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Day 1 (Tuesday January 6, 2009):

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM Introduction by Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates View this Presentation

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requirements for digital storage capacity and awesome technologies needed to capture and edit new content, to preserve historical content and for multiple content distribution models, including head-end DVR, gaming, satellite and cable, digital cinema, IPTV, kiosks, N-PVR, video downloading and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 View this Presentation
Jonathan Thatcher, Fusion I/O Fellow, Member SNIA/SSSI View this Presentation
Tracey Doyle, Sr. Manager Services Product Management, EMCView this Presentation
Mark Ostlund, Vice President Marketing and Sales, Cache-AView this Presentation
Tom Inglefield, Chief Technologist Digital Media, SUN View this Presentation

9:45 AM Morning Break sponsored by ST Microelectronics

10:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Rab Mukraj, Director of Digital Media Delivery, NBC Universal
                                               “Storing NBC Universal's Growing Digital Library Securely and Efficiently”
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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 View this Presentation
Gianfranco Scherini, Business Development/ Product Manager, STMicroelectronics View this Presentation
David James, Vice President, Fujitsu Computer Products of America View this Presentation
Conrad Maxwell, Senior Product Line Manager, Silicon Image View this Presentation
Jeff Ravencraft, President and Chairman, USB Implementers Forum View this Presentation

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 View this Presentation

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 View this Presentation
Jim Handy, Principal Analyst, Objective Analysis View this Presentation
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates View this Presentation
Jeff Janukowicz, Research Manager, IDC View this Presentation
Ross Rubin, Director, Industry Analysis, The NPD Group View this Presentation

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 Toshiba

              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 View this Presentation

Speakers

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

5:45 PM Conference Reception Sponsored by Atrato

                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 Samsung

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 View this Presentation
Bob Bilbruck, Managing Director, Mobiletain and On Device Portal Consortium View this Presentation
Andy Higginbotham, Director, HDD Sales & Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. View this Presentation
Robert Pierce, Senior Director, Denali Software View this Presentation
Tony Kim, Senior Technical Manager, Samsung Semiconductor View this Presentation

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
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10:00 AM Morning Break Sponsored by SanDisk

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 View this Presentation
Patty Kim, Product Marketing Manager, Toshiba America Information Systems View this Presentation
Mario Morales, VP, IDC View this Presentation
Jim Handy, Chief Analyst, Objective Analysis View this Presentation
Kurt Petersen, President, KP-MEMS View this Presentation

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 View this Presentation
Geoff Tudor, Founder and Sr. VP of Strategy and Business Development, Nirvanix View this Presentation
Scott Ryan, CEO, Asankya Networks View this Presentation
John Rydning, Research Director, Hard Disk Drives, IDC View this Presentation

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 View this Presentation

Speakers

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

Q&A Panel

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

4:00 PM Afternoon Break Sponsored by Clickfree

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 View this Presentation
Patrick Dowling, Archive Solutions Corp View this Presentation
Wolfgang Schlichting, Research Director Removable Storage Research, IDC View this Presentation
Sudodh Kulkarni, Vice President, Imation View this Presentation
Nelson Diaz, President and CEO, InPhase Technologies View this Presentation

Q&A Panel

Dave Bunzel, OSTA

5:30 PM Conference Ends