iHollywood Forum announces Speaker List for THE DIGITAL LIVING ROOMฎ Event
BATTLE FOR THE DIGITAL LIVING ROOM COMMENCES IN SAN FRANCISCO AREA MARCH 7 8
Inaugural executive summit addresses the technologies and services competing to transform the living room into a digital hub.
Los Angeles-/18 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-iHollywood Forum Inc. announced the speaker lineup and agenda for THE DIGITAL LIVING ROOMฎ and Venture Forum, the definitive conference March 78, 2005 event at the San Francisco Airport Crowne Plaza Hotel (Foster City). This thought leader summit will feature the executives, journalists and analysts defining consumers' digital lives, including: Wall Street Journal Personal Technology Columnist Walter Mossberg, Real Networks Chairman and CEO Rob Glaser, Sony Digital Entertainment President and Sony Pictures Entertainment Vice Chairman Yair Landau and many others.
Agenda and speaker line up available at
http://www.digitallivingroom.com.
"This is the year the Digital Living Room becomes a reality," said iHollywood Forum CEO and Founder Michael Stroud. "Media centers, broadband wireless connections, digital music and video, HDTV all are available and affordable. Venture capital is flowing. I'm thrilled that the leaders in this new consumer revolution will be speaking at our conference to address the battle among PC makers, Baby Bells, cable operators, consumer electronics companies and software companies for control of the digital living room."
The Digital Living Room will explore the changes rocking consumer electronics, entertainment and communications, and the implications for how consumers listen to music, watch movies and television, play games, communicate and access media. The conference will launch with a keynote by the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg about trends in the digital living room, followed by a fireside chat between Walt Mossberg, Rob Glaser and Yair Landau.
Other sessions at the conference include:
The PC/TV connection
Protecting digital rights in a world of multiple devices
The rise of consumer Voice-Over-IP (VoIP)
Personal video recorders: into the mainstream
HDTV: what's on next
Scramble for the set-top
Reinventing music
Transforming consumer experiences of digital imaging and video
Untangling the home network
The unwired living room
Killer apps and gadgets
I want my IPTV!
Next-gen games
Any video, anywhere
Sessions will be moderated by some of the nation's top technology journalists, including: Wall Street Journal Columnists Walter Mossberg and Lee Gomes; CNET Editor-in-Chief Pat Houston; PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael Miller; PC World Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken; Always On Network Founder and Editor Tony Perkins; USA Today Technology Reporter Jefferson Graham; Los Angeles Times Technology Reporter Jon Healey; Wired Magazine Products Editor Robert Capps; and San Jose Mercury News Staff Writer Dean Takahashi.
Panels will also include insights from top analysts, including: Gartner Group Vice President Van Baker, Enderle Group Principal Rob Enderle, Parks Associates VP and Principal Analyst Kurt Scherf and Jupiter Research Director Julie Ask.
Sponsors include:
Gold: JETRO
Silver: Mediabolic, Microsoft and Streamload
Bronze: Digital 5, Kasenna, Pepper Computer, Granite Ventures, ViXS, Muze, DigitalDeck, Exhibitors: Adimos and Network International Solutions (NIS)
Media and Association Partners: The Hollywood Reporter, Rogers & Cowan, DiMa, Business Wire, Always On, CNET, AeA, Larta Institute, Internet Home Alliance, CEDIA, MoCA, VESA, 1394 Trade Association, WiMedia Alliance, DLNA, CCIA, The Wi-Fi Technology Forum, Digital Lifestyles Resource Center, VC Task Force, Home Toys
Research Partners: Parks Associates
Specially selected conference attendees will also have the opportunity to pitch for funding before top Silicon Valley venture capitalists and strategic investors. Deluxe ticket holders will be allowed to view the funding sessions. Entrepreneurs interested in being considered for the pitch sessions are invited to submit free applications at www.digitallivingroom.com.
VC judges include: Redpoint Ventures' Geoff Yang, Bessemer Venture Partners Partner Jeremy Levine, Mayfield Managing Director Allen Morgan, Allegis Capital Partner Robert Ackerman, Samsung Ventures America's Stanley Kim, Intel Capital Director of Strategic Developments Mike Buckley, Charles River Ventures Partner George Zachary and Best Buy Corporate Development executive Kuk Yi.
Attendees will attend a live focus group of consumers and have the opportunity to ask their own questions.
The complete list of Digital Living Room presenting companies and speakers includes:
8x8
Brian Martin, CEO
Adimos
Sandeep Kumar, President and Chief Executive Officer
Akimbo
Josh Goldman, Chief Executive Officer
Allegis Capital
Robert Ackerman, Partner
AMD
Fred Weber, Chief Technology Officer
AOL
Neil Smith, General Manager Digital Media Services
Apple
Peter Lowe, Director of Marketing, Applications and Services
Bessemer Venture Partners
Jeremy Levine, Partner
Best Buy
Kuk Yi, Corporate Development
Charles River Ventures
George Zachary, Partner
CNET
Pat Houston, Editor-in-Chief
ComVentures
David Britts, Partner
Computer & Communications Industry Association
Edward Black, President and Chief Executive Officer
Current Analysis
Larry Hettick, Vice President, Wireline Solutions
Digeo
Bert Kolde, Chief Operations Officer
Digital 5
Bruce Young, Chief Technology Office
DigitalDeck
Marty Levine, Vice President, Strategic Development
Digital Living Network Alliance, Bob Gregory, Secretary of the Board of Directors and Intel, Director of Initiatives Planning
Discovery HD Theater and VOD Clint Stinchcomb, Senior Vice President and General Manager
EMI Recorded Music
Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, Digital Distribution and Delivery
Enderle Group
Rob Enderle, Principal
Entropic Communications
Ladd Wardani Vice President Business Development, and Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MoCA) President
Exent Technologies, Yoav Tzruya, Vice President Product and Market Strategy
Frey Technologies/ Sage TV
Mike Machado, President
Gartner
Van Baker, VP, Consumer Electronic Products
HP
Tom Anderson Vice President, Marketing, Consumer PC Global Business Unit
IBM
Dick Anderson, General Manager, Global Digital Media
iHollywood Forum
Michael Stroud, Founder
Intel Capital
Mike Buckley, Director Digital Home Investments
Internet Home Alliance
Kristine Stewart, Chairman
Jupiter Research
Julie Ask, Research Director
Kasenna
Mark Gray, Chief executive Officer
Kodak
Nancy Carr, Vice President of Digital and Applied Imaging
Los Angeles Times
Jon Healey, Technology Reporter
Macrovision.
Todd Basche Senior Vice President, Engineering & Products
Mayfield
Allen Morgan, Managing Director
McKinsey & Company
Luis Ubi๑as, Director
Mediabolic
Dan Putterman, Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft
Joe Belfiore, General Manager, eHome
Motorola
John Burke, Corporate VP and General Manager, Consumer Solutions Business
Muze
Paul Zulo , Chief Executive Officer
Orb Networks
James Behrens, Chief Executive Officer
Panasonic Corporation of North America
Dr. Paul F. Liao, Chief Technology Officer
Parks Associates
Kurt Scherf, VP and Principal Analyst
PC Magazine
Michael Miller, Editor-in-Chief, Executive Vice President and Editorial Director Ziff Davis
PC World
Harry McCracken, Editor-in-Chief
Pepper Computer
Len Kawell, Chief Executive Officer
Puremac Digital/IP-DTV, Allan McLennan, Managing Partner
Prismiq
Ken Goldsholl, Chief Executive Officer
Pure Networks
Tim Dowling, Chief Executive Officer and President
RealNetworks
Robert Acker, Vice President, Music Services
Redpoint Ventures
Geoff Yang, Founder
Roku
Anthony Wood, Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Samsung Electronics
Joe Virginia Vice President, LCD Division
Samsung Venture Partners
Stanley Kim, Partner
San Jose Mercury News
Dean Takahashi, Staff writer
SBC Communications
Ed Cholerton, Chief Executive Officer, SBC Media Solutions LLC and Vice President, SBC DSL
Scientific-Atlanta
Dave Davies, Vice President, Strategy and Product Marketing, Subscriber Networks
Simple Star
Chad Richard, Chief Executive Officer
Skype
Niklas Zennstrom, CEO (by audio)
Sling Media
Blake Krikorian, Chief Executive Officer
Stormfront Studios
Don L. Daglow, President and Chief Executive Officer
Streamload
Steve Iverson, President and CEO
Tivo
Edward Lichty, VP Business Development
USA TODAY
Jefferson Graham, Technology Reporter
ViewSonic
Gene Ornstead, Director of Advanced TV Products
ViXS Systems,
Sally Daub, Chief Executive Officer
Vonage
Jeff Citron, Chief Executive Officer
Wall Street Journal
Lee Gomes, Columnist
Walt Disney Corp.
Bob Lambert, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Media Delivery
Wired Magazine
Robert Capps, Products Editor
WiMedia Alliance
Glyn Roberts, President
Zoran
Levi Gerzberg, Chief Executive Officer
The conference will also be a showcase for cutting-edge technologies and services in the Digital Living Room. Sponsors will have the opportunity to exhibit, present to the audience and, where appropriate, sit on panels.
Companies interested in sponsorship opportunities for the Digital Living Room showcase should contact iHollywood Forum's sales team. Sponsorships benefits include speaking, giving a demo to the audience, exhibitor table, press list and tickets.
Companies A L call John Grosfeld at (650) 759-8728 john@ihollywoodforum.com
Companies M-Z call Mike Navarre at (310) 566-7744 or mikenavarre@ihollywoodforum.com
About iHollywood Forum, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Los Angeles-based iHollywood Forum, Inc., produces cutting-edge roundtables and conferences about digital entertainment and mobile technology. The summits attract a diverse mix of Hollywood and Silicon Valley executives, entrepreneurs, technology executives, attorneys and others to learn and make deals in an intimate environment. Sessions are typically moderated by top journalists and analysts. Other conferences produced by iHollywood Forum include the Mobile Entertainment Summit at CTIA, Music 2.0, Mobile Media World (formerly iWireless World), Impact! (entertainment marketing) and the Digital Media Summit. More information is available at
http://www.ihollywoodforum.com.
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