Digital Hollywood, May 2-5, 2011
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Marina del Rey, California
The Track
I. Digital Hollywood Finance: Investment, Funding Strategies and Deal Flow - DHFi
The Complete Agenda
Monday, May 2nd
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Track II: DHFi-1
Valuing Entertainment CONTENT: Movies, Television and Games
Hosted by: Media Valuation Partners
Moderators:
Larry Gerbrandt, Principal, Media Valuation Partners and Managing Director of Janas Consulting
Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media
Panelists:
Chuck Bush, CEO, Great Road Capital
Scott Ehrlich, CEO, Agility Studios
Clark Hallren, Managing Partner, Clear Scope Partners
Schyler Moore, Partner, Strook & Strook & Lavan
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Track I: DHFi-2, H2.0-1
The New Hollywood Equation – Content Owners, New Platforms, Agents & Commerce
Danny Fishman, President, Digital Broadcasting Group
Greg Kampanis, Senior Vice President, Content Strategy & Operations, South Park Digital Studios
Douglas De Luca, Co-Executive Producer, "Jimmy Kimmel Live''
Mike Siegenthaler. EVP/Experience Architect, Universal McCann
Jared Tobman, Partner, Citizen Entertainment
Mark J. Kapczynski, Chief Operating Officer, Kontrol Media, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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6:15 PM - DHFi-3 - Tickets Available
The Finance Dinner:
Hollywood & Technology - Finance and Strategy: Private Equity, VC and Investment
Richard Yen, Director, Private Equity, Saban Capital Group
Mark Terbeek, Partner, MK Capital
Dana Settle, Partner, Greycroft LLC
Michael Yang, Managing Director, Comcast Interactive Capital
Mamoon Hamid, Partner, US Venture Partners
David Min, Principal, Steamboat Ventures
Ivana Kirkbride, New Media Advisory Group, Moderator
Tuesday, May 3rd
Breakfast Session
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM, DHFi-4, H2.0-6
3D in TV and Film- Analysts and Investment: A View from the Street
Marla Backer, Managing Director, Hudson Square Research
James Marsh, Senior Research Analyst - Piper Jaffray & Co.
James Dix, Vice President, Equity Research, Media & Entertainment, Wedbush Morgan Securities
Richard LaBerge, Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer, SENSIO Technologies
Warren Franklin, CEO, Rainmaker
Jeffrey Logsdon, BMO CAPITAL MARKETS-US
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator
Track III: HGmz-3, DHFi
The Gaming Addiction - Game Networks and Social Gaming - Massive User Communities and Commerce
Don Daglow, CEO and Creative Director, Daglow Entertainment LLC
Chris Petrovic, GM, Digital Ventures, GameStop
Jeff Pray, VP/Director, Starcom USA
David Madden, Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development, WildTangent
Microsoft, speaker to be announced
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors, Frank N. Magid Associates, Moderator
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Special Workshop II
10:45 AM – Noon - DHFi-5
Investment, Funding Strategies and Deal Flow
A Primer for Content and Technology Companies
I. Understanding Funding and Strategy
Greg Akselrud, Partner, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
David Travers, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners
Richard Hull, Producer & Financier
Art Chang, founder and CEO, Tipping Point Partners
Jeff Steele, Owner, Film Closings, Inc.
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator
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12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Track IV: DHFi-6
Investment, Funding Strategies and Deal Flow
Digital Media Venture, Investment and Funding: New Business Models in Entertainment, Media and Technology
Hany Nada, Managing partner, GGV Capital:
Ajay Chopra, General Partner, Trinity Ventures
Sharon Wienbar, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
Clifford H Friedman, Managing Director and Founding Partner, Constellation Growth Capital, Highbridge Principal Strategies LLC
Baris Karadogan, Chief Executive Officer, Hip Digital Media
Len Rand, Managing Director, Granite Ventures, Moderator
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2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Special Workshop - DHFi-7
Investment, Funding Strategies and Deal Flow
The Technology and Content Package: Film, TV, Net, Mobile, Social, DVD Development and Funding
Yale H. Yee, Internet & Digital Media group at Montgomery & Co.
Greg Fischbach, Founder and Managing Partner, HamptonFarms Venture
David O. Higley, Managing Partner, Bond Lane Partners LLC, Moderator
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Workshop A - DHFi-8 - The Finance Track
The DNA of the Digital Entrepreneur: Start-Up War Stories
Todd Sawicki, Chief Revenue Officer, Cheezburger Network
Nolan Bushnell, Founder: Atari, Chuck E. Cheese
Scott Painter, Founder: Zag.com, TrueCar.com, PriceLock.com
Donna Estes Antebi, Founder: International Film Promotions, Auto Impressions, Founding Chair of Cedars Sinai's C.O.A.C.H. For Kids, Board Member of Cedars-Sinai's Board of Governors and NY-based Children's Health Fund's Board of Advisors.
Brock Pierce, co-founder, Xfire, RevenueApex
Michael Weiss, President, PersonalWeb; Founder: WebRadio.com, Morpheus, That's Entertainment
Brian Deagon, Technology Journalist, Investor's Business Daily, Moderator
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6:15 PM – 8:30 PM - DHFi-9
Evening Finance Dinner – tickets available
The $1 Billion Challenge - Private Equity and VC Fund Strategy
Digital Hollywood
Wednesday, May 4th
10:45 AM - Noon
Track IV: DHFi-10
Digital Music: Strategy and Investment
Ted Mico, Executive Vice President, Interscope Geffen A&M
Alan Goodstadt, Partner, Redwood Capital
Christopher Allen, General Manager, Napster
Brad Gelfond, Principal, Strike up the Brand, former, SVP Brand & Content Partnerships and Strategic Development, Warner Bros. Records
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic llc
Sam Kling, VP of A&R and Film & Television, peermusic
Leo Griffin, Principal, Clarity Partners
John Loken, Director of Partner Marketing, Goldstar.com, Moderator
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Track II: DHFi-11
Venture Funding, Investment & Mergers - Leadership in the Entertainment & Technology Space: Broadband, Social Networks, Mobile and Games
Kushal Saha, Managing Director, Cascadia Capital
Len Rand, Managing Director, Granite Ventures
Larry Marcus, Managing Director, Walden Venture Capital
Steve Masur, Managing Partner, MasurLaw
Derek L. Norton, Managing Partner, Watertower Group
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator
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