Summit Spotlights Hottest Trends in Mobile Entertainment Content and Application
Mobile Entertainment Summit 2007
May 11, 2007
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–iHollywood Forum, Inc. today announced the lineup for its 12th Mobile Entertainment Summit, Sheraton Universal Hotel, Los Angeles, CA (www.ihollywoodforum.com), focusing on the hottest topics in mobile entertainment, including: video, advertising and marketing, games, digital rights management, multimedia messaging and investment. MES is the world’s longest-running and largest mobile entertainment summit. It’s the only event that provides personal access to the industry’s visionaries and business leaders as well as the newest technologies propelling the mobile world today.
MES brings together the mobile Internet’s visionaries. We examine the exploding off-deck market, mobile streaming, and downloaded music, games, video and other rich media. We also explore the implications of convergence technologies such as WiFi and Wimax.
"With more than a billion entertainment-enabled cell phones in the world today, mobile entertainment has the potential to dwarf all other forms of digital content in the years ahead," said Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum Co-Founder and CEO. "At Mobile Entertainment Summit, we plan to showcase the latest and greatest in mobile video, music, games, social networking, search and countless other applications that are transforming the air waves."
Panels include:
* Hollywood Unwired
* Mobile Video Business Models Demystified
* From Phone to YouTube to Phone Again
* Mobile Advertising
* Mobile Messaging
* Mobile Music: New Ways of Searching & Listening
* The Quest for Console-Level Mobile Gaming
* Social Networks Go Mobile
* Selling To The Americas
* Bollywood, Kpop and the World Cup
* Redefining Search for a Mobile World
* Live Mobile Focus Group
* Defining Convergence
* Cell Phones for the IM Generation
Current keynotes are:
* FOX Interactive Media, John Smelzer, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile
* MediaFLO USA Inc., Dan Novak, Vice President of Programming and Advertising
* Verizon Wireless, Tammy Robinson, Manager, Games Content and Programming
* AT&T, David Okamoto, Senior Manager, Beyond Media Net
Featured speakers and panelists at the Mobile Entertainment Summit include:
* Accel Partners, Richard P. Wong, Partner
* American Television in China, International, Michael Polin, Chief Executive Officer
* AOL, Marcien Jenckes, Senior Vice President, Messaging and Social Media
* AT&T, Gregg Brown, Senior Manager, Music
* Coding Technologies, Shawn Hopwood, Senior Director
* Dada USA, Massimiliano Pellegrini, Chief Executive Officer
* Deloitte Services LP, Ed Moran, Director of Product Innovation Leader, Nanotech Industry Practice
* Discovery, Doug Craig, Vice President, Programming, New Media Operations
* Endemol, Jon Vlassopulous, Vice President, Business Development, Strategic Planning and New Media
* Ericsson, Helene Henrikson, Vice President, Managed Hosting Sales, North America
* Fox Interactive Media, Chandra Hill, Executive Director, Mobile Business Operations
* Gabriel Venture Partners, Rick Bolander, Managing Director and co-founder
* go2, Lee Hancock, Chief Executive Officer and Founder
* Handango, Inc., Shawn Freeman, Chief Technology Officer
* Handheld Entertainment, Jeff Oscodar, Chief Executive Officer
* Helio, Doug Britt, Senior Director of Products/Services
* ICM, Michael Kernan, Vice President
* Ipsos Insight, Matt Kleinschmit, Vice President
* iqzone, Inc., Michael Bates, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
* Javien, Leslie Poole, Chief Executive Officer
* Kajeet, Marc Zachary, Vice President, Content and Partnerships
* Konami, Joe Morris, Vice President, Mobile Content
* mBlox, Jay Emmet, President, Americas
* Mobile Complete, Faraz Syed, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
* mobileStorm Inc., Jared Reitzin, Chief Executive Officer
* Mozes, Dorrian Porter, Chief Executive Officer
* Napster, Brad Duea, President
* Navteq, Robert Gourdine, Director of Marketing and Business Development, North American Consumer Business Unit
* NeuStar, Steve Granek, Vice President, IP Services Business Development
* Newegg, Bob Bilbruck, Director Business Development Emerging Technologies
* News Over Wireless, Sam Matheny, General Manager
* Nixon Peabody LLP, Daniel Offner, Partner, Interactive Entertainment and Media Team Leader
* Norwest Venture Partners, Tim Chang, Principal
* Oxy Systems, Michael Krasner, President and Chief Executive Officer
* PacketVideo, Joel Espelien, Chief Business Officer
* Promptu, Brady Bruce, Senior Vice President of Telecom Products and Services
* Protiviti, Trent Larson, Director, Digital Media
* QUALCOMM Internet Services, Mike Yuen, Senior Director, BREW Gaming Group
* Real Hip Hop, LLC, John Huffman IV, Chief Executive Officer
* Reality Digital, Cynthia Francis, Chief Executive Officer
* Revver, Elizabeth Sherman, Head of Mobile Distribution and Content
* SafeNet, Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson, Managing Director, DRM
* Shozu, Mark Bole, Chief Executive Officer
* Sony Ericsson, Peter Ahnegard, Content Acquisition Manager Games and Graphics
* Sony Ericsson, Victor Fredell, Content Acquisition Manager Music
* Streamezzo, Pierre-Emmanuel Struyven, Chief Marketing Office
* Televisa Digital, Eugenio Velasco, Mobile Services Director
* TeliaSonera AB, Kelly Odell, Senior Vice President, Group Marketing
* Universal Mobile Music-US, Julie Lee, Vice President, Sales and Licensing
* Univision Communications, Christopher Brunner, Vice President, Mobile Content & Services
* Veeker, Alex Kelly, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
* Virgin Mobile USA, Saj Cherian, Director of New Data Services
* Walt Disney Internet Group, Stan Liu, Vice President, Mobile Content Development, North American Mobile, mDisney/Starwave Mobile
* Warner Bros. Records, Jeremy Welt, Vice President, New Media
* Yahoo!, Michael Bayle, General Manager, Global Monetization
Sponsors and Partners at MES 2007 include:
Silver Sponsors: iqzone, Sony Ericsson
Bronze Sponsors: Ericsson, NeuStar, News Over Wireless, Streamezzo, PacketVideo, Javien, Handheld Entertainment, LocationFree, SafeNet, Wi-Fi TV, Reality Digital, Agilyst, Myst Technologies, Coding Technologies
Exhibiting Sponsor: mBlox, Mobile Complete, PNY Technologies
Contributing Sponsor: Nixon Peabody
Media and Association Partners: ABI Research, Business Wire, C21Media.net, Chetan Sharma Consulting, Conference Guru, Creative Handbook, D&A-High Tech Information, Daily IPTV, DailyWireless, Digdia, Ipsos, iProng, IPTV Industry, iSuppli, JuniperResearch, Laptop Magazine, mpeg Industry Forum, Newtonstrand, Octane, Parks Associates, RCR Wireless News, Rogers & Cowan, SNL Kagan, TelecomView, Television Week, The Diffusion Group, Triple Play News, VOIP-News, WiMax Industry.
To register for the May 2007 Mobile Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles, please visit http://www.ihollywoodforum.com/mes_may2007_register.htm.
About iHollywood Forum, Inc.™
Founded in 2000, Los Angeles-based iHollywood Forum, Inc. produces next-gen roundtables and business summits about digital entertainment and mobile technology. The summits attract a diverse mix of Hollywood and technology executives, entrepreneurs, attorneys and others to learn and make deals in an intimate environment. Sessions are typically moderated by top journalists and analysts.
Press Information:
Press Credentials to attend Mobile Entertainment Summit:
Complimentary admission for qualified editorial media is available in advance through pre-registration ONLY for Mobile Entertainment Summit. Journalists wishing to cover this event are encouraged to request press credentials by sending an email to jay@ihollywoodforum.com with press outlet in advance as space and luncheon capacity is limited. Priority admission will be given to pre-registered press.
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