J ason Friedlander, Product & Technology Evangelist, Verizon Digital Hollywood Spring Digital Media Services The Digital Future has Arrived! Michael Alexander, Strategy & Growth Initiatives, IBM Global 1 May 23-25, 2017 Telecommunications Industry Skirball Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049 Rich Whitman, Founder + CEO, Audience Delivered Bruce Tuchman, former, President AMC Global and Sundance Tuesday, May 23rd Channel Global 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM - Live Webcast Bruce Eisen, founder and president, The Law Offices of Bruce David Eisen, Moderator Track I: Haas Conference Center, Room 172 & 173 The Phenomenon of AR Gets Real - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Entertainment, Advertising, Education - The Track I: Haas Conference Center, Rm 172 & 173: Live Webcast Gateway to the Future Valuing and Financing Entertainment Content: Industries are based on “hits” and AR is about to emerge as a Film/TV, Internet and Virtual Reality - From VC, Private mega-hit. A full year and unexpectedly, months before the arrival of the anticipated Hololens, Magic Leap and Apple Computer's Equity to Corporate Investment AR entry, an ingenious mobile game arrived, in a superb combi- Diane McGrath, Managing Director Media and Technology, nation of GPS technology and AR trickery. And now AR is mov- Streicher, J Streicher Capital ing further into Advertising, Education, Entertainment and is Schuyler M. Moore, Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan expected to become a regular feature in the next generation of Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television smartphones. Academy Don Daglow, CEO, Daglow Entertainment (Games Industry Peg Jackson, Managing Director, Mooreland Partners Leader: La Russa Baseball, Madden NFL, NASCAR Racing) Gregory Milken, co-founder, March Capital Partners Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, GoMeta Larry Gerbrandt, principal, Media Valuation Partners, Anjali Shastri, Senior Director, Design Strategy, Client Moderator Computing Group, Intel Catherine Metzner, Creative Team, Niantic, Track II: Haas Conference Center, Room 171 Inc. From Demographics to Arno Hartholt, Director of Research and Storygraphics: Applying AI for Development Integration, Institute for Creative Advanced Audience Intelligence Technologies, USC Robin Boytos, Director, Analytics, Ayzenberg Nancy King, Consultant, NewView Marketing, Group Moderator Ben Tatta, Co-Founder and President, 605 Yves Bergquist, Data Scientist, CEO, Track II: Haas Conference Center, Room 171 Novamente and Director, “Data & Analytics" The Power of Influencers: Project, USC’s Entertainment Technology Accelerating Brand Value Across Center, Moderator Platforms - From Internet TV - Mobile - Social Networks 12 Noon – 1:00 PM Jared Heinke, President, Whalerock Digital Session I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Danyelle McGill, Vice President, Influencer Marketing, 87AM Room 303-304: Live Webcast Angela M. Jollivette, Senior Project Manager, The The Augmented Reality Experience: GRAMMYs/The Recording Academy Implementing the Next Generation of AR into Lena Lotsey, Sr Social Media Mgr, Ignition Application: From Education to Entertainment and Nick Childs, Chief Creative Officer NA, Society (IPG Games Mediabrands) Timothy Dodd, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Arleta Fowler, Agent, Digital Talent and Packaging group, Technicolor Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Michael Leventhal, Partner, Holmes Weinberg, P.C.; former, Mark Kapczynski, President, Storymill, Moderator Chief Legal Officer and VP, Magic Leap Mike Hildebrandt, VP Corporate Development & Strategic 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM - Herscher, 3rd Floor, Rm 303-304 Partnerships, DAQRI Indie TV – OTT and Streaming - The Gateway Eric Mizuguchi, Manager New Ventures AR eyewear, Epson to the Hollywood of Content to Phones, America Inc. Tom Wesselman, Senior Director, Software Group, Plantronics Tablets, TV and PC Bill Newell, President, North South Studios LLC, Moderator Internet TV has reconfigured television programming. The Speakers to be announced phrase Broadcast TV is not only antiquated, in a very few years, it may not even exist. And what we refer to as OTT may soon be the only form of consumer video distribution remaining. Albhy Galuten, VP of Media Technology Strategy, Sony Network Entertainment Scott O’Neill, SVP of North America, MPP Global Anthony Layser, VP, Partnerships & Programming, Xumo Tuesday, May 23rd Session II: Guerin A, in Herscher Hall 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM The DealMaking Process: From Feature Film, Herscher Hall, 2nd Fl., Room 202 Reality TV & Specials to Web Series and Indie Hollywood & Space: Everything Starts with Arthur C. 2 Film Making Clarke, Stanley Kubrick and Gene Roddenberry Justin Hochberg, CEO, Just Entertainment ThinkTank - Workshop Vinay Singh, Partner, Archer Gray (producers of indie movies - 20th Century Comen, Mr. Holmes etc. 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Amber Mazzola, President, Machete Productions (Producer, Haas Conference Center, Room 171 Pretty Wild, WAGS,The Profit, The Partner, Millionaire Programmatic Buying and Targeting: Matchmaker) Strategies in Cross Platform Advertising Andrew Sugerman, Producer, “Conviction,” “Any Day,” “The Programmatic buying and targeting has revolutionized the rela- Divide,” “Prozac Nation,” and Exec. Produced, “Shopgirl” tionship between advertiser, agency and platform. Automating Robert (Leo) Rodgers, MBA, Sr. VP & Label Liaison, Bungalo the buying and optimization of media inventory not only Records/Universal Music Group streamlines the process, it substantially enhances decision mak- Hannah Pillemer, SVP, Development & Production, MarVista ing and efficiency Welcome to a world of programmatic media. Melisse Lewis, Entertainment Attorney, Moderator Tom Kelly, Head - Consumer Analytics & Research, AOL Lucas Krump, Dir, Demand Partnerships, Brightroll, Yahoo 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lewis Rothkopf, Programmatic Expert Track I: Haas Conference Center, Rm 172 & 173: Live Webcast Mitchell Reichgut, CEO, Jun Group The Power of YouTube: Unlocking the Power Jeff Hochberg, VP, Data Activation, ShareThis, Moderator of Brands, Programming, and Monetization The University Project at Digital Hollywood YouTube has officially evolved from being a massive reposito- An Immersive Workshop Experience with Oracle & CSUEA ry of extraordinary video content to a massive repository of content channels. These channels bring viewers millions of 1:00 - 1:15 PM, Guerin C, Herscher Hall hours of global video production and spon- Skills for the New California taneity. YouTube is re-writing the future of Digital Economy television. Dr. Dina Ibrahim, Director, The California Jennifer Perri, Director of Partnership State University Entertainment Industry Development & Multi-platform Strategy, Initiative Univision Rebecca Donohue, Director of Digital 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM, Guerin A, in Content & Social Media, Vin Di Bona Productions Herscher Hall Josh Kreitzman, SVP, Publishing and The Hollywood Masterclass: TV, Programming, Jukin Media Film and Video - Packaging - Lauren Merriam, VP of Sales, Kin Producing - Bundling - Distributing in Community a Cross-Platform World James Creech, CEO, Paladin Software Steven Haft, Producer Dead Poets Sean Horvath, Chief Innovation Officer, Society/MADtv, SVP Innovation, Time Inc. Stylehaul Craig Ross Jr., Director (NCIS, Bones, Blue Jeffrey Thompson, Media & Entertainment, IBM Global Hill Ave) Business Services, Moderator Adam Leipzig, CEO, Entertainment Media Partners, (Supervising Executive, Penguins, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) Track II: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast Rob Edwards, Writer, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Culture in Crisis: Docs, Nightly TV, Comedy, Gary Goldberger, Law Offices of Gary G. Goldberger Drama, Social Media - Content in a 24/7 World Catherine Clinch, TV Writer, TV veteran, Hunter, Jake & The Ashley Hasz, Sr. Director Film & Integrated Marketing, Fat Man, Knight Rider, Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Moderator Participant Media Ted Richane, Director of Engagement and Impact, Vulcan Immersive Workshop Experience with Oracle & CSUEA Productions 1:25 PM - 2:45 PM, Guerin C, Herscher Hall Dylan Byers, Senior Media Reporter, CNN Media and CNN Shrinking the Skills Gap in Mobile & VR Politics Education Nicole Carrico, VP Content Collaborations, Upworthy Angela Haddad, Creative Director & VR Producer, Carter Covington, Creator and Executive Producer, Faking OneThirdBlue It, MTV Chris Hewish, EVP Games & Interactive, Skydance Media Jeff Melvoin, Executive Producer, Designated Survivor, ABC Dakota Ortiz, Strategic Partnerships, Bixel Exchange TV Richard Marks, Research Fellow & Head of Sony PlayStation Moderators: Kerry Edelstein, President, Research Narrative, Magic Lab, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. and Stephen Ip, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, ADVR Lynn Gutstadt, Managing Partner, LG Communications Anna Marie Piersimoni, Instructor, Digital Media, CSU Consulting Northridge, Moderator Tuesday, May 23rd 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM NASA Ames Research Center Track I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast Pete Blumel, co-founder, CEO, and Creative Director, The Women in Virtual Reality and Immersive Rogue Initiative (former DREAMWORKS SKG and Amblin 3 Entertainment Animation Executive) Entertainment: Experiencing New Connie Reese, Civil Space Communications, Space Systems Dimensions and Creative Experience Division Public Relations, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Ryan Pulliam, CMO, Specular Theory Systems, Moderator Christina Heller, CEO & Co-founder, VR Playhouse Jenni Ogden, President & Executive Producer, Eye Q The University Project at Digital Hollywood Productions, LLC An Immersive Workshop Experience with Oracle & The Allison Huynh, Founder and CEO, MyDream Interactive CSUEA Kymber Lim, CCO + Head of Studio, Holor 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Guerin C, Herscher Hall Rachel Skidmore, Director of Media Development, Skybound Mobile Cloud Technology Showcase Entertainment Mobile & Bots in the Cloud with Serge Leontiev, Infrastructure Louisa Spring, CEO, Spring Alliance, Moderator Architect, Oracle Designing Next-Gen Digital Experiences with Francisco Brito, Track II: Herscher Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 202 UX UI Mobile Engineering Specialist, Oracle OTT Programming: The Multiscreen Video Cultural and Digital Preservation in the Cloud with Brian Experience Campanotti, Global Director, Digital Media Solution, Oracle William H Masterson III, Co-Founder, Believe Entertainment Group 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Sarah Malkin, VP, Programming, New Form Track I: Haas Conference Ctr - Rm 172 & 173, Live Webcast Xavier Kochhar, Founder and CEO, The Video Genome Cable, TV, Film and Broadband - New Content Project® a Division of Hulu Steven M Brown, Chief Revenue Officer, ViewLift - New Networks - Streams, Platforms, Devices Larry Laboe, President of Production, SXM Jason Henderson, Senior Manager, George Woolley, Head of Originals, Portal A Contracts, DISH Network David Tochterman, CEO, Canvas Media Joe Friend, Vice President, Ad Technology Studios Systems, Fox Broadcasting Company Steve Bradbury, President, Deep Sports, Scott Brown, SVP Technology & Strategic Moderator Relations, Engineering & Technology, The Nielsen Company Track III: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Barry Loudis, Senior Director, Business Room 303-304: Live Webcast Development & Digital Distribution, Turner Social Media Transforms Content Distribution Andrew Schneider, Chief Digital Officer, Entertainment Marketing = TENGA Media Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, JD Tengberg, Principal, Deloitte Transactions Twitter, Linkedin and Business Analytics LLP, Moderator Any pundit who suggests that social media or mobile device usage has reached a saturation Track II: Haas Conference Center - Room 171 plateau had better go back to the drawing board. In fact, social 360 Video and VR/AR - Content and media, as content, communications or advertising is expanding Advertising - A Cross Platform Experience all over again. Matthew Seymour, Executive Producer / Business Development Tania Yuki, CEO, Shareablee Director - VR & AR, Psyop Scott Booth, Chairman & President, Honeycommb Joergen Geerds, CEO, Koncept VR Ryan Detert, CEO, Influential David Birnbaum, Design Director, Immersion Corporation Liz Stahl, President, In Haus Cosmo Scharf, co-founder of VRLA and co-founder, Mindshow Darnell Brisco, Account Director, McBeard Matt Silverman, Head of Integrated Production, Ignition Kirstin Benson, Editorial Director, INSTANT, Time, Inc. Chad Woods, Immersive Reality Designer, Team One Marc Karzen, CEO, RelishMIX, Moderator Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic llc, Moderator
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Track III: Guerin A, in Herscher Hall, Webcast Haas Conference Ctr - Rm 172 & 173, Live Webcast The TV/Film/Video - Platforms and Space Habitats and Living Environments vs. Partnerships - Developing Hollywood Content Hollywood Fiction - The Designs for the as Brand and Distribution Package Future Phil Lott, Co-Founder and President, AMPLE (Showrunner, The Jacki Morie, Founder / Chief Scientist, All These Worlds, LLC. Pitch; Director, Undercover Boss) Jon Arenberg, Chief Systems Engineer, James Webb Space Brant Pinvidic, television producer, founder and CEO, INvelop Telescope, Northrop Grumman Entertainment Dr Pascal Lee, Chairman, Mars Institute, Planetary Scientist, JR Yasgur, VP, Advanced Media Planning & Management, SETI Institute; Director of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project at Universal Music Group (UMG) Tuesday, May 23rd - Wednesday, May 24th Elissa Friedman, VP, Production and Development, Covert Wednesday, May 24th Media Philip Shafran, Director of Content Activation, Brand and 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM, Breakfast Session Rights Management, Vin Di Bona Productions Track I: Haas Conf Ctr - Room 172 & 173 - Live Webcast 4 Doug Dezzani, Creative Director for Integrated Marketing, Future of TV - Wall St. Analysts Meet Industry Ignition Creative Executives - It's All About innovation and Kimberly King-Burns, Partner, convergenz/solutions, Disruption - Moving into the Next Wave Moderator Gone is the status quo for TV as companies at all points on the entertainment value chain are vying for a piece of the global 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM action. Consumer habits across various demographics are evolv- Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 303-304, Live Webcast ing driven by technology. The future of TV involves deep The Star Trek Effect on Technology – insight into both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of con- Imagination Gets Realized – Smartphones tent production and distribution and the impact that the tech- and VR to Space Technology nologies of today and more importantly those of “tomorrow” will have on the many competitive and high stakes business Moderator - Steve Peters, Emmy-winning Experience models in place today and anticipated for the future as compa- Designer, Interactive Content Creator, AR/VR Consultant, nies shape their strategies in response to the changes. The founder, No Mimes Media future will be shaped in part by the myriad of devices and con- Marijke Jorritsma, UX/UI Designer, NASA Jet Propulsion tent vying for our attention as well as the rollout of faster broad- Laboratory band technologies, both wired and increasingly wireless, as we Trevor Roth, COO and President of Development, enter the next wave of the future. Our distinguished group of Roddenberry Entertainment analysts and executives will discuss, debate and even challenge Steven-Charles Jaffe, Producer, Star Trek VI: The some of the basic premises that are important as we look to the Undiscovered Country, Strange Days future of TV in an informative and engaging panel. David Delgado, Visual Strategist, NASA Jet Propulsion Ben Bloom, Service Line Director, Technologies Media + Laboratory Gaming, Akamai Mark Haynes, Co-Writer, STARGATE ATLANTIS and STAR- John Corser, VP Production NBCUniversal Cable Productions GATE UNIVERSE; Co-Creator, HYPERLOOP Gene Munster, Managing Partner, Loup Ventures, previously Dr. Randii Wessen, The Architecture-Team Lead Study managing director and senior research analyst, Piper Jaffray Architect, Jet Propulsion Laboratory - JPL, NASA Larry Namer, President/CEO, Metan Global Entertainment Group; Founder E! Entertainment 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Open to All Attendees Lindsay A. Gardner, Chief Content Officer, Layer3TV End-of-Day Reception – Taper Courtyard Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Outdoor Area In Front of Haas Conference Center Moderator
6:15 PM – 8:30 PM Ahmanson Hall 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM The Welcome Dinner - Additional Ticket Required Track I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Fl, Room 303-304, Webcasting Live Hollywood and Space: Honoring the Greatest The Internet, OTT, Media and the Hollywood in Creativity – The Artists – The Science and Connection the Right Stuff Evan Greenberg, Manager of Audience Development, TAPP Jeffrey Kluger, Editor at Large, Time magazine and Stephen Strong, VP, Head of Revenue, Newsy, an E.W. Time.com; Author, Apollo 13 and Apollo 8 Scripps Company Lynda Obst, Producer, Interstellar, Contact, Sleepless in Peter Drinkwater, CEO, SARA Screen Audience Research Seattle, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Partner & America Stakeholder, The Rogue Initiative Reza Rassool, CTO, RealNetworks Brian Muirhead, Project Manager, Asteroid Redirect Robotic Steve Wong, Director of Business Development Media & Mission (ARRM), NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Entertainment Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Moderator Ian Hunter, Academy Award Winner, Special Effects, “Interstellar”; Co-Founder/Creative Director, New Deal Studios Track II: Herscher Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 202 Chris deFaria, CEO, DreamWorks Animation (Executive Crowdfunding, Start-ups & Angels: The Producer, Gravity) Financing the Entertainment and Technology Moderator - Steve Schklair, founding principal and CEO, Industries 3ality & 3mersiv Mark Landay, Managing Dir, Dynamic Synergy Corporation Introduction by: Marty Perlmutter, Technologist & Social Kumar Arora, Serial Entrepreneur & Professional Activist Daydreamer, Investor on CNBC's "Cleveland Hustles" Amy Wan, Esq., CIPP/US, Partner, Trowbridge Sidoti LLP Adam Marsh, Entertainment/Media/Sports, Huntington Technology Finance Daniel J Cunningham, President, Busted Buggy Entertainment Gene Massey, Chairman/CEO, MediaShares.com, Moderator Wednesday, May 24th
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM – The VR - AR - Immersive Track Track II: Haas Conference Center - Room 171 Session II: Haas Conf Ctr - Room 172 & 173, Live Webcast Living the Life: Women Entrepreneurs, 5 Inside the Experience: The Psychology of Lifestyle Innovators and Disrupters Immersive Design Wendy Doulton, Managing Partner, Katalyst Group Tai Crosby, Founder and CEO, SilVR Thread Shannon Keith, Social Entrepreneur, Abolitionist & CEO, Pamela Rutledge, Director, Media Psychology Research Center Sudara Linda Durnell, Managing Partner, Madison Lane Consulting Cam Kashani, Godmother of Silicon Beach Tunisha Singleton, Consulting Partner, Reality Science Karinna Karsten, CEO, Love TV Shane Pase, Director of Technology, The Lotte ProjectJerri Tania Yuki, CEO, Shareablee Lynn Hogg, Director, Media Psychology PhD Program, Fielding Valerie Alexander, author, How Women Can Succeed in the Graduate University, Moderator Workplace (Despite Having “Female Brains") Tess Cacciatore, CEO, Global Women’s Empowerment 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Network (GWEN), Moderator The VR - AR - Immersive Track Track III: Herscher Hall, Room 202 Session I: Guerin A, Herscher Hall, Webcast Investment & Funding of Film, Indie Film and The VR-AR ThinkTank: Top Executives From Leading Technology and Entertainment Companies TV: from Theatrical Features to Cable Assess the Current Expansion and Likely Evolution of Networks, Netflix and Amazon the Industry David Bixler, SVP, Acquisitions, 21st Century Fox From CES and Tribeca to Cannes and Sundance VR/AR has Ray Ricord, Senior Vice President, Critical Content arrived and is transforming everything from entertainment and John Kim, President, Deep C Digital advertising to gaming and education. VR/AR are technologies Brian Herskowitz, CCO, Horror Equity Fund that come along once a generation and capture the imagination Seth M Willenson, President, Seth Willenson, Inc., Moderator of the world. Fredrik Frizell, COO and EP, HERE BE 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM DRAGONS The VR - AR - Immersive Track Niko Chauls, Director of Emerging Session I: Haas Conf Ctr - Rm 172 & 173 Technology, USA Today & Gannett Network Live Webcast Scot Barbour, VP:Production Technology, VR/AR as Change Agent: Social, Sony Pictures Entertainment News, Documentary and Political Andrew McGovern, Vice President Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Productions, Digital Media Domain Kevin Tsukii, Immersive Video Lead, Csilla Kozma Andersen, Head of Content Emblematic Group Relations, Nokia Angel Manuel Soto, Creative Filmmaker™ , Andrew Shulkind, Cinematographer and RYOT Co-Founder, HeadcaseVR Celine Tricart, Stereoscopic 3D and Virtual Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Reality, founder, Lucid Dreams Productions Headwaters MB, Moderator BC Biermann, Founder, The Heavy Projects Moderators: Robert Hernandez, Associate 10:45 AM - Noon Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School of Journalism Track I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast from this Room Stuart Sender, President, Balcony Films, Inc. Branded Entertainment Marketing - Across Platforms - Leveraging Image, Content and Celebrity Session II: Guerin A, in Herscher Hall, Live Webcast Breaking through the competitive cacophony vying for con- Virtual and Augmented Reality: The sumers' attention is more daunting than ever. Find out how the Technology that will Change Everything: industry's TV, music, mobile, film and broadband market- ing/creative teams are reinventing the world of entertainment, Cinematic, Games, Advertising, TV and Social branding and marketing, with impressive results. Media Andrew Solmssen, Managing Dir, POSSIBLE, Los Angeles Jeb Terry, VP, Partner and Program Development, FOX Sports Alison Hoffman, Chief Marketing Officer, Starz Owen Hurley, VP, Creative, Animation and Games Group, Anathea Ruys, Managing Director, Carat LA Technicolor Michael Bertolina, VP, Client Development, Branded Dylan Flinn, Agent, Virtual Reality and Business Development, Entertainment Network (BEN) Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Ty Jones, Senior Director of Celebrity Talent, WhoSay Inc. Jason Fiber, Head of Business Products, THX Ltd Josh Brooks, SVP, Brand Strategy & Marketing, Jam City Dane Smith, Head of Business Development, The Third Floor David Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac, Moderator Joerg Bachmaier, SVP, Content Strategy and Co-Productions, Machinima Shawn Gold, Corporate Marketing Officer, TechStyle Fashion Group, Moderator Wednesday, May 24th 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM to the creation of more immersive cinema experiences in the Track I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 303-304, Live Webcast form of increased penetration of IMAX and premium large for- Hollywood, Internet and Media Challenge: mats of several varieties, there are more and more reasons to get out of the house and journey to the local theater. The intro- 6 Platforms and Convergence - from Apps, duction of virtual, augmented and mixed reality into the mix Snapchat & Facebook to OTT Networks has a lot of potential for both single user and group experi- Mike Cruz, Director of Digital Programming, Skybound ences. But there is a ways to go before there is a significant Entertainment user base in this market segment. Our distinguished panel is Alan Cannistraro, CEO, Rheo; former Apps exec, Facebook, uniquely qualified to provide deep insight into the many strate- Apple) gies and tactics that form the basis for content development and Ryan Nugent, VP of Content Strategy, Gunpowder & Sky release decisions on a global level, and in turn, release sched- Adam Duritza, Sr Director, Global Partnerships, Video & ules, screen technologies, virtual reality and other related Distribution, Yahoo methodologies and technologies as we look to the future. Harry Lang, VP of Product, Feelin’, Hallmark Labs Todd Hoddick, CEO, Barco JR Griffin, VP, Digital Marketing & Business Development, Gene Munster, Managing Partner, Loup Ventures; previously FremantleMedia North America managing director and senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray Arthur Wang, Chief Marketing Officer, Super Deluxe, a divi- Kyle Villella, Vice President of Distribution, Fathom Events sion of Turner Ted Schillowitz, Futurist, 20th Century Fox and Chief Terry S. Bienstock, CEO, Mobilactive Media, LLC., Moderator Creative Officer, Barco Escape Heather Blair, Head of Cinema Sales, MediaMation Track II: Haas Conference Center, Room 171 Chris White, VP, Business Development, Osterhout Design The China - Entertainment Industry Group Roundtable: A Discussion with China Experts Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator - Investment, Joint Ventures, and Productions in Film - TV - Session II: - Haas Conference Ctr - Rm 172 & Technology 173 - Webcast Schuyler M. Moore, Partner, Stroock & Virtual Reality as Stroock & Lavan Technology/Content for Bennett Pozil, EVP, East West Bank Entertainment, Space Science Matthew Knowles, Actor, Model, Singer, and bilingual Television Show Host and Visual Exploration Fan Wang, Dir, Producer and scholar, Sarft Jen Dennis, Head of RSA VR, RSA Films, Gary Kho, Chief Marketing and Technology (Ridley Scott & Associates Films) Officer, Wanda Studios Qingdao David Karlak, Director, VR experience for David U. Lee, Founder / CEO, Leeding Media Alien:Covenant, RSA Films Lora Y. Chen, CEO, China Media Consulting, Kalan Ray, Lead Experience Designer, Moderator Magnopus, Mission: ISS Danilo Moura, Strategy, Business Track III: Herscher Hall, 2nd Floor, Rm. 202 Development & VR Creative Services - LOOT Women & Original Content: Interactive, LLC; VR Production Partner, 8i and Time Inc.’s LIFE VR “Buzz Aldrin: CYCLING PATHWAYS From Internet Video and Advertising to TV, TO MARS” Games and Film Christian Laursen, Creative Director & VR Creative Services - Sarah Hawkins, Actor/Producer, (Or Die Trying) LOOT Interactive, LLC - VR Production Partner for 8i and Audrey Marco, Lead Business Development & Marketing Time Inc.’s LIFE VR “Buzz Aldrin: CYCLING PATHWAYS TO Partnerships, WhoHaha (co-owned w/Elizabeth Banks) MARS” Marlene Sharp, Producer, TV Series, Sonic, Sega of America David Bloom, Columnist, Tubefilter, Moderator Kylie Sparks, actor/producer, “Squaresville" Cupid Hayes, V.P. Business Development, MCMG | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Communications, Distribution Track I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast Ellie Shoja, Head of Production, Embold Media, LLC. The Future of Brand Partnerships: Message, Perrin Kaplan, Principal, Zebra Partners, Moderator Technology, Media, Entertainment & 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM - The VR - AR - Immersive Track Advertising Session I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast from this Room As consumers integrate broadband into every aspect of their lives, Hollywood and Madison Avenue have new opportunities Future of Film - From Cinema and Immersive to experiment with all forms of electronic messaging. This Entertainment to VR/AR and Theme Parks - The quantitative shift in the creative process is transforming adver- Franchise Expands! tising, entertainment and the devices themselves. The film industry has changed significantly in recent years and Simon Kelly, Co-CEO and Chief Enthusiasm Officer, Story is experiencing a resurgence on a global level across a wide Worldwide range of platforms. From significantly improved digital sound Beau Avril, Global Head of Product Commercialization, systems to the introduction of laser projection systems and on Wednesday, May 24th
Google 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM - The VR - AR - Immersive Track Rich Sutton, Chief Revenue Officer, North America, Trusted Session I: Herscher Hall, Guerin A, Live Webcast 7 Media Brands The VR-AR-Immersive - Innovators & Steven Haft, Producer, Dead Poets Society/MADtv, SVP Innovation, Time Inc. Disruptors - Entertainment, Technology & Jamie Woglom, Vice President, Marketing, Fathom Events Brand Vision Marci Dobrow, SVP, Advertising, HYFN Jeff Nicholas, Director of VR Creative + Production, Live Nation Adrian Sexton, CEO, TiTAN Platform, Moderator Studios Tanna Frederick, Producer/actor, Defrost (VR Narrative Film) Track II: Haas Conference Ctr - Room 172-173, Live Webcast Peter Oberdorfer, President, Tactic Video Anytime Anywhere: Video Across Michael Conelly, founder, Blackthorn Media Platforms - TV, Internet and Mobile Michael Yang, Managing Director, Comcast Ventures Euan Macdonald, CEO, Holor At its core the TV industry has always been about video delivery. Carolyn Giardina, Continuing Tech Editor, The Hollywood But now it has added InternetTV and mobile to the package. In Reporter, Moderator this session we will explore the comprehensive video and com- merce strategy being developed for the consumer. Session II: - Haas Conference Center - Room 171 Scott Barton, SVP, Branded Digital Content and Products, Starz Mitch Weinraub, Director, Advanced Video Products, Dish Virtual Reality Transforms Entertainment and Network Media – TV, Movies, News, Sports & Music Rick Capstraw, Director Media & Entertainment Sales, Verizon Sean Charles, VP, Global Publisher and Developer Relations, Digital Media Services ESL Neil Deiter, Content/Technology, Cisco Brad Spahr, VP Product Development, Global Digital Business, Robert Rodriguez, CEO, Natcom Sony Music Entertainment Clint Schaff, VP, Strategy + Development, Los Angeles Times Ted Kenney, Director, Field and Technical Ops, Fox Sports David Cutbill, U.S. Advisory Leader, Media & Andy Cochrane, Independent Digital Director Entertainment, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Eric W. Shamlin, Managing Director / Moderator Executive Producer, Secret Location Christopher Bellaci, Head, Business Track III: Herscher Hall, 3rd Fl, Room 303-304, Development, Proof, Inc. Live Webcast Steven Masur, Senior Partner, MG+, Working in the Industry: An In- Moderator Depth Discussion with Executives and Creatives from TV, Film and 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 305 Technology Space as Portal to our Humanity: Shannon Flynn, Television Director, Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel Cinema as Vehicle for Exploration Gretchen McCourt, Executive Vice President Moderator - Don Levy, President, Smith Brook of Cinema Programming, Pacific Theatres Farm Entertainment Corporation Speaker to be announced Heather Marion, Writer, "Better Call Saul" Gregg Katano, VR Ambassador, MaiTaiGlobal & Partner/Chief 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM Business Strategist, Unofficial Cardboard, Inc Track I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast Evette Vargas, Writer, Director, Producer, Multiplatform and Leveraging Content and Celebrity For Cross- Virtual Reality Creator Platform Success: From TV, Mobile & Internet Darlene Hunt, Actor/Writer Producer (“Good Girls Revolt,” “The Big C,” “I Heart Huckabees”) to Social Media and Virtual Reality Simone Nelson, Managing Director, The CSU Entertainment Jeanne Wolf, Award-Winning Journalist and Media Coach Alliance, Moderator Jamie Elden, President, NYLON Media; Chairman,Socialyte Jonathan Lowe, Executive Vice President, AEG Worldwide Track IV: Herscher Hall, 2nd Fl, Room 202 Petar Mandich, Chief Talent Officer, ADDITION Women in the Creative Zone: Film & Virtual Noah Rubin, Editor in Chief, MERRY JANE MEDIA Mark Wolf, Writer, Director, Producer, Change The World Reality to the TV Series and Advertising Productions Joanne Rubino, SVP of Production, Thinkfactory Media Tony Hoskins, Founding Partner, POP, Moderator Ariella Lehrer, Ph.D., CEO and President, Legacy Interactive and Legacy Games Lori Kozlowski, Virtual Reality Producer, Project Empathy Genevieve Jones, Manager of Production and Digital Development, Skybound Kim Getty, President, Deutsch LA Lauri Brown, EVP & Creative Director of A/V, Ignition Creative Marjorie Dehey, VP Content Development, Lyons Bishop Sarah Miller, CEO, Axis PR & Entertainment, Inc., Moderator Wednesday, May 24th - Thursday, May 25th
Sponsored by Alliance for Women in Media SoCal 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Track III: Haas Conference Ctr, Room 172-173, Live Webcast Haas Conf Center, Room 171 Women in the Industry: Developing Film, Entertainment and Cannabis: Who, What, 8 Television & OTT About Women - A Golden Where, Why and How Much? Age in Hollywood and Indie Production David Kostiner, Managing Partner, Counsel LLP Sophia Dilley, Vice President of Production and Development, Gaynell Rogers, Director/Partner, Alternative Health & Route One (Tallulah, Colossal, Landline) Wellness Division, Bond Moroch Agency Jaime Burke, co-founder and President, Lifeboat Productions Jim Lewi, Manager, Red Light Management Rachel Feldman, Writer/Director, LEDBETTER, Lizzie Joshua Otten, Founder, PRØHBTD Media McGuire, Dr. Quinn, Med Woman, Doogie Howser, MD Susan Soares, Executive Director, C.A.R.E. Alicia Malone, Film Reporter, TV Host, Producer, Writer, Editor Caroline Rustigian Bruderer, founder, K-Line & Company, Alicia Malone, Film Reporter, TV Host, Producer, Writer, Moderator Editor Denise Muyco, co-founder and CEO, StratusCore, Moderator 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Open to all attendees End-of-Day Reception - Taper Courtyard 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM - Haas Conference Center, Room 171 Outdoor Area In Front of Haas Conference Ctr Hollywood and Space: From Imagination to Reality - Crafting Reality through Evening Events - Open to All Attendees Imagination and Engineering 6:15 PM – 8:00 PM Ahmanson Hall Dr. Armin T. Ellis, Founder, Exploration Institute, Inventor of Co-Sponsored by the TV Academy, Interactive Peer Group i2i Method™ Keynote Event and Evening Host Daniel Faber, Pioneer of Space Technologies and Mining Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Speakers to be announced Academy A Celebration of the Best in 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM - The VR - AR - Cinematic VR - Immersive Immersive Track Experiences of Mind, Time and Session I: The Guerin A, in Herscher Hall, Space Live Webcast Eric Darnell, Chief Creative Officer, Baobab The Power of VR-AR: A New Studios Language of Artistry - A Unique Maureen Fan, Chief Executive Officer, Moment of Commercial Baobab Studios Possibility and Marketplace Ted Schillowitz, Futurist, 20th Century Fox and Chief Creative Officer Barco Escape Johannes Saam, Senior Software Developer, Eric W. Shamlin, Managing Director / Framestore Executive Producer, Secret Location Peter Akemann, President, Skydance Anthony Batt, Co-Founder and Executive Interactive Vice President, WEVR Sandy Smolan, Film & Television Director Neil Mandt, founder and CEO, Mandt Bros Productions & Mandt VR Thursday, May 25th Clay Weishaar, creative director, Tool of North America Special Workshop Cathy Twigg, Co-Founder/Chief Content and Production 9:00 AM - 11:20 AM - Ahmanson Hall Officer, The Rogue Initiative Strategies in Start-up Business Development: Anna Marie Piersimoni, Instructor, Department of Cinema Developing Concepts, Lean Start-up Techniques and and Television Arts, California State University, Northridge, Positioning Your Company to Succeed! Moderator Brian Mac Mahon, Chief Community Officer, Expert DOJO Speakers to be announced Session II: Herscher Hall, 3rd Fl, Room 303-304, Live Webcast VR-AR Everywhere! - Planes, Theaters, Hotels, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Arcade & Theme Parks Track I: Haas Conf Ctr - Room 172 & 173, Live Webcast Simone Nelson, Director, Marketing & PR, California State Innovation in Video Advertising: Enhancing University Entertainment Alliance, Moderator Cliff Plumer, CEO, THE VOID Brand Experience - Singu Srinivas, SVP, Synacor Doug Griffin, Founder and CEO, Nomadic VR Jason Bercovici, Manager, Product Strategy and Operations, Ashley Crowder, CEO, Co-Founder, VNTANA Exponential Lou Pizante, CFO and Head of Corporate Development, Two- Matt Wilkinson, CSO, Mirriad Bit Circus Zak Soreff, President, Sawyer Studios Aimee Helfand, founder and CEO, FamiLeague Tracey McCormack, Founder & President, McCormack Media Services, Moderator Thursday, May 25th Sponsored by the Casting Society of America Track II: Haas Conference Center - Room 171 Track II: Haas Conference Center - Room 171 Women Entrepreneurs: Sharing Experience - The Casting Process for Immersive Media - Real Life Stories - Building the Brand, the 9 CGI-VR-Games etc. Personal and the Company Identity Suzanne Goddard-Smythe, CSA, Casting Director, Interactive, Debra Fine, CEO, I Have A Dream Foundation - Los Angeles Quantic Dream for Sony DMA/Donna Michelle Anderson, President, @PlanetDMA Ivy Isenberg, CSA, VR and Gaming (Call of Duty:Black Ops 1, Gladys Kong, CEO, UberMedia 2 & 3, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare) Erin Kapczynski, SVP Marketing, Kontrol Media Emily Schweber, CSA, Video Games, (Battlefield Franchise, Ronjini Joshua, Owner, The Silver Telegram Wolfenstein and Killzone) Natasha Mandich, founder, Citadella Media Debra Chen, founder, Vanity + Trade 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM - The VR - AR - Immersive Track Linda Sherman, Co-Founder, The Courage Group, Moderator Session I: Haas Conf. Ctr. - Rm. 172 & 173 Financing the Imagination: Funding and 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Business Development in AR, VR and ThinkTank I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 305 Immersion – From VCs to Kickstarter and Hollywood and Cybercrimes: from Privacy to Corporate Investments Piracy, Theft and the Dark Net Rob Vickery, Co-Founder, Stage Venture Partners Frank Nein, President, 9Sight2020.com, Moderator Ryan Wang, Co-founder and General Partner, Outpost Capital Newton Lee, Author, Educator, Futurist, Institute for Education, Alexis Macklin, Analyst, Greenlight VR Research, and Scholarships Sonata Taman, CEO & Principal Advisor, Luminaire Advisors Francis Yip, Advisory Board Chairperson and Vice 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM The VR - AR - Immersive Track President/CBDO, VaranIDEA LLC. Session I: Haas Conf Ctr - Room 172 & 173, Live Webcast Allison Huynh, Founder and CEO, MyDream Interactive Advertising, Live Events and Mariana Danilovic, Founder and Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, Moderator Brands in VR-AR-360 Video – from Mobile & Immersive to Session II: Herscher Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 202 Experiential 360 Video and VR/AR - Content Lewis Smithingham, filmmaker & VR and Advertising - A Cross Supervisor and Editor, Doug Liman’s VR series Platform Experience Invisible Tim Dillon, Executive Producer, MPC VR Greg Bond, SVP, Licensing, Blend Media Mike Nichols, VP, Creative Technology, Fuel Jordan Mann, VR Creator, Samsung VR Series, Craig Dalton, cofounder and CEO, entitled “Gone”, "The Deepak Chopra VR DODOcase Meditation Experience” Joseph Itaya, Founder & CEO, Epicenter VR Benny Arbel, CEO, Inception VR Alex M. Calle, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Sam White, Director of New Development and Executive Officer, Entertainment Design Strategic Partnerships, Two Bit Circus VR Corporation Matthew Cook, Director Business Development Malia Probst, VR/AR Producer & Connector, and Content Acquisition, Autumn VR Director of Brand Strategy, VRScout, Moderator Seth A. Schachner, Managing Director, Strat Americas, Moderator Session II: Guerin A Live Webcast VR-AR/MR ThinkTank - The Deep Dive - 10:45 AM - Noon Track I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, 303-304, Live Webcast Creative - Visionary Experiental Content and Indie TV – OTT and Streaming - The Gateway Technology to the New Hollywood of Content to Phones, BJ Schwartz, co-founder, Vanishing Point Media Seth Skolnik, COO, Live Planet Tablets, TV and PC Andrew Goldstein, CEO and Co-Founder, Otherworld Kim Hurwitz, Chief Content Officer, FOTV Media NetworksV Interactive Randa Minkarah, Chief Operating Officer, Transform Bastiaan den Braber, President / COO, SAMO Chris Wagner, EVP and Co-Founder, NeuLion Edward Button, Award Winning Director of Photography and Frank Chindamo, President & Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Director Movies Ben Mendelson, co-founder and president, Interactive Keith Valory, CEO, Plex Television Alliance, Moderator Robert Magdien, Chief Programming Officer, Pluto TV James M. Burger, Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP, Moderator Thursday, May 25th
Noon - 7:30 PM, Herscher Hall, Guerin C The Comedy Festival at Digital Hollywood - presented by The Digital Hollywood DigiFest David Zucker & Circa The Sponsors: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Herscher Hall, Guerin A 10 I. Women in Film “Hollywood? We Don't Need No Stinkin' II. NALIP - The National Association of Latino Producers Hollywood” A New Birth of Comic Freedom III. HollyShorts First Presentations - Screening - Q&A End-of-Day Awards Celebration 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM – The VR - AR - Immersive Track Session I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM VR/AR as a Branding/Advertising Strategy: Track I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, 303-304, Webcast The Immersive Experience as Image Maker - Ultimate TV: The OTT, Cross Platform, Movies/TV/Brand Multiscreen Experience - Navigated by Set- Chuck Peil, Head of Business Development and Strategic top, Mobile Device or Console Partnerships, Reel FX (VR for Lionsgate, JC Penny, AT&T, Samsung) Thomas K. Arnold, publisher and editorial director, Home Christine Lee, VP and GM, Global Business Development, Media Magazine IMMERSV INC. Colin Zhao, VP Product Management & Market Development, Nicholas Longano, Head of VR/AR, Kaleidoscope Interactive NAGRA Sara Poorsattar, Director of VR/Video, Vimeo Alex Drosin, President - North America, Massive Interactive Jon Simon, VP, Integrated Marketing, Ayzenberg Sean Doherty, founder, Wurl TV Vince Cacace, Founder and CEO, Vertebrae Dan Sweeney, VP, Sales & Marketing, Nevelex Corp. Todd Hooper, founder and CEO, VREAL Steve Harnsberger, EVP Business Development and OTT Cynthia Lieberman, Media & Marketing Strategist, Market Specialist, ColorTV Inc. Lieberman Communications, Moderator Jonathan Hurd, Director, Altman Vilandrie & Company, Moderator 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM – The VR - AR - Immersive Track Track II: Herscher Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 202 Presented by Laduma Digital Deals - Networks, Studios Session II: Haas Conf. Center, Room 172- and Producers - Monetizing 173, Live Webcast Content Across Platforms VR, The Directors Cut: Part of Jamice Oxley, Associate, Pryor Cashman “The New Normal” Bethany Kristovich, Partner, Munger Tolles Moderated by: Frank Radice, Expert in & Olson LLP Residence, Definition6 Russell Schwartz, SVP and Head, Original Ben Smith, CEO, Laduma Programming Business & Legal Affairs, Starz Joel Douek, Co-Founder, ECCO VR; Chief David Tenzer, Entertainment Attorney, for- Scientist, Man Made Music merly Generate, CAA Jesse Redniss, Chief Innovation Officer, Vishal Panchal, Director, Digital & Turner Broadcasting Theatrical Distribution, Shout! Factory Tyson Sadler, Emmy Award Winning Director, Ryot Michael Sid, CEO, Mediamorph, Moderator Dylan Southard, Creative Director, writer, VR Playhouse
Track III: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 305 The Comedy Festival at Digital Hollywood - presented by Crowdfunding Breakthrough: Access to David Zucker & Circa Capital Meritocracy through Reg A+ to 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM, Herscher Hall, Guerin A Crowdfunding Campaigns for Film - TV - 360 Degree Comedy - Can VR/AR make content Technology funnier? Jillian Sidoti Esq. Crowdfunding Lawyers Phil Ashcroft, founder and chief creative, RTSTRY; Board 2:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Herscher Hall, Guerin C Member; BAFTA Los Angeles The Digital Hollywood DigiFest Marlon Schulman, Founder and CEO, Horror Equity Fund The Sponsors: LLC I. Women in Film Amy Wan, Esq., CIPP/US, Partner, Trowbridge Sidoti LLP II. NALIP - The National Association of Latino Producers Ryan Foland, Managing Partner, InfluenceTree III. HollyShorts Richard Grover, CEO and President, VaranIDEA First Presentations - Screening - Q&A Mariana Danilovic, Founder and Managing Director, End-of-Day Awards Celebration Hollywood Portfolio, Moderator Thursday, May 25th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Session II: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, 303-304, Webcast Track I: Haas Conference Center, Room 172-173, Live Webcast VR/AR Production: Advances in Visualization 11 Hybrid TV - Delivering the Ultimate TV & Experimentation in Cinematic - TV – Ads - Experience: Broadcast, Cable, Premium & OTT Games Content David Traub, Co-Founder, Epiphany Film Fund, Moderator Nash Parker, Director, IoT Ecosystem Development, Marketing Brett Leonard, Virtual Reality Expert/Creator, VIRTUOSITY VR & Corp Affairs, Nokia (Director - The Lawnmower Man) Nick Colsey, Business Development, Sony Electronics Edward Dawson-Taylor, co-founder, Edge Visual Studios Josette Bonte, Chief Strategy Officer, CTM: Institute for (VFX, Jurassic World & Jungle Book) Communication Technology Management, Marshall School of Jacquie Barnbrook, Co-Founder/Executive Jester, VRiety Shows Business, University of Southern California (The Martian VR Experience, Jungle Book, Pirates of the Erik Ramberg, Director of Product Management for TV & Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) Media, Ericsson Woody Schultz, Actor, Producer, Writer and President/Partner, Robin Wilson, ITV Technology Consultant Winning Swimmer Productions Mark Donnigan, VP, Marketing, Beamr, Moderator Joseph A. Zaki, Founder and CEO, VRTUALITY
Track II: Herscher Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 202 The Comedy Festival at Digital Hollywood - presented by Live Stream of Music Festivals and Concerts: David Zucker & Circa 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM, Herscher Hall, Guerin A Brands, Bands and New Technologies John J. Petrocelli, CEO, Bulldog Digital Media It’s a LIVE! Everybody’s getting into the LIVE Act Jason, Beukema, CEO/ Founder, Whet Travel - GROOVE Cruise 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM Brian Anderson, Global Music Sponsorships Lead, YouTube Track I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Fl, Rm 303-304, Live Webcast Peter Csathy, founder & chairman, CREATV Video Everywhere - Technologies & Media Platforms - From Over-the-Top TV to 360 Raymond Leon Roker, Executive Producer / Video and Virtual Reality Content Creative Director – Blair Harrison, CEO, Frequency Coachella/Goldenvoice, AEG Nathan McGowan, Vice President, Product, Devon Copley, Product Management, Nokia The Hollywood Reporter & Billboard Ozo Thomas K. Arnold, publisher and editorial Kim Owens, Founding Editor | Digital Media director, Home Media Magazine & Entertainment Researcher, Kaffeine Buzz, Jonathan Anastas, CMO, TEN: The Enthusiast Moderator Network Jeffrey Stansfield, President and CEO, Track III: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 305 Advantage Video Systems Financing, Packaging & Jeff Weber, CEO, ZoneTV Investment: From Entertainment Fredrik Anderson, co-founder and SVP, & Indie Project to Technology & Accedo Startups Lauren Cole, President, Cole Media, Moderator Steven Masur, Senior Partner, MG+ Diane McGrath, Managing Director Media and Technology, Track II: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 305 Streicher, J Streicher Capital Greg Akselrud, Partner, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Content Rights, Licensing and Technology Jennifer Post, Partner, Thompson Coburn Solutions in Media and Entertainment: Nick Davidov, Co-Founder, Gagarin Capital Implementation of Technology Strategies Jason Scoggins, President & COO, Slated, Inc. Steven Polster, CEO, RIGHTSTRADE Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator Graham M Oakes, CEO, Media Science International; Chairman, Digital Watermarking Alliance 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM - The VR-AR Immersive Track Bill Woods, SVP, MediaMorph Session I: Ahmanson Hall Robin Wilson, VP of Business Development, NAGRA The Future of Entertainment: VR Story Christina Smith, SVP of Content Acquisitions, Jukin Media Architects and Experience Designers Rajan “Raj” Samtani, Founder and VP of Business Development, Tengence LLC, Moderator Celine Tricart, Stereoscopic 3D and Virtual Reality, founder, Lucid Dreams Productions, Moderator Jenn Duong, Director of Virtual Reality 1215creative Najeeb Khuda, founder & CEO, Endless Media Alex Pearce, VR Producer, Jaunt Studios Dylan Roberts, war zone VR filmmaker, Freelance Society Thomas Wallner, Founder-CEO, Deep, Inc. Thursday, May 25th
The Women's International Music Network and Daisy "Hollywood and Space Event" Rock Girl Guitars Present Special Event Dinner - Tickets Required 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM, Guerin Ballroom B 12 Haas Conference Ctr - Room 171 "An Evening on Mars" - Mars City Women in Action: Disrupting Gender Norms Fundraising Dinner in Music & Media Hosteby by Vera Mulyani, Mars City Design Tish Ciravolo, President and Founder, Daisy Rock Girl Space Master of Ceremony, Gray Bright, Host, The Guitars Tomorrow Show Janet Billig Rich, Artist Manager, Music Supervisor, Producer, Guest Speaker, Mayor Jennifer Wood, California City, and Tony Award-nominated Broadway theater producer Mojave De Ivett, CEO + Biz Dev, 5D Spectrum VIP GUESTS: Laura Nickerson, Host/Producer/Video Content Creator Pete Worden, Chairman, Breakthrough Prize Foundation, Leslie Frank, Partner, King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano (Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret., PhD) Former Director of NASA's Ames Kat Corbett, DJ, KROQ Research Center and US Air Force Amberly Crouse-Knox, Senior Director - Creative & David Bearden, General Manager - NASA & Civil Space Marketing, BMG Production Programs at The Aerospace Corporation Laura B. Whitmore, Founder, The Women’s International Loretta Whitesides, Founder Astronaut and Consultant, Music Network, Moderator Virgin Galactic; Founder of Yuri's night, Mentor and Master of Space Jedi 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Session I: Haas Conf Ctr - Room 172 & 173, Live Webcast Innovating in VR-AR-Immersive Production - The Amazing Journey of Imagination, Gear and Innovation Daniel Kenyon, Founder/CEO, Furious M Keram Malicki Sanchez, Executive Director, VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo (Toronto), Director, FIVARS Louis Cacciuttolo, CEO, VRrOOm Marco Rosado, Creative Director, ModeSelect Jake Sally, Director of Development, Two Bit Circus VR Ryan Moore, CEO, Experience 360° Jim McArthur, Customer Experience, Creative Cloud, Adobe, Moderator
The Comedy Festival at Digital Hollywood - presented by David Zucker & Circa 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Herscher Hall, Guerin A 100 Year Comic Evolution: From Chaplin to Digital
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Open to all attendees End-of-Day Reception – Taper Courtyard Outdoor Area In Front of Haas Conference Center
The Comedy Festival at Digital Hollywood 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM - Herscher Hall, Guerin A Comedy Cocktail & LOLY Awards Party The Best in Comedy – Performance – Screenings - Awards
The Digital Hollywood DigiFest 6:15 PM – 8:00 PM - Ahmanson Hall The Sponsors: I. Women in Film II. NALIP - The National Association of Latino Producers III. HollyShorts End-of-Day Awards Celebration