Keynote Speakers
John H. Marmaduke
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hastings Entertainment Inc.
Ted Sarandos
Chief Content Officer
Netflix, Inc.
Featured Speakers
Maurice Bernstein
CEO/President
Giant Step
Asheesh Barman
Executive Vice President
Acutrack, Inc.
Rich Boehling
President
Productiv Inc.
Todd Collart
Deluxe Digital Studios
Russ H. Crupnick
VP, Senior Industry Analyst
NPD
Jim Donio
President
National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM)
Mark Fisher
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Membership
Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA)
Jim Goodkind
Vice President, Sales
Shorewood Packaging Corporation
Steven Haas
Executive Producer
Giant Interactive
Darryl Laing
Viva
Adam Lesh
Chief Technology Officer
Testronic Labs
David McCrary
Euler Hermes ACI
Bruce Nazarian
President
DVD Association and Gnome Digital
Zane Vella
President
Related Content Database Inc.
The Future of Packaged Media
A New Industry Event
February 3-4, 2009
Hilton Los Angeles
Universal City, California
Preliminary Program
Panel sessions and keynote speakers representing Hollywood content producers and others along the packaged media supply chain will discuss the current state of packaged media — both standard and high-definition — and what they're doing to sustain its viability in the future.
February 3 (Day One)
8:00-9:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:05 am
- Welcome
Larry Jaffee, Conference Chairman
9:05-9:25 am
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Coexistence Is The Name of the Game
According to the mass media, the physical disc is dead and gone, but the numbers suggest otherwise.
Speaker: Russ H. Crupnick, Vice President, Senior Industry Analyst Entertainment, The NPD Group, Inc.
9:25-9:55 am
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Keynote: Netflix and Its Continuing Support for DVD and the Importance of Blu-ray Discs to Our Industry's Future
Speaker: Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix, Inc. - Interviewed by: Tom Adams, President, Adams Media Research
9:55-10:40 am
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Blu-ray's First Year Without Competition
The format war is thankfully a distant memory, but has the emerging standard lived up to expectations? What new bells & whistles are in store?
Moderator: Elizabeth Toppin, Editor, One to One
Speakers: Danny Kaye, Executive Vice President, Global Research and Technology Strategy, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Rich Marty, Vice President, New Business Development, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Gary Reber, Editor & Publisher, Widescreen Review Magazine
10:40-11:10 am
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Coffee Break
Sponsored by 2geeksinalab.com
11:10-11:40 am
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It's Out There, Now What?
Creating a buzz has never been more important for the music business, both for new and established artists. Working on behalf all the major labels, buzz-maker Giant Step helped make household names of the previously unknown signers Amy Winehouse and Katy Perry. And brand marketers have taken notice.
Speaker: Maurice Bernstein, CEO & President, Giant Step
11:40-12:25 pm
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Next-Generation DVD Production 2.0
Blu-ray has made the DVD production workflow more complicated to take advantage of all the format's capability for bells and whistles. Leading facilities bring us up to date on what's going on.
Moderator: Bruce Nazarian, President, DVD Association and Gnome Digital
Speakers: Matt Kennedy, Co-Founder, 1K Studios; Brian Johnson, President/CEO, B1 Media; Todd Collart, Deluxe Digital Studios; Steven Haas, Executive Producer, Giant Interactive; Zane Vella, President, RCDb; Adam Lesh, Chief Technology Officer, Testronic Labs
12:25-1:30 pm
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Lunch on Show Floor
1:30-2:15 pm
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Not Your Father's Replicator
Consolidation, diminishing demand from content owners, an expensive format war, raw material price hikes have combined to weed out the field of disc manufacturers. Here's a report from the trenches from small, mid-sized and large replicators.
Moderator: James Steynor, Optical Disc Consultant
Speakers: Josh Pine, Vice President, Sales and Business Development, Sony DADC; Bob Freedman, Chief Technical Officer, Crest Digital; Greg Elkins, Vice President of Operations, Reel Picture
2:15-2:45 pm
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Making Your Operations More Efficient
Improving your bottom line is more than difficult than ever. But sometimes savings can be achieved by changing the ways you do things.
Here are some case studies of media manufacturing operations that have success using the "Six Sigma" principles.
Speakers: Rich Boehling, President, Productiv Inc.; Asheesh Barman Executive Vice President, Acutrack, Inc.
2:45-3:15 pm
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Where Silicon is Headed and Why You Need to Know
Flash storage is not like your usual media. With its phenomenal price drops, this technology will drive new delivery methods now and over the next decade, presenting opportunities for media manufacturers.
Speaker: Jim Handy, Analyst, Objective Analysis
6:00-7:30 pm
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Networking Reception
On the Exhibit Hall floor
February 4 (Day Two)
8:00-9:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:20 am
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Generation Gap Overstated?
Do today's college students really think that music is free? Student Monitor asked them in a national poll about that, as well as their other packaged media consumption. Here's what they found out.
Speaker: Eric Weil, Managing Partner, Student Monitor
9:20-10:00 am
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Are Games Recession-Proof?
Unlike music and movies, videogames on disc never became a commodity or loss-leader at retail. New releases are still priced at $50. Will they remain that way?
Speakers: Edward Williams, Senior Analyst, BMO Capital Markets/Publisher, GamePlay; Dennis Lesica, Editor, ThatVideoGameBlog.com
10:00-10:30 am
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Keynote: How a Leading Entertainment Specialist Is Maintaining Its Commitment to, and Maximizing Sales and Rentals of, Packaged Entertainment
Hastings is a leading multimedia entertainment retailer that operates 153 superstores, primarily in medium-sized markets throughout the U.S.
Speaker: John H. Marmaduke, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hastings Entertainment Inc.
10:30-11:00 am
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Coffee Break
11:00-11:45 am
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Brick & Mortar: Still Standing
Retailers tell why they're still bullish on selling physical CDs, DVDs & videogames among their product mix, and why "New Release Tuesday" isn't going away any time soon.
Moderator: Marcy Magiera, Editor-in-Chief, Video Business
Speakers: Jim Donio, President, NARM; Mitch Lowe, Chief Operating Officer, redbox Automated Retail LLC; Mark Fisher, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Membership, Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA); Dilyn Radakovitz, Buyer, Dimple Records
11:45-12:30 pm
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The Credit Crunch & Media Manufacturing
A look how the global economic downturn is impacting the replication business. Financing options to ramp up for Blu-ray capacity will be discussed.
Moderator: Dan Daley, Mediaware
Speakers: David McCrary, Agent, Euler Hermes; Patrick Ontal, Vice President of Sales, Balboa Capital Corp.
12:30-1:45 pm
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Lunch on Show Floor
1:45-2:20 pm
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Catch the Eye With Striking Packaging
Special packaging for music and DVDs has never been more important in light of soft sales. Also, "green alternatives" have caught on all along the physical media foodchain. Has the jewel case outlived its usefulness, or is it just paying lip service to a fad?
Moderator: Larry Jaffee, Founder, Alex Awards
Speakers: Brit Davis, Vice President of Sales, Multi Packaging Solutions; Jim Goodkind, Vice President of Sales, Shorewood Packaging; George Meding, Vice President of Sales, AGI Media; Darryl Laing, Viva Magnetics; John Bailey, Director of Sales, Key Solutions; Kim Sorenson, President, Scanavo North America
2:20-3:00 pm
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Vinyl is Back, Put Your Records On
The 12-inch record is one of the few physical media formats that has posted impressive gains in recent years. What's driving this comeback?
Just nostalgia?
Moderator: Larry Jaffee, Contributor, The Audiophile Voice
Speaker: Don MacInnis, Owner, Record Technology, Inc.; Steve Sheldon, President, Rainbo Records; Mark Michaels, CEO and Chairman of the Board, United Record Pressing
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