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Networking Party and Dinner during E3Expo

Wednesday, May 12, 2004, 5:30pm-8:30pm

Note: Change of Venue to Accomodate Expanded Program
USC Davidson Conference Center 3415 So. Figueroa St.
(This event has moved from the Wilshire Grand)

Join Game Publishers, Developers, Console Makers, Content Creators, Music, Film, TV, Cable and Technology Industry Attending E3 Expo for Dealmaking and Networking

Making Money from Legal Digital Distribution of Games:
What You Need to Know about The Future of P2P for Games, Music and Film Industries

Exclusive Controversial Report from Harvard Business School:

Dr. Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Harvard Business School,

Associate Professor, Strategy Unit

Presents His Controversial Report that Digital Downloads have No Adverse Impact on CD Sales,"The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales"

Rich Feldman, President, Feldman Research Lab

discusses findings on Consumer Behavior for Peer to Peer Networking

Game Industry Experts Discuss Business Opportunities for Digital Distribution of PC Games Featuring:

• Gabe Zichermann, Trymedia Systems, VP Strategy and Communications
• Jason Rubenstein, Ubisoft.com, General Manager
• Rich Roberts, Atari, Director of Licensing, New Business

• John Welch, PlayFirst, CEO

• Kevin Bachus, Infinium Labs, President

  Moderator: John Gaudiosi, Editor iHollywood Gamemaker and freelance journalist

• All attendees receive free CED Digital Connections report prepared by Elliot Maxwell

Cost: $50 unil 5/5; then $60 until 5/12; $75 at door

Date: May 12 from 5:30 pm-8:30pm

Location: USC Davidson Conference Center 3415 South Figueroa S., Los Angeles, CA 90089 213-740-5956  (No longer at Wilshire Grand)

Parking:  Secured parking lot at corner of Jefferson and Figueroa across the street $4.00

Program:

• 5:30 – 7:00 Cocktails and Networking Buffet Dinner
  
• 7:00- 7:30 Welcome and Keynote
  

Peer to Peer Implications for the Music Industry

• Harvard Prof. Felix Oberholzer-Gee  Presentation on Findings in Recent Report
• Rich Feldman, President of Feldman Research Lab
  

Two Panels Responding to the Presentation:

• 7:30– 8:30 Implications for Lawful Distribution for the Music Industry
  Speakers on Panel:
• Rich Feldman
• Felix Oberholzer-Gee
• Ted Cohen, Sr. VP Digital Development and Distribiution, EMI Recorded Music
  
• 7:30– 8:30 Generating Revenue from Digital Distribution for Games
  Industry veterans discuss successful business models for viral distribution of games online and via peer-to-peer networks. Hear their opinoins about how new business opportunitites for growth of secure digital distribution and how P2P will grow the PC games industry in the US and abroad.
• Rich Roberts, Atari, Director of Licensing, New Business
• Kevin Bachus, Infinium Labs, President
• Gabe Zichermann, Trymedia Systems, Vice President Strategy and Communications
• John Welch, Playfirst, CEO
• Jason Rubenstein, Ubisoft.com, General Manger
• Moderator: John Gaudiosi, Reporter
  
  
• 8:30 Closing remarks: Christian von Burkleo, Senior Vice President of DCIA Charter Member Altnet, now the world's largest distributor of legally traded games, music, and movies on the Internet.

This event will involve presentations by Distributed Computing Industry Association, a voluntary, consensus organization with representation from all substantially affected sectors of the nascent distributed computing industry.  This includes companies involved in providing the platforms for storage, transmission, and exhibition of content, file-sharing networks and operators, and digital media rights holders.  DCIA participants are engaged in the development and adoption of business and technical standards-and-practices to advance the commercial development of this rapidly growing consumer-based distribution system.

You Must Attend If Your Business Involves Generating Revenue

from Digital Distribution of Games, Music or Content!

• Network with industry executives attending E3 Expo and other industries from publishers, developers, console makers, investors, music, film, electronic gaming, cable, TV, video, music, broadband, and technology to address how to generate revenue from digital distribution of games
  
• Hear controversial report presented by Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee where researchers tracked millions of music files downloaded through the OpenNap file-trading network and compared them with CD sales of the same music, and concludes that illegal file sharing is not responsible for the decline of CD sales
  
• Discover how your business can make money from lawful digital distribution of games and digital rights management solutions that protect intellectual property

Refund Policy for All Events:

All refund requests must be sent by email and confirmed in writing by our office.

Forums and Seminars:

Refunds for forums will be issued up to one week before the event, minus a $10.00 administrative fee. No refunds are issued within seven days of the event. 

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