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July 30, 2006
North America DVD Forum Conference 2006
Dear
DVD Forum Members,
We are happy to update you on our plans for our annual North
America DVD Forum Conference Monday August 7th,
in conjunction with Entertainment
Media Expo (Monday-Wednesday August 7th-9th)
at the Universal City Hilton, located in Los Angeles, California.
You are cordially invited to attend, and enjoy an informative
and interactive agenda as described below, along with registration
and logistics information.
Final Agenda Now Available!
A full day single-track of presentations running from 9AM-5:30PM
located in Ballroom “D”. The final agenda is
now available as follows:
| TIME |
SPEECH
TITLE |
SPEAKER |
| 9:00 |
Welcome
Remarks |
Mark
Waring, SANYO |
| HD
DVD SPECIFICATIONS, SOFTWARE TRACK |
| 9:15 |
DVD
Forum HD DVD Updates |
H.
Yamada, Toshiba |
| 9:35 |
AACS |
Richard
Doherty, Microsoft |
| 9:55 |
VC-1
Encoding |
Ben
Waggoner, Microsoft |
| 10:15 |
Film
Grain Technology |
Jeff
Cooper, Thomson |
| 10:35 |
Advanced
Content Update |
Kevin
Collins, Microsoft |
| 10:55 |
End-to-end
Authoring |
Jim
Taylor, Sonic Solutions,
George Tang, ULEAD |
| (11:15
- 11:30) Coffee Break |
| 11:30 |
STUDIO
PANEL DISCUSSION - HD DVD |
Executives
From Warner, Universal, Paramount, New Line Cinema,
HBO |
| (12:30-1:30)
LUNCH, Orchid Room |
| 1:40 |
KEYNOTE
- HD DVD Market Impact |
Jeff
Joseph, Consumer Electronics Association |
| HD
DVD - CE HARDWARE, DISC REPLICATION TRACK |
| 2:00 |
HD
DVD Players |
Jodi
Sally, Toshiba |
| 2:20 |
HD
DVD Disc Replication Update |
Gregg
Johnson, Deluxe |
| 2:40 |
HD
DVD Media Manufacturing Update |
Dominick
Dallaverde, Cinram |
| (2:55
- 3:10) COFFEE BREAK |
| HD
DVD PC,GAME,MUSIC PLATFORMS |
| 3:10 |
HD
DVD SW Players |
Kevin
Collins, Microsoft |
| 3:25 |
HD
DVD Digital Home PCs |
Keith
Rowe, Intel |
| 3:40 |
HD
DVD for notebook |
Dr.
T. Sanada, Toshiba |
| 3:55 |
HD
DVD for game |
Kevin
Collins, Microsoft |
| RECORDABLE
DVD |
| 4:05 |
Recordable
PC drive market |
Wolfgang
Schlichting, IDC |
| 4:20 |
Higher
speed DL DVD-R,-RW |
Andy
Parsons, Pioneer |
| 4:35 |
High
speed DVD-RAM |
Tony
Jasionowski, Panasonic |
| 4:50 |
DVD
Movie Download, Kiosk - System Overview |
Gabe
Beged-Dov, Hewlett Packard |
| 5:05 |
DVD
Movie Download, Kiosk - Studio Perspective |
Jim
Wuthrich, Warner Home Video |
| 5:20 |
Closing
Remarks |
Mark
Waring, SANYO |
| (5:30-7:00,
Club Room) Demos, Reception |
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Registration/
More Information: http://www.entertainmentmediaexpo.com/registration_06.shtml
DVD Forum has negotiated a reduced rate for registering
for both events of $749. Alternatively you may register
for just our Monday DVD Forum Conference for only US$100
(non-members registration fee US$200). Simply go the website
above and scroll to view and register for any of these options.
Note EMX incorporates an additional two
conferences, the DVD Entertainment Conference and the Entertainment
Packaging Summit, along with two prestigious awards programs,
The DVD Awards with Leonard Maltin and The Alex Packaging
Awards, plus a combined two-day product exhibition on one
showcase floor. We encourage you to attend these events
as well" see more EMX conference information at http://www.entertainmentmediaexpo.com/
Hotel Information
DVD Forum has negotiated a block of rooms at the Hilton
at a reduced rate of US$189/night, for Sunday night Aug
6 - Wed night Aug 9. Please contact the hotel directly to
book with this rate (simply mention you are attending the
EMX/DVD Forum conferences).
NOTE: Please book at your earliest opportunity to assure
access to these block room rates.
Hilton Los Angeles/ Universal City
555 Universal Hollywood Drive,
Universal City, CA 91608
Reservations: +1.818.506.2500
Finally, please note that a complete and detailed agenda
will be emailed (and posted at the website above) as soon
as possible.
We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles!
Best Regards,
DVD Forum,
Promotional Committee, North America
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