Keynote Speaker
Eric Rodli
Executive Vice President & General Manager of Entertainment
Macrovision
Blair Westlake
Corporate Vice President, Media & Entertainment Group
Microsoft Corporation
Featured Speakers
Tom Adams
President
Adams Media Research
Chris Armstrong
Founder & CEO
PortoMedia
Richard Atkinson
VP Global Anti-Piracy Strategy & Operations
The Walt Disney Studios
Anthony Bay
Executive Chairman/Co-Founder
Mod Systems
Jonathan Bender
Senior VP of Operations and Digital Media,
Concord Music Group
Jim Bottoms
Co-Managing Director
Understanding and Solutions
Benn Carr
VP of New Technology
The Walt Disney Studios
Todd Collart
Senior Vice President New Technology
Deluxe Digital Studios
Stephen Condon
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Broadband Content Services
VeriSign
Sven Davison
Vice President Content Development & Production
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Don Eklund
EVP Advanced Technologies
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Jeff Fochtman
Sr. Marketing Manager Worldwide Consumer Electronics
Seagate Technology
Joseph A. Grasso
Manager, Graphics & Marketing Services, Americas Consumer Brands
Imation Corp.
Dave Hoffman
Vice President
Nielsen Home Entertainment
Stephan Hotz
Head of Product Management Optical Disc
Singulus Technologies
Toshio Koike
Senior Corporate Advisor
Marubeni Techno-Systems America
Van Ling
DVD/Blu-ray producer, visual effects supervisor, consultant and digital artist
Bill Mandel
Vice President, Broadband Technology
Universal Pictures Digital Platforms, a division of NBC Universal
Bob Michaels
Vice President, Worldwide DVD
Technicolor Creative Services
Michael Mitchell
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Sony DADC
Spencer John Mott
Director of International Security and Risk Management
Electronic Arts (EA)
Tim Napoleon
Chief Strategist, Media and Entertainment
Akamai Technologies
Todd Rosenbaum
Founder and CEO
Polar Frog Digital
Dr. Leonhard Schwab
Co-founder, CTO and Managing Director
dr.schwab Inspection Technology
Marianne Sernevi
Executive Vice President Optical Media
AudioDev AB
James Steynor
CEO DaTARIUS Group
DaTARIUS Technologies Ltd.
Kurt Webster
Director Architecture: Digital Content Group
SanDisk
Don Eklund
Executive Vice President Advanced Technologies, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Don Eklund is Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In this capacity, Mr. Eklund oversees the development of the authoring system for the next generation optical format Blu-ray Disc, together with its integration within the existing Digital Authoring Center at SPE. As part of this role, Mr. Eklund also conducts evaluations of new entertainment technologies and formats, such as UMD video. Additionally, he is closely involved with content security initiatives for the SPE Digital Policy group, whilst representing SPE within the recently established copy protection alliance Advanced Access Content System (AACS) and the Hollywood studio joint venture Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI).
In his previous role as Vice President, Engineering for the Sony Pictures Digital Authoring Center, Mr. Eklund was largely responsible for the development of the DVD authoring system, a critical component in the creation of Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s reputation as a consistent distributor of some of the finest DVDs in the industry.
Having worked in the audio/video industry for the past 20 years, Mr. Eklund joined Sony Corporation in 1988 as a field engineer supporting the launch of a number of products, including the DASH 48 track, Magneto-optical audio records, Minidisc, and Super Bit Mapping.
Prior to joining Sony Corporation, Mr. Eklund worked for JVC Electronics.
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