Ron Tarasoff

Paul Turner

Tracey Doyle

Jim Bottoms

Ross Rubin

Jim Handy

Robert Thibadeau

Walt Hubis

Richard Bullwinkle

Jim Burger

Clyde Smith

Harry Blount

John Iasiuolo

Gianfranco Scherini

Conrad Maxwell

 

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Day 1 (Saturday January 5, 2008):

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM Introduction Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates

8:15 AM A1: Storage and Content Creation, Editing and Distribution - Sponsored by Content Delivery and Storage Association
This session makes clear the enormous digital storage requirements and awesome technologies for the capture and editing of new content; preservation of historical content and for various content distribution models such as head-end DVR, satellite and cable distribution, digital cinema, IP-TV, video downloading and social networking.

Moderator:  Brian Campanotti, Front Porch Digital

Speakers: 
Ron Tarasoff, Turner Broadcasting System
Paul Turner, Omneon
Rob Caldiera, Focus Enhancements
Tracey Doyle, EMC

Q&A Panelist:  Don Verner, Intel and Tom Inglefield, Sun

9:30 AM B1: What’s next in Storage and Who is Buying it?
Noted analysts and retailers of consumer electronics and entertainment creation and distribution experts join with storage analysts to demonstrate how content creators and distributors embrace new technologies. Learn what digital storage requirements for various consumer applications will be. Find out the new killer applications using flash, HDDs and optical storage.

Moderator: Subodh Kulkarni, Imation and CDSA

Panelists: 
Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates
Jim Bottoms, Understanding and Solutions
Ross Rubin, NPD Group
Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
John Kim, Trendfocus

10:30 AM Morning Break

11:00 AM C1: Storage Intelligence and Content Protection
Intelligent storage devices will be a major driver of the entertainment and consumer electronics industry. This session explores emerging business opportunities, shows you the latest developments in content searching, and examines the role digital storage will play in digital content and privacy protection. We’ll also look at new products and specifications that will affect the big picture.

Moderator:  Jim Porter, Disk Trend

Speakers: 
Robert Thibadeau, Seagate Technology
Walt Hubis, LSI Corporation
Richard Bullwinkle, Macrovision
Stephen Cowen, STMicroelectronics
James Burger, Dow Lohnes, PLLC

Q&A Panelist: Lark Allen, Wave Systems Corp; Craig Rawlings, Kilopass

12:30 PM Lunch and Exhibits

1:30 PM Keynote Speaker - Clyde D. Smith, Jr., Senior Vice President, Turner Broadcasting System

2:15 PM D1: Investments in Entertainment and Consumer Storage?
What’s the current financial state of and outlook for storage companies working in the entertainment and personal storage? Learn what VCs are investing in now.  What are the hot new technologies and drivers for growth in entertainment and consumer storage?

Moderator:  Harry Blount, Lehman Brothers

Panelists:
Josh Martin, Yankee Group
John Mascarenas, Intel Capital
Andrew Williamson, Alexander Dunham Capital Group
John Rotchford, Strategic Advisory Services International, LLC

3:15 PM Afternoon Break and Technology Demonstrations

4:15 PM E1:  “I’m Your Future, Hear me Roar!” - Sponsored by Intel
What does the next generation want in digital storage and consumer electronics?  This session features late teen/early 20’s users discussing how they use consumer devices.    The role of digital storage in products that appeal to next generation users is a key discussion topic.  Don’t miss the future, catch it here!

Moderator:  John Iasiuolo, Computer Outlook Radio Talk Show

Panelists:  Middle School, High School and College students

5:15pm F1:  Special Session on Sales Trends in Consumer Storage Markets
Hear noted analysts, VARs and resellers talk about digital storage and consumer electronics trends that drive the use of digital storage.  Find out what sells and doesn’t sell in the retail and value added environment in this insightful session.

Moderator: Jeff O’Heir, Dealer Scope

Panelists:
Steve Baker, NPD Techworld
Allen Buckner, HP
Cheyne Redenius, Ultimate Electronics
James Sawyer, Union Wireless

6:00 PM Conference Reception - Sponsored by the Hybrid Storage Alliance
Patty Kim of Toshiba will update us on the state of Hybrid Storage!

8:00 PM Conference Ends for Day

 

Day 2 (Sunday January 6, 2008):

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM A2: Storing Stuff in CE Devices
Digital storage is crucial to product design.  This session has leading designers of consumer products and storage developers describing the future of digital storage in consumer products.  Learn about CE devices and their storage requirements.  What’s next—PAN storage, greater application integration, life logs? What are your options to protect and recover your content?

Moderator:  Melissa Perenson, PC World

Speakers: 
Kyle Wiens, iFixit
Gianfranco Scherini, SATA International Organization
Conrad Maxwell, Silicon Image
Daniel Beneke, Imation
Sandeep Shah, Marvell

Q&A Panel: John Christopher, DriveSavers and Jay Remley, Seagate Recovery Services

9:30 AM Keynote Speaker - Jim Elliot, Director of Flash Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor

10:15 AM Morning Break

10:30 AM B2: Your Content, Your Way, Anywhere - Sponsored by Samsung Semiconductor
Where are flash and hard disk drives used in consumer electronics? What is the future of flash memory and HDDs?  Are there competing technologies that could displace the major contenders?  How do these technologies depend upon each other?  Find out what you need to know to anticipate new storage options.

Moderator:  Jim Handy, Objective Analysis

Speakers:  
Don Larson, Intel
Andy Higginbotham, Samsung
Iri Trashanski, Sandisk
Scott Wright, Toshiba

Q&A Panel:  Jim Cooke, Micron ; Esther Spanjer, Adtron; and Robert Pierce, Denali

11:30 AM C2: Personal Home Storage:  Saving and Sharing Family Content - Sponsored by HP
As home storage requirements increase we need new ways to organize, backup and manage our personal and commercial content. Will digital storage be directly attached or networked? What will drive the use of network storage in the home?   When and how will all home and personal storage be networked?

Moderator:  Wolfgang Schlichting, IDC

Speakers: 
John Rydning, IDC
Allen Buckner, HP
Geoff Barrall, Data Robotics
Sajjad Hussain Khazipura, Wipro Technologies

Q&A Panel: Michael Mihalik, LaCie

12:30 PM Lunch and Exhibits

1:30 PM Keynote Speaker - Dom McCarthy, CTO, Managed Home Business, Hewlett Packard

2:15 PM D2: Social Networking and Remote Storage– Where’s the Content Residing?
Sharing content among users is big; very big.  This session will discuss the trends for sharing requirements for digital storage capacity and performance.  It also looks at the growing remote storage business.  Learn about new business opportunities and how they’ll impact the growth and use of storage in this growing market.

Moderator:  Andy Marken, Marken Communications

Speakers: 
Rich Jorgensen, BayTSP
Timothy Sesow, OSStorage
Matt McRae, Fabrik
Ken Morse, Cisco/Scientific Atlanta
Emeka Akaezuwa, Gaviri Technologies

3:45 PM Afternoon Break

4:00 PM E2: Optical Storage:  New Light on Content Distribution?   
Find out about some major wins for blue laser technology, and hear about several new technologies that promise to extend existing optical storage capactites enormously.  How is holographic optical recording doing?  Can optical content distribution compete against or live with content downloading and new distribution technologies?

Moderator: Dennis Waid, Peripheral Research

Speakers: 
Beth Erez, Mempile
Liz Murphy, InPhase
Paul Castellana, Toshiba
Mike Koclanes, Plasmon
Sandra Benedetto, Pioneer

Q&A Panel: John Freeman, Strategic Marketing Decisions ; Dave Bunzel, OSTA

5:30 PM Conference Ends