WB Television Network, Microsoft, QualComm, ESPN, Tweeter, Intel, Samsung SDI, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Samsung Electronics, Steridian, and WR Hambrecht presenting

 Time  Session  Speaker  Company
Session 1: Content and Delivery Platforms
 8:00 AM
Call to Order and Announcements
Elliott Schlam and
Chris Chinnock

Elliott Schlam Associates
Insight Media
 8:15 AM The Last Hurdle is Falling: Low Cost HD in the Field Hal Protter, SVP Technology WB Television Network
 8:40 AM Will IPTV Challenge? Hemang Mehta, Group Product Manager Microsoft TV
 9:05 AM The Mobile Video Opportunity Michael Boyd, Senior Director of Programming QUALCOMM MediaFLO
 9:30 AM Cable Operators: Navigating Change    
 9:55 AM Panel Discussion Chris Chinnock, Moderator Insight Media
 10:15 AM Coffee Break    
Session 2: DRM & Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD
 10:30 AM Viewpoints on Digital Rights Management Seth Schoen, EFF Staff Technologist Electronic Frontier Foundation
 10:50 AM HD DVD Perspective Mark Knox, Advisor to the Toshiba HD DVD Promotion Division Toshiba
 11:10 AM Blu-ray Discussion    
 11:30 AM Panel Discussion Pete Putman, Moderator Roam Consulting
 12:00 PM Lunch & Special Address Bryan Burns, Vice President of Strategic Business Planning and Development ESPN
Session 3: TV Technology-Price-Performance-Desires
 1:15 PM
LCD-TV Perspective Joe Virginia, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, TFT/LCD Samsung Electronics
 1:40 PM MDTV Perspective John Reder, Manager, North America DLP TV Texas Instruments
 2:05 PM PDP-TV Perspective Chris Kim, VP of PDP Marketing Samsung SDI
 2:30 PM The Silicon Perspective Glenda Dorchak, Vice President Digital Home Group Intel Corporation
 2:55 PM The Retailer's Perspective Joe McGuire, President & CEO Tweeter Home Entertainment Group
 3:20 PM Panel Discussion Elliott Schlam, Moderator Elliott Schlam Associates
 3:40 PM Coffee Break    
Session 4: Growing the Industry
 4:00 PM
Selling TVs Will Never be the Same Jan-Luc Blakborn, Director of the Digital Entertainment Category Hewlett-Packard Company
 4:25 PM Can New Display Technologies Increase Demand? Steve Hix, CEO Steridian Corporation
 4:50 PM
Who Will Make Money? Michael Bertz, Ph.D., P.E., CFA, Senior Research Analyst WR Hambrecht + Co
 5:15 PM
Creating Demand    
 5:40 PM
Panel Discussion Chris Chinnock, Moderator Insight Media
 6:00 PM Reception and Networking    

 

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