8:00 AM - 9:00 AM     
Registration, Breakfast & Networking
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9:00 AM - 9:10 AM     
Welcome & Introductions
Conference Chair: Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire

9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
PANEL 1:
What Does the Future Hold?
This panel of industry experts will discuss hot button issues for the film industry, including how the industry is responding to lower box office numbers, the direction of production budgets and actor salaries, the future of the DVD, HD and online video, and the impact of digital technologies in general. What does the future hold for the industry? What are the trends to watch in 2007 and beyond? Who will be the winners and losers in the years to come?

Speakers
Anne Thompson, Deputy Editor, Variety.com
Jill Gwen, CFO & SVP Finance & Operations, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Keith Fleer, Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP
MODERATOR: Scott Kirsner, Editor, CinemaTech / Contributing Writer, Variety
 
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
KEYNOTE INTERVIEW
Kevin Mayer, EVP, Corporate Strategy, Bus. Dev. & Tech. Group, The Walt Disney Company
Interviewed by: Phil Schuman, Founder, HighView Media

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM     
Networking Break and Refreshments
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11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
CREATORS ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Moderator: Steven Starr, CEO, Revver
The Creators:
-Kent Nichols, C0-Creator,  Ask a Ninja (askaninja.com)
-Chris Hampel, Co-Creator, Sam Has 7 Friends (samhas7friends.com)
-Christine Gambito, Creator, HappySlip (www.happyslip.com)
-Cory Tyler, Actor & Co-Creator, Can We Do That? (canwedothat.net)
-Scott Zakarin, Creator, Zabberbox.com, The Spot, NohoGirls and Shatnervision

11:55 AM - 12:45 PM
PANEL 2:
Hollywood & Digital Media – An Odd Couple or the Perfect Match?
This influential group of film and digital media executives will discuss cutting-edge topics, including the impact of new technologies and distribution channels from the Internet to iPods to cell phones, the debate over release windows, the advent of home theatres and High Definition (HD), and cultural and sociological factors affecting movie watching audiences. What is the future of Hollywood and digital media? How will digital media shape the studio of the future?

PANELISTS
Nancy Fares, Business Manager, DLP Cinema Products, Texas Instruments
Brent Weinstein, Head of Digital Media, United Talent Agency
David Wertheimer, Executive Director, The Entertainment Technology Center @ USC
Daniel Hawes, President & Executive Producer, March Entertainment
Adrian Sexton, EVP of Digital, Participant Productions
MODERATOR: Andrew Wallenstein, Digital Media Editor, The Hollywood Reporter
 
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM  
LUNCH

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM     
KEYNOTE
Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix
 
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
PANEL 3:
The Death of the Disc?
In the past ten years, the DVD business has been a savior for the movie industry as box office numbers have stagnated and production costs have gone through the roof. How long will this continue? How long will it take before the Internet replaces physical product as the form of distribution for high definition? Who will be the winners and losers in the battle to control the market for the online distribution of movies?

PANELISTS
Alfred Amoroso, President & CEO, Macrovision Corporation
David Cook, COO, CinemaNow
Larry Gerbrandt, SVP & GM, Nielsen Analytics
Stephen Nickerson, SVP, Market Management, Warner Home Video
Lisa Schwartz, SVP, Sales & Business Development, IFC Entertainment
MODERATOR: Ken Rutkowski, Founder, Media Entertainment Technology Alliance
 
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Networking Break and Refreshments
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3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
PANEL 4:
The Future of Film Marketing:
Who Will Be The MySpace For Film Promotion?
This panel of marketing experts will discuss a number of hot button issues with respect to the future of marketing films, including the role of the Internet and social networks in the future of the business? Will award shows and big media critics lose their importance? How will the marketing of movies be affected if the studios’ windowing strategy changes to one of simultaneous release across platforms? If the DVD business is basically like marketing any packaged goods, what will happen if or when Internet distribution takes over?    

PANELISTS
Ted Hong, VP of Marketing, Fandango
Brian Kalinowski, COO, Lycos
Carlos Montalvo, SVP of Operations, Jaman
Ian Schafer, CEO & Founder, Deep Focus
Brenda Spoonemore, CEO & President, Atomic Moguls
David Straus, CEO, Withoutabox
MODERATOR: Rodger Smith, Director, Institute for Digital Ent. & Art, Ball State University
 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM     
KEYNOTE
Jason Kohn, Director, Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Winner of 2007 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
Interviewed by: Jamiah Adams, Outreach Director, Brave New Foundation

 
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM  
KEYNOTE
Tim Sarnoff, President, Sony Pictures Imageworks

7:00 PM - 9:30PM
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