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COST: From $125 for One Day Basic Pass to $325 for Deluxe Two Day Pass.

Cancellation Policy : There are no refunds but tickets may be fully transferred to someone else. Just write us with the contact information for the person attending. 

Thursday, June 19, 2003

Agenda, Day 1

(Agenda is updated daily so please check regularly for speaker and session updates.)

8:30-9:15 AM Registration and Networking Breakfast

9:15 AM- 9:30 AM Opening Remarks

Michael Stroud, Conference Chair

9:30-10:00 AM Keynote

Titanic Quality Movies on a Non-Fat Greek Budget:

A New Production Paradigm for Independent Filmmaking

Volker Engel, Academy Award Winner, Best Visual Effects, Independence Day

Marc Weigert, CFO, Uncharted Territory

New technologies may now be harnessed to create studio blockbuster production values at a fraction of the price. The Academy Award winning team of Volker Engel and Marc Weigert (“Independence Day”) explain how it’s done, using their own recently completed live-action feature film “Coronado” as a case-study.

10:00-10:30 Sponsored Demonstrations

IBM: "Technology at the Center of Digital Value Creation"
Steve Canepa, Vice President Media & Entertainment

JVC Professional

10:30-11:20 Supersession Panel

The Digital Studio
Hollywood's senior decision makers discuss how digital tools are transforming the business of film and television, and the impact on creative expression. We'll consider: the outlook for digital filmmaking and exhibition; prospects for digital television; how studios are rethinking the tools and talent they use; the disruptive technologies to watch; and the impact of a weak economy on studio decision making.

• Bruce Markoe, MGM Studios, VP Post Production
• Joe Matza, eFilm, President
• Scott Dinsdale, MPAA, Executive Vice President Digital Strategy
• Steve Canepa, IBM, Vice President Media & Entertainment
• Tom Ohanian, DMOD, Inc., Vice President of Product Development
• Moderator: Michael Stroud, Conference Chair
  
  

11:20-11:40 Networking Break/Product Showcase

11:45-12:30 Supersession
Visual Effects: The Next Level
The visual effects business faces two major challenges: independents are being nudged aside by a few large competitors and the studios themselves; and artists are finding it increasingly difficult to distringuish their work as dazzling digital effects become commonplace. A panel of industry leaders considers the future of their business and art.

• Volker Engel, Uncharted Territory, CEO
• Ray McIntyre, Jr., Pixel Magic, President and Head of Digital Effects
• Emile Edwin Smith, Computer Graphics and Special Effects Supervisor, Zoic Studios
• Moderator: Michael Stroud, Conference Chair
  

12:30-1:30 Showcase Expo Open/Lunch Break
Lunch for Deluxe ticket holders

1:30-2:20 Supersession
Revolution on the Desktop
Most movies and TV shows may still be shot and shown in an analog world. But most everything in between is going digital. A panel of experts discusses how new desktop tools are changing the way they plan, implement, distribute and exhibit their creative output.

• Bill Hudson, Apple, Senior Strategic Business Development Manager for Professional Applications
• Martin Vann, Discreet, VP Worldwide Sales & Marketing
• Tom McDonald, Quantel, VP Marketing
• Dave Trescot, Adobe, Director - Dynamic Media Group
• Terry Cullen, 1 Beyond Inc, Founder and President
• Moderator: Chris Marlowe, Hollywood Reporter, Associate Editor Tech/New Media

2:30-3:00 Sponsored Demonstrations

Advances in Offline and Online Workflow

Quantel and Apple

Quantel will be joined by members of Apple's Final Cut Pro team to demonstrate an enhanced offline-to-online workflow for HD and film. Combining Final Cut Pro 4's new XML Interchange Format technology with Quantel's native support for AAF (Advanced Authoring Format), 24P HD Content can now be edited in high-quality offline formats such as DV or Photo-JPEG on a mobile computer and then conform at 16-bit/10-bit quality to HD or instantly up-rez to 2K for film output.

3:00 -3:30 Keynote

Digital Mastering Update

Steve Wright, Technical Director, Cinesite

An in-depth look at the digital mastering process and how it compares to conventional lab color timing and subsequent video mastering. Wright discusses cost, schedule, creativity trade-offs and the all-important 24P master.

3:30 -3:45 Break

3:45-4:45 Breakout Session One

Track I

Case Study

Case Study: Presented by Technicolor.
'Deployment of Transporter Fountain'
Moving Special Effects and Animation files from London to Los Angeles. Technicolor utilizes a streamlined solution that greatly simplifies the content delivery process. With Kirk Kessler, Vice President of Digital Media, Technicolor

Digital Dailies: From DVDs to HD
An in-depth look at how digital dailies are revolutionizing film and television workflow by allowing professionals to view daily rushes without having them developed, printed and screened. Topics include: examples of projects in which digital dailies reduced production time and cut costs; working in high-definition; and developing a file management system.

• Chad Knowles, Fotokem, General Manager, Digital Media Group
• Leon Silverman, LaserPacific, Executive Vice President
• Bernie Laramie, Television Producer (Credits include CSI, Profiler)
• Larry Librach, JVC, Assistant Vice President, Business Development - Broadcast and Entertainment
• Charlie Oppenheimer, Digital Fountain, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
• Moderator: Jeannie Novak, Indiespace, CEO and Founder

Track II

Masters of Digital Intermediates
Digital intermediates or digital masters -- essentially digitizing an entire film, manipulating color and density and then outputing to film -- is fundamentally changing the process of content creation. Starting with standard film or video input in the 1990s, digital mastering has moved to digital and, increasingly, high-definition inputs today. A panel of experts considers the state of the art.

• Colin Ritchie, Aarmadillo, Founder, formerly with 5D Colossus
• Barry Snyder, President and CEO, Post Logic Studios
• Dan Lombardo, General Manager, Cinesite
• Moderator: Michael Stroud, Conference Chair
  
  

Track III
The Digital Storyboard
(A special two-session workshop)
For some films, traditional storyboarding is giving way to new tools that allow filmmakers to design scenes and sets that fit much more organically into production process. This workshop will explore how digital storyboarding and previsualization have changed the action in films like Minority Report and The Cat in the Hat.

• Alex McDowell, Production Designer, Dreamworks (Minority Report, Cat in the Hat)
• Ron Frankel, Previsualization Superviser, Dreamworks (Minority Report, Cat in the Hat)
  
  

5:00 - 6:00 Breakout Sessions Two

Track I
Sponsored Demonstration - Zoran

Reinventing DVDs
DVD creation is going through profound changes as a result of new mastering technology and software, price drops, insertion of interactive and PC-friendly material, and emerging standards such as HD-DVD, MPEG-4 and Microsoft Corona. We examine the landscape.

• Dan Krech, President, DKP Effects
• Marylou Bono, Vice President, Home Video Marketing, Warner Strategic
  Marketing
• Dave Pederson, Zoran, VP Strategic Technology
• Moderator: Joan Van Tassel, Ph.D., UCLA Extension School
  

Track II
Breakthrough Sound
From Steven Spielberg's ground-breaking multi-channel sound in Jurassic Park to today's emerging 10-channel tracks, sound has defined the modern movie-going experience. Now, as multi-channel sound invades home theaters and game stations, consumers are expecting another audio breakthrough from movie theaters. How are directors, vendors and theaters responding?

• Mike Archer, DTS, Director of Cinema Division
• Lon Bender, Ascent Media Group, President, Creative Sound Services
• Gary Bourgeois, Supervising Sound Mixer, Sony Pictures Studios
• David Gray, Vice President, Production Services, Dolby Labs (subject to confirmation)
• Moderator: Michael Stroud, Conference Chair

Track III
The Digital Storyboard (Part II)

6:00 - 7:00 Product Showcase open

Cocktail reception for Deluxe ticket holders.

Agenda is continuously updated. Please check regularly for updates.