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Friday, June 20, 2003

Agenda, Day 2

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

9:00-9:30 AM Registration and Networking Breakfast

9:30 - 10:00 Keynote

Your High-Def (3D)  Future

Chuck Comisky, Visual Effects Supervisor (Earthship Productions), Producer, James Cameron's Ghosts of the Abyss and MCA Theme Park Attraction, Terminator 2-3D, discusses how new high-definition and 3D technologies are transforming entertainment.

10:00-11:15   Supersession Panel

High-Definition in Focus
High definition image acquisition, movies and television are already changing the entertainment landscape. But expensive production, talent shortages and lack of programming still stymies wider adoption. Directors, studio executives and others consider HD's present and its future.

• Randall Dark, HD Vision Studios, President and Co-founder, HD Vision Studios
• Steve Schklair, Cobalt Entertainment, Founder and Principal
• Chuck Comisky, Earthship Productions, Visual Effects Supervisor
• John Coghill, DALSA, Director General Manager, Digital Cinema
• Pete Fasciano, Avid Technology, Corporate Fellow, Advance Development
• Moderator: Michael Stroud

11:20-12:15 Break   CNN Coverage of War in Iraq
How Digital Technology Transformed War Coverage

Featuring: Kevin Sites, CNN News War Correspondent

Live Demo of Satphone Videophone (Video-Tele-Conference via Satellite-phone) used by CNN to Cover the War

John Stoltz, GCS (Global Communications Solutions) interviewing live

Dick Tauber, CNN Vice President of Satellites, based  at CNN in Atlanta

12:15-1:00 Showcase Expo Hall Open
Lunch for Deluxe Ticket holders

1:00 - 2:00 Breakout Sessions One

Track I-Grand Salon
Sponsored Demonstration

Can Asset Management Increase Competitiveness?

NXN Software, Neil Leshner

Managing Your Digital Assets
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.

• Carl Hixson, HBO, Director of Technologies
• David Lipsey, Artesia Technologies, Vice President Media and Entertainment
• Ernie Cicogna, NXN Software, General Manager
• Matthew White, National Geographic Television & Film, Vice President, Film Library
• Michael Anderson, Huge Systems, Chief Technical Officer
• Moderator: Kevin Hause, Screen Digest, Vice President Americans Research

Track II-Royal Salon II
Re-Animating Film and TV.
A look at how digital technology is reshaping the creative output and workflow for professional animators, including: mixing computer and hand animation techniques; long-distance collaboration; and what's next for computer generated animation.

• Mark Drop, Producer, Recess (Disney)
• Tim Jones, VP Production, Animax
• Michael Isner, West Coast Lead, Special Projects, Softimage
• Moderator: Dan Restuccio, Post Magazine, West Coast Editor
  
  

2:15 to 3:15 Breakout Sessions Two

Track I--Grand Salon

Sponsored Demonstration - Huge Systems

Mastering the Digital Desktop
A workshop on using Final Cut Pro, Avid, Quantel and other video desktop tools to create award-winning television and film productions. Discussion will feature a case study of how Final Cut Pro was used in NBC's Scrubs. Topics include breakthroughs in workstation-based workflow, selecting editing software, and working in high-def formats.

• Rami Katrib, Founder and Final Cut Pro specialist, DigitalFilm Tree

Track II--Royal Salon I
What Rights?

No sooner had studios distributed DVDs to the Academy for Oscar reviews than some were pirated, according to the L.A. Times. New personal video recorders and DVD recorders give consumers the ability to record TV shows and movies and zap them over the Internet to 10 of their favorite friends. How do we develop a DRM strategy when balancing the protection of content creators' interests against consumer expectations?

• William Marks, Walt Disney Company, Director of Business Development
• Doug Olin, Attorney and specialist in Intellectual Property Rights Protection
• Moderator: Max Donner, independent journalist and Orange County Weekly
  

Track III-Royal Salon II
Nurturing Talent in the Digital Age
(Sponsored by the Motion Picture Editors Guild)
It's not enough to understand software and workflow. How will the next generation of editors, isolated in their cubicles, acquire the aesthetic and relationship skills their craft demands? Leading Motion Picture Editors Guild members provide the answers.

• Lori Coleman, Editor
• Patrick Gregston, Editor
• Stephen Lovejoy, Editor
• Alan Heim, Editor
  

3:15 to 3:45  Networking and Product Showcase

Conference Ends.

Silver

Bronze

Exhibitor

AV Partners

Wilshire Screening Room

MEDIA SPONSORS:

Keynote Speakers:

Volker Engel

Uncharted Territory

Steve Wright

Technical Director, Cinesite

Speakers Include: