Storage Visions Conference: The 2013 Storage Visions Conference Is Coming to the Riveria Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada January 2013...your source for cutting-edge content data storage information.

Day 1 (Sunday January 6, 2013)

7:30 to 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Panasas

8:00 to 8:15 AM Introduction: Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates

8:15 to 9:45 AM A1: Somewhere a Space for Us: Looking for Storage for High Resolution Content Capture and Production Sponsored by HDS
Moderator: Pallab Chatterjee, Media and Entertainment Technologies
This session addresses digital storage and the requirements for capturing, rendering, editing and archiving content. The media industry is being transformed by file-based and even object-based workflows, 4K and even 8K content as well as stereoscopic video. Larger content libraries support an increasing diversity of content delivery methods while raw video content of several petabytes is not uncommon for a single project.
Speakers:
Don Molaro, DataDirect Networks
Jim Jonez, Dot Hill
Tracey Doyle, HDS
Steven Cohen, Aberdeen LLC
Panelists:
Tracy Spitler, IntelliProp
Brent Welch, Panasas

9:45 to 10:00 AM Morning Break Sponsored by HDDFA

10:00 to 10:30 AM Keynote 1: Yoshiaki Shishikui; Head of Advanced Television Systems Research Division, Science and Technology Research Laboratories; NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

10:30 to 12:00 AM B1: Safe at Last: Protecting, Storing and Recovering Personal and Commercial Content Sponsored by Trusted Computing Group
Moderator: Michael Willett, Samsung
This session covers the challenges facing security and protection of stored content, including content on mobile devices as well as at home and in the cloud. Finding secure content requires indexing and the creation of metadata and this session will look at metadata creation and use. Standardized security products are making data security easier than ever while enabling desired content sharing. In addition to content security other content protection topics will be covered such as content recovery.
Speakers:
Michael Willett, Samsung
Chris Bross, DriveSavers
Robert Day, Linuxworks
Bob Thibadeau, Wave Systems
Dave Anderson, Seagate Technology
Panelists:
Allison Boerum, Kroll Ontrack

12:00 to 1:30 PM Lunch and Exhibits Sponsored by SanDisk

1:30 to 2:00 PM Keynote 2: Peter K. Hazen, Marketing Director, Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Solutions Group, Intel

2:00 to 2:45 PM C1: Analyst Perspectives: What is Ours and Where is it in a Connected World?
Sponsored by Coughlin Associates
Moderator: Dennis Waid, Peripheral Research
Learn what storage technologies VCs are investing in as tomorrow’s opportunities. What do leading analysts think will be the balance between storage in the cloud, in consumer electronics and computers. What are the trends and technologies that will drive the growth of the professional entertainment and consumer storage markets?
Speakers:
Jeff Janukowicz, IDC
Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
Kristopher Kubicki, Dynamite Data
Benjamin Arnold, NPD

2:45 to 3:00 PM Afternoon Break and Networking Sponsored by SNIA/SSSI

3:00 to 4:30 PM D1: A Better Mousetrap or Better Mice: Storage Developments Drive New Storage System Options Sponsored by Marvell
Moderator: Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
Find out about exciting new storage device, device interfaces and systems architectures for computers, mobile devices, and enterprise storage systems including thin client computers with cloud access, SSD-based computer and hybrid and dual storage computers and storage systems offering the advantages of flash memory and hard disk drives in various combinations.
Speakers:
Jim Pappas, Intel
Paul Wassenberg, Marvell
Mike Fitzpatrick, Toshiba
Marty Czekalski Seagate
Paul Luse, Intel
Panelists:
Sumit Puri, LSI
Mike James, SanDisk

4:30 to 5:15 PM E1: Taming the Beast: New Frontiers in Storage Software Sponsored by Intel
Moderator: Jim Pappas, Intel
The introduction of flash memory for non-volatile memory and storage has changed the ways that storage devices can be used by storage software. This session will explore new developments in operating systems and software that are enabled by the latest developments in storage interfaces and a new storage hierarchy. Find out what you need to know to make the greatest use of digital storage in your applications..
Panelists:
Walt Hubis, Fusion-io
Doug Voigt, HP
Bob Beauchamp, EMC
Don Walker, Dell

5:15 to 6:00 PM F1: What we want: A Conversation about Storage for Media and Entertainment Professionals
Sponsored by Createasphere
Moderator: Mary Yurkovic, World Resource Management
Leaders in the Media & Entertainment space discuss how they are managing massive amounts of content and reveal their desires & needs for storage in their digital eco-systems. In organizations where the partnership of IT, performance, and infrastructure are critical, our panel of experts will share what is working, what is needed today and what they would like to see in 2013 to help their long-term archive strategy.
Panelists:
Ken Brady, Turner Broadcast
Christy King, Ultimate Fighting Championship^®
Justin Stotlemyer, Shutterfly
Clyde Smith, FOX Network Engineering and Operations
6:00 to 8:00 PM Reception: Sponsored by Active Storage

Day 2 (Monday January 7, 2013)

7:30 to 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast Sponsored by SATA-IO

8:00 to 9:30 AM A2: Smart Phones, Tablets and Ultrabooks: What will they use for storage?
Sponsored by Toshiba
Moderator: Melissa Perenson, PC World
Smart Phones and Tablets are very portable and powerful but they generally don’t have enough storage and processing power to do everything the user wants so they depend upon cloud based applications. Will these devices displace computers? Will Ultrabook computers running Windows 8 find a wide market and will they use SSDs, SSDs with HDDs or hybrid HDDs? What will consumers storage on the web vs. locally and will they use external, perhaps wireless, storage devices as well. Find out about the future of storage in mobile consumer products in this session.
Speakers:
Patty Kim, Toshiba
John Rydning, IDC
Jeff Fochtman, Seagate
Anand Srinivasan, Qualcomm
Doug Dumitru, Easyco
Panelists:
Eric Zappa, ATTO
Wolfgang Schlichting, Wolf Research

9:30 to 10:00 AM Keynote 3: Kevin Conley, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Client Storage Solutions, SanDisk Corporation

10:00 to 10:15 AM Morning Break Sponsored by Symform

10:15 to 11:45 AM B2: Data Where art Thou?: Long Term Content Protection and Archiving
Sponsored by Oracle
Moderator: Robin Harris, Storage Mojo
High resolution content won’t last forever unless content owners create a rational archive that includes good metadata and digital asset management. Today’s archives serve as active libraries for a multitude of content distribution networks as well as long-term content repositories. As the complexity and resolution of digital content increases, archiving technology will play a bigger role in making sure today’s content survives. This session will help you with your long term data protection plan.
Speakers:
Paul Speciale, Amplidata
Ed Childers, IBM
Russ Kennedy, Cleversafe
Molly Rector, Spectra Logic Presentation Will Not Be Available
Panelist:
Fernando Moreira, Quotium
Bob Raymond, Oracle

11:45 AM to 1:15 PM Lunch and Exhibits: Lunch Sponsored by Millenniata

1:15 to 2:45 PM C2: My Life in the Clouds: Opportunities and Challenges for Consumer and Enterprise Cloud Storage Sponsored by Aspera
Moderator: Tom Leyden, Amplidata
Distributing content as well as on-line back-up and disaster recovery are driving demand for remote storage. Cloud storage now includes personal clouds as well as storage as a service. This session exposes the storage requirements and trends for on-line content delivery and remote storage. Learn about new business opportunities and how they’ll impact the growth and use of storage in this growing market.
Speakers:
Tom Leyden, Amplidata
Janae Lee, Quantum
Michelle Munson, Aspera
Robert Jenkins, CloudSigma
Scott Van Woudenberg, Google
Panelists:
Margaret Dawson, Symform
Tony Gauda, Bitcasa
2:45 to 4:15 PM D2: Same as it Ever Was?—What’s Ahead for Content Storage: Sponsored by Skyera
Moderator: Chris Preimesberger, eWeek
What storage technologies will provide tomorrows’ content storage needs? Find out about the latest in storage technologies such as hard disk drives, solid state drives, flash memory and brand new storage technologies. Learn about new effective, green and speedy storage devices and networks.
Speakers:
Radoslav Danilak, Skyera
John Scaramuzzo, SMART Storage Systems
Wen Yu, Nimble Storage
Ryan Smith, Samsung
Roy Sherrill, Datalight
Panelists:
Tad Hunt, Exablox
Jay Krone, LenovoEMC

4:15 to 4:30 PM Afternoon Break Sponsored by SMART Storage Systems

4:30 to 6:00 PM E2: It’s Up to You: Making, Saving, Sharing and Protecting Family and Business Content
Sponsored by IDC
Moderator: Dave Reinsel, IDC
As home storage and small office requirements increase we need new ways to organize, backup, share and manage our rich personal and commercial content. Find out about the technology and business models enabling personal cloud storage as well as direct attached and networked storage for consumers. This is one of the biggest growth areas in consumer storage-find out why.
Speakers:
David Reinsel, IDC
Elizabeth Conner, IDC
Pravin Bathija, AppliedMicro
Paul Stich, CTERA Networks
Matt Pahnke, Netgear
Panelists:
Geoff Barrall, Connected Data
Steve Lampen, Belden