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Some of our 2009 Speakers/Moderators:

Day 1 (Tuesday January 6, 2009):

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM Introduction by Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates

8:15 AM A1: Storage and Content Creation, Editing and Distribution
This session makes clear the evolving requirements for digital storage capacity and awesome technologies needed to capture and edit new content, to preserve historical content and for multiple content distribution models, including head-end DVR, gaming, satellite and cable, digital cinema, IPTV, kiosks, N-PVR, video downloading and social networking.

Moderator: Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates

Speakers

 Robert Caldeira, Senior Product Manager, Focus Enhancements
 Jonathan Thatcher, Fusion I/O Fellow, Member SNIA/SSSI
 Tracey Doyle, Sr. Manager Services Product Management, EMC
 Mark Ostlund, Vice President Marketing and Sales, Cache-A
 Tom Inglefield, Chief Technologist Digital Media, SUN

9:45 AM Morning Break sponsored by

10:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Rab Mukraj, Director of Digital Media Delivery, NBC Universal
“Storing NBC Universal's Growing Digital Library Securely and Efficiently”

10:30 AM B1: Smart and Secure Storage
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 indexing and in searching and indexing. It also examines the role digital storage will play in digital content and privacy protection. We’ll also look at new products and specifications that will make content more secure and usable.

Moderator: Dennis Waid, Peripheral Research

Speakers

 Robert Thibadeau, Chief Technologist, Seagate Technology
 Gianfranco Scherini, Business Development/ Product Manager, STMicroelectronics
 David James, Vice President, Fujitsu Computer Products of America
 Conrad Maxwell, Senior Product Line Manager, Silicon Image
 Jeff Ravencraft, President and Chairman, USB Implementers Forum

Q&A Panel

 Joey Faust, Consultant, National TeleConsultants, Inc.
 James Borden, Senior Technical Strategist, Microsoft

12:00 PM Lunch and Exhibits

1:30 PM Keynote Speaker Jim Elliot, Vice President of Memory Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor

2:00 PM C1:Storage Technology and Market for Entertainment and Consumer Storage
What’s the current status of storage device technology and markets for 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 markets?

Moderator: Jim Porter, DiskTrend

Speakers

 Krishna Chander, Sr. Market Analyst, iSuppli
 Jim Handy, Principal Analyst, Objective Analysis
 Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates
 Jeff Janukowicz, Research Manager, IDC
 Ross Rubin, Director, Industry Analysis, The NPD Group

Q&A Panel

 John Rydning, Research Director, Hard Disk Drives, IDC
 John Rotchford, Strategic Advisory Services, LLC

3:00 PM Afternoon Break, Networking and Exhibits Sponsored by

Consumer Electronics Storage Book Signing 3:30 to 4:00 PM

4:00 PM D1: “I’m Your Future, Hear me Roar!”
What does the next generation want in digital storage and consumer electronics? Consumers in their late teens and early 20's discuss how they use devices and what role digital storage will play in the products that appeal to them. Catch the future here, live! Don’t miss the future, catch it here!

Moderators: John Iasiuolo, Computer Outlook and Harry Blount

4:45 PM E1: Reaching and Informing Consumers and Channel Partners

Hear noted analysts, manufacturers and support partners discuss challenges and opportunities emerging to reach, educate, inform and persuade consumers and niche market customers. Use new technologies and approaches to extend your company’s reach. See and hear new one-to-one and one-to-many activities that strengthen your partner and customer relationships.

Moderator: Andy Marken, President, Marken Communications

Speakers

 John Martinez, Reseller Advocate
 Stephen Baker, NPD
 Michelle Schneider, Director of Marketing Communications, Pinnacle Systems
 Sandra Benedetto, Pioneer Electronics
 Derek Perez, Director of Communications, Nvidia

5:45 PM Conference Reception Sponsored by

Consumer Electronics Storage Book Signing 6:00 to 6:30 PM

8:00 PM Conference Ends for Day

Day 2 (Wednesday January 7, 2009):
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast Sponsored by

8:00 AM A2: Storing Stuff in CE Devices
Digital storage is crucial to product design. Hear how leading designers of consumer products and storage developers are working together to meet this critical need in the future. Find out the latest in storage technology. What are options to protect and recover your content?

Moderator: Melissa Perenson, Senior Associate Editor, PC World Magazine

Speakers

 Amber Huffman, Principal Engineer, Intel
 Bob Bilbruck, Managing Director, Mobiletain and On Device Portal Consortium
 Andy Higginbotham, Director, HDD Sales & Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
 Robert Pierce, Senior Director, Denali Software
 Tony Kim, Senior Technical Manager, Samsung Semiconductor

Q&A Panel

 Steve Georgis, CEO and Founder, Prostor Systems
 David Hirning, Vice President and Co-Founder, DL Squared

9:30 AM Keynote Speaker, Dr. Paul Liao, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Panasonic Corporation of North America
“Trends in Content Storage"— from the CE Perspective

10:00 AM Morning Break Sponsored by

10:20 AM B2: Enabling Technologies for Rich Content Consumer Electronics
High resolution content on consumer electronic devices requires more writing and reading, continuous connectivity and new display technologies. Find out about these developing ways to make better CE devices and how we can provide the power required to make them possible. Learn how to design killer applications and how they will work.

Moderator: Jim Handy, Principal Analyst, Objective Analysis

Speakers

 Don Barnetson, Sr. Director of Marketing, SanDisk
 Patty Kim, Product Marketing Manager, Toshiba America Information Systems
 Mario Morales, VP, IDC
 Jim Handy, Chief Analyst, Objective Analysis
 Kurt Petersen, President, KP-MEMS

Q&A Panel

 Robert Barry, Director Business Development, Team Research
 Hubbert Smith, Samsung

11:50 AM C2: 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: David Reinsel, Group Vice President, IDC

Speakers

 Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Macrovision
 Geoff Tudor, Founder and Sr. VP of Strategy and Business Development, Nirvanix
 Scott Ryan, CEO, Asankya Networks
 John Rydning, Research Director, Hard Disk Drives, IDC

Q&A Panel

 Dean Neumann, Director of Product Marketing, ByCast
 David Barron, Senior Vice President, Brisbane Digital Consulting Group

12:50 PM Lunch and Exhibits

2:00 PM Keynote Speaker: Wendy Aylsworth, Vice President Engineering, SMPTE and Senior Vice President of Technology, Warner Bros.
Technical Operations: “2X Storage + 2X Bandwidth = 3D Production”

2:30 PM D2: Personal Home Storage: Saving and Sharing Family Content
As home storage requirements increase we need new ways to organize, backup, share 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, Research Director Removable Storage Research, IDC

Speakers

 Thomas Wendt, CTO, HD Giants
 Tanguy Leborgne, Vice President WW Marketing, Pinnacle Systems
 Ali Simnad, Director, Oxford Semiconductor
 Geoff Barrall, CEO, Data Robotics
 Ronald Brown, CEO, Web2Storage

Q&A Panel

 David Schwaab, Marketing Director, Rebit
 Ronald Brown, Web2Storage

4:00 PM Afternoon Break Sponsored by

4:20 PM E2: Optical Storage: Higher Definition is Survival!
Find out about the spread of blue laser technology, and hear about several new technologies that promise to extend existing optical storage capacities enormously. How is holographic optical recording doing? Can optical content distribution compete against or live with content downloading and new distribution technologies?

Moderator: Bryan Ekus, MediaTech

Speakers

 Sandra Benedetto, Director, Product Development & Sales Engineering, Pioneer Electronics
 Patrick Dowling, Archive Solutions Corp
 Wolfgang Schlichting, Research Director Removable Storage Research, IDC
 Sudodh Kulkarni, Vice President, Imation
 Nelson Diaz, President and CEO, InPhase Technologies

Q&A Panel

 Dave Bunzel, OSTA

5:30 PM Conference Ends