Digital
Studio Agenda*
Monday, November 4, 2002
Ballroom
locations: Royal Salon and Registration are downstairs. Debussy Room and Grand Salon are upstairs ballrooms.
8:30 AM Registration
9:00 AM Opening Remarks--Royal
Salon Ballroom
Michael Stroud, Conference Chair
9:15 AM Fireside Chat
Scott Ross, Chairman and CEO, Digital Domain
Paula Parisi, Moderator; Features Editor, The Hollywood Reporter
10:00 AM Spotlight Demo Sponsors
IBM
Morrison & Foerster
10:40 AM Keynote Executive Panel--Royal
Salon Ballroom
The Digital Studio A panel of Hollywood visionaries examines how digital technology is transforming the business and art of movies, television, direct-to-video
and digital cinema.
Julian Levin, Executive Vice President, Digital Exhibition, 20th Century Fox
Wendy Aylsworth, Vice President, Technology, Warner Bros. Technical Operations
Bruce Long, Executive VP, Stategic Planning and Business Development, Technicolor Creative Services
Ken Suddleson, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Steve Canepa, Vice President, Global Media and Entertainment Industry, IBM
John Stephenson, Creative Supervisor and Executive VP, Jim Henson's Creature Shop Worldwide
Gary Standard, CEO & Founder of Video Applications, Inc. and Worldstage, LLC.
Michael Stroud, Moderator; Chair, The Digital Studio
11:30 Networking Break/Product Showcase--Open Grand Salon (upstairs)
12:00 Spotlight Demo--Royal Salon
Jim Henson's Creature Shop
12:15 Keynote Panel--Royal Salon
Report from the Digital Effects and Animation Fronts: Many of Spider-Man's action sequences were animated. Key Minority Report scenes were shot on blue screen. Digital effects have revolutionized filmmaking and television production in recent years. Shrek, Monsters Inc., Toy Story and other digitally animated works redefined the art and business of animation. Leaders discuss their craft, the business and the future.
Alex MacDowell, Production Designer, Minority Report (DreamWorks)
Dan Curry, Visual Effects Producer, Star Trek (Paramount)
Emile Edwin Smith, CG and special effects supervisor, Excelerant, Firefly (Fox
TV, Fall 2002)
Steve Hartford, VP, Marketing, Eyematic
George Johnsen, CTO & Head of Animation for Threshold Digital Research Labs
Volker Engel, CEO and Co-Founder, Uncharted Territory; Academy Award Winner, Visual Effects, Independence Day
P.J. Huffstutter, Moderator; Technology and Entertainment Reporter, The Los Angeles Times
1:15 PM Expo Hall open/Lunch for Deluxe ticket holders
2:00 PM Fireside Chat/Keynote--Royal Salon
Mark Cuban, founder and president, HDNet; owner, Dallas Mavericks
2:30 PM Spotlight Demos--Royal Salon
Eyematic
Documentum
Digital Fountain
Cutting Edge
Reel Scout
3:30 PM Breakout Session I
Track 1--Royal Salon (downstairs)
Digital Production for Film. A look at how digital film production is evolving -- from previsualization to post-production.
Ron Frankel, Previsualization Supervisor, The Cat in the Hat (DreamWorks, Thanksgiving, 2003); Panic Room (Columbia Pictures)
Randy Starr, VP, Business Development, Cinesite (Kodak)
Valerie Delahaye, Los Angeles Production Manager, BUF
Ramy Katrib, Founder, DigitalFilm Tree
Wendi Le, Founder, Reel Scout & Dot.org Group
John Lee, President/CEO, Cutting Edge Post
Michael Stroud, Moderator; Chair, The Digital Studio
Track 2--Grand Salon (upstairs)
The Business of Digital Filmmaking. The business of shooting and producing digitally, including the film transfer process. The panel shares its experience,
along with tips for raising capital, what equipment and personnel you need, finding a distributor and leveraging the festivals. A special two-session workshop, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Peter Broderick, Filmmaker and Founder, NextWave Films
Track 3--Debussy Room (upstairs)
Digital Rights Management and Legal Issues. In a world where perfect copies of your digital work can be instantly zapped around the world, digital rights management must be a critical component of your business. A look at the legal and technological issues.
Scott Dinsdale, Exec VP, Digital Strategy, MPAA
Scott Burnett, Global Marketing Director, IBM Digital Media Group
Thomas Ohanian, Vice President, Product Development. DMOD; and three-time Oscar winner for technical work at Avid Media Composer and Avid
Nick Crincoli, Of Counsel, Entertainment & Technology Practice, Morrison & Foerster
Jon Healey, Moderator; Reporter, Consumer Electronics, Digital and Interactive Media, The
Los Angeles Times
4:30 PM Networking Break/Showcase Open
5:00 PM Breakout Session II
Track 1--Royal Salon (downstairs)
High-Definition Filmmaking and Television in Focus. High-def production has become an inalterable part of the film, television and advertising markets -- both for
the clarity of images and their applicability across a broad range of formats, including HDTV and digital projection. We examine the state-of-the-art and the near future in this exploding technology.
Ted Schilowitz, President, HDTV Solutions
Russ McDonald, Director, Eddie's Night Out (Shot in High Def)
Andrew Stucker, Director of Marketing for Content Creation, Sony Electronics
Dr. Michael Isnardi, Technology Manager, Media Innovations, Sarnoff Corp.
Steve Schklair, CEO, Cobalt Entertainment
Kirk Thatcher, Director, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (The Jim Henson Company)
Chris Marlowe, Moderator; Technology Reporter, Hollywood Reporter
Track 2--Grand Salon (upstairs)
The Business of Digital Filmmaking. The business of shooting and producing digitally, including the film transfer process. The panel shares its experience, along with tips for raising capital, what equipment and personnel you need, finding a distributor and leveraging the festivals. A special two-session workshop, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
John Manulis, CEO, Visionbox Media; Producer, Tortilla Soup
Chris Miller, President, Visionbox Media; Post-production for Tortilla Soup, The Insider
Track 3--Debussy Room (upstairs)
Digital Asset Management: Making the Most of Your Content
Maximizing your content's value means the ability to deploy it across a range of media -- DVDs and video, broadcasting and cable, the Internet. It means instant delivery of information --, whether that's digital delivery of dailies between teams on two coasts, or syndication fulfillment. We examine how top players are managing digital assets.
Nikesh Kalra, Executive Director, Media and Entertainment, Digital Fountain
Steven Rich, Executive Vice President, Media.net
Chris Strachan, VP, Enterprise Digital Content, Documentum
Steffen Wild, Founder and CEO, Cirque Digital; Visual Effects Supervisor, Independence
Day
(20th Century Fox) and Godzilla (Columbia TriStar)
Gavin Schutz, Chief Technology Officer, Liberty Livewire
Catherine Feeny, Moderator; Editor, VFXPro
6:00 - 8:00pm Product Showcase open; cocktail reception.
*Agenda is continuously updated. Please check back in the weeks ahead for changes.
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