Access, Services, & Multimedia in the Digital Home
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1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   CABA Standards Committee
The CABA Standards Committee monitors activities of protocol/standards groups that affects the home and building automation industry, provides opportunities for exchanges of information and facilitates industry-wide interoperability.
 

John Sculley, former CEO of Apple & Pepsi-Cola Company; Board Member, OpenPeak Inc.; Co-Founder and Chairman, Qbit LLC

Dan Gittleman, Chairman and CEO, OpenPeak Inc.

The long-awaited convergence of consumer electronics and personal computers is finally arriving in the mass market, and numerous players – both large and small, hardware and software – are rapidly introducing new products and services that seek to leverage this convergence. During this keynote, John Sculley and Dan Gittleman will discuss how this convergence is accelerated by several powerful trends (including affordable home networking, pervasive broadband adoption and the availability of compelling digital media content). While these trends enable a host of new converged media experiences, they also threaten to create chaos for consumers. To address the challenges, Sculley and Gittleman will offer a broad, achievable vision of a digital home that exploits these trends while converting complexity and differing approaches into seamless, interoperable simplicity for consumers.
 

4:15 p.m.   Plenary Session: Next Steps Digital

Hear these leaders' perspectives on the opportunities for growth, profit, and change within their established industries. From the evolution of the set-top box to better services, all digital, all net means new challenges and … opportunities.

SPEAKERS
Tom Andrus, Vice President, EarthLink, Inc.
Dave Clark, Director, Product Strategy & Management, Home Entertainment Products, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Lou Lenzi, Vice President, Advanced Products and Business Development, Consumer Solutions, Thomson, Inc.
Bruce L. Sanguinetti, CEO & President, Bermai, Inc.

5:30 p.m.   Showcase and Opening Reception
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7:15 a.m.   Breakfast in the Showcase Area
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Join Tricia Parks as she addresses current industry activities and developments as they relate to the consumer. This session will set the tone for the conference with an outlook of the overall market and a hint of things to come.

Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates

Opening Keynote — Delivering on the Digital Home Vision

Louis J. Burns
Vice President, Intel Corporation
Co-General Manager, Desktop Platforms Group

There is no doubt that the convergence of consumer electronics, communications and computing has happened. With this convergence comes the ability to deliver to consumers on the promise of access to content anytime, anywhere and on any device. Louis Burns is the leading force behind Intel Corporation's initiative to make the digital home a reality for consumers worldwide. Learn how Intel is delivering on the promise of the digital home and what this industry leader has to say about enabling the ecosystem required to drive new growth opportunities.

By 2009, more than 14 billion devices will need to connect to each other and to enterprise applications. Today, most companies use a device development model that is inefficient and insufficient. Developers struggle in-house with a mix of different silicon architectures, operating systems, middleware, and development tools. Add to this the lack of an industry standard Linux distribution for the Device Software Optimization market that has slowed adoption of Linux technology and made it difficult for this segment to fully harness the power of open source.

In this presentation, Wind River and Red Hat will describe how through their recently formed partnership, the co-existence of open-source and commercial systems will enable a new software model that will allow CE manufacturers to increase the reliability, security. and interoperability of the device software production environment.

SPEAKERS
Michel Genard, Vice President, Platform Marketing, Wind River
Ian Knight, Regional Director, Enterprise Group, Red Hat

Three giants from different segments of the value chain — a manufacturer, a service provider, and a content provider — offer their perspectives on where we are and where we’ll be in five years with the Digital Home in the U.S. and Canada.

SPEAKERS
Deepak Kamlani, President and CEO, Global Inventures
Marty Levine, Vice President of Strategic Planning, DigitalDeck
Simon Wegerif, General Manager, Consumer Businesses USA, Philips Semiconductors

Track A: Digital Entertainment
Content To and Through the Home

This panel of experts will discuss content delivery requirements as they pertain to such issues as bandwidth, media formats, compression technologies, and connectivity.

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Jodie Hughes, President and CEO, Digital 5, Inc.

PANELISTS
Jim Chase, Director of Strategic Marketing, Zoran Corporation
Eric Dewannain, Worldwide Director of Business Development, Texas Instruments
Jordan Greenhall, CEO and Co-Founder, DivXNetworks
Will Kreth, Director - Interactive Media, Time Warner Cable
Bob Whitman, Market Development Manager, Corning, Inc.

MODERATOR: Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

Track B: Home Networking & Residential Gateways
The “Triple Play” and Beyond

This panel will discuss market requirements and appropriate solutions for home networking and residential gateways.  What will be the role of network storage, voice-over-IP, security, and remote upgrades in tomorrow’s networking solutions?

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Vince Izzo, Director of Consumer Business Development, Broadband Communications Sector, Motorola

PANELISTS
Anna Jen, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing Group, Maxtor Corporation
Dianne Mercer, Director, Business Development, Sandvine Incorporated
Richard Nesin, Vice President, Marketing, Coppergate Communication
Vivek Pathela, Senior Director of Product Management/Marketing, NETGEAR
Jim Reeber, HomePlug Powerline Alliance

MODERATOR: Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates

Special Session:
Enabling Digital Homes: Worldwide Standards

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Patrick Griffis, Director, Worldwide Media Standards, Windows Client Division, Microsoft Corporation

SPEAKERS
Thierry Devars, Project Officer, European Commission
Mark Francisco, Director of Home Services Engineering, Comcast Corporation
Ladd Wardani, Vice President, Entropic Communications; President, MoCA
Jason Ziller, Digital Home Ecosystem Manager, Intel Corporation

MODERATORS: John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates

Track A: Digital Entertainment

Previous efforts at copy protection can be summarized as “Eliminate - Intimidate – Regulate.” How effective are these solutions in bringing “content anytime, anywhere” to consumers? This panel debates the future of copy protection and Digital Rights Management under the mantra “Is this good for the consumer?”

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Mohan Atreya, Senior Systems Engineer, RSA Security

PANELISTS
Brad Auerbach, Executive Director, DVD Audio Council
Donald E. Leake, Program Director, Copy Protection Business Development, IBM Research
Jim Taylor, Chief, DVD Technology, General Manager, Advanced Technology Group, Sonic Solutions
Brian Tucker, Digital Home Content Manager, Intel Corporation

MODERATORS: Jeff Joseph, Vice President, Communications and Strategic Relationships, Consumer Electronics Association
Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

Join leaders in wireless technology as they discuss the relevant variables in wireless multimedia delivery, including quality-of-service, security, spectrum management, and hardware and software enhancements to chipsets and devices.

PANELISTS
Colin Macnab, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Atheros Communications
Matt McRae, Director of Broadband, Linksys
Rick Rotondo, Vice President of Technical Marketing, MeshNetworks
Carl Temme, Director of Marketing, Airgo Networks
Jung Yee, CTO, IceFyre

MODERATOR: Stuart Sikes, Vice President, Sales, Parks Associates

What are the technological requirements if consumers are to take the digital home with them to work, on the road, or on vacation? This panel will envision both the technical and functional means of connectivity and assess the industry’s present ability to deliver affordable, usable solutions.

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Yoram Solomon, General Manager, Consumer Electronics Connectivity Solutions, Texas Instruments

PANELISTS
Gregory S. Gower, Senior Director of Sales and Marketing, WAVECOM, INC.
Jim Meyer, Vice President, Business Development, Alereon; Chair, WiMedia Alliance Marketing Working Group
Melissa Simpler, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Affinegy LLC

MODERATORS: John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates
Patrick Houston, Editor-in-Chief, CNET.com, CNET Networks Inc.

Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Luncheon Keynote
Tony Weiss
President and COO of Stores
CompUSA

Reaching Consumers: The Marketing of Digital Convergence
We have faced a paradigm shift in marketing convergent technology to consumers. No longer are technology consumers focused solely on single function equipment purchases. By cross categories marketing to consumers, we're expanding the traditional retail strategy of marketing to a specific consumer segment, yet have to balance personalization, competitiveness, and a mass marketing message.

Track A: Digital Entertainment
Connected Entertainment as an Out-of-the-Box Solution

This year is expected to deliver a host of new options for consumers to access, store, aggregate, and connect digital entertainment content in and throughout the home. Hear in this panel about both the future vision and the current (very real) opportunities to sell “media hubs” and other connectivity solutions.

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Brian Sugar, Vice President, Marketing, 2Wire, Inc.

PANELISTS
David Fealkoff, Director, Sigma Design
Ken Fuhrman, CEO, Interact-TV
Brett Gaines, Sr. Director of Business Development, Silicon Image, Inc.; President, HDMI Licensing, LLC
Reed Hinkel, CEO, Oregan Networks
Jeff Timbs, Director, New Business Development, Agere Systems

MODERATORS: Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
Michael Stroud, Wired.com

Having established a footprint of more than ten million connected households, how do solutions and service providers increase the value and usability of data and voice networks in the home? Join this panel of technology leaders as they discuss “best practice” approaches to improving the home user’s experience with connectivity.

PANELISTS
Steve Bush, Co-founder and Vice President of Products Pure Networks
Kevin Donahue, Senior Manager, Business Development, Akimbo
Udi Yuhjtman, Vice President of Operations and Business Development, Jungo Software Technologies, Inc.

MODERATORS: John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates

The success of Wi-Fi indicates that consumers value the flexibility and convenience of wireless. They will soon start demanding wireless Internet connectivity both in and outside their homes. What roles will different wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and 3G, play in the wireless data ecosystem? How should service providers and software/hardware vendors prepare for the changes? This panel presents leading experts from all camps to discuss the different technologies.

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Patrick Leary, Assistant Vice President of Marketing, Alvarion

PANELISTS
Leif Ericson, Business Development Manager, Southern Telecom
Vince Izzo, Director of Consumer Business Development, Broadband Communications Sector, Motorola
Sai Subramanian, Vice President, Product Management & Strategic Marketing, NAVINI Networks Inc.

MODERATOR: Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates

Right now, innumerable devices are connected and sharing data over home networks. This panel will discuss the next step in home networking, which is sharing entertainment and video content throughout the home, and the necessary steps in enabling the connections and making the services and content available in a meaningful way to the end user. The speakers for this panel represent the full value chain - operator, manufacturer, solutions provider, and physical-layer chip provider - for the connected home as it moves from idea to reality.

SPEAKERS
John Card, iTV Systems Architect & Home Networking Technology Manager, EchoStar Technologies Corporation
Mark Francisco, Director of Home Services Engineering, Comcast Corporation
Pete Griffin, Director of Corporate Technology, New Business Development Group, RadioShack
Ladd Wardani, Vice President, Entropic Communications

MODERATOR: Paul Liao, CTO, Matsushita America
Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

Join these leading analysts as they summarize the day with highlights of new industry developments and perspectives from the CONNECTIONS™ speakers

John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates
Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

Don't miss this opportunity to network with our sponsors in the Showcase Area.
 

Don't miss the opportunity to network with our sponsors at breakfast!

Opening Keynote
                  Content Distribution in the Digital World

Greg Gudorf
Senior Vice President
Digital Platform Division Of America
Sony Electronics Inc.

Greg Gudorf, senior vice president of Sony Electronics’ Digital Platform Division of America, will address the development of the digital living room as driven by the advancement and acceleration of high-definition television.

Gudorf will discuss how HDTV is the driving force of the digital living room via content, hardware and distribution through cable and satellite companies and at the retail level. Companies that might not have worked together in the past now have new business partnership options through HDTV. Sony Electronics, for example, recently engaged in a partnership with Cox Communications and the San Diego Padres to equip San Diego’s new PETCO Park with HDTVs and to market cutting-edge high-definition technology and equipment to consumers and businesses.

All attention now focuses on the increased entertainment and communications options arising from converging digital services in the home. Join us to hear more about requirements, obstacles, and opportunities from an overall market perspective and from the perspective of music, video, and VoIP applications.

SPEAKERS
Kevin Corbett, VP & CTO, Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
Jeremy Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Music Choice
Brett Butler, General Manager, Broadband Cable Communications Group, Texas Instruments

Kevin Chase, Director of Healthcare Marketing, GE Security

10:20 a.m.   CONCURRENT SESSIONS
                    The Consumer Challenge
 

Track A: Digital Entertainment
Making Content Accessible: The User Interface

Making digital content meaningful and useful to the customer means making it accessible. This visionary presentation and panel discussion will examine how digital content should be presented to tomorrow’s consumer.

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Anthony Wood, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Roku

PANELISTS
Paul Arling, Chairman and CEO, Universal Electronics, Inc.
Len Kawell, CEO, Pepper Computer Inc.
Reed Majors, Vice President, Business Development, Minerva Networks
Dale Pistilli, Director, Business Development, Logitech

MODERATOR: Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

Track D: Applications, Services & Consumer Value
Extending the Value Chain into the Customer’s Home

A key challenge in reaching a greater market for connected-home solutions is the appropriate positioning of products and services in the distribution chain. This session examines the trends that are shaping the introduction of home networks through service providers, retailers, and other entities.

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Tony Barra, Chief Strategy Officer, Internet Home Alliance

PANELISTS
Sam Bloom, Vice President, Camelot Communications
Helen Heneveld, President, Heneveld Dynamic Consulting
Steve Ellison, CompUSA Inc.

MODERATORS: Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates
David Dern, Marketing Director, CABA

Track E: Home Management & Convergence
Solutions for the Home

In what ways have today’s lifestyle trends and consumer needs impacted the growth of home management and telematics solutions? How will solutions providers meet anticipated future needs through innovative designs and solutions?

VISIONARY SPEAKER: Rashid Skaf, Executive Vice President, Marketing, AMX Corporation

PANELISTS
Orly Cocco, Future Home Technology Manager, Procter & Gamble
Robin Gaeta, General Manager, Shell HomeGenie™
Bob Heile, Chairman, ZigBee Alliance
Avner Matmor, Co-founder, President, and CEO, ITRAN Communications
Per Nathanaelson, CEO, Zensys
Paul Starkey, EVP Sales and Marketing, Elan Home Systems

MODERATOR: Bill Ablondi, Director, ePanel Research, Parks Associates

11:35 a.m.   Closing Keynote

Bill Bodin
Chief Technology Officer, Internet Home Alliance
Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM), IBM

12:35 p.m.   Lunch in Showcase Area

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