2007 Conference Sessions and Topics:
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Day 1 (Saturday January 6, 2007):
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM Welcome Address: Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates
8:10 AM A1: Storage and Content Creation, Editing and Distribution - Sponsored by Omneon
What are the technologies and requirements for the capture and editing of new content as well as preserving historical content? What are the digital storage requirements for various content distribution models such as head-end DVR vs. home DVR, satellite and cable distribution, digital cinema, IP-TV and video downloading?
• Moderator: Dave Doering, TechVoice
• Bill Moren, Avid Technology
• Jim Wendt , Sherwood
• Andrei Khurshudov, Seagate Technology
• Paul Turner, Omneon
• Bob Wilson, Modulus Video
9:35 AM B1: Storage and Content Value Chain Analysts
Noted analysts of consumer electronic and entertainment creation trends join with storage analysts to explore how content creators and distributors are embracing new technologies and what digital storage requirements for various applications will be. On the consumer side will consumers will use flash, HDDs or optical storage and what are the growth and killer applications now and in the future?
• Moderator: Jim Porter, DiskTrend
• Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates
• Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
• Ross Rubin, NPDPanel: Krishna Chander, iSuppli; John Rydning, IDC; John Kim, TrendFOCUS
10:35 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM C1: Storage Intelligence and Content Security sponsored by Seagate
How will storage devices and systems implement content security, data erasure and DRM. Will we get lost in our content or will we find effective ways to index, organize, manage and find content?
• Moderator: John Lentz, Best Magazine
• Dr. Robert Thibadeau, Seagate Technology and Trusted Computer Group
• Pat Thomas , Quantum
• Robert Brown, Blackball
• Wayne Desmond, Sony
• David Kreft, National Security AgencyPanel: Peter Berghammer, Copernio: Future Formats; Molly Rector, Spectra Logic
12:30 PM Lunch and Exhibits
1:10 Special Storage Industry Announcement
1:15 PM Keynote
Speaker: Jerry
Pierce, Senior Vice President, Technology, Universal Studios
2:00 PM D1: Financial Analyst and Venture Capitalist Perspectives on Entertainment Storage
What is the current financial state and outlook for storage companies working in the entertainment and personal storage space? What are VCs investing in now? What are the hot new technologies and drivers for growth in entertainment and consumer storage?
• Moderator: Harry Blount, Sr. Vice President, Lehman Bros.
• John Rotchford, Strategic Advisory Services International
• Andrew Williamson, Alexander Dunham Capital
• John Mascarenas, Intel Capital
• Barbara Grant, American River Ventures
3:00 PM Afternoon Break and Technology Demonstrations
3:15 to 3:30 PM Seagate Booth Demonstration
3:30 to 3:45 PM HP Booth Demonstration
4:00 PM E1: Who’s Watching Optical Storage?
How are the competing blue laser DVD technologies doing in the market and when will a winner be decided? What are future applications for optical storage and what are it’s major competitors—such as downloading content? Is holographic storage real and if so how will it grow into more widespread use?
• Moderator: Wolfgang Schlichting, IDC
• Sandra Benedetto, Pioneer Electronics
• Mike Koclanes, Plasmon
• Liz Murphy, InPhase
• Kilroy Hughes, Microsoft
• Paul Castellana, Toshiba Storage Device Division
5:30 PM Reception
8:00 PM Conference Ends for Day
Day 2 (Sunday January 7, 2006):
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM A2: Integration of Storage in CE Devices
How is digital storage being used in consumer electronics? How is it designed into CE products? What the requirements for future CE products and how will CE change storage devices? Can applications be integrated into the electronics of storage devices and should they?
• Moderator: Melissa Perenson, PC World
• Stephen DiFranco, AMD
• Scott Wright, Toshiba Storage Device Division
• Mike McKean, STMicroelectronics
• Nik Bahram, Agere Systems
• Kenji Taima, Sanyo Electronics
9:30 AM B2: Digital
Storage for the Content Value Chain:
What sort of Business is this?
An Executive Roundtable - Sponsored by Fujifilm
This high level executive panel will feature industry leaders discussing the current status and new areas for growth in digital storage for creation, distribution and reception of entertainment and personal content. The panel will explore major trends in the industry, the competitive outlook between various storage formats, dangers lurking ahead for the industry and the business needs of companies using digital storage in their products as well as the companies providing these storage products.
• Moderator: Lee Gomes, Wall Street Journal
• Rich Gadomski, Fujifilm
• Maureen Weber, HP
• Jerry Pierce, Universal Studios
• David Schleifer, Avid Technology
• Andy Marken, Marken Communications
• Bob Wilson, Modulus Video
• John Best , Hitachi GST
10:30 AM Morning Break Sponsored by Fujifilm
10:45 AM C2: Choosing a Mobile CE Storage Product
There is fierce competition between flash and HDD for mobile consumer applications focusing on the price and the match of technology to the requirements of the applications. What is the future and extendability of flash memory and HDDs and are there competing technologies such as other solid state storage options or optical/holographic storage that could displace the major contenders?
• Moderator: Gerry Purdy, Frost & Sullivan
• John Osterhout, Hitachi GST
• Steve Weinger, Samsung Semiconductor
• Alon Biran, SanDisk
• James Cooke, Micron
11:45AM D2: Flash and HDD's, Where's the Cache?
• Moderators: Jim Handy, Objective Analysis; Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates
• Amos Marom, SanDisk
• Steve Weinger, Samsung Semiconductor
• James Borden, Microsoft
• Debasis Baral, Samsung Storage
• Joe Unsworth, Gartner
• Marc Noblitt, Seagate
12:30 PM Lunch and Exhibits
1:15 PM Keynote Speaker:
Maureen Weber, General Manager, Personal Storage Business, HP
2:00 PM E2: Digital Content in the Age of Global Archives
• Moderator: Marty Shindler, The Shindler Perspective
• Dave Gardy, TVWorldwide.com
• Gary Price, M4 Interactive
• John Pickens, Cisco
• Lance Ware, SyncCast
• Bill Wohnoutka, Level 3
3:00 PM Afternoon Break
3:30 PM F2: Home Network Storage and Home Direct Attached Storage sponsored by HP
As home storage requirements increase we will need new ways to organize, backup and manage our personal and commercial content. What sort of networking will be used and will digital storage be direct attached or networked? What will drive the use of network storage in the home and when will all home and personal storage be networked?
• Moderator: Ken Morse, Scientific Atlanta/Cisco
• Conrad Maxwell, Silicon Image
• Allen Buckner, Hewlett-Packard
• Brad Dietrich , Mediabolic
• Kalpana Krishnamurthy, MarvellPanel: Geoff Barrall, Trusted Data; Paul Tien, Infrant; Ryan Malone, Zetera
5:30 PM Conference Ends