Friday, July 8, 2011 8:30am - 5:30pm
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8:30 – 9:30am Registration
9:30 – 9:45am Opening Remarks
9:45 – 9:55am Research on Investment Community
Suranga Chandratillake, Founder and CEO of blinkx
9:55 – 10:15am Research Presentation
David Cortese, Senior Vice President of Digital Studio Services at Rentrak
10:15 – 10:45am A Conversation with David Maisel, Special Advisor, Rovio and Former Chairman, Marvel Studios
Interviewed by: Richard Wong, Partner, Accel Partners
10:15 – 10:45am Keynote Q&A
10:45 – 11:00am Networking Break
11:00 – 11:45am State of the Venture Capital and Media Industry
Post-Recession, media technology start-ups seem to be thriving with diverse financial support. Top financiers and start-up leaders will debate how best to keep this momentum going – in generating profit for investors as well as building successful new companies and products
*What are the opportunities in investing in such hot areas like social media and mobile applications? How can we spot a bubble before it pops?
*What media technologies will stay in hot demand for the long-term? What's in danger of being a fad for consumers? Can you predict what will be hot next?
*What are global investment opportunities? Confirmed Speakers:
Patrick Chung, Partner in New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Marc Yi, Managing Director at Intel Capital
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association
Richard Wong, Partner at Accel Partners
11:45am – 12:30pm Hollywood's Hunt for the Next Big Thing: How Start-Up Innovation is Transforming the Entertainment Business
Studios, start-up execs and their investors will talk about how technology is impacting the media business. Viewers want to watch content across exploding numbers of platforms – how does Hollywood adapt to this trend successfully? What technologies are helping studios succeed in distributing and monetizing video digitally; conquer booming mobile opportunities, among emerging activities?
*What are studios investing in? Warner Home Entertainment Group buys into movie content site Flixter; Disney buys Playdom
*How are studios integrating with the tech companies – i.e. YouTube, Facebook offering studio films
*What is the next game-changing technology for studios – cloud computing? Cross-platform technologies like UltraViolet? Confirmed Speakers:
Mitch Singer, Chief Technology Officer at Sony Pictures Entertainment
James Min, Managing Director at Montgomery and Company
Steve Polsky, SVP of Flixster
Matt Jacobson, Head of Market Development at Facebook
Michelle Martell, Chief Operating Officer, Cinedigm Entertainment Group
Randall Cox, President of RogueLife, Relativity Media
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 – 2:15pm Next Generation of Technology All-Stars
New and more experienced technology companies will share their stories on their road to success.
*What are the challenges and opportunities for today's entrepreneurs?
*What are the products and services that everyone will be talking about in the future?
*Once funding is secured – how do you keep momentum going to take a company to the next level? Confirmed Speakers:
James DeJulio, President and Co-Founder, Tongal
Lucien Vattel, CEO of GameDesk
Brian Wong, CEO of kiip
Shahid Khan, Chairman and Chief Strategist of MediaMorph, Inc.
Dan Scheinman, Advisory Board Member, tango.me & Independent Member of Board of Directors, Auryn
Jude Gomila, CEO of heyzap
Jay Samit, CEO of SocialVibe
Ara Katz, VP of Creative and Celebrity Partnerships at BeachMint
2:15 – 2:45pm Keynote Q&A
Shari Redstone, President of National Amusements; Vice Chair of the Board of Viacom and CBS; and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Advancit Capital, LLC
2:45 – 3:30pm Mega-Trends – Finding Opportunity in Today's Major Societal Movements
To create the successful products and services of the future, it's critical for the investment community to stay on top of emerging shifts in society.
*How will the growing U.S. Hispanic population, and declining European birth rate impact consumer demand?
*Will the faith-based community maintain its strength and influence?
*How will changing consumer preferences in viewing content (i.e. trends towards renting movies rather than buying) – impact the entertainment and media industries?
Futurists, analysts and investment experts will debate what trends we should be paying attention to now to fuel continued innovation. Confirmed Speakers:
Jon McVey, Executive Creative Director of Zaaz
Nolan A. Gallagher, Founder and CEO of Gravitas Ventures
George John, CEO of Rocket Fuel, Inc.
Judah Schiller, Founder & CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S
3:30 – 3:45pm Networking Break
3:45 – 4:30pm Masters of Social Media
To be successful, Hollywood's creative community must be masters of Twitter, Facebook and other social networking services just as much as masters of their chosen profession. What is key to amassing a large fan base today? Leaders at the social networking sites, and their celebrity users, will share stories of how they are connecting with today's digital fans
Confirmed Speakers:
Stephen Dubner, Co-Author of Freakonomics
Brett Ratner, Producer and Director
Paul Feig, Writer, Producer, Director and Actor
Dana Delany, Actress
Eric Kuhn, Social Media Agent, UTA
4:30 – 5:30pm Case Study on Tech City
London is developing its UK answer to the Silicon Valley – what are the opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors? What are prospects for Tech City-type expansion beyond Silicon Valley in the U.S.? Confirmed Speakers:
Shawn Colo, Co-Founder and Head of M&A, Demand Media
Dominic Wheatley, Co-Founder and Chairman, SocialGo
Tim Cadogan, CEO, OpenX
5:30pm Cocktails