Related conferences

Here is a list of media-related conferences to be held in the first half of 2007:

2007 Media Summit New York

February 7-8, 2007

McGraw-Hill Building, 49th St. & 6th Ave., New York City

"Global Media + Technology Innovation = Communications Revolution"

Keynote Speaker

Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Corporation

One on One Interview with:

Steve Adler, Editor-in-Chief, BusinessWeek

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Media Summit SuperSessions

8:15 AM

Registration Open

9:15 AM

Welcome & Introduction:

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Keynote Speaker

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Session A:

User Generated Media - The Transformative Revolution in Entertainment, News Media, Personal Communication, Search and Advertising

Jason Zajac, General Manager, Social Media, Yahoo!

Elizabeth Schimel, Senior Vice President, Online Content Development, Comcast Interactive Media

Todd Herman, General Manager, Media Experiences, MSN Entertainment

Greg Kostello, CEO, vMix Media Inc.

Greg Foster, Vice President of Corporate Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Guhan Selvaretnam, VP of Digital Media Strategies, Reuters

Jon Fine, Columnist, BusinessWeek, Moderator

Session B:

Television 2.0: Cable, Telco, Satellite, Broadband & Mobile Redefine the Future of Entertainment and Communications

Albert Cheng, Executive Vice President, Digital Media, Disney-ABC Television Group

Michael Steib, General Manager, Strategic Ventures, NBC Universal

Samuel Schwartz, President, Comcast Interactive Capital, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development, Comcast Interactive Media

Lynne Costantini, SVP and Chief Business Affairs Officer, Time Warner Cable

Richard B. Anderson, General Manager, IBM Global Media & Entertainment Industry

Shahid Khan, Partner, Interactive Broadband Consulting, LLC, Moderator

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Session A:

Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience

Walter Delph, Director, Content & Programming, Verizon FiOS TV

Bill Hilary, President, MAGNA Global Entertainment

John Penney, Senior Vice President, New Media Business Planning, HBO, Inc.

Kevin Donahue, VP of Content, YouTube

Diane Brady, Senior Writer, BusinessWeek, Moderator

Session B:

Contextual Media & Advertising: Transforming and Redefining the Relationship Between the Consumer, Advertising and Media Platforms

Rob Norman, Worldwide CEO, MEC Interaction

Bob Liodice, CEO and President, Association of National Advertisers

Eric Bader, Senior Vice President, Director of Digital Connections, MediaVest Worldwide

David Murphy, President, Saatchi & Saatchi LA

Tim Hanlon, Senior Vice President, Ventures, Denuo - A Publicis Groupe Company

Peter Gardiner, Chief Media Officer, Deutsch Inc.

Roy Salter, Principal, The Salter Group, Moderator

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Session A:

The Future of Enhanced Advertising: Addressing Brands, Message, Technology, Media and Entertainment

Wenda Harris Millard, Chief Revenue Officer, Yahoo!

Seth Haberman, Founder-Chariman/CEO, Visible World

Michael Kassan, Principal, Media Link, LLC, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

Session B:

The Rush to Mobile Video: The Creation of a Revolutionary Entertainment and Communications Medium

Bernard Gershon, Senior Vice President/General Manager, ABC News Digital Media Group

David Bluhm, CEO, GoTV Networks

Ken Leon, Senior Director of Telecom and Utilities Group, Standard and Poor's Equity Research

Michael Boyd, Sr. Director of Business Development, MediaFLO USA

Matt West, VP Mobile Media Worldwide, Alcatel

MobiTV, speaker to be announced

Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritas, Mobile Entertainment Forum - Americas & President/CEO, The Mobilium Group, Moderator

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Keynote Roundtable State of the Industry - Probing the Future of the Media, Entertainment & Technology Industries

Tom Lowry, Senior Writer, BusinessWeek, Moderator

Speakers to be announced

Wednesday Workshops, February 7

I. Day Long Strategic Track

The Web: The Next Iteration of Video & Communications: Transforming and Disassembling the World of Traditional Media, Communications & Advertising

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Session A:

Advertising NEXT: Social Networks, User Generated Video, Blogs, IMs, Podcasts, Broadband and Mobile, - It's the Breakthrough Year!

Dave Vockell, VP, Ad Strategy, Yahoo!

Joel Toledano, CEO, Krillion

Barish Karadogan, Partner, Comventures

Ron Bloom, CEO, Podshow

Martin Green, Senior Vice President, CNET Networks Community

Scott Kessler, Director, Equity Analyst, Information Technology Group, Standard & Poor's Equity Research

Craig Engler, SVP, SCI FI.com, NBC Universal, Moderator

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Session B:

Video Aggregators - Next Gen Broadband, UGM and Mobile Entertainment , Journalism, Social Networking and Personal Communication

Jeff Karnes, Director of Multimedia Search, Yahoo!

Josh Felser, CEO, Grouper

Kevin Sladek, co-founder, VideoEgg

Thomas McInerney, co-founder and CEO, GUBA

Tony Kern, Americas Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Tim Chang, Principal, Gabriel Venture Partners, Moderator

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Session C:

Personal Media Redefines Entertainment, Communications & News: As User Generated Video, Social Networks, Blogs and PODs Become Mass Media and Big Business

Marcien Jenckes, Vice President and General Manager, AIM, AOL

Sarah Bernard, General Manager, The Huffington Post

Alan Cohen, Executive Vice President, Managing Director, Innovations and Entertainment, Initiative

Dave Panos, CEO, Pluck

Rich Skrenta, Co-Founder and CEO, Topix

Carolyn Wall, President, Narrowstep, North America

William Battino, Americas Media & Entertainment Consulting Services Leader, IBM, Moderator

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

End of Day Reception

Lobby and Auditorium - Open to all Attendees

7:00 PM - Evening Dinners - Sponsored Events

Themed Dinners in Groups of 40-50 Executives

a) Reinventing Advertising: Broadcast vs. The New Platforms: VOD, PVR, Broadband & Mobile

Dinner Hosted by IBM:

b) Future of Movie and TV Distribution: OnDemand, Broadband & Mobile

c) Mobile Film and Television Explosion: The Emergence of a Revolutionary Content and Technology Sector

d) The Web: The Next Iteration: Transforming and Disassembling the World of Traditional Media

e) VC, Private Equity and M&A Dinner

Thursday, February 8, 2007

9:15 AM

Summit Welcome and Introduction

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Keynote Speaker

Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Corporation

One on One Interview with:

Steve Adler, Editor-in-Chief, BusinessWeek

10:45 AM - Noon

Session A:

Ubiquitous Video to the Consumer: The Technology & Content Enablers - Broadband, IPTV, Mobile & TV

Todd Rosenbluth, Telecom Services Equity Analyst, Standard & Poor's

Peter S Lee, Vice President, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company

John Boland, Chief Content Officer, PBS

Fred McIntyre, Vice President, AOL Video

Ron Berryman, Senior Vice President, GM - FOX Stations Group, Fox Interactive Media

Ian Blaine, CEO, thePlatform

Derek Kuhn, Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development, Strategic Solutions, Alcatel, Moderator

Session B:

Venture Funding and Leadership in the Entertainment & Technology Space: Games, Wireless & Broadband

David O. Higley, Managing Director & Head of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Ba

Stefan Abbruzzese, Senior Managing Director, GE Commercial Finance - Global Media & Communications (GM&C)

Mike Lang, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Fox Networks

Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Michael Hirshland, Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

Art Chang, President, Tipping Point Partners, LLC, Moderator

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Session A:

Movies and TV Programming to the Consumer - All Video All the Time: Broadband, ITV, DVD & Mobile

Brian Buchwald, General Manager, nbbc, an NBC Universal digital venture

Sean Carey, EVP of Digital Distribution and Licensing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

John Harran, Director of Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System

Mike Gordon, Chief Strategy Officer, Limelight

Megan O'Neill, Vice President, Acquisitions and Production, Atom Films

Movielink, speaker to be announced

Jeff Binder, President, Broadbus Technologies, Moderator

Session B:

Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Digital Home to the Mobile Universe

Andy Moss, Senior Director of Technical Policy in the Media, Content, Partner Strategy Group, Microsoft Corporation

Debbie Solomon, Senior Partner, Group Research Director, MindShare

Aaron Feen, Director of Consumer Marketing, Digital Entertainment Solutions, AMD

Rob Petty, CEO, ROO

Michael Stich, Director of Service Provider Strategy, Texas Instruments DSP Systems

John Burke, General Manager, Connected Home Solutions, Corporate Vice President, Motorola, Inc.

Richard Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator, Moderator

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Session A:

Mobile & Broadband Music: New Platforms + New Technology + More Music + Dynamic Marketplace

Jeffrey Bronikowski, VP Business Development, UMG eLabs, Universal Music

David Thompson, Acquisition Manager for Music, Film and Television, Sony Ericsson

Mark Mooradian, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Partner Relations, MusicNet

Chris White, Senior Director, Global Product Marketing, Mobile Devices business, Motorola, Inc.

Jeremy Welt, Vice President New Media, Warner Bros Records

Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic, Moderator

Session B:

Bridging TV and Broadband: Strategic Relationships - Advertising, Technology & Content

Beth Lewand, VP, Programming and Production, Digital Media, Comedy Central

Albie Hecht, founder & CEO, Worldwide Biggies Inc.

Ed Forman, COO & Executive VP, ICTV Inc.

Claudia Ceniceros, Senior Director, Media and Content Strategy, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Will Richmond, President, Broadband Directions LLC, Moderator

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Session A:

Publishing 2.0: How Multi-Platform Newspaper and Magazine Strategies Are Transforming the Publishing Landscape

John Loughlin, EVP/GM, Hearst Magazines

Vivian Schiller, SVP/GM, NYTimes.com

Kathy Rebello, Editor-in-Chief, BusinessWeek.com

Jamie Pallot, Editorial Director, CondeNet

Jim Brady, Executive Editor, WashingtonPost.com

Todd Tarpley, GM Interactive, Doubledown Media, Moderator

Session B:

Advertising and Games: From In-Game Advertising to Cross Promotional & Custom Brand Extension

Jonathan Epstein, CEO, Double Fusion

Ralph Rivera, VP & GM, AOL Games

Colleen Aylward, Category Development Officer, Entertainment, Yahoo!

Nique Fajors, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Atari

Deloitte, speaker to be announced

Andrew Frank, Media Research Director, Gartner Research, Moderator

Thursday, February 8th

I. Day Long Strategic Track

Reinventing Advertising: Broadband, Social Media, Mobile, VOD, & DVR - New Platforms, New Paradigms

10:45 AM - Noon

Session A:

Reinventing Advertising: Broadcast vs. the New Platforms: VOD, PVR, Broadband & Mobile

Martin J. Yudkovitz, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, The Walt Disney Company

Will Griffin, CEO, DoD�

John Trimble, Senior Vice President of Branded Sales, Fox Interactive Media

Keyur Patel, Partner, Comventures

Dean Scheu, Director of Business Development, Charter Media, West/Midwest Division

Jonathan Bokor, Vice President, Business Development, TANDBERG Television

Fredrik Ruben, Head of Sales, North America, Ericsson

Terry S. Bienstock, Bienstock Consulting, LLC, former EVP & General Counsel, Comcast Cable, Moderator

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Session B:

Internet Video, Advertising & Marketing: The Next Generation of Consumer Reach

Andrew Pancer, COO, About, Inc.

Bart Feder, President/CEO, The FeedRoom

Todd Anderman, President, Dennis Digital

Murgesh Navar, founder and CEO, Podbridge

Elisabeth Bentel Carpenter, VP, Business Development and Strategy, Brightcove

Tolman Geffs, Managing Director, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Moderator

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Session C:

Advertising Innovation! Broadband, OnDemand, In-Game, Social Networks, RSS, Blogs, PODs & Mobile

Pete Blackshaw, CMO, Nielsen BuzzMetrics

Patrick Moorhead, Manager of Research and Development, Avenue A | Razorfish

Sean Morgan, founder and CEO, ClipSyndicate

Sam Parker, Senior Vice President, CNET Networks

Betsy Morgan, SVP for CBS Digital Media and General Manager, CBSNews.com

Pam Horan, President. Online Publishers Association (OPA), Moderator