Rob Glaser Keynotes at Battle for the Digital Living Room in San Francisco Area December 5-6; Business Summit Addresses the Technologies and Services Competing to Transform the Living Room into a Digital Hub.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- iHollywood Forum Inc. today announced the speaker lineup and agenda for THE DIGITAL LIVING ROOM(R) and Venture Forum, the definitive conference taking place December 5-6, 2005 at the 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 Airport Crowne Plaza This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Hotel, Foster City. This thought-provoking leadership summit will feature the executives, journalists and analysts defining consumers' digital lives. Keynote speakers include: Rob Glaser Rob Glaser (born January 16, 1962), is the founder of RealNetworks (1994) which produced RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer, Helix, among other products and services. Before RealNetworks, he became a millionaire by working for Microsoft for 10 years. , RealNetworks, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Kevin Conroy Kevin Conroy (born November 30 1955) is an American actor of stage, screen, and voice, perhaps best known for his portrayal of DC Comics superhero Batman in numerous animated series and features that comprised the DC animated universe. , America Online See AOL. , Executive Vice President, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Media Network; Michael Gaumond, Motorola, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Connected Home Solutions; William Binford, Verizon FiOS FiOS (Fiber Optic Service) is a fiber to the premises (FTTP) telecommunications service, originally piloted in Keller, Texas, and now offered in many areas of the United States by Verizon. According to Verizon, "Fios" is an Irish (Gaelic) word for "knowledge". Television, Director, Programming; and Satjiv Chahil, Hewlett Packard, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Personal Systems Group. Sessions will be moderated by some of the nation's top technology journalists, including: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Personal-Technology Columnist, David Pogue David Pogue (born March 9 1963) is a technology writer, journalist and commentator. He is a personal technology columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and tech guest reporter for NPR's Morning Edition. ; BusinessWeek Technology & You Columnist, Steven Wildstrom; San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). Technology Columnist, Mike Langberg; and Wall Street Journal Staff Writer, Lee Gomes. View the entire agenda and speaker lineup at www.digitallivingroom.com. "This is the year the Digital Living Room becomes a reality," said iHollywood Forum 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. and Founder Michael Stroud. "Media centers, broadband wireless connections, digital music and video, and HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates 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 The nickname given to the regional Bell operating companies after Divestiture in 1984. See Bell System and RBOC. , 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. Other sessions at the conference include: --PCs Attack the Stereo Rack --VOIP: Promise and Problems --Who Controls the Set-Top --Gaming: The Next Level --Scanning the DVDs Future --DVRs VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand and the Rise of Just-in-Time Video --The Portable Living Room --IPTV: Ready for Prime Time --Any Music, Any Time --Unlocking Consumers' Digital Images and Video --The Networked Home --Creating a Roadmap for the Future Panels will also include insights from top analysts, including: Gartner Vice President, Van Baker; Enderle Group Principal, Rob Enderle; Parks Associates Research Analyst, Deepa Iyer; Current Analysis Senior Director, Stan Schatt; Rentrak Executive Vice President, Ken Papagan; and Jupiter Research Director, Julie Ask. Sponsors include: Platinum: RealNetworks, Inc. Gold: PassAlong Networks, SoniqCast Silver: Siemens, Streamload Bronze: AuraOne Systems, Entriq, Exent, Harmonic, Integra5, NagraVision, NetCableTV, Planetweb, Scientific Atlanta, SkyStream Exhibiting: Media Excel, Schematic Media and Association Partners: 1394 Trade Association, American Venture Magazine, Broadband Daily, Broadband Home Central, Digital Lifestyles Resource Center, HDTV Magazine, Hidden Wires, Insight Media, Red Herring, Rogers & Cowan, Business Wire, Internet Home Alliance, IP Media Monitor, IP Television Magazine, MoCA, Optical Storage Technology Association, ScreenPlays, VESA, VoIP Action, VoIP News, The Wi-Fi Technology Forum, WiFi Alliance and WiMax Industry Research Partners: Current Analysis, IDC Research, Parks Associates, and Rentrak Corporation Specially selected top tier companies have been selected by a prestigious Board of Advisors to pitch for funding before top Silicon Valley venture capitalists and strategic investors. Deluxe ticket holders and press have access to the venture forum track sessions. Venture Forum judges include partners from: APV APV See: Adjusted Present Value Technology Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , ComVentures, Intel Capital, Panasonic Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Samsung Ventures America, Sequoia Capital, T-Venture of America, Inc., UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System Investment Bank, and Walden VC. Presenting companies include: Acogito Co. Ltd., AuraOne Systems, Inc., BroadQ, DaveTV, ExciteView LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Firestone Communications, Inc., Neurok Optics, Qmotions, SENSIO, Transformedia, Inc. On December 6, attendees will hear a live focus group of consumers and have the opportunity to ask their own questions about consumer adoption and attitudes for digital media services, consumer devices, and downloading content. The complete list of Digital Living Room presenting companies and speakers includes: --8x8, Inc., Bryan Martin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer --APV Technology Partners, Peter Bodine, General Partner and Co-Founder --AuraOne Systems Inc., Keith Andrews, President and Chief Executive Officer --Bessemer Venture Partners, Jeremy Levine, Principal --BigChampagne, Eric Garland, Chief Executive Officer --Creative Strategies, Ben Bajarin, Analyst --Current Analysis, Stan Schatt, Senior Director, Research --Earthlink, Jim Bagnato, Director, Value-Added Services --Enderle Group, Rob Enderle, Principal --Entriq, Scott Crowder, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. --Exent, Yoav Tzruya, Vice President, Products and Markets Strategy --Fuji Film, John Prendergast, Vice President, Strategic Development --Gartner Inc., Van Baker, Vice President, Research Media Industry --Harmonic, David Price, Vice President, Business Development --Hewlett Packard, Satjiv Chahil, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Personal Systems Group --Hewlett Packard, Maureen Weber, General Manager, Personal Storage --IDC Research, William Stofega, Manager VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a Services --Infinium Labs, Greg Koler, Chief Executive Officer --Integra5, Eyal Bartfield, Chief Technology Officer and Founder --Intel, Bill Leszinske, Director, Digital Home Marketing and Planning, and Viiv, Platform Manager --Intel Capital, Mike Buckley, Director, Strategic Investments --Jupiter Research, Julie Ask, Research Director and Senior Analyst --MTV Networks, Ben White, Vice President, Digital Media --Media Excel, Inc., Dr. Eduardo Perez, Vice President, Marketing --Microsoft Corporation, Michael Kim, Director, New Consumer Products --Microsoft Corporation, Shari Glusker, Group Product Manager, Cable Solutions, Microsoft TV Division --Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Brad Hunt, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer --Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), Dr. Anton Monk, Vice Chairman, Technical Working Group --MusicChoice, Jeremy Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Technology --MusicNow LLC, Gary Cohen, President --NagraVision, Robin Wilson, Vice President, Business Development --NetCableTV, Dave Graves, Chief Executive Officer --NETGEAR, Patrick Lo, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer --Nielsen Norman Group, Donald Norman, Co-Founder and Principal --Optical Storage Technology Association, Felix Nemirovsky, Chairman, Music Photo Video Committee --Parks Associates, Deepa Iyer, Research Analyst --PassAlong Networks, Dave Jaworski, Founder and Chief Executive Officer --Planetweb Inc., Ken Soohoo, Chief Executive Officer --Prismiq, Ken Goldsholl, Chief Executive Officer --Publicis Groupe Media, Timothy Hanlon, Senior Vice President and Director, Emerging Contacts, Starcom MediaVest Group --RealNetworks, Inc., Robert Acker, Vice President, Music Services --RealNetworks, Inc., Rob Glaser, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer --Rentrak, Ken Papagan, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning and Business Development --Samsung Ventures, Stanley Kim, Partner --Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Adam Mayer, Director, Strategy and Business Development --Scientific-Atlanta, Robert McIntyre, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer --Sequoia Capital, Sameer Gandhi, Partner --Shutterfly, Jeff Housenbold, President and Chief Executive Officer --Simple Star, Chad Richard, Chief Executive Officer --SkyStream, Scott Dougall, General Manager, Content Delivery Software --Sling Media, Blake Krikorian, Chief Executive Officer --Sony Electronics, Mark Hanson, Vice President, VAIO (Video Audio Integrated Operation) Sony's trade name for its desktop and laptop PCs. In mid-1998, Sony introduced its 505G series of subnotebooks that were the first in ultra-thin Pentium portables. America Operations --Streamload, Steve Iverson, President and Chief Executive Officer --T-Ventures of America, Inc., Claas Heise, Managing Director --Tandberg Television Americas, Reggie Bradford, President --Texas Instruments, Peter Percosan, Director, Broadband Strategy --Thomson, Mahesh Balakrishnan, Vice President and Head of Strategic Investments, M&A, Business Development --TiVo, David Sandford, Director, Technology and Licensing Business --Verizon FiOS Television, William Binford, Director, Programming --Walden VC, Larry Marcus, General Partner --The Walt Disney Company, Peter Lee, Vice President, Business Development New Technology --Warner Music, Jeremy Welt, Vice President, New Media --Yahoo!, Jeff Bonforte, Senior Director, Voice Product Management, Yahoo Messenger The conference will also have an exhibit hall showcasing cutting-edge technologies and services in the Digital Living Room. 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, Music 2.0, Impact!; IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. World, and the Digital Media Summit. More information is available at www.ihollywoodforum.com or 310 815 3884. Press Contact to RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. for the Digital Living Room(R): Complimentary admission for qualified editorial media available through pre-registration ONLY for the Mobile Entertainment Summit. Journalists must apply for press credentials and also RSVP via e-mail to attend Mobile Entertainment Summit to Damion Martin at drmartin@rogersandcowan.com in advance since space is limited. Contributing writers and freelancers must provide a letter of assignment from an editor at the publication they will be representing. |
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