Agenda

8:45: Welcoming remarks.

9:00: The Competitive Landscape:
An examination of how cable, satellite and telco providers are faring in the pitched battle for consumers.

10:00 Keynote

10:30: 3D’s Televised Future:
3D television sets will be on display at this year’s CES, and models without glasses may be just a few years away. Jeffrey Katzenberg, for one, has said that 3D TV is inevitable.

• Joshua Greer, President and Co-Founder, RealD
• John Rubey, President, AEG Live
• Patrick Griffis, Senior Director, Technology Policy, Dolby Laboratories Inc.
  

11:30: Social TV:
The connected living room makes seamless the interaction consumers are already having about their favorite programming over the Internet and on mobile devices. How long until Facebook Television?

• Blake Whitman, Community Director, Vimeo
• Itzik Cohen, founder and CEO, ClipSync
• Emil Rensing, Chief Digital Officer, EpixHD

12:30 PM: Lunch

2:00: Cloud in the Living Room
The ability to access any content, any time is fundamentally changing the dynamics of television watching and the economics of broadcasting and cable. As DVRs and subscription VOD become standard, are ad-supported television networks at a fundamental disadvantage? Can cable and satellite companies keep their iron group on the consumer’s wallet when a la carte offerings are available over the Internet?

• Pat Dunbar, Director, Advertising TV, Video & Music Business Group, Microsoft Corporation
• Mitch Berman, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, ZillionTV
• Moderator: Jimmy Schaeffler, CSO, The Carmel Group
  

3:00 The Beatles Factor:
Beatles Rock Band and Wii are emblematic of a spate of new technologies that will attract older consumers and change the technologies and services available in the living room.

4:00: The Connected Living Room:
The Holy Grail for the digital living room is a seamless integration between TVs, the broadband Internet, DVD players, game consoles, telephony, portable devices and wireless data. A discussion of where we stand on that continuum.

• Russ Schafer, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Yahoo! Inc.
• Jason Henderson, Games Product Manager, Verizon Communications
• Alan Hoff, Vice President of Product Marketing, SeaChange International

5:00: DLR Venture Forum
Startups pitch products for the digital living room to a panel of venture capitalists and strategic investors

• Len Rand, Managing Director, Granite Ventures
• Brad McManus, Director of Investments, Panasonic

6:00: Reception