Tuesday, September 26
Keynote Session
12:20 PM - International Ballroom
Rob Glaser, Chairman and CEO, RealNetworks, Inc.
Rob Glaser is founder and CEO of RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the recognized leader in media delivery on the Web. Since 1995, RealNetworks has pioneered streaming media delivery over the Internet through its standards-setting RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer and RealSystem products. In 1999, Glaser established RealNetworks' leadership in the
digital distribution of music with the launch of RealJukebox and RealSystem MP. Mr. Glaser has a B.A. and an M.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Computer Science from Yale University.At Yale, he served as editorial-page editor of the Yale Daily News.

Mr. Glaser serves on several non-profit boards and committees, including his appointment by President Clinton to the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters. Prior to founding RealNetworks, Mr. Glaser worked for Microsoft from 1983 to 1993. He managed Microsoft Word, then moved to the company's networking group, before becoming vice president of Multimedia and Consumer Systems.

Glaser has long been intrigued with the nexus of media, computing, and communication. As television and radio transition from a broadcast to an online medium, Glaser envisions turning the Internet into the next mass medium.