Chief Executives from Leading Consumer Start-Ups to Discuss the Growing Digital Revolution at Dow Jones VentureWire Consumer Technology Conference.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance VentureWire (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DJ): --The Conference Also Will Feature Experts from Dolby Laboratories “Dolby” redirects here. For other uses, see Dolby (disambiguation). Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (Dolby Labs) (NYSE: DLB) is a USA-based company specializing in audio compression and reproduction. , 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, News Corporation, and Universal Music Group, Plus The Wall Street Journal Personal Technology Columnist Walter Mossberg Walter S. Mossberg (born March 27 1947) is an American journalist who is the principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal. His Personal Technology column has appeared every Thursday since 1991. on Nov. 8 and 9, 2005. Eighty chief executives from the leading consumer technology start-up companies have been invited to offer their business plans to an audience of venture capitalists, analysts, chief technology officers, and corporate development executives at the Consumer Technology Conference--produced by Dow Jones VentureWire--Nov. 8 and 9, 2005, at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered through the Golden Gate, a strait between two peninsulas. in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. Among the featured keynote presenters is Walter Mossberg, personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, as he candidly discusses which devices, technologies, and companies will ultimately win over the consumer audience. Consumer Technology Ventures, now in its second year, provides a national forum to showcase the latest wave of digital technology innovations that are sure to whet the appetites of consumers. The two-day event will feature compelling business presentations on the hottest consumer technology sectors including digital audio and video, gaming, search technologies, online advertising, networking and media hubs, and online products and services. Plus, panel discussions will take on the future of the digital living room, identify the market for new technology, and delve into the role media and advertising is sure to play in the new digital landscape. Among the featured keynote presenters are Lawrence Kenswil, president of eLabs for Universal Music Group, and Adam Klein, executive vice president of strategy and business development for EMI Music. In a joint keynote interview moderated by Bambi Francisco Bambi Francisco is a former syndicated columnist and correspondent for Dow Jones MarketWatch. She covered Internet trends and investments across the public and private sectors. Her newsletter subscriber base reached more than 400,000 subscribers. , Internet columnist and correspondent for MarketWatch, the two will discuss what is in store for digital music and the future of the recording industry. Attendees also will hear from two top corporate executives in keynote interviews that will provide broad industry perspective and identify areas of emerging opportunity for venture-capital investors and start-up companies. Ross Levinsohn, president of Fox Interactive Media at News Corporation, will discuss the company's new direction as a major player in interactive media, its recent acquisitions in the Internet industry, and its plans for the future, in an interview with Lee Gomes, reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Ed Schummer, senior vice president and general manager of Dolby Laboratories, will be interviewed on stage by Barron's West Coast Editor Eric Savitz on his role spearheading Dolby's efforts to extend its technologies into the consumer electronics industry. For more information or to register, contact Mark Hevey at (210) 938-5198 or go to www.consumertechnologyventures.com. About VentureWire VentureWire produces the leading daily newsletters and industry events for the venture capital market (www.djnewsletters.com, www.venturewire.com). The group is a unit of Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones. Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Reuters. The company reports more than 420,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July (www.djnewswires.com). 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