, SVP of Media, Ignited
Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media Officer, The Media Kitchen, KBS+P
David Gale, Executive Vice President, MTV Cross Media, MTV Networks
David Kang, Chief Digital Officer, Wenner Media
David Tochterman, Head of Digital Media, Innovative Artists
Don McNeill, President and co-founder, Digital Kitchen
Doug Scott, President, OgilvyEntertainment, Ogilvy North America
Emil Rensing, Chief Digital Officer, EPIX
Emily Della Maggiora, Vice President Media, Entertainment & Gaming, comScore Marketing Solutions, comScore Inc.
Eric Bader, President & Chief Strategy Officer, Worldwide, Initiative
Eric Berger, Executive Vice President of Digital Networks, Sony Pictures Television
Erin Foxworthy, Global Entertainment Insights Director, Microsoft Advertising
Francisco Varela, YouTube Global Director, Platforms & Games Partnerships, Google
Geoff Katz, VP/Executive Producer, Watchwith
Grace Dolan, Head of Mobile Solutions, North America, Google
Greg Johnson, Chief Creative Officer, LUUMENA
Harry Kargman, Founder & CEO, Kargo
Ira Liss, CEO, AOK, LLC
Ira Rubenstein, EVP, Digital, Twentieth Century Fox
Jared Hoffman, Managing Partner and President of Branded Entertainment, Generate
Jason Haikara, Partner, MediaLink
Jason Krebs, SVP, Chief Media Officer, Tremor Video
Jeffrey Thompson, Vice President, Entertainment Digital Strategy & Business Development, Conde Nast
Jennifer Cooper, Director, Industry Strategy - Media, Entertainment, Social and Gaming, Adobe Systems
Jesse Redniss, SVP, Digital, USA Network/NBCUniversal
Jim Cannella, Founder, MUZINE
John Penney, EVP, Strategy & Business Development, Starz, LLC
John Rubey, President, AEG Network LIVE
Jon Steinberg, President, BuzzFeed
Jonathan Hoffman. Chief Experience Officer, Starcom USA
Kandace Hudspeth, Executive Strategy Partner, McCann NY
Karla Ballard, Chief of Strategic Development, National Partnerships, One Economy
Kelly Egan, VP of Business Development, Fanhattan
Larry Tanz, Chief Executive Officer, Vuguru
Lee Huang, Product Director, Digital Newsstand and Emerging Content, Barnes&Noble
Leslie Laredo, President, The Laredo Group, Inc.
Linda R. Nicolai, President, The Executive Alliance Group
Liz Schimel, EVP and Chief Digital Officer, Meredith National Media Group
Lori H. Schwartz, Chief Technology Catalyst, North America, McCann Worldgroup
Louisa Shipnuck, Director, Marketing and Strategy, Verizon Digital Media Services
Marc Landsberg, CEO and Founder, The OSM Collective
Mark Ghuneim, CEO, Trendrr.TV
Mark J. Kapczynski, Chief Operating Officer, Kontrol Media
Mark Marvel, Sr. Director Video Monetization, msnbc.com
Michael Aragon, VP and General Manager of Global Video and Music, Sony Network Entertainment,
Michael Arrieta, CEO, Big Air Studios
Michael Kernan, Chief Executive Officer, NuMedia Studios
Michael Lazerow, Chairman and CEO, Buddy Media
Mike Wiese, Director of Branded Entertainment, JWT
Mikhail LaPushner, CEO, OneBeat
Mitch Feinman, Strategic Partnerships, Platforms & Devices, YouTube/Google
Nancy Tamayo, Head of Brand Partnership and Media Sales, Collective Digital Studios
Neil McGinness, CEO, Weekly World News
Pam Schechter, Vice President, Business Affairs, Digital and Cable Entertainment, NBC/Universal
Paul Gelb, Vice President, Mobile Practice Lead, Razorfish
Paul Gunning, CEO, Tribal DDB Worldwide
Perry Solomon, Vice President, Digital Business Development, Time Inc.
Peter Blacker, Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Emerging Businesses, Telemundo
Ran Harnevo, Senior Vice President, AOL Video, AOL
Randy Shaffer, West Region Sales Manager, Microsoft
Rich Sutton, Global Head of Sales, CBS Interactive Music Group
Rick Mandler, Vice President, New Media Sales, ABC Television Networks
Rob Lotterstein, Executive Producer, Disney's "Shake It Up"
Robert Leighton, Senior Vice President, Programming, Liberty Global, Inc.
Roger Keating, Senior Vice President, Hearst Television
Roger Wood, Vice President, Digital Media, iCrossing
Ron Close, Chief Marketing Officer, co-founder, Nuage
Sarah Ellenbogen, Mobile Business Development Lead, Google, Inc.
Sarah Miller, CEO, Axis PR & Entertainment
Sarah Passe, Business Development Agent, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Saul J Berman, Partner & Vice President, Global Strategy Consulting Leader, IBM Global Business Services
Scott Ehrlich, CEO Agility Studios
Scott Holmes, President, United Future
Scott L Brown, Senior Vice President, Global Communications, Media Practice Consumer Insights & Strategic Relations, The Nielsen Company
Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media LLC
Shane Steele, Marketing Director, Twitter
Shawn Gold, President, Cocodot.com, Board Member Producers Guild NMC
Shawn Sires, VP Advertising & Brand Relations, Airpush
Shira Lazar, Co-Founder, What's Trending
Simon Kelly, Chief Operating Officer, Story Worldwide
Stephan Shelanski, Executive Vice President of Programming, Starz Entertainment
Steve Ellis, Co-Founder and CEO, WhoSay
Steve Woolf, VP of Content, Blip Networks
Tania Yuki, VP Advertiser Solutions, Visible World
Thomas Rigler, Co-Founder, Gerber Rigler Producing and Executive Consulting
Thomas F. Tafuto, CEO, I/O - Interactive Outliers, LLC
Tina Hoover, VP Social Media & Interactivity, Endemol USA
Wendy Klenk, memBrain
Xavier Kochhar, Managing Partner, Media Link, LLC
Adi Berenson, VP of Business Development, PrimeSense
Alan Messer, Member of the DLNA Board of Directors and Senior Director of Connected Consumer Technologies and Standardization, Samsung Electronics
Alex Drosin, President - North America, Massive Interactive
Alex Vikati, Executive Director, Product Strategy and Innovation, Tribune Media Services
Alki David, Chairman and CEO, FilmOn.TV Inc.
Allison Dollar, CEO, ITV Alliance
Amy Friedlander Hoffman, President, Priority Digital Media
Andrew B. Drooker, Senior Director of Emerging Platforms, The Weather Channel
Andy Howard, Partner, Shamrock Capital Advisors
Arthur Greenwald, Producer and Consultant, Greenwald Media Inc.
Ashwin Navin, CEO, Flingo
Baris Karadogan, CEO, Hip Digital Media
Ben Huang, Interactive Entertainment Business Director, Microsoft
Ben Mendelson, co-founder and president, Interactive Television Alliance
Ben Weinberger, CEO and Co-founder, Digitalsmiths
Brad Pelo, CEO, i.TV
Bradford C. Auerbach, Strategic Account Management, Hewlett Packard
Brent Horowitz, Vice President of Business Development, FreeWheel
Bruce Davis, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Digimarc
C. Arnaud-Battandier, Vice President, Strategy, Technicolor
Chia-Lin Simmons, Vice President, Marketing & Content, Harman International
Chris Carvalho, COO, Kabam
Christopher Kenneally, Director, Business Development, Copyright Clearance Center
Dan Cohen, Executive Vice President, Pay Television and Digital, Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Dan Simpkins, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Hillcrest Labs
Darren Feher, CEO, Conviva
Dave Hills, CEO, Twelvefold Media
Dave Ulmer, Managing Director, New Growth Platforms, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
David Brinker, Senior Vice President, Operations & Business Development, The Daily, News Corp
David Catzel, Senior Platform Strategy Advisor, Developer Platform Evangelism Group, Microsoft
David J. Enzer, Managing Director, ROTH Capital Partners
David Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac
David Maher Roberts, CEO, The Filter
David Strehlow, Vice President of Marketing, Digital Home Product Line, Huawei Technologies
David Travers, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners
David Woodman, Managing Director of the Americas, Motive Television
Doug Sylvester, Chief Strategy Officer, Avail-TVN
Edgar Villalpando, SVP, Marketing & Content Relations, ActiveVideo Networks
Ephraim Cohen, EVP | Technology & Digital Content Industry Group, MWW
Eric Fitzgerald Reed, Vice President - Entertainment & Tech Policy, Verizon Communications
Erick Opeka, Vice President, Digital Distribution, New Video
Frank Chindamo, Creator/Producer, www.UpwardlyMobile.tv
Frank H. Nein Jr., co-founder & Partner, FrameWork Interactive Technologies, LLC.
Frank Radice, Expert In Residence, Definition 6
Frank Sinton, CEO, MeFeedia
Gayle Weiswasser, VP Social Media, Discovery Communications
George Tupy, Marketing Manager, Cisco
Graham M Oakes, CEO, Media Science International, Chairman, Digital Watermarking Alliance
Gregg Bernard, Senior Vice President - Business Development, Vimeo
Gregory T. Willis, Global Account General Manager, Communications, Media & Entertainment, HP Enterprise Business
Howard Tiersky, CEO, Moving Interactive
Ian Greenblatt, Director, Content Strategy & Business Development, MOTOROLA MOBILITY
Iri Trashanski, Senior Director of Strategic Alliances and New Initiatives, Marvell
Jack Krawczyk, Senior Product Marketing Manager, StumbleUpon
James M. Burger, Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP
James Field, Director of Technology, New Initiatives, NDS
Jason Henderson, Product Manager, New Product Development, Verizon FiOS TV
Jeff Demain, Research Strategy and Business Development Director - Intel Labs
Jeff Malkin, President, Encoding.com
Jeff Shultz, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Clicker, CBS Interactive
Jeffrey Litvack, General Manager, Global Product Development, Associated Press
Jen Grogono, CEO, uStudio
Jeremy Helfand, Vice President of Monetization, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Jeremy Toeman, CEO, Dijit
Jerry Brandt, Global Media Solutions, Samsung
Jim Eadie, Senior Vice President, Digital Business Development, Viacom Media Networks
Jim Funk, Vice President, Business Development, Roku
Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3
Jodi Wadhwa, Vice President of Marketing, Arxan Technologies
Joe Hyrkin, President and CEO, Wordnik
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc.
John Gildred, Founder and CTO, SyncTV
John Griffin, Senior Director, Online Media, Dolby Laboratories
John Petrocelli, VP of Sales and Business Development, AEG Digital Media
John Rubey, President, AEG Network LIVE
John Shapiro, Senior Product Manager, Adobe
Jon Steinberg, President, BuzzFeed
Jonathan Hurd, Director, Altman Vilandrie & Company
Jonathan Weitz, Partner, IBB Consulting
Josette Bonte, Principal, Broadband Venture Development
Juan Reyes, CTO, BluFocus
Justin Herz, Senior Vice President, Direct to Consumer; General Manager, Advanced Digital Services, Warner Bros
Ken Roulier, Chief Technology Officer, Broadband, Cable & Satellite Division, Amdocs
Ken Zamkow, Director of Sales and Marketing, LiveU
Kim Hurwitz, SVP, Programming, FilmOn.TV Inc.
Kris Alexander, Chief Strategist, Akamai Technologies
Kurt Hoppe, Director of Smart TV Innovation, LG Electronics
L.M. Kit Carson, President, MainPix
Larry Marcus, Managing Director of Walden Venture Capital
Lauren Cole, President, Cole Media
Lucy Hood, Executive Director, USC CTM Institute
Mara Winokur, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, Starz Entertainment
Marc Scarpa, CEO, SimplyNew
Mariana Danilovic, Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio
Marty Roberts, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, thePlatform
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc.
Michael Alexander, IBM Distinguished Engineer, Telecommunications Industry, IBM Corporation
Michael Arrieta, CEO, Big Air Studios
Mike Kelley, Senior Vice President, Business Development - Programming and Advertising, Ensequence
Mike Sid, CEO, MediaMorph
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors, Frank N. Magid Associates
Nash Parker, Director - Emerging technology & Innovation, Alcatel-Lucent
Nate Williams, Sr. Director, Motorola Mobility
Nick Colsey, Vice President, Sony TV Division, Sony Electronics of America
Nir Erlich, Director of Product, Kaltura
Pallavi Shah, Senior Manager, New Business Incubations, Hewlett Packard
Pam Schechter, Vice President, Business Affairs, Digital and Cable Entertainment, NBC/Universal
Paul Sweeting, Principal, Concurrent Media Strategies
Peter Blacker, Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Emerging Businesses, Telemundo
Petr Peterka, Chief Technology Office, Verimatrix
Randa Minkarah, Senior Vice President of Revenue & Business Development, Fisher Communications
Rhodes Mason, Vice President of Business Development, Internet Video Archive (IVA)
Rick Dean, Senior Vice President, THX LTD
Robert Leighton, Senior Vice President, Programming, Liberty Global, Inc.
Robert Nashak, Executive Vice President, Digital Entertainment & Games, BBC Worldwide
Roger Pavane, Senior Vice President, PayOne
Sandeep Chivukula, Senior Manager, Smart TV Innovation and Alliances. LG Electronics
Sarah Miller, CEO, Axis PR & Entertainment
Saul J Berman, Partner & Vice President, Global Strategy Consulting Leader, IBM Global Business Services
Scott Campbell, Industry Principal, Media & Telecom, SAP America, Inc.
Scott Ehrlich, CEO Agility Studios
Scott Heller, Director of Marketing, NTT America, Global IP Network
Scott Smyers, President, Sunrise Digital Strategies
Sean Barger, CEO, Equilibrium
Sean Bunner, VP New Business Development, HSN
Shahid Khan, Chairman and Chief Strategist, MediaMorph, Inc.
Simon Morris, Chief Marketing Officer, LOVEFiLM
Stacy Jolna, Chief Marketing Officer/Co-Founder, ConnecTV
Sharalyn Hartwell, Executive Director, Magid Generational Strategies™
Sharon Wienbar, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
Stephen Condon, Vice President Global Marketing Communications, Limelight Networks
Stephen Ehrlich, Director Media & Entertainment, Verizon Digital Services
Steve Bradbury, Chief Revenue Officer, Zazoom
Steve McKay, CEO, Entone, Inc.
Steve Rosenbaum, CEO and Founder, Magnify.net
Steven Masur, Senior Partner, MasurLaw
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Headwaters MB
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Ted Hong, VP Marketing, MediaNavi division, Technicolor
Terry S. Bienstock, CEO, Mobilactive Media, LLC.
Tina Hoover, VP Social Media & Interactivity, Endemol USA
Tom Wilde, CEO, RAMP
Yale H. Yee, Partner, Media & Internet Group, Montgomery & Co.
Yoav Tzruya, Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
Zachary Weiner, CEO, CTV Advertising
Monday, October 15th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
ThinkTank I: The Director's Room
Incubators, Accelerators, Labs & Crowdsourcing
Session Leader:
David Austin, Sr. Director of Emerging Technology, Turner Broadcasting
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ThinkTank II: The Board Room
Celebrity Twitter - Celebrity Facebook - Surfing the SocialGraph
Session Leader:
Jamie Freed, SVP and Artist Manager, Paris Hilton Entertainment
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Tuesday, October 16th
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
"The Immersive Digital Future - All Surfaces All-the-Time - From Coffee Cups & Sunglasses to Sidewalks and Skyscrapers"
Session Leader:
Jeff Demain, Research Strategy and Business Develop
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12 Noon - 12:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Board Room
Bringing Science to the Art of Programming: Using Data and Insights in the Content Development Cycle - Scaling Net Video and Reinventing the Portal Business
Session Leader:
Chris Grosso, SVP/General Manager, Homepages, AOL
For Session Info Click Here
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Directors Room
Hollywood Green Lights - One Screen - Two Screens - Social TV - YouTube TV, Yahoo, X-Box TV - There's a Digital Revolution Out There!
Session Leader:
Greg Johnson, President, Digital, Trivergance, LLC
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ThinkTank B: The Board Room
The Conflict - The Investment vs. the Content: The Story Driven Approach to Content vs. The Business Model and the Advertiser
Session Leader:
David Gale, Executive Vice President, MTV Cross Media, MTV Networks
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2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
The New Hollywood Production Partnership - DirecTV Goes Hollywood - Discussion of new production “ROGUE” which will star award-winning actress Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness, Mission Impossible 2)
Session Leaders:
Nick Hamm, Writer/Director, “The Hole,” “Godsend
Chris Long, SVP of Entertainment & Production, DirecTV
Patty Ishimoto - Vice President of Entertainment DIRECTV and General Manager Audience Network
For Session Info Click Here
ThinkTank B: The Board Room
The Interactive Living Room - All Content - All the Time - TV-Game Console-Tablet-PC
Session Leader:
Randy Shaffer, West Region Sales Manager, Interactive Entertainment Business, Advertising Business Group, Microsoft
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3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Entertainment Marketing Campaigns - Multiplatform Storytelling + Technology + Creativity = Strategic Vision, Virality and Mass Marketing
Session Leader:
Gary Shenk, CEO, Corbis
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ThinkTank B: The Board Room
Crowdfunding with Indiegogo - From Webisodes and Technology to Features
Session Leader:
Slava Rubin, CEO, IndieGoGo
Guests to be announced
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4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Video on the Smartphone and Tablet - Programming, Content Relationships, Dealmaking and Commerce
Session Leaders
Eric Mauskopf, Business Development Manager, YouTube Mobile and TV Partnerships
Frank Chindamo, President & Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies
For Session Info Click Here
Wednesday, October 17th
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
ThinkTank B: The Board Room
Crowdfunding for FilmMakers - From Webisodes to Features
Session Leaders
Zach Keller and Ed Skudder, Writer/Director, Six Point Harness (Animated Web Series Dick Figures)
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12 Noon - 12:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Streaming the 2012 Olympics to China: A Case Study in Business and Technology
Session Leader
Chris Wagner, EVP, NeuLion
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1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Aprés SOPA/PIPA and the Blackout - What Next?”
James M. Burger, Member, Dow Lohnes PLLC., Moderator
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1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
ThinkTank B: The Board Room
From Crowdsourced Film to Social Movement: New Methods of Developing Community That Expand Audience and the Bottom Line
Session Leaders:
Nicole Conn, film director, producer, and screenwriter
Barbara Niven, Actress
Marina Rice Bader, President and Co-Founder, Soul Kiss Films
Cathy Brooks, Founder, Other Than That, Moderator
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2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
SOCIAL TV as Programming - The Emerging Media of Today and Tomorrow
Session Leader:
Sean Bunner, Vice President, New Business Development, HSN
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ThinkTank B: The Board Room
The Incubus HQ Project - Music, Video, Live Performance
Session Leaders:
Steve Rennie, Manager, Incubus
Marc Scarpa, Producer / Director x factor digital, Grammy live, incubus hq
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Synchronized Metadata - The Key Enabler of Advanced Content Discovery
Session Leader:
JR Yasgur, Vice President, Aggregated Metadata Management & Operations (AMMO), Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
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• OTT Over the Top Television Strategies - Content & Commerce
• Smart Devices: TVs, Tablets, Smartphones & PCs,
• Social Television - Content, Communication & Commerce
• The AlwaysOn Connection - Broadband - Cable - Telco - Satellite
• The Delivery Platforms - The Accelerated Networks - Content & Commerce
• The Content Sectors - Networks, Web Video and Communications
• The Commerce Solutions: Technology and Devices
• Content and Rights Management
Digital Hollywood Fall
The Digital Future has Arrived!
Monday, October 15th - Thursday, October 18th
TV-2012 Track Code Sessions
Monday, October 15th
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Track I: SmPh-TbLT, HGmz, TV-2012, Ballroom Terrace
TouchIt & Talk-To-It - Tablet-SmartPhone-PC-Game - Roundtable on the Immersive Consumer Experience
Sam Vasisht, Chief Marketing Officer, Veveo
Shawn Fenton, Invention Strategist, Innovations, Designkitchen, a WPP Group
John Marshall, Senior Account Manager, PrimeSense
Chris Ullrich, Vice President, User Experience, Immersion
Robi Ganguly, CEO, Apptentive
Corey Weiss, Corey Weiss & Associates, Digital Media Marketing & Business Development, Moderator
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Track II: Poolside Screening Tent I
Digital Media 101 - DiRghts, TV-2012, H2.0
The Primer - Multiplatform Trends, Search and Social, Deals and Financings - A Prep Course for Getting the Most Out of Digital Hollywood
Dr. Gigi Johnson, Exec. Director, Maremel Institute; Lecturer, UCLA Anderson and Herb Alpert School of Music, Moderator
Speakers to be announced
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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Track I: SmPh-TbLT, AdvUp, TV-2012 Ballroom Terrace
The New Fandom: Building and Nurturing Communities for Entertainment Properties on Social Platforms
Eric Moro, Director of Programming, Entertainment, Wikia
Michael Gallagher, filmmaker and YouTube sensation, “SMILEY”
Pelle Sjoenell, Executive Creative Director, BBH Los Angeles
Jason Knapp, EVP of Product at Specific Media and Myspace
Aaron Williams, co-founder and CEO, SocialSamba
Tyler Goldman, Chief Executive Officer, BUZZMEDIA
Rob Grady, Co-founder & COO, Wetpaint
Cindy Murphy, VP Brand Activation, RadiumOne, Moderator
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Track II: DHFi, TV-2012, CROWD Screening Tent I
Valuing and Financing Entertainment Content: Movies, Television and Online Video, From VC & Equity to Crowdfunding
Larry Gerbrandt, Managing Director, Janas Group & principal, Media Valuation Partners, Moderator
Adrian Ward, Senior Vice President, Entertainment, Sports & Media Department, NATIONAL BANK of California
Michael Jay Solomon, Founder/President & CEO, Truli Media Group
Elsa Ramo, Entertainment Attorney, Law Offices of Elsa Ramo
David L. Simon, President, Simon Bros. Media
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Track I: DHFi, H2.0, Screening Tent I
The New Hollywood Equation - Content Owners, New Platforms, Agents & Commerce
Bruce Gersh, President-CEO, FishBowl WorldWide Media
Doug Deluca, co- executive producer, Jimmy Kimmel Live
Kristin Jones, Chief Creative Officer, Vuguru
Dan Goodman, co-founder, Believe Entertainment Group, The LeBrons, The LXD
Adam S. Wescott, General Manager, YouTube Channels and Video Production, EQAL Media Network
Zack Smith, VP, Branded Content, Generate/Alloy Digital
Mark J. Kapczynski, Chief Operating Officer, Kontrol Media, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Track I - ViDeo, TV-2012, H2.0, AdvUp, Tent I
Social Television - The Merger of Content, Social Interaction and the Video Platforms
Jeff Eddings, Sr. Director of Emerging Technology, Turner Broadcasting
Jeff Shultz, Vice President, Business Development, Clicker.com and TV.com, CBS Interactive
Jay Alan Samit, President, ooVoo
David Karp, EVP, Business Development, SnagFilms
Marc Scarpa, Producer / Director x factor digital, Grammy live, incubus hq
Chad E. Gutstein, Chief Operating Officer, Ovation
Greg Johnson, President, Digital, Trivergance, LLC, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Track III - H2.0, SmPh-TbLT, Screening Tent II
Merging Content with New Technologies - Content Reinvention with the Next Generation of Tablets, SmartPhones and Mobile Devices
Ian Sander, Executive Producer & Director, Sander/Moses Productions (“Ghost Whisperer”)
Sara Ghaith, Director, Corporate Strategy & Business, National Geographic
Michael Fabiano, Vice President and General Manager, NBC Publishing
Jennifer Ferro, General Manager, KCRW Public Radio
Alex Limberis, VP, Business Development, Next Issue Media
Art Chang, CEO, Cookstr & App Orchard
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic llc, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
ThinkTanks
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
ThinkTank I: Admiralty Room
Mastering Mobile Advertising: The Key to Monetization
Jesse Gillette, Head of Mobile Publishing, Pandora
Adam Sussman, Head of Mobile Publishing, Zynga
Jared Zlotnick, Media Solutions Lead, Google
Offer Yehudai, President, inneractive
Cathy Brooks, Founder, Other Than That, Moderator
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Track I - H2.0, ViDeo, TV-2012, Screening Tent I
Cable, TV and Broadband - New Content - New Networks - Streams, Platforms, Devices
Robert Leighton, SVP, Programming, Liberty Global
Bruce Eisen, Vice President, Online Content Development & Strategy, Dish Network
Michael Kernan, Chief Executive Officer, NuMedia Studios & Management
David Anderson, Vice President and Head of Digital, Shine AMERICA
Jennifer Sharp, SVP of New Platforms, MGM Studios
Mark J. Kapczynski, Chief Operating Officer, Kontrol Media, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
ThinkTanks
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
ThinkTank I: The Director's Room
Incubators, Accelerators, Labs & Crowdsourcing
Session Leader:
David Austin, Sr. Director of Emerging Technology, Turner Broadcasting
Moderator - Art Chang, CEO, Cookstr & App Orchard
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Monday, October 15th
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Open to all attendees
End-of-Day Poolside Reception
Sponsored by: RMM Online
Monday, October 15th
Evening Dinner: Tickets Available
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM - Ballroom Terrace
Indie, Equity-VC Financing & Crowdfunding: Strategies for the Industry
Cassian Elwes, Producer/Executive Producer, "Blue Valentine," "Margin Call," "The Words," "The Paperboy"
Keri Putnam, Executive Director, Sundance Institute
Thomas B. McGrath, Senior Managing Director, Crossroads Media
Christian Halsey Solomon, CEO, Film Domain, (Financier, Hurt Locker, Defiance, The Expendables)
Additional Speaker to be announced
For Information Click Here
Tuesday, October 16th
Breakfast Session Ballroom Terrace
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM, DHFi, H2.0, TV-2012
Cross-Platform Content - Analysts and Investment: A View from the Street - From Tablets and SmartPhones to 3D TV
Tom Adams, Director & Principal Analyst, US Media, IHS Screen Digest
Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush Securities
Jeffrey Logsdon, JBL Advisors-US
Ronald F. Richards, Managing Director, Merriman Capital
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
The SuperSessions
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track II: ViDeo, TV-2012, H2.0 Salon II
Over the Top TV - Content and the Consumer Experience - New Technologies as Gateway to the New Hollywood
Brad Kania, Head of Content Distribution, Samsung Electronics, Media Solutions Center America
John Bishop, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Cisco Systems
Nate Williams, Head of Product Management and Sr. Director for Converged Experiences, Motorola
Michael Alexander, Strategy & Growth Initiatives, IBM Global Telecommunications Industry
Nash Parker, Director, Emerging Technology & Innovation for Alcatel-Lucent
Andrew B. Drooker, Senior Director of Emerging Platforms, The Weather Channel
Edward Lee, VP, Content Acquisition, Roku
Amy Friedlander Hoffman, President, Priority Digital Media, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
Track IV: AdvUp, ViDeo, Screening Tent I
Maximizing Content Value - From Video to Entertainment and Information - Metadata, Content Farms, Syndication, Behavioral Search & Subscription
Alex Vikati, Executive Director, Product Strategy and Innovation, Tribune Media Services
JR Yasgur, Vice President, Aggregated Metadata Management & Operations (AMMO), Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Kayvan Salmanpour, Head of Business Development, NewsCred
Ben Weinberger, CEO and co_founder, Digitalsmiths
Thomas R. Wilde, CEO, RAMP, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
10:45 AM - Noon
Track I: H2.0, ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon I
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience
John Penney, EVP, Strategy & Business Development, Starz LLC
Jim Underwood, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Balaji Gopinath, Vice President of Emerging Technology, Turner Broadcasting
David Gale, Executive Vice President, MTV Cross Media, MTV Networks
Cenk Uygur, host, Current TV's "The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur”
Ira Rubenstein, Executive Vice President of Digital Marketing for Twentieth Century Fox, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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Track III: SmPh-TbLT, Salon III
SmartPhones & Tablets: The HyperConnected Consumer - Mobile Device & Mobile Network - The Social Experiential Lifestyle
Mark Young, VP Mobile Strategy & Business Development, NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks
Steven Harris, Vice President, New Media Distribution, Scripps Networks Interactive
Jeffrey Litvack, General Manager, Global Product Development, Associated Press
Jay Jaffin, Vice President, Marketing and Sales Operations, West Area, Verizon Wireless
Sima Sistani, Director of Business Development and Strategy, Into Now, Yahoo!
Jim Cannella, Director, Marketing & Strategic Alliances, The Recording Academy (The GRAMMYs)
Google, speaker to be announced
Lucy Hood, Executive Director, Institute for Communications, Technology Management, USC Marshall School of Business, Moderator
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Track IV: ViDeo, TV-2012, H2.0, Tent II - Poolside
Multi-Screen Universe: TV, Tablets, Broadband, Smartphones and IPTV - Strategies for ConnectedTV Technology & Content
Sean Murphy, Solution Manager for Media & Entertainment, Cisco
Shirlene Chandrapal, Vice President Connected TV, Smartclip
Christopher Allen, General Manager, Digital Entertainment Services, Best Buy
Rick Herman, Senior VP, Business and Corporate Development, MobiTV
Nick Colsey, Vice President, Network Promotion, Sony Electronics Inc.
Kemal Altintas, Senior Manager, Smart TV, Partnerships & Business Development, LG Electronics
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors, Frank N. Magid Associates, Moderator
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The ThinkTanks
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
"The Immersive Digital Future - All Surfaces All-the-Time - From Coffee Cups & Sunglasses to Sidewalks and Skyscrapers"
Session Leader:
Jeff Demain, Research Strategy and Business Development Director - Intel Lab
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The ThinkTanks
12 Noon - 12:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Directors Room
Hollywood Green Lights - One Screen - Two Screens - Social TV - YouTube TV, Yahoo, X-Box TV - There's a Digital Revolution Out There!
Session Leader:
Greg Johnson, President, Digital, Trivergance, LLC
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ThinkTank B: The Board Room
Bringing Science to the Art of Programming: Using Data and Insights in the Content Development Cycle - Scaling Net Video and Reinventing the Portal Business
Session Leader:
Chris Grosso, SVP/General Manager, Homepages, AOL
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Track I: H2.0, ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon I
Hollywood and Media - Always Connected - Always On - Traditional Media Transformed! iPads & Tablets, SmartPhones to Cable and TV
Nicholas Dale, Senior Manager, Interactive & Mobile, FremantleMedia Enterprises
Bill Reller, VP of New Business, Meredith Corporation
Pam Schechter, Vice President, Business Affairs, Digital and Cable Entertainment, NBC/Universal
Kim Moses, principal, Sander/Moses Productions (“Ghost Whisperer”)
RJ Kirkland, Manager, Global Marketing Solutions, Facebook
John P. Roberts, EVP Digital Strategy and Branding, Endemol USA
Jeff Flores, Senior Director of Sales, NBC News Digital
Shawn Gold, Chief Marketing officer, Mahalo, Moderator
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Track II: DHFi, CROWD Screening Tent I, Poolside
Investment, Funding Strategies and Deal Flow
Digital Media Venture, Investment and Funding: New Business Models in Entertainment, Media and Technology - From Funds to Crowdfunding
Richard Yen, Director, Private Equity, Saban Capital Group
Maria Anguelova-Sayegh, Vice President, Media and Telecom Group, Houlihan Lokey
Brock Pierce, Entrepreneur & Managing Director, Clearstone Global Gaming Fund
Rob Coneybeer, Managing Director, Shasta Ventures
David O. Higley, Managing Partner, Bond Lane Merchant Bank, Moderator
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Track III: SmPh-TbLT, AdvUp, H2.0 Salon II
The Social TV Strategy Summit: Tablet & SmartPhone as Gateway to the SmartTV: Content, Commerce, Communications & Social Graph
Tina Hoover, VP Social Media & Interactivity, Endemol USA
Caroline Orange, Head of New Distribution Development, News International
Jim Eadie, Senior Vice President of Digital Distribution, MTV Networks
Peter Szabo, Director of West Coast Sales, Shazam
Kathy Styponias, General Manager | Media & Entertainment Group | Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft
Marc Isikoff, Senior Manager - Media/Entertainment, Accenture
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Headwaters MB, Moderator
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The ThinkTanks
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Special Company Briefing: EMC
Entertainment & Media in the Cloud
ThinkTank B: The Board Room
The Conflict - The Investment vs. the Content: The Story Driven Approach to Content vs. The Business Model and the Advertiser
Session Leader:
David Gale, Executive Vice President, MTV Cross Media, MTV Networks
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Special Company Briefing:
2:00 PM - 4 PM - Admiralty Room
Ooyala - Powering Personalized Video Delivery
ThinkTanks
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
The New Hollywood Production Partnership - DirecTV Goes Hollywood - Discussion of new production “ROGUE” which will star award-winning actress Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness, Mission Impossible 2)
Session Leaders:
Nick Hamm, Writer/Director, “The Hole,” “Godsend
Chris Long, SVP of Entertainment & Production, DirecTV
Patty Ishimoto - Vice President of Entertainment DIRECTV and General Manager Audience Network
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ThinkTank B: The Board Room
The Interactive Living Room - All Content - All the Time - TV-Game Console-Tablet-PC
Randy Shaffer, West Region Sales Manager, Interactive Entertainment Business, Advertising Business Group, Microsoft
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track I: H2.0, ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon I
Video Anytime Anywhere: Video Across Platforms - Television, Broadband and Mobile - Understanding the Value Proposition
Eric Day, Co-Founder, Trium (Producer on YouTube's Everyday Health Channel)
Tamara Franklin, Senior Vice President, Affiliate Operations & New Media Distribution, Scripps Networks Interactive
Sean Collins, Sr. Global Delivery Manager, EMC
Emil Rensing, CTO, EPIX
Teri Francis, Sr. Director, Customer Solutions, NTT Communications Global IP Network, NTT America
Scott L Brown, Senior Vice President, Global Communications, Media Practice Consumer Insights & Strategic Relations, The Nielsen Company
Shahid Khan, Chairman and Chief Strategist, MediaMorph, Inc., Moderator
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Track II: ViDeo, TV-2012, H2.0, Salon II
Original Video Programming - Streaming and Live Broadband: TV-Tablets-Smartphones-PCs - The Video Explosion
Damon Berger, Executive Producer & CEO, What's Trending
Jason Carbone, Executive Producer & Founder, Good Clean Fun
Daniel Tibbets, SVP of Digital Media, Bunim/Murray Productions
Sean Atkins, Senior Vice President of Digital Media, Discovery Communications
Chris Williams, Chief Development Officer, Maker Studios
David Beebe, Vice President and General Manager, Digital Studios, Fishbowl Worldwide Media
Steve Bradbury, Chief Revenue Officer, Zazoom, Moderator
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Track IV: HGmz, AdvUp, SmPh-TbLT Tent I, Poolside
Social, Tablet & SmartPhone Gaming - The Explosive Obsession!
Robert Nashak, Executive Vice President, Digital Entertainment & Games, BBC Worldwide
Marco DeMiroz, president and CEO, PlayFirst
Lon Otremba, CEO, Tylted
Michael Yuen, CEO, Showbucks
Henrik Markarian, Director of Technology, AvatarLabs
Tarrnie Williams, President & Studio Head, Roadhouse Interactive
David Traub, President, unityfor, Moderator
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The ThinkTanks
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Entertainment Marketing Campaigns - Multiplatform Storytelling + Technology + Creativity = Strategic Vision, Virality and Mass Marketing
Session Leader:
Gary Shenk, CEO, Corbis
Moderator - Thomas F. Tafuto, Global Chief Creative Officer, eDynamic
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track III: H2.0, TV-2012, Screening Tent I
The Hollywood Producer - The Real Deal: Reinventing the Strategy, the Platforms and the Revenue Streams
Scott Ehrlich, CEO, Agility Studios
Michael Goldfine, Digital Strategist, William Morris Endeavor
Brian Volk-Weiss, Head of Production, Senior Vice President, Talent Management / Dynamics (ABC's “Next Best Thing,” “Good Luck Chuck,” “Dane Cook,” “Tom Green Special”)
Susan Jackson, CEO, Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media
Lisa Hudson, co-executive producer, RightThisMinute, an original EP, TMZ
RJ Williams, CEO, Young Hollywood
Larry Tanz, president, Vuguru
David Tochterman, Head of Digital Media, Innovative Artists, Moderator
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Track IV: HGmz, AdvUp, H2.0, Salon III
The Kids Revolution - Brands, Games, Education and TV - from iPads to TVs
Devery Holmes, President & CEO, Spark Alliance Marketing
Toper Taylor, President and Chief Operating Officer, Cookie Jar
David Lord, CEO, Knowledge Adventure
Hanna Miranda, Managing Director, Atomic Online - an Evolve Media Corp. company
Stuart Drexler, Product Developer & Brand Strategist, Moderator
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The ThinkTanks
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Video on the Smartphone and Tablet - Programming, Content Relationships, Dealmaking and Commerce
Session Leaders
Eric Mauskopf, Business Development Manager, YouTube Mobile and TV Partnerships
Frank Chindamo, President & Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies,
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Tuesday, October 16th
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
End-of Day Poolside Reception - Ritz Carlton
Open to All Attendees
Sponsored by: Cisco
6:15 PM - 8:30 PM - Open to All Attendees
The Women's Keynote Roundtable and Reception: Women’s Entertainment & Technology (WOMEN)
Women and the Entertainment and Media Industry: Shaping the Pillars of the Industry
Bonnie Fuller, President and Editor-in-Chief, HollywoodLife.com and HollyBaby.com (Former Editor, Glamour and US Weekly)
Betsy Beers, Producer, “Grey's Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Scandal,” “The Gilded Lillys,” “The Hoax”
Additional speakers to be announced
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Seminars Continued from Left Column
Digital Hollywood
Wednesday, October 17th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track II: ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon II
The NexGen Entertainment Home Experience - From the Smart & Connected TV to the Tablet, PVR, SmartPhone & PC Experience
Ben Huang, Director, Microsoft Mediaroom
Ben Hollin, Senior Manager, IP Video Strategy and Business Development, Service Provider Video Technology Group, Cisco
Leslie Chard, President, WHDI
Brian Miller, Director of Business Development for Branded Products, Western Digital
David Adams, Vice President of Corporate Development, Accedo
Sam Vasisht, Chief Marketing Officer, Veveo
John Gildred, founder and CTO, SyncTV Corporation
Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator
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Track III: H2.0, DiRghts, ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon III
The Expansion of UltraViolet - Advancing Digital Home Entertainment
Kevin Morrow, VP, Partnerships, Media Solutions Center America, Samsung
Mitch Singer, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, Sony Pictures
Mark Teitell, General Manager & Executive Director, Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), LLC
Kent Steffen, General Manager and President of Content Direct, CSG Systems
Gerald Hensley, VP, Sales Entertainment, Rovi Corporation
Brad Hunt, President, Digital Media Directions, LLC, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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Track IV: SmPh-TbLT, Tent I
SmartPhone Apps - Tablet Apps - Change Agents - App Breakthroughs, Video, Games, Mobile Engagement and Advertising
Dan Lee, Director, Mobile Audience Measurement Solutions, The Nielsen Company
Norman Liang, Director of Platform Solutions, GetJar
Suli Ali, CEO, TinyCo
Scott Lewallen, co-founder and Senior Vice President of Product & Design, Grindr
Jean Mathews, iMAGIN8E, Bolt Creative/ Pocket God
Andy Richman, CEO Moonrider
Guy Piekarz, CEO, Matcha
Christophe Ponsarte, Director, Information, Media & Entertainment Mobility Practice, Cognizant Business Consulting, Moderator
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Special Workshop
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM, DiRghts, Screening Tent II
Keepin' it Legal - Online Marketing - Basics for Developing Legally Compliant Sweepstakes, Contests, User-Generated Content and Social Media Promotions, and Complying with the FTC's Endorsement Guidelines
Cisca Brouwer, Corporate Counsel, NBCUniversal, Entertainment & Digital Networks group
John Pavolotsky, Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Deanna Newell, Senior Corporate Counsel at Myspace LLC
David Snead, Ecommerce Attorney & Internet Lawyer
Anne Moebes, Law Office of Anne Moebes, Moderator
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10:45 AM - Noon
Track I: ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon I
Inventing TV 2.0 - Defining the Set Top, Connected TV, Tablet & Smartphone Downloadable Consumer Experience
Josh Stutt, Director of Marketing, Newvue
David Catzel, Senior Platform Strategy Advisor, Developer Platform Evangelism Group, Microsoft
Ian Greenblatt, Director, Content Strategy & Business Development, MOTOROLA MOBILITY
Crx Chai, Director of User Experience, Nagra-Kudelski
Mark Donnigan, General Manager, U.S., Dune HD
Ajay Dugar, Director, Business Development, Digital Media, DTS, Inc
Gregory T. Willis, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Neulion
David E. Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH POTOMAC, Moderator
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Track III: ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon III
Over the Top Platforms - TV, iPad - Tablet - SmartPhone - PC - Connecting into the Future
Kim Hurwitz, SVP, Programming, FilmOn.TV Networks Inc.
Randa E. Minkarah, Senior Vice President Revenue & Business Development, Fisher Communications
Michael Bishara, VP and General Manager, TV Everywhere, Synacor
Tim Sale, Director, Technical Sales, thePlatform
Ben Bennett, SVP of Services, Irdeto
Paul Sweeting, Principal, Concurrent Media Strategies
James M. Burger, Member, Dow Lohnes PLLC., Moderator
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Track IV: H2.0, ViDeo, TV-2012 Screening Tent I
Video Innovation - Content for the New Hollywood - Cross Platform - Web - Phone - Tablet - TV
Brad Gelfond, Principal, Strike up the Brand (former SVP, Warner Bros. Records)
Sandy Khaund, Sr. Director of Emerging Technology, Turner Broadcasting
David Yates, Director of Service Provider Video Marketing, Cisco
Maryse Thomas, CEO, POKEWARE
Deepak Das, Senior Director of Marketing, VisualOn
Jennifer McDonnell, Head of Operations, Deca
Meridith Valiando, Co-Founder // Producer, DigiTour Media
Arlene Zeichner, Principal, Selavy Associates, Moderator
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Special Workshop
10:45 AM - Noon - DiRghts, DHFi Screening Tent II
New Media Wheeling and Dealing - Gaining the Strategic Advantage - Drafting, Negotiating and Closing your New Media Deal using business savvy, leverage and smarts
Michelle Parker, Senior Attorney, Interactive Entertainment Business Group, Microsoft Corporation
Fred Bernstein, Partner, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP
Dan Rozansky, Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Joe Shapiro, CEO and Founder, OnCam
David Shall, Head of Business Operations and General Counsel, Vuguru
Joleen Winther Hughes, Founder and Principal, HUGHES MEDIA LAW GROUP, Moderator
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The ThinkTanks
12 Noon - 12:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Streaming the 2012 Olympics to China: A Case Study in Business and Technology
Hosted by Chris Wagner, EVP, NeuLion
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Track II: H2.0, ViDeo, TV-2012, SmPh-TbLT, Salon II
The Social TV Ecosystem: Smart TVs, Guides, OTT Content, Tablets-Smartphones and Apps
Sean Bunner, Vice President, New Business Development, HSN
Chris Wyatt, CEO, Youtoo
Rebecca Baldwin, VP and GM, Zap2it, Tribune Media
Brian Norgard, founder, Chill
Jeremy Toeman, CEO, Dijit Media
Kelly C. Egan, VP, Business Development, Fanhattan
Mark Ghuneim, CEO, Wiredset, Moderator
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Track III: DiRghts, H2.0, ViDeo, TV-2012, Screening Tent I, Poolside
Digital Deals - Networks, Studios and Producers - Monetizing Content Across Platforms
Russell Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Starz Entertainment
Sharad Devarajan, CEO & Co-Founder, Liquid Comics / Liquid Studios
Grant Michaelson, Vice President, Business Affairs and New Media, ABC Entertainment
Jared Tobman, Co-Founder, Trium and Former Head of Reveille Digital Studios
Larry Namer, President/CEO Metan Development Group
Bill Jensen, Vice President/General Manager, BUZZMEDIA
Mike Sid, CEO, MediaMorph, Moderator
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Track IV: ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon III
Hybrid TV - Delivering the Ultimate TV Experience: Broadcast, Cable, Premium & OTT Content
Jonathan Lupo, Chief Experience Officer, Empathy Lab
Jack Perry, Founder & CEO, Syncbak
Steve McKay, CEO, Entone
Mike West, founder, Genos TV
Yosi Glick, Co-Founder and CEO, Jinni
Paul Erickson, Senior Analyst, Consumer Electronics Group, IMS Research, IHS, Moderator
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Special Workshop
12:30 PM - ViDeo, TV-2012, Screening Tent II
Cloud Media & the Connected PC-TV-Mobile Universe: The New Face of the Digital Consumer
Michael Taylor, SVP, Corporate Development, ActiveVideo Networks
Steve Poehlein, Director, Media & Entertainment Solutions, Industry Consulting Practice, Hewlett-Packard
Jackie Mountain, Vice President of Sales, Western Region, T3Media
Jeff Malkin, President, Encoding.com
David Woodman, Managing Director of the Americas, Motive Television
Greg Kostello, Founder & CEO, Givit
Steven Harnsberger, President, OTT Digital Services
Lauren Cole, President, Cole Media, Moderator
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The ThinkTanks
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM The Director's Room
ThinkTank A:
Aprés SOPA/PIPA and the Blackout - What Next?”
James M. Burger, Member, Dow Lohnes PLLC., Moderator
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The ThinkTanks
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
SOCIAL TV as Programming - The Emerging Media of Today and Tomorrow
Session Leader:
Sean Bunner, Vice President, New Business Development, HSN
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ThinkTank B: The Board Room
The Incubus HQ Project - Music, Video, Live Performance
Session Leaders:
Steve Rennie, Manager, Incubus
Marc Scarpa, Producer / Director x factor digital, Grammy live, incubus hq
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track I: AdvUp, ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon I
Internet Video, Advertising & Marketing: The Next Generation of Consumer Reach
Dan Weinstein, Founding Partner, Collective Digital Studio & Head of Digital Content, The Collective
Will Marks, Producer & Head of Business Development, Monkey Wrangler Productions
Kevin Townsend, Managing Partner, Science + Fiction
Kwasi Asare, CEO, FIGHTER Interactive
Steve Woolf, President, Blip Studios, SVP of Content, Blip Networks
Justin Henry, Sales Manager, blinkx
Paul Erickson, Senior Analyst, Consumer Electronics Group, IMS Research, IHS, Moderator
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Track III: SmPh-TbLT, Salon III
Music Apps for SmartPhones, Tablets & Social Media - Reaching Millions - Monetization
Jack Isquith, SVP of Strategic Development, Slacker
David Stein, CEO and Founder, Thefuture.fm
Elias Roman, CEO and Co-Founder, Songza Media, Inc.
Adam Boyden, President, Conduit
David Stein, founder and CEO,Thefuture.fm
Chris Wiltsee, Director, Business Development, BandPage
Chris Hansen, co-founder and CEO, BAMM.TV
Kelli Richards, President, The All Access Group, Moderator
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Track IV: H2.0, SmPh-TbLT, TV-2012, Tent I, Poolside
The Social Experience: Personalized Communication, Personalized TV, Personalized Apps, Personalized Commerce
Mike Folgner, founder and CEO, SnappyTV
Matthew Meeks, Vice President, Director, Prophesee, Initiative, IPG Mediabrands
Adam DuVander, Executive Editor, ProgrammableWeb
Eric Tilenius, Executive-in-Residence (EIR), Scale Venture Partners
Danny Kastner, CEO, Social Edison
Juan Pablo Bedoya, Vice President of Product, textPlus
Jack Krawczyk, Senior Product Marketing Manager, StumbleUpon
David Bloom, Principal, Words & Deeds, Moderator
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The ThinkTanks
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
ThinkTank A: The Director's Room
Synchronized Metadata - The Key Enabler of Advanced Content Discovery
Session Leader:
JR Yasgur, Vice President, Aggregated Metadata Management & Operations (AMMO), Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track I: AdvUp, H2.0, TV-2012, Salon I
Monetizing Entertainment Programming, Cross Platform - Social TV, Social Media and Commerce
John Evershed, CEO, Mondo Media
Mark Vrieling, CEO, SCREENPLAY, INC.
Dean Waters, CEO, VIMBY
Joe Swift, founder, 7 Stories Up
Andy Wing, co-CEO, Fuel Industries
Marc Karzen, CEO and Executive Producer, Relish
Zach James, Co-Founder, ZEFR
Ben Mendelson, co-founder and president, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator
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Track IV: ViDeo, TV-2012, Screening Tent I, Poolside
Video Everywhere - Technologies & Platforms - Enabling the Next Generation of Over-the-Top TV
Dave Mowrey, VP of Product Management, Clearleap
Jonathan Wilner, Sr. Director of Business Product Management, Ooyala
Peter Ward, Director Professional Services, Verizon Digital Media Services
Ken Roulier, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Broadband, Cable & Satellite Division, Amdocs
Tim Napoleon, Chief Strategist, AllDigital
Josette Bonte, Chief Strategy Officer, CTM: Institute for Communication Technology Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Jonathan Hurd, Director, Altman Vilandrie & Company, Moderator
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Special Workshop
3:50 PM - 5:00 PM ViDeo, AdvUp, TV-2012 Tent II
Music and Video - in the Cloud - The Future of Entertainment
Dick Wingate, Principal, DEV Advisors
Tamir Koch, CEO, MyMusicCloud
KamranV, Founder/CEO, POP-AUT
Brett Welch, CEO, Switchcam
Chris Kantrowitz, Founder & CEO, Gobbler
Larry Goldberg, CEO, TuneWiki
Brent Wilkins, Vice President Global Business Development, Moderator
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
End-of-Day
Women's Keynote: Ballroom Terrace
Women’s Entertainment & Technology (WOMEN)
Beth-Ann Eason, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Condé Nast
Wenda Harris Millard, president and COO, MedialLink, Moderator
Additional Speakers to be announced
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5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - The Ritz Carlton
End-of Day Poolside Reception
Wednesday, October 17th
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Marina Vista Room
Mobile Excellence Awards (co-located at Digital Hollywood)
Thursday, October 18th
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Track II: ViDeo, TV-2012, Salon II
Content Delivery - Rich Media - Managing the Three Screen Challenge: PC, TV and Mobile
Jeremy Black, Director of Consumer & Media, Xtreme Labs
Peter Mastin, VP of Business Development, CDN Solutions Group, Internap
Iri Trashanski, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances and New Initiatives, Marvell Semiconductor
Eric Morris, Vice President Global Media, Kaltura
Dan Sweeney, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Solekai Systems
Scott Holmes, founder and President, United Future, Moderator
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Track IV - AdvUp, H2.0, SmPh-TbLT, TV-2012, Ballroom Terrace
Monetizing Video: Tablet, Smartphone and PC Content and Commerce - Cost Models & Implementation
Jonathan Stephansky, Founder and CEO, Viewbix
Craig Besnoy, Managing Director, Netbiscuits
Elizabeth Cowley, SVP Global Partnerships, Viewster AG
Oren Nauman, CEO, Anyclip
Bee Ottinger, CEO, SnapCuts
Craig Wood, Direct of Sales, U.S., Randicoot
Stephanie Piche', CEO, Executive Producer, Mingle Media TV
Philip E. Daniels, Esq., Founder, Ginsburg Daniels LLP, Moderator
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11:05 AM - 12:20 PM
Track III: AdvUp, TV-2012, Salon III
Video Innovation! Social Video, Real-Time Video, Face-to-Face Video - Communication and Commerce
Ken Zamkow, Director of Sales and Marketing, LiveU
Rajesh Midha, VP, Corporate Development, ooVoo
Townsend Zeigler, Director, Business Development, Pandoodle
Marcelo Camberos, CEO and co-founder, myglam
Tim Napoleon, Director of Strategies and Strategic Partnerships, AllDigital
Philip Nelson, Senior VP, Artist and Media Relations, NewTek, Inc
Joe Sumner, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, Vyclone
Athan Stephanopoulos, CEO/Founder, GorillaSpot Media
Paolo Sigismondi, MBA, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, USC, Moderator
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Track IV: ViDeo, TV-2012, AdvUp, Ballroom Terrace
Content Innovation: Next Generation in Media Technologies - Broadband and Mobile
Markus Almer, President and co-founder, Almer/Blank
Amanda Taylor, CEO, DanceOn
Angela Abshier, CEO, Gabuduck
Arnaud Collery, Founder, Comiques sans frontiers
Susan Johnston, Festival founder and director, New Media Film Festival™
Allison Dollar, CEO, ITV Alliance, Moderator
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track V:
Intersection of Social and TV: From Social Viewing to Live Data Visualizations
Dennis Yu, BlitzLocal, BlitzMedia
Chris Strickland, Social Media Marketing and Community Manager, Break.com
Newton Lee, Author
Anna Marie Piersimoni, Moderator
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