Kay Koplovitz is a widely acclaimed national leader in the television and emerging media business. She was the first woman to head a television network when she founded USA Networks in 1977 under the banner of Madison Square Garden Sports. Ms. Koplovitz launched major professional and collegiate sports on cable television by negotiating the first ever contracts for Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NHL. Ms. Koplovitz serves on a number of boards including Liz Claiborne and Instinet. She is on the non-profit board of the Museum of Television and Radio, the Partnership for New York City, The Central Park Conservancy and the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Ms. Koplovitz co-founded Boldcap Ventures in 2001, a vc firm specializing in technology, life sciences, and media. She is a principal of Koplovitz & Company LLC, a media advisory and investment firm. www.koplovitz.com

Next-gen communication services, converged devices, content aggregation platforms and enabling technologies panel.

Moderated by Jonathan Hoopes, Next-gen Computing & Communications Analyst
Panelists Include:

Google Inc., John Hanke, General Manager Keyhole


Roundbox, Dennis Specht, CEO


Sybase, Inc., Pieter Van der Vorst, CFO


Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., Omar Tellez, Executive Vice President, Marketing


ThumbPlay, Are Traasdahl, CEO

Rich media on the web discussion topics will include: distribution of content over the web, monetization business models, closed (iptv) vs. open (internet television) distribution mediums, and the potential role peer streaming will, or will not play in online content delivery.

Moderated by Darren Aftahi, Vice President and Digital Media Analyst
Panelists Include:

Brightcove, Adam Berrey, VP, Marketing and Strategy


RawFlow, Mikkel Dissing, co-founder and CEO


ROO Group, Robert Petty, CEO & Chairman

Advertising dollars should ultimately fund the lion's share of digital media much like they do the Internet today as Google, Yahoo! and others are proving out palatable and relevant ways for users to experience advertising as an acceptable trade off for free media. Advertising should increasingly support online video, online music, social media and mobile media. We will be discussing where the ad dollars are going and why.

Moderated by Stewart Barry, Managing Director, head of the Media and Internet Group
Panelists Include:

Avenue A | Razorfish (aQuantive), Jim Warner, Executive Vice President


Mediazone, Michelle Wu, CEO


ShopText, Steve Roberts, President & CEO

 
VA Software, Rich Marino, Group President of OSTG (Open Source Technology Group) - Wholly-owned Subsidiary of VA Software (LNUX)

Akamai, Michael Afergan, Chief Technology Officer

Lunch to take place in North Salon I & II

How will media providers deliver content in the future? Application networking products, outsource to a content delivery network provider, or use the horse power of PCs via a peer-to-peer network?

Moderated by Ranjini Chandirakanthan, Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Software
Panelists Include:

Akamai, Michael M. Afergan, Chief Technology Officer


BitTorrent, Ashwin Navin, President, COO and Co-founder


CBS, Mark Kortekaas, CTO, CBS Digital Media and VP Operations, CBS Information Systems & Technology


Limelight Networks, Mike Gordon, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder

Moderated by Eric Ross, Partner, Chief Investment Strategist and Associate Director of Research
Panelists Include:

IGA Worldwide, Justin Townsend, CEO


Massive Inc. (subsidiary of Microsoft), Katherine Hays, Chief Operating Officer


NVIDIA, Neil Trevett, Vice President Embedded Content


RealNetworks, Derrick Morton, GM, Mobile Games, Americas & Asia

Cocktails and conversation with the panelist and attendees

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