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2nd Annual Digital Media Conference To Be Held in McLean, Virginia on June 17th; CEA's Gary Shapiro, MPAA's Fritz Attaway, EMI's Ted Cohen and WeatherBug's Robert Marshall to Keynote at Industry Leading Digital Media Conference.


WASHINGTON -- Digital Media Wire, the industry's leading mobile and digital entertainment news, events and information provider, today announced speakers for the 2nd Annual Digital Media Conference (http://www.digitalmediaconference.com) to be held in McLean, VA on June 17, 2005. The event, co-produced by Potomac Tech Wire, is considered a "must-attend" event for media, entertainment and technology businesses, educational institutions and government agencies involved in the digital distribution of media, content & entertainment products. The conference was recently described by the Washington Post as "a confab of powerful communicators and content providers in the region."

Registration information, along with a complete agenda, is available at: http://www.digitalmediaconference.com

Industry-leading executives joining the line-up of speakers and presenters include: Gary Shapiro, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Consumer Electronics Association, who will open the event with a keynote address, Fritz Attaway, EVP EVP Executive Vice President
EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor
EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon
EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany)
EVP Employee Value Proposition
 & Washington General Counsel of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA MPAA
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Motion Picture Association of America
), who will speak in a one-on-one interview with Drew Clark a Senior Writer for National Journal's Technology Daily, Ted Cohen cohen
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SVP Senior Vice President
SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party)
SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
SVP Social Venture Partners
SVP St Vincent de Paul
 of Digital Development & Distribution of EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC.  Music, who will speak in a one-on-one interview with Ned Sherman, CEO of Digital Media Wire, and Robert Marshall, CEO of AWS AWS Amazon Web Services
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AWS Advanced Warning System
AWS Advanced Wireless Services
AWS Automatic Weather Station
AWS Alien Workshop (skateboard company)
AWS Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH
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The one-day event one-day event

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 includes thought-provoking panels on cutting-edge business, technology, legal and policy topics including Copyrights v. Technology, The "New" FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S.  and the Future of Digital Media, The Evolution of Radio, Mobile Entertainment, Digital Living, The Changing Face of Television, MGM MGM
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 v. Grokster and Video Games. Speakers are from the leading companies and associations in digital media, including Verizon, XM Satellite Radio, TiVo, America Online, Napster, PaymentOne, RealNetworks, National Journal's Technology Daily, RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. , Digital Media Association, CNET's News.com, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Public Knowledge, SoundExchange, Motorola, CTIA (1) See CompTIA.

(2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry.
, Sorrent, PlayFirst, Frank N. Magid Associates, National Geographic Channel
This article is about the US television channel.
For the British version, see National Geographic Channel (UK).
For the Canadian version, see National Geographic Channel (Canada).
 and Tangent Mobile, among others.

The confirmed speaker list includes:
KEYNOTES
Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
Robert Marshall, President & CEO, AWS Convergence Technologies
 (WeatherBug parent)
Fritz Attaway, Executive Vice President & Washington General Counsel,
 Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA)
Interviewed by: Drew Clark - Senior Writer, National Journal's
 Technology Daily
Ted Cohen, SVP of Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music
Interviewed by: Ned Sherman - CEO, Digital Media Wire

PANELISTS
Lee Abrams, Chief Programming Officer, XM Satellite Radio
Jeffrey Carlisle, Former Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC
Phil Corwin, Partner, Butera & Andrews (Kazaa counsel)
Mark Desautels, VP, Wireless Internet Development, CTIA
Sarah Deutsch, VP & Associate General Counsel, Verizon Communications
John Dietsch, Producer/Director & CEO, Castle Creek Productions
Adam Eisgrau, Executive Director, P2P United
John Ford, EVP, Programming, National Geographic Channel
Marc Freedman, CEO, RazorPop (owner of TrustyFiles)
Eric Goldberg, Managing Director, Crossover Technologies
Ramana Gottipati, Sr. Dir., Product Management & Marketing,
 RealNetworks
Gary R. Greenstein, General Counsel, SoundExchange
Mark Jacobs, President & CEO, Mythic Entertainment
Christy C. Kunin, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
Marty Lafferty, CEO, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)
David E. Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac
Ed Lichty, VP, Business Development, TiVo
Larry Linietesky, SVP of Worldwide Business Development, Napster
Reno Marioni, President, Tangent Mobile
Steve Marks, General Counsel, RIAA
Declan McCullagh, Chief Political Correspondent, CNET's News.com
Tom Meredith, CEO, P2P Cash
Elaine Reiss, Former Gen. Cnsl., Ogilvy & Mather
Robert Nashak, VP of Production, Sorrent
Les Ottolenghi, CEO, INTENT MediaWorks (owner of iPeer)
Michael Pickrum, COO, BET Interactive LLC
Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association
Russ Reeder, CEO, RightsLine
Ralph Rivera, VP & GM, AOL Games, America Online
Rich Roberts, VP, Sales & Business Development, PlayFirst
Jeremy Rosenberg, SVP, Technology, Music Choice
Mika Salmi, CEO, AtomFilms / Shockwave.com
Scooter Scudieri, Internet Rock Star
Paul Sherman, President & Publisher, Tech Wire Media Group
Brad Singer, Vice President of Products & Markets, PaymentOne
Gigi Sohn, President and Co-Founder, Public Knowledge
Andrew Steele, VP, Marketing & Bus Dev, Terayon Communication Systems
Sarah Lai Stirland, Sr. Writer, National Journal's Technology Daily
Tess Taylor, President, NARIP
Dave Ulmer, Director of Marketing, Motorola Media Solutions
Mike Vorhaus, Managing Director, Frank N. Magid Associates
Sean Wargo, Director of Industry Analysis, CEA
Matthew Zinn, VP, General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, TiVo


The annual conference, which is produced by Digital Media Wire and Potomac Tech Wire, brings together industry decision-makers from the media, entertainment and technology businesses, educational institutions and government agencies. Event sponsors include many leading companies and consumer brands such as Payment One, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Deloitte, The Media Center, National Journal's Technology Daily, Business Wire, Ogilvy Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  Worldwide, Frank N. Magid Associates, Consumer Electronics Association, Screen Digest, Tangent Mobile and Axis Marketing & PR.

Digital Media Wire has been consistently producing premier events within the mobile and digital entertainment industry including Digital Media Conference, Digital Music Forum, Games & Mobile Forum, Future of Television Forum, and the much talked about and widely attended Annual Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards. For the most updated information on the conference and event, please visit http://www.digitalmediaconference.com

About Digital Media Wire, Inc:

Digital Media Wire is a news organization, publisher and events company serving the digital media industry since May 2000. We publish a well-respected free daily email newsletter, industry reports and directories. Our executive forums in Los Angeles, New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 and Washington, DC feature the leading minds in digital media, are recognized by the press and provide valuable networking opportunities.
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