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
Stephan Hotz
Head of Product Management Optical Disc, Singulus Technologies
Effective January 1st, 2008, Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Hotz was appointed as the Head of Product Management Optical Disc. He is responsible for all SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIE’s AG activities related to all optical disc formats and to the next generation of Optical Media. With primary focus on the technological development of the Blu-ray Disc.
For this new assignment he offers all relevant talents, based on his technical background as well as excellent business know-how and customer relations.
After studying Communications Engineering at the Telekom University of Dieburg, Germany, he experienced various engagements in the vacuum technology industry. Since 1995 he was employed in the Commissioning Department for Mastering Technology at Leybold Corporation in Germany. He joined SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG in 1999 as Software Developer responsible for the integration of the Servo Motor Technology in the production equipment for Optical Discs. In 2002 he became Key Account Manager for ReWritable Optical Discs. Since 2004 he was in the position as the Head of Product Management for Blu-ray Disc.
Stephan Hotz was born in 1969 and is married.






























