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Digital Hollywood Fall,
October 18-21, 2016
Tuesday, October 18th
The Welcome Dinner - The Keynote Roundtable
The Hollywood VR-AR State of the Union - Studios - Networks - Tech Companies - A Vision into the Future
Bill Fay, Production Executive, “The Dark Knight,” “300,” “The Hangover,” “Clash of the Titans” "Independence Day," former President of Production Legendary Pictures
Chris Defaria, President, Animation and Technical Innovation, Warner Bros., Executive Producer, 'Gravity', 'Mad Max: Fury Road' , 'Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix' and the upcoming 'The Lego Movie Sequel'
Paul Hook, Partner/Head, Motion Picture Production, ICM Partners
Jim Mainard, EVP, Digital Strategy & New Business Development, DreamWorks Animation
Brendan Handler, SVP, New Media, 20th Century Fox
Moderator - Steve Schklair, founding principal and CEO, 3ality & 3mersiv
The Augmented Reality Experience: Implementing the Next Generation of AR into Application: From Education to Entertainment and Games
Jim Marggraff, CEO, Eyefluence
David Weinstein, Director for Professional Virtual Reality, nVidia
Roy Ashok, Chief Product Officer, DAQRI
Brian Blau, Research Vice President, Gartner
Ronen Horovitz, Founder and CEO, EyeCue Vision Technologies
Michael Leventhal, Partner, Holmes Weinberg, P.C., former, Chief Legal Officer and VP, Magic Leap
Bill Newell, President, North South Studios LLC, Moderator
Unlocking Intelligence: Education within Technology and Virtual Worlds - VR-AR-Immersive
Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Ph.D., Director, Medical Virtual Reality - Institute for Creative Technologies, USC
Ariella Lehrer, Ph.D., CEO and President, Legacy Interactive and Legacy Games
Eric Gradman, Chief Technology Officer, Two Bit Circus
Julian Sarmiento, Creative Director & VR Content Creator, Digital Domain
Lynn Rogoff, founder, AMERIKIDS USA
Tai Crosby, Founder & CEO, SilVR Thread
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Headwaters MB, Moderator
Women in Virtual Reality and Immersive Entertainment: Experiencing New Dimensions and Creative Experience
Jacki Morie, Founder / Chief Scientist, All These Worlds, LLC.
Tanna Frederick, Producer/actor, Defrost (VR Narrative Film)
Christina Heller, CEO & Co-founder, VR Playhouse
Ryan Pulliam, CMO, Specular Theory
Rachel Skidmore, Director of Media Development, Skybound Entertainment
Anarghya Vardhana, Senior Associate, Maveron VC
Catherine Day, Head of Unscripted/EP, Jaunt VR
Louisa Spring, Head of Business Development, Innerspace VR, Moderator
The Power of YouTube: Unlocking the Power of Brands, Programming, and Monetization
Rebecca Donohue, Director of Digital Content & Social Media, Vin Di Bona Productions
Rich Sutton, Chief Revenue Officer, North America, Trusted Media Brands
Josh Entman, Cofounder and Chief Development Officer, Jukin Media
Mike Pusateri, Founder/CEO, Bent Pixels
Ryan Detert, CEO, Influential
Jeffrey Thompson, Media & Entertainment, IBM Global Business Services, Moderator
Pokemon GO - The Phenomenon of AR Gets Real - Gateway to the Future
Don Daglow, CEO Daglow Entertainment (Games Industry Leader: La Russa Baseball, Madden NFL, NASCAR Racing)
Brian Selzer, Vice President, Business and Product Development, DAQRI
Jules Urbach, CEO, Otoy
Craig Allen, Digital Strategist, Creative Leader, Creative Alchemy Incorporated
Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, GoMeta
Anjali Shastri, Senior Director, Design Strategy, Client Computing Group, Intel
Nancy King, Consultant, NewView Marketing, Moderator
Cable, TV, Film and Broadband - New Content - New Networks - Streams, Platforms, Devices
Scott Barton, Senior Vice President, Branded Digital Content and Products, Starz
Amit Ziv, Senior Vice President, Business Operations, Development, and Strategy, EPIX
Adam Ware, Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Media and Business Development, Tennis Channel
Joe Friend, Vice President, Ad Technology Systems, Fox Broadcasting Company
Scott Brown, SVP Technology & Strategic Relations, Engineering & Technology, The Nielsen Company
Edmond Shapiro, Video Solutions Architect, Global Service Provider Business, Cisco
Jordan Wiggins, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Moderator
Programming the ‘OVNs' (Online Video Networks: the Next Generation of Video Content
Larry Laboe, President of Production, SXM
Bill Masterson, co-founder, Believe Entertainment Group
AJ Vernet, Chief Revenue Officer, Zype
Anthony Layser, Head of US Content Development, Dailymotion
Adam Goldstein, VP, Business Development, ZEFR
Allie Greenwald, Senior Account Executive, West Coast Sales & Brand Partnerships, Fullscreen, Inc.
Scott Robson, Vice President, Content Operations, Gracenote
Steve Bradbury, President & Head Coach, Deep Sports, Moderator
VR-AR - Financing the Imagination: Funding and Business Development in Immersive Entertainment & Technology – From VCs and Kickstarter to Corporate Investments
Andrew Shulkind, Cinematographer and Co-Founder, Headcase
Jacob Carlson, Digital Media Strategist and Consulting Manager, Manatt Digital Media
Sim Blaustein, Partner, BDMI - Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments
Keyvan Peymani, Partner, Touchdown Ventures
Mike Hildebrandt, VP of Corporate Development and Strategic Partnerships, DAQRI
Joe Michaels, Chief Revenue Officer, AxonVR, Moderator
The DealMaking Process: From Feature Film, Reality TV & Specials to Web Series and Indie Film Making
Jaime Burke, co-founder and President, Lifeboat Productions
Harrison Land, Vice President, Development, Jupiter Entertainment
Robert (Leo) Rodgers, MBA, Sr. VP & Label Liaison, Bungalo Records/Universal Music Group
Ryan P. Hall, Head of Development, Rooster Teeth
Ilyssa Goodman, Producer/Director/Sales Agent, DunGood Entertainment
Mimi Steinbauer, President and CEO, Radiant Films International
Mark Kapczynski, President, Storymill, Moderator
The TV/Film/Video - Developing Strategies and Partnerships - Developing Hollywood Content as Brand and Franchise
Allison Wallach, president, Jupiter Entertainment
Mike Richards, Executive Producer, The Price Is Right and Let’s Make A Deal
Lemuel Plummer, president and CEO, L. Plummer Media
Linda Ong, Chief Culture Officer, Civic Entertainment Group
Philip Shafran, Director of Content Activation, Brand and Rights Management, Vin Di Bona Productions
David Bloom, Columnist, Tubefilter, Moderator
Valuing and Financing Entertainment Content: Movies, Television and Online Video, From VC & Equity to Crowdfunding
Diane McGrath, Managing Director Media and Technology, Streicher, J Streicher Capital
Schuyler M. Moore, Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy
Peg Jackson, Managing Director, Mooreland Partners
Patrick Russo, Partner, Shamrock Capital Advisors
Larry Gerbrandt, Managing Director, Janas Group & principal, Media Valuation Partners, Moderator
Live Streaming – Social Streaming – The Video Phenomenon of Everything
Andy Beach, Technical Evangelist, Developer Experience, Microsoft
Rob Gabel, Founder and CEO, Tubular Labs
Michael Palmer, GM of Video, The Hollywood Reporter & Billboard
Paula Batson, Vice President, Communications, YouNow
Lena Lotsey, Senior Social Media Manager, Ignition
Mike Lee, Director of Digital, AEG Global Partnerships
Karen Allen, President, Karen Allen Consulting, Moderator
Investing in Diversity: The Social Impact in Higher Education & The Entertainment Industry
Dr. Jeffrey P Jones, Director, The Peabody Awards
Dr. Jacqueline Landrum Sanderlin, Executive Director, School and Community Relations, Inglewood Unified School District
Sherri Williams, PhD, Anna Julia Cooper Center Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wake Forest University
Eric Fitzgerald Reed, Vice President – Entertainment & Tech Policy, Verizon Communications
Dina Ibrahim, Director, The California State University Entertainment Alliance - CSUEA, Moderator
Wednesday, October 19th
Co-Sponsored by the TV Academy, Interactive Peer Group
Keynote Event and Evening Host
Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy
A Celebration of the "Best of" in Virtual - Augmented - Immersive Realities
The Evening Honorees
1. “The Martian VR Experience”, 20th Century Fox and RSA Films, Jen Dennis, EP of Branded Content and VR, RSA Films, (Ridley Scott & Associates Films)
2. Samsung’s GONE VR experience, David Alpert, CEO, Skybound Entertainment; Executive Producer, The Walking Dead franchise, Oucast
3. “Project Empathy"” Jamie Wong, Creative Director/Executive Producer, co-creator, Van Jones, Political Analyst, CNN
4. “Incorporated” - Executive Producers by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Aruna Inversin, VR Supervisor, Digital Domain, SyFy Networks
5. “Halcyon” VR/TV Hybrid for Syfy Network and Oculus, Benjamin Arfmann, Director, Secret Location for “Halcyon”
6. Ken Burns and TIME Present “Defying the Nazis VR” for PBS, Producer, Christina Heller, CEO & Co-founder, VR Playhouse; Director, Elijah Allan-Blitz
Future of Film - From Cinema and Immersive Entertainment to VR/AR and Theme Parks - The Franchise Expands!
Guy Primus, co-founder + CEO, The VR Company
Ted Schilowitz, Futurist, 20th Century Fox and Chief Creative Officer Barco Escape
Michael Jenson, Strategy and Operations Consulting, Deloitte, Adjunct Professor USC Cinema
Christopher White, Vice President Business Development, Osterhout Group
Gene Munster, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator
The Future of Brand Partnerships: Message, Technology, Media, Entertainment & Advertising
Steven Haft, SVP Innovation, Time Inc.
Stephen Tompkins, VP/Group Director, Media Tech, DigitasLBi
Jason Jercinovic, Global Head of Marketing Innovation & Global Brand Director, Havas
Brandon Rochon, Managing Chief Creative Officer, Kastner & Partners
Jeff Hurlow, Head of Brand Partnerships, Vimeo
Adam Duritza, Senior Director of Global Partnerships, Video & Distribution, Yahoo
Jen Dennis, EP of Branded Content and VR, RSA Films, (Ridley Scott & Associates Films)
Tom Flanagan, Partner, Nut + Bolt, Moderator
Virtual Reality Transforms Entertainment and Media – TV, Sports & Music
DJ Roller, co-founder, NextVR
Steven Haft, SVP Innovation, Time Inc.
Ted Kenney, Director, Field and Technical Operations, Fox Sports
Shane Lindley, Senior Director, Digital Programming and Product, Epix
Brad Spahr, Vice President, Product Development, Global Digital Business, Sony Music Entertainment
Sami Ramly, Product & Program Manager, Virtual Reality, Wevr
Chuck Dalaklis, CEO, Dalaklis Media Enterprises (DME), Moderator, Moderator
Leveraging Content and Celebrity For Cross-Platform Success: Brands and Entertainers Collaborate
Ari Avishay, Marketing Executive, CAA Marketing
Justin Hochberg, CEO, Just Entertainment
Evelyne Ouellet, Chief Marketing Consultant, SAFIRA Entertainment Marketing
Devery Holmes, President & Chief Executive Officer, Spark Alliance Marketing
Jonathan Lowe, Senior VP of Marketing, AEG Sports
Mark Wolf, Writer, Director, Producer, Change The World Productions
Josh Stein, Special Counsel, MG+, Moderator
Hollywood and the TV Network Experience: From Binge-Watching to the Streaming Generation
Charles Segars, CEO, Ovation TV and President and CEO, Segars Media
Maurício Mota, Co-President and Executive Producer, Wise Entertainment
Jim Amos, former, Senior Vice President Distribution, STX Entertainment & Sony Pictures Entertainment
Jeffrey Thompson, Media & Entertainment, IBM Global Business Services
Wayne Rodriguez, Vice President, Rights & Partnerships, United Entertainment Group
Don Levy, President, Smith Brook Farm, Moderator
Future of TV - Wall St. Analysts Meet Industry Executives - It's All About innovation and Disruption - Moving into the Next Wave
Larry Namer, President/CEO, Metan Global Entertainment Group, Founder E! Entertainment
Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research WEDBUSH SECURITIES
Ted Malone, Vice President of Planning and Strategy, TV & Media, Ericsson
Darren Cross, former, Vice President Business & Corporate Development, Maker Studios
John Corser, VP Production, NBC Universal Cable Productions
Gene Munster, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator
Video Anytime Anywhere: Video Across Platforms - TV, Internet and Mobile
Jason Henderson, Senior Contracts Manager, DISH Network
Nathan Guetta, Vice President of Product and Technology, Conde Nast Entertainment
Jay Samit, Author, Disrupt You!?
Fabian Birgfeld, founder and partner, W12 Studios
Frank Sinton, CEO, Beachfront
James Field, Product Manager, Infinite Video, Cisco
Kevin Westcott, US Media & Entertainment Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Moderator
Sponsored by Alliance for Women in Media SoCal
The Women's Summit - By Women - For Women - About Women
Women in the Industry: Developing Film, Television & OTT About Women - A Golden Age in Hollywood and Indie Production
Amy Kim, Co-Founder & President of Lifeboat Productions
Karen Bailey, SVP, Original Programming, Starz
Shannon Keenan Demers, SVP of Production and Creative, Tremendous! Entertainment
Laverne McKinnon, Head of Television, Denver & Delilah Films
Karen Tenkhoff, Producer, The Motorcycle Diaries, Exec. at Wildwood (Spy Game, An Unfinished Life) Studio Exec., Frozen
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Headwaters MB, Moderator
Inside the Experience: The Psychology of Immersive Design
Aunna Bollman, Media Psychology PhD Candidate, Fielding Graduate University - Meta + UNESCO: Location based augmented reality and social advocacy
Linda Durnell, Partner, Madison Lane Consulting - The human factor in immersive interface design
Garry Hare PhD, Scepter, Inc. - Visualizing real-time environmental data
Tunisha Singleton, JabCross Media and PhD Candidate, Fielding Graduate University: 3E Immersion: Emotion, Engagement and Virtual Experience in the Sports market
Jerri Lynn Hogg, Director, Media Psychology PhD Program, Fielding Graduate University, Moderator
VR/AR as Change Agent: Social, News, Documentary and Political Media
Elijah Allan-Blitz, VR Experiences, “Ken Burns new film “Defying The Nazis,” Aloe Blac & Gina Belafonte
Lori Kozlowski, Producer, Project Empathy
Joey Caroni, Director of Digital Media, KCRW
Ian Forester, CCO, Co-Founder, VR Playhouse
Brandon Zamel, Founder, CEO, Springbok Entertainment
Steven-Charles Jaffe, COO and Co-Founder, Springbok Entertainment, Moderator
Friday, October 21st
ThinkTank II: Haas Center - Room 172
Accelerating Brand Value with Influencers: The Road to Relevance
The Influcencers
Manon Mathews, Social Media Influencer, Actress
Matt Cutshall, Actor-Writer, Over 2,500,000 Social Media Followers
The Executives
Dana Long, SVP, Digital Practice, Golin Digital, Moderator
Tiffany Everett, Director, Digital, Golin Digital
Kristen Berry-Owen, Vice President, Research & Analytics, Golin Digital
Live Video And The New Frontier Of Social Media - Opportunities, Considerations, Concerns, Value and Storytelling.
John Mracek, CEO, NetSeer
Andreas Jacobi, CEO, make.tv
Lippe Oosterhof, CEO, Busker
Nathan McGowan, Vice President, Product, The Hollywood Reporter & Billboard
Greg Morrow, Senior Vice President, Digital, Sports & Entertainment, TEN: The Enthusiast Network
Jeffrey Stansfield, President and CEO, Advantage Video Systems
Jenny Stiven, founder, Clio Consulting Group and Geeks With Grey Hair
Jonathan Tavss, founder & President, Scarlet Strategic, Moderator
Wednesday, October 19th
Virtual and Augmented Reality: The Technology that will Change Everything: Cinematic, Games, Advertising, TV and Social Media
Kyle Cooper, Co-Founder, Prologue Immersive
Andy Cochrane, Interactive and New Media Director, Special Projects Lead, Mirada
Jean-Colas Prunier, Creative Director, Film Engine VR, VFX, Life of Pi, Avatar, The Lord of the Rings and Guardians of the Galaxy
Joe Chen, Executive Technical Producer, Within (vrse.works), Here Be Dragons
Joerg Bachmaier, SVP, Content Strategy and Co-Productions, Machinima
Sivan Iram, General Manager, UploadVR
Moderator - Robert Nashak, COO, Survios
The VR-AR ThinkTank: Top Executives From Leading Technology and Entertainment Companies Assess the Current Expansion and Likely Evolution of the Industry
Guido Voltolina, Head of Presence Capture, Nokia
Randal Kleiser, Director, "Grease," "Honey I Blew Up the Kid"
Joel Susal, Director, VR/AR, Dolby Labs
Timothy Dodd, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Technicolor
Bo Begole, Vice President and Global Head, Huawei Technologies Media Lab
Bob Pette, Vice President, Professional Visualization, Nvidia
Shawn Gold, Corporate Marketing Officer, JustFab Inc., Moderator
Working in the Industry: An In-Depth Discussion with Executives and Creatives from TV, Film and Technology
Shannon Flynn, Television Director, Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel
Maya Zuckerman, Multiplatform Transmedia Producer & Culture Hacker
David Viviano, Chief Economist, SAG-AFTRA
Daniel Tibbets, President and General Manager, Robert Rodriguez's El Rey network
Brandon Lawrence, Television group, CAA
Nicholas Pepper, Head of Television, The Mark Gordon Company
Sam Hanson, Creative Executive, FOCUS FEATURES
Simone Nelson, Director, Marketing & PR, California State University Entertainment Alliance, Moderator
The VR-AR-Immersive - Innovators & Disruptors - Entertainment, Technology & Brand Vision
Tim Dillon, Executive Producer, MPC VR
Jeff Nicholas, EP, Creative Director, CREATE+DESTROY
Tom Wright, founder of Tactic and Managing Director, Ntropic
Michael Conelly, founder, Blackthorn Media
Morris May, founder/CTO, Specular Theory
Ben Reiss, Director of Business Development, Hologram USA
Micah Ainsley Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Filmfundr, Moderator
The Power of VR-AR: A New Language of Artistry - A Unique Moment of Commercial Possibility and Marketplace
Ola Björling, Global Director of VR, MediaMonks
Spencer Hunt, Senior Vice President, Games and Interactive Entertainment, Skydance
Aruna Inversin, VR Supervisor, Digital Domain
Dario Raciti. Director Zero Code OMD
BC Biermann, Founder, The Heavy Projects
Sandy Smolan, Film & Television Director, The Click Effect
Carolyn Giardina, Continuing Tech Editor at The Hollywood Reporter, Moderator
The Internet, OTT, Media and the Hollywood Connection
Fabian Birgfeld, founder and partner, W12 Studios
Will Marks, VP, Business Development, Ovation
Stephen Strong, Vice President, Head of Revenue, Newsy, an E.W. Scripps Company
Evan Greenberg, Manager of Audience Development, TAPP
Ted Malone, Vice President of Planning and Strategy, TV & Media, Ericsson
Steve Wong, Director of Business Development
Media & Entertainment Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Moderator
Hollywood, Internet and Media Challenge: Platforms and Convergence - - from Snapchat & Facebook to OTT Networks
JR Griffin, Vice President, Digital Marketing & Business Development, FremantleMedia North America
Samir Ahmed, Chief Architect, Fandango
Caroline Wilson, VP of Integrated Marketing, Pop Media Group
Erik Ramberg, Director of Product Management for TV & Media, Ericsson
Joseph Hodorowicz, Talent Manager, Studio71
Jen Garcia Allen, Executive Editor, Kardashian/Jenner Apps
John Solomon, CCO, Circa, Sinclair Broadcast Group
Terry S. Bienstock, CEO, Mobilactive Media, LLC., Moderator
Amazing Immersive Realities - VR-AR - CG - VFX - Live Action - Arcade & Theme Park Experiences
Jason Schugardt, Visual Effects Supervisor, MPC VR
Michael Tolkin, Founder and CEO, Ultro Labs
Ed Lantz, MEE, PGA, Founder, Vortex Immersion Media
Dave Cobb, Vice President, Creative Development, Thinkwell Group
Jim Stewartson, CEO, Awesome Rocketship
Kevin Bachus, SVP, Entertainment and Game Strategy, Dave & Buster's, Xbox co-creator
Moderator - Kate McCallum, Producer, PGA: Producers Guild of America, National Board Member & New Media Council Delegate
Thursday, October 20th
The Evening Event & Reception
The Numbers Don’t Lie - Gender Equality in Content, Production and Advertising
Lori H. Schwartz, Technology Catalyst, Content Strategist, Media Advisor, Radio Host, Managing Partner @StoryTech, Moderator
Melinda Moore, Social Entrepreneur, Moore Media Ventures
Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia, Founder and CEO, PlayWerks
Amber J. Lawson, founder, CEO, Good Amplified
Dea Lawrence, Chief Marketing Officer, Variety
Erin Kapczynski, SVP Marketing, Kontrol Media
Shira Lazar, Co-Founder/CEO, What's Trending
Hybrid TV - Delivering the Ultimate TV Experience: Broadcast, Cable, Premium & OTT Content
Nash Parker, Director, IoT Ecosystem Development, Marketing & Corporate Affairs, Nokia
Jim Monroe, General Manager, BTV, Didja, Inc.
P.P.S. Narayan, Vice President, Engineering, Yahoo!
Daniel Sanders, VP, Video Engineering, Verizon Digital Media Services
Josette Bonte, Chief Strategy Officer, CTM: Institute for Communication Technology Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Ed Haslam, CMO, Conviva
Dana Forte, Vice President Product, Vubiquity
Mark Donnigan, Vice President, Marketing, Beamr, Moderator
The VR Narrative: Immersive Theater and Language of VR: Story Architects and Experience Designers
Nick Bicanic, founder, RVLVR
Jenni Ogden, President & Executive Producer, Eye Q Productions, LLC
Monika Bielskyte, founder, AFE Media
Evette Vargas, CEO, Storyteller, DIGITAL • REIGN PRODUCTIONS
Nick DeMartino, Chair, IDEABOOST Accelerator, Moderator
Mobile AR and VR – 360 Video – Content - Advertising - Social - The Next Communications Experience
Warren Zenna, EVP, Managing Director, Mobext, Havas Media’s Global Mobile Marketing
Seth Schachner, Managing Director, Strat Americas
Brian Selzer, Vice President, Business and Product, Development, DAQRI
Thomas Neubert, Chief Commercial Officer, Virtually Live
Jeb Terry, VP, Partner and Program Development, FOX Sports
Alexis Macklin, Analyst, Greenlight VR, Moderator
Friday, October 21st
Strategies in Start-up Business Development: Developing Concepts, Lean Start-up Techniques and Positioning Your Company to Succeed!
Brian Mac Mahon, Chief Community Officer, Expert DOJO
Speakers to be announced
The Crowdfunding Update: A Roundtable of Experts
Jennifer Post, Partner, Raines Feldman LLP
Justin Giddings, CEO and founder, The Kickstarter Guy
Adam M. Goyer, Chief Strategy Officer. The Blak Box Group
Ryan Foland, Managing Partner, InfluenceTree, Moderator
Speakers to be announced
Crowdfunding Breakthrough: Access to Capital Meritocracy through Reg A+ -- How is Raising Money from Consumers, Including Non-Accredited Investors Changing the Funding Marketplace
Ron Miller, co-founder and CEO, StartEngine
Gene Massey, Chairman/CEO, MediaShares.com & CinemaShares.com
Jillian Sidoti Esq. Crowdfunding Lawyers
Joshua Sessler, Partner, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
Mariana Danilovic, Founder and Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, Moderator
Speakers to be announced
Friday, October 21st
VR - Making Visions Real - At the Edge of Storytelling - Next Level of Entertainment
Daniel Kenyon, Founder/CEO, Furious M
Peter Martin, Executive Creative Director, Spectacle
Jim McArthur, Managing Partner & Chief Client Officer, FOLKLORE
Jake Dorn, President, Main Path Marketing
Eden Chen, co-founder, Fishermen Labs
Gordon Bellamy, Visiting Scholar, USC. Event Chair, VR Intelligence - TheWaveVR, Moderator
The Future of Entertainment: VR Story Architects and Experience Designers
Celine Tricart, founder Lucid Dreams Productions and co-director, "Marriage Equality" VR film for Nokia and 3ality Technica, Moderator
Joel Douek, Co-founder, ECCO VR
Edward Button, Award Winning Director of Photography and Director
Csilla Kozma Andersen, Head of Content Relations, Nokia technologies
The Language & Aesthetics of VR: The Challenge of Creating Movies, Games & Other Experiential Programming
Ascot Smith, Filmmaker/Writer/Game Designer
Zenka, Independent Artist and Futurist, Jenny Carden
Larry Rosenthal, founder, Designer, Director, Producer, Cube3
Shane Pase, Ph.D., founding consulting partner, Reality Science
Anna Marie Piersimoni, Instructor, Department of Cinema and Television Arts, California State University, Northridge, Moderator
Thursday, October 20th
Financing the Imagination: Funding and Business Development in AR, VR and Immersion – From VCs to Kickstarter and Corporate Investments
Ankur Prakash, Vice President, Liberty Global Ventures
Mark Linao, Associate, Technicolor Ventures
Mary Ermitanio, Manager, Manatt Digital Media
Rob Vickery, Co-Founder, Stage Venture Partners
Kelemen Papp, Executive Director, Mooreland Partners
Tom K. Ara, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mariana Danilovic, Founder and Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, Moderator
The Hollywood Strategy: Building the Film-TV-VR-AR-Game - The Collaborative Vision of Franchise and Brand Extension
Cristina Mancini, EVP Franchise Management, 20th Century Fox
Justin Clibborn-Booth, CMO/Head of Business Development, Psyop
Greg Coleman, VP, Worldwide Marketing & Franchise Management, Walt Disney Animation Studio
Pete Blumel, co-founder, CEO, and Creative Director, The Rogue Initiative
Geoffrey Long, Creative Director, USC, World Building Institute and World Building Media Lab
Josh Feldman, Executive Producer, Head of Television Development and Production and Strategic Advisor for Digital Media - Telltale Games/Lionsgate, Moderator
CG Humans: Integration of the Virtual Character in Film - TV – VR - Games
Joseph A. Zaki, Founder and CEO, VRTUALITY
Marshall Millett, CEO, AeMass (Volumetric Motion/Reality Capture
Richard Taylor, Cinematics Director at Electronic Arts on Command & Conquer 3 and Red Alert 3, CEO 3SpaceVR Inc.
Gregory Peter Panos, Founder: Persona Foundation, Futurist, VR /AR Pioneer
Woody Schultz, Actor, Producer, Writer and President/Partner of Winning Swimmer Productions
Alexx Henry, CEO, BlueVishnu/ Avatar Shepherd
David Traub, Co-Founder, Epiphany Film Fund, Moderator
Advertising, Live and Brands in VR-AR-360 Video – from Mobile & Immersive to Experiential
Lex Halaby, Director, Funny Or Die VR, Music Videos & Commercials
Chuck Peil, Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Reel FX (VR for Lionsgate, JC Penny, AT&T, Samsung)
Mike Nichols, VP, Creative Technology, Fuel
Joseph Itaya, Founder & CEO, Epicenter VR
Dave Curry, VP, Emerging Trends & Technology, POP
Cynthia Lieberman, Media & Marketing Strategist, Lieberman Communications, Moderator
The Evening VR Keynote Event
CINEMATIC VR WITH JAUNT STUDIOS AND "THE GAME"
A deep dive into the creative and technical making of "The Game", a new JAUNT VR horror experience
John Grod, Director "The Game" Jaunt VR
Maceo Greenberg and Macea Greenberg, Producers Pulp Digital Productions
Dave Franks, Colorist “The Game”
Kimberly Hidalgo, Actress, “The Game”
MODERATOR: Celine Tricart - Founder, Lucid Dreams Productions
Indie TV – OTT and Streaming - The Gateway to the New Hollywood of Content to Phones, Tablets, TV and PC
Kim L. Hurwitz, Chief Content Officer, FOTV Media Networks
Randa Minkarah, Chief Operating Officer, Transform (formerly OneAccord Digital)
Chris Wagner, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, NeuLion
Enrique V. Olives, Global Business Development Head, ABS-CBN Global
Frank Chindamo, President & Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies
Ian Moffitt, Former, Head of Original Programming, Yahoo
James M. Burger, Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP, Moderator
VR/AR as a Branding/Advertising Strategy: The Immersive Experience as Image Maker - Movies/TV/Brand
Clay Weishaar, Creative Director, Tools of North America
Donny Makower, co-founder and President, RED Interactive Agency
Jennifer Richey, Co-Founder, Director of Business Development, Gravity Jack, Inc.
Christine Lee, VP and GM, Global Business Development, IMMERSV INC.
Nicholas Longano, Head of VR/AR, Manifest LLC
Michael Todd Cohen, VP / Director, Digitas Studios
Vince Cacace, Founder and CEO, Vertebrae
Malia Probst, VR/AR Producer & Connector, Director of Brand Strategy, VRScout, Moderator
Innovating in VR-AR-Immersive Production - The Amazing Journey of Imagination, Gear and Innovation
Irad Eyal, President, Better VR
Alex Barder, Co-Managing Partner, VRWERX
Matthew Forrest, VP of Production and Operations, Endemol Shine Beyond USA
Dan Ferguson, EVP Digital Interactive, Groove Jones
Keram Malicki Sanchez, Executive Director, VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo (Toronto), Director, FIVARS
James Cahall, Chief Technical Officer, Toon Goggles, Inc. & Digital Media Interactive LLC
Jefferson Wang, Senior Partner, IBB Consulting Group, Moderator
Innovation in Video Advertising: Enhancing Brand Experience - Maximizing Revenue in Syndication, Ad Insertion and Live Streaming
Jason Bercovici, Senior Manager, Creative Strategy, Exponential
Jay Prasad, Chief Business Officer, VideoAmp
Tom Herman, CEO, DashBid
Mike Gaffney, Chief Revenue Officer, Sharethrough
Mark Popkiewicz, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Mirriad Limited
Chris Shively, Manager, Global Business Development, true[X]
Tracey McCormack, Founder & President, McCormack Media Services, Moderator
Ultimate TV: The OTT, Cross Platform, Multiscreen Experience - Navigated by Set-top, Mobile Device or Console
Thomas K. Arnold, publisher and editorial director, Home Media Magazine
Robin Wilson, VP of Business Development, NAGRA
Campbell Foster, Director of Product Marketing, Video Solutions, Adobe
Alex Drosin, President - North America, Massive Interactive
Dan Sweeney, VP, Sales & Marketing, Nevelex Corp.
Virginia Juliano, CEO & Founder, CobbleCord
David Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac, Moderator
Video Everywhere - Technologies & Platforms - Enabling the Next Generation of Over-the-Top TV
Judy Johnson, Director of UX & Product Innovation, AWE Division, Bottle Rocket
Xavier Kochhar, President and CEO, The Video Genome Project, Structured Data Intelligence (SDI)
Miles Dinsmoor, Co-Founder/Partner, modop
Greg Morrow, Senior Vice President, Digital, Sports & Entertainment, TEN: The Enthusiast Network
Jeff Weber, CEO, ZoneTV
Jonathan Hurd, Director, Altman Vilandrie & Company, Moderator