OCT 31: HALLA GALA HALLOWEEN BASH To Benefit SMMoA at Bergamot Station (Featured Event)

Posted by Don Rose
 
The first annual HALLA GALA Halloween extravaganza is one of our Featured Events for this weekend, and it sounds amazing in several respects. Not only will there be food and drink in abundance and an artistic ambiance to revel in, but Leonard Nimoy -- yes, THE Leonard Nimoy, who has lived long and prospered as both actor and celebrated photographer -- will be there as well, and some guests will even get a portrait taken by the man himself. As for costumes, guests are encouraged to come as "your secret self" — your alternate identity or inner persona — as you take part in an evening of fantasy, fashion, and fun to benefit the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Purchase tickets online now.

HALLA GALA HONORARY HOSTS
Susan and Leonard Nimoy

HALLA GALA HONORARY COMMITTEE
Sarah Aaronson, Pamela Barish, Bruno Duluc, Joey Grana, Corinne Grassini, Olivia Harris, Jenni Kayne, Brian Lichtenberg, Andrew Neave, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Brett Westfall, Miriam Wosk

FEATURES

• Your secret self immortalized in a private session with photographer Leonard Nimoy
• Fashion fantasies by Brett Westfall/Unholy Matrimony/Commes des Garçons, Brian Lichtenberg, Edith Palm, Jenni Kayne, Pamela Barish, Scout, Society for Rational Dress, The Row, and more
• Limited-edition portrait prints: Butch by Barkley L. Hendricks and Lovely Six Foota by Mickalene Thomas
• DJ Eddie Ruscha
• Surrealist photo booth, Felliniesque movies, and The Magic Carpet walk-off
• Flowing libations and culinary delights
• Dress your secret self from SMMoA’s Vintage Clothing Cache (Sunday, October 4, noon to 4 p.m. RESCHEDULED: Sunday, October 18, noon to 4 p.m.)

ON VIEW

• Selected works from Secret Selves, Leonard Nimoy’s upcoming exhibition at MASS MoCA (opens July 31, 2010)
• Allen Ruppersberg: You and Me or The Art of Give and Take
• Inspired installations by Miriam Wosk

TICKETS
Purchase tickets online, or by calling 310.586.6488 x116 or emailing anna.nickila@smmoa.org. Portrait and fashion packages are limited and are offered on a first-come, first-choice basis.

Halla’va Ticket  $350

• 1 gala ticket
• Invitation to SMMoA’s Vintage Clothing Cache on Sunday, October 4, noon to 4 p.m. RESCHEDULED: Sunday, October 18, noon to 4 p.m. (costume cost not included in ticket price)

Masquerade  $1,500

• 2 gala tickets
• 1 limited-edition portrait print by Barkley L. Hendricks or Mickalene Thomas
• Invitation to SMMoA’s Vintage Clothing Cache on Sunday, October 4, noon to 4 p.m. RESCHEDULED: Sunday, October 18, noon to 4 p.m. (costume cost not included in ticket price)

The Secret Self  $5,000

• 2 gala tickets
• 1 limited-edition portrait print by Barkley L. Hendricks or Mickalene Thomas
• 1 photographic portrait of your secret self taken that evening by Leonard Nimoy (no more than 2 people in portrait; final print delivered following event)
• Print, online, and onsite recognition
• 1 priority parking pass
• Invitation to SMMoA`s Vintage Clothing Cache on Sunday, October 4, noon to 4 p.m. RESCHEDULED: Sunday, October 18, noon to 4 p.m. (costume cost not included in ticket price)

La Dolce Vita  $10,000

• 4 gala tickets
• 2 limited-edition portrait prints, one each by Barkley L. Hendricks and Mickalene Thomas
• 1 photographic portrait of your secret self taken that evening by Leonard Nimoy (no more than 2 people in portrait; final print delivered following event)
• Costume concept, design, and creation for 1 with a noted fashion designer; see list below
• Prominent print, online, and onsite recognition
• 2 priority parking passes
• Invitation to SMMoA`s Vintage Clothing Cache on Sunday, October 4, noon to 4 p.m. RESCHEDULED: Sunday, October 18, noon to 4 p.m. (costume cost not included in ticket price)

The Gardeners of Eden  $25,000

• 10 gala tickets
• 2 limited-edition portrait prints, one each by Barkley L. Hendricks and Mickalene Thomas
• 1 photographic portrait of your secret self taken that evening by Leonard Nimoy (no more than 2 people in portrait; final print delivered following event)
• Costume concept, design, and creation for 2 with two noted fashion designers; see list below
• Luxury Halloween night accommodations at Viceroy Santa Monica (1 ocean view room)
• Sponsorship recognition on 1 upcoming museum program

      Options include:
o    Diana Thater: Between Science and Magic (January 16–April 17, 2010)
o    Andrew Lord (May 15–August 21, 2010)
o    Combustione: Alberto Burri and America (September 11–December 18, 2010)
o    1 of SMMoA`s signature education programs

• Premiere print, online, and onsite recognition
• 5 priority parking passes
• Invitation to SMMoA`s Vintage Clothing Cache on Sunday, October 4, noon to 4 p.m. RESCHEDULED: Sunday, October 18, noon to 4 p.m. (costume cost not included in ticket price)

FEATURED DESIGNERS
(as of September 3, 2009)

These featured designers will craft your secret self with style.  Each designer will work with one patron only and is available on a first-come, first-choice basis for La Dolce Vita and The Gardeners of Eden package buyers. Fashion fantasies are subject to time and material availability. For the latest information on participating designers, please call 310.586.6488, extension 116.

Brett Westfall/Unholy Matrimony/Commes des Garçons
Combining conceptual art and fashion design, Brett Westfall’s work graces the runways of Paris and the streets of Los Angeles. Step into a custom-made wearable work of art by this heralded designer and artist and rival the exhibitions on view.
www.unholymatrimony.net

Brian Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg’s sci-fi and futuristic aesthetic has a solid musical following with the likes of fashion forward artists Beyonce, Lady Gaga, and M.I.A. You can take center stage Halloween eve by parading your secret self in one of his glittering creations or slightly more understated geometrical sportswear looks.
www.brianlichtenberg.com

Edith Palm
Utilizing vintage and traditional global fabric including Japanese sashiko, Ecuadorian Highland weaves, art deco block prints, and Russian Constructivist textiles, Edith Palm designer Sarah Aaronson merges old world with modernity in her luxurious garments. Envision your secret self with Sarah in her 1930s Los Angeles atelier.
www.edithpalm.com

Jenni Kayne
Hollywood ingénues strut the red carpet in the luxe creations of LA design darling, Jenni Kayne. Visit her boutique to pick out a dream evening ensemble with Jenni by your side.
www.jennikayne.com

Pamela Barish
Visit Pamela’s Venice Beach haven to craft a classic, sexy silhouette with the rock and roll fashion maven—off the rack or custom made.
www.pamelabarish.com

Scout
Decade-hop with Hollywood favorite, Joey Grana of Scout. Joey will create an outfit using legendary labels from the era(s) of your choice—from London’s West End circa 1983 to Brooklyn’s Williamsburg circa 2010.
www.scoutla.com

Society for Rational Dress
Using leather, chains, and diaphanous draping, Corinne Grassini—founder of the 19th century-inspired and critically-lauded Society for Rational Dress—will help you channel your inner contradiction into a beautiful ensemble, built and fit especially for you.
www.societyforrationaldress.com

The Row
Get dressed head-to-toe in The Row's immaculately-tailored luxury wear, designed by Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen.
www.therow.com

Package buyers will be contacted by SMMoA staff to confirm designer availability and to schedule appointments. Fashion fantasies are subject to time and material availability.

Photographic portraits taken by Leonard Nimoy at the Halla Gala will be sent following the event.

Proceeds from the Halla Gala will support SMMoA's free exhibition and education programs which transform the lives and imaginations of thousands each year.

SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES
Tracy Mizraki, Director of Development, tracy.mizraki@smmoa.org,
310.586.6488 x122

REQUEST COVERAGE
Miranda Carroll, Director of Communications, miranda.carroll@smmoa.org,
310.586.6488 x123

   

OCT 23: The Originators Think Pink Rocks Event In Honor of BCA Month

(Los Angeles, CA)  The Originators will celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a special event on Friday, October 23, 7-10pm at The Originators Store LA. Proceeds from the event will go to Think Pink Rocks. The event will be hosted by Marcellus Wiley (Host of ESPN's NFL Live and former NFL player) with special performances by DJ Casey Connor and Arabian Prince (NWA). A limited edition Think Pink Rocks tee will be sold at the event with 100% of the proceeds going to Think Pink Rocks. Guests will sip on pink themed cocktails compliments of  Pura Casta Tequila. Pink cupcakes will be served courtesy of Chef Ameera.

Think Pink Rocks: In 2004, at age 36, Stephanie Robin, a Boca Raton mother of two small children, was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer.  She tested positive for the Breast Cancer Gene (BRCA) and underwent a double mastectomy with reconstruction, a total hysterectomy and months of chemotherapy.  The cancer returned to her lungs and is stage IV; she is receiving monthly treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and the tumors have decreased in size by 90%.  She and her friends Elizabeth Weprin, Kathy Fleishman and Amy Seidman, working with Steve Rifkind and SRC Records/Universal, have organized Think Pink Rocks to raise awareness of breast cancer prevention and treatment and raise funds for research. All donations to THINK PINK ROCKS will benefit 501 (c) (3) charitable organizations. Beneficiaries are: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York; BRCH Women's Center for Breast Care; The American Cancer Society / Making Strides Against Breast Cancer; Reach Global / Jacob International; The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation; The H.O.P.E. Project; University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. To learn more visit www.ThinkPinkRocks.com.

The Originators: The Originators is the original Hip-Hop Streetwear brand committed to the education of the early years of hip-hop; honoring the DJs, MCs, Graffitti Artists, and B-Boys that helped pave its way. Founder Adam Bach started the line in 2004 in a small one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. The line honors such greats as The Cold Crush Brothers, The Rock Steady Crew, and Kurtis Blow among many others.  The Originators is sold at retailers worldwide and can also be found online. For more information please visit www.TheOriginators.com.

When: Friday, October 23, 7pm-10pm

Where: The Originators Store LA, 142 N Hayworth Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Media Inquiries & Talent Contact:
Nicole Elieff
nikki@nikkiannpr.com 
(323) 935-5516

Pump It Up For Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Kim Kardashian & ShoeDazzle

by Don Rose

Calling all fashionistas! Just wanted to make you aware of a site called www.ShoeDazzle.com, a monthly online “shoe society” co-founded by celebrity style icon and reality star Kim Kardashian. For $39/month a team of celebrity stylists (led by Kim, who serves as Chief Fashion Stylist) select five styles of shoes for you based on your unique fashion personality and tastes. You then choose which of the five you like best and those shoes are sent to your doorstep. $39 is a great value since it includes a stylist, shoes, and the cost of shipping, and it’s easy to opt out any month you don’t find a pair of shoes you love.

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, ShoeDazzle came up with a creative and stylish way for you to join the cause. For BCA Month, ShoeDazzle has teamed up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to offer a Limited Edition Breast Cancer Awareness Shoe, the pink “Stephanie” pump. Ten percent of the proceeds from each Stephanie pump sold will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

BCA is a personal cause championed by the company. For starters, the pump is named after the loved one of a ShoeDazzle employee who has a rare form of breast cancer. Also, Kim found her grandmother’s experience with breast cancer to be life-altering, so the company wanted a way to show their commitment to prevention and awareness — and they wanted to do it in style.

UPDATE: when this special pump became available at the beginning of October, demand was fantastic! Savvy shoe shoppers stepped up to the plate and ShoeDazzle completely sold out of the pump, in record time. And here's good news for "shoe-ppers" who want to join in the cause now: the shoes are still available to everyone who joins/visits the site. Spread the news about these shoes!

SHOEDAZZLE AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS — SUMMARY

. ShoeDazzle has teamed up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

. ShoeDazzle is selling the limited edition “Stephanie” shoe, a hot pink pump to help raise money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure

. 10% of “Stephanie” sales will go to SGK and help support breast cancer education and research

. The pump is named after a ShoeDazzle employee’s loved one with a rare form of breast cancer

. Kim Kardashian is the company’s co-Founder. Her grandmother’s experience with breast cancer was life-changing for her and she wanted to help empower women to fight the disease in style.

. ShoeDazzle website: www.shoedazzle.com

. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month site: www.nbcam.org

OCT 24: “ERA”, 1920s THEME PARTY AT CAMPANILE

Posted by Don Rose

REDLIGHT SPECIAL EVENTS, SPIN PR, & NIKI SHADROW PRESENT

THE RETURN OF “ERA”, 1920’s THEME PARTY 

AT THE HISTORIC CAMPANILE SAT. OCTOBER 24

MEDIA ALERT

Media Contacts: Kim Koury
Spin Public Relations
kim@spinprgroup.com
310.497.6324
&
Jenn Laskey
Visionaire PR Group
jenn@redlightpromotions.com
213.321.5886

REDLIGHT SPECIAL EVENTS, SPIN PR, & NIKI SHADROW PRESENT…

THE RETURN OF “ERA”, 1920’s THEME PARTY AT THE HISTORIC 

CAMPANILE (1928 ORIGINAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN BUILDING) OCTOBER 24

Special Event Series extends from its summer run at the Oviatt Penthouse; its fourth Installment makes its home at Campanile. ERA will feature a live performance by musical artist Michelle Shaprow, & resident DJs the Beat Ventriloquists + special guest DJ Lady Sha, designer Yotam Solomon’s Official LA Fashion Week Party, 1920’s cocktail attire, a unique and breathtaking historic venue & more.

(LOS ANGELES) - Jenn Laskey of RedLight Special Events, Kim Koury of SPIN PR Group, & celebrity stylist/ Fashion Editor Niki Shadrow proudly present the fourth installment of “ERA”, a bi-monthly, upscale, 1920s ‘era’-inspired event series, now taking place at 1928 historic venue, Campanile. Following ERA’s summer event series success at the Oviatt Penthouse, RedLight has decided to continue the Era event tradition, moving the party and exposing guests to new vintage gems/ 1920s historic spaces as well as utilizing a bigger venue to entertain more guests. As a great passion of Laskey’s (1920s/1930s historic architecture and design), they with great pleasure are scouting and utilizing additional distinctive period spaces for the ERA party. Nightlife is evolving and ERA was created to revisit this amazing historic time, mesmerizing guests with sites of the architecture, sounds of the vintage and modern live music & DJ, sights of guests decked out in vintage 20s gear, and much much more. This month’s event will feature a live performance, by recording artist Michelle Shaprow and special guest set by DJ Lady Sha & residents the Beat Ventriloquists. This event will also be the official fashion week party for Yotam Solomon. Solomon will be featuring models / an instillation from his  Spring-Summer 2010 “Shinning Through” Collection styled with Jewelry by: “Positively Bold” by Niki Shadrow.

Doors open at 9:00pm. Tickets are $10 before 11pm/ $20 with RSVP and admission is complimentary before 10pm. Admission includes hosted classic cocktails provided by Hennessy from 9:00-10:00pm. Campanile will offer a prix fix dinner menu, 3 course for $40 (reservations available please call 323.938.1447) as well as 1920s inspired specialty cocktail menu.

If you got the pleasure of attending ERA and seeing the glory of the Oviatt Penthouse, you will equally love the mesmerizing sites of 1928 building, Campanile (restaurant & event space) on La Brea in the heart of LA, just minutes from Hollywood.

RedLight & SPIN’s original vision for “Era” was to create a summer special event series/ club alternative in the vibe of an authentic 1920’s event; fully embracing the glamour and splendor of the vintage era when the building was erected, with mesmerizing 1920’s art deco architecture, original penthouse furnishings, DJ & amazing live music blending the past with the present, and an artistic and gorgeous crowd urged to dress in cocktail and/or 1920’s theme attire. The guests, friends, clients, fans, response was so great & profound; ERA lives on as a bi-monthly special event at various immaculate 20s locations!

WHO: RedLight Special Events, SPIN PR, & Niki Shadrow

WHAT: “ERA”- An exclusive, invite-only 1920s theme event featuring; designer
Yotam Soloman's official fashion week party, a live performance by
recording artist Michelle Shaprow and special guest set by DJ Lady Sha.
Additional music will be provided by resident DJs, Beat Ventriloquists.

WHEN: Saturday, October 24th, 2009
9:00pm to 2am with live performance beginning at midnight.

WHERE: Campanile, 624 s. La Brea, and Los Angeles, CA, 90036

TICKETS: Tickets are $10 before 11pm and $20 after with RSVP + admission is complimentary before
10pm. Must RSVP to www.redlightpromotions.com/era. Password is GARBO.

Admittance fee includes classic cocktails hosted by Hennessy from 9:00-10:00pm. To reserve a bottle service table, call 213.321.5886. To reserve dinner, please call Campanile at 323.938.1447. Campanile will offer a prix fix dinner menu, 3-course for $40 as well as the regular menu.

OTHER: Cocktail attire recommended / 20's theme encouraged

ABOUT REDLIGHT PROMOTIONS
Founded by USC alumni, Jenn Laskey in December of 2001, RedLight is a full service event planning and production company widely known to be hip, unique and creative with artistic flair. Laskey has booked and coordinated events at most major clubs and bars in Hollywood as well as many creative spaces such as lofts, warehouses, rooftops, and other unique venues, creating her niche as the creative and artistic event extraordinaire. Laskey also has hosted a number of weekly club events actively noted in the press, and also handles creative marketing and event PR (via Laskey’s Visionaire PR Group), specializing in restaurant/nightlife, artist marketing and promotions, and outside of the box creative and influential event marketing (film premieres/screenings, record releases, store/ salon launches, PR events, fashion, art, & dance shows, liquor & product branding et al). RedLight also specializes in event planning and coordination for personal and corporate/ entertainment events/parties small and large, including creative wedding planning and in house event direction for many well-known Hollywood venues. Her most recent projects are as the director of Special Events & Marketing, at Hollywood’s first Eco-friendly nightclub ECCO Ultralounge (www.eccohollywood.com) and publicist for Italian ristorante and wine bar, VINOLIO (www.vinoliola.com) , publicist for GOBI, Mongolian BBQ in Silverlake (http://www.gobimongolianbbq.com/) www.redlightpromotions.com // www.twitter.com/jennlaskey

ABOUT SPIN PUBLIC RELATIONS
SPIN Public Relations is a boutique public relations firm with large firm experience. The team of passionate publicists specialize in live music venues and music related events, nightclubs and bars, restaurants, bands, action sporting events, charities, red carpet events and just about everything entertainment. Created by publicist/promoter Kim Koury, SPIN PR is an eclectic group of individuals who share a strong bond to one common philosophy and vision, coming together to create dynamic and powerful public relations, marketing and special events campaigns.
www.spinprgroup.com // www.twitter.com/spinprgroup

ABOUT CAMPANILE
This charming commercial building was built by Roy Sheldon Price in 1928 for silent screen star Charlie Chaplin and his second wife, Lita Grey Chaplin. The architect, Roy Sheldon Price’s notable achievements include the Beverly Hills home of Mrs. Lita Grey Chaplin in 1930 in the old California Monterey Ranch style. Campanile came into focus in October of 1987. Originally, locations were scouted in New York City’s Soho District. When this building was discovered by Larry Silverton and wife Doris, it was falling apart and full of numerous tenants; a piano school, a car rental office, two artists’ studios and a massage parlor, all of whom agreed to vacate, some only with the understanding that the building would not be destroyed, as some possible buyers were looking to tear it down. Architect Josh Schweitzer came aboard and oversaw the renovation of the building, using every effort to keep it in its original form and beauty. It was brought up to earthquake standards, a roof was added to the courtyard and a wall was built along the sidewalk. But the brick walls, push buttons for lights, iron treatment around the windows, and the tile fountain remained just as they were. Where original tile needed to be replaced they carefully researched and matched the new tile to the old. The name “Campanile”, which means “bell tower” in Italian, was chosen due to the tower above the roof. Although fake, it was part of the original building designed for the Chaplins. Chef Mark Peel, along with former business partners Nancy Silverton and Manfred Krankl, opened the La Brea Bakery on December 31, 1988 and Campanile on June 16, 1989. Campanile’s sun-drenched entrance features a Spanish fountain featuring the famed art of Malibu Tile Company and a spacious bar that opens into the dining area. The center atrium features a casual dining room which offers a view of Campanile’s kitchen and its culinary team led by Chef-Owner Mark Peel. To the back of the restaurant, two private dining & event rooms on the second floor overlook a formal dining room which features an old-world environment.

www.campanilerestaurant.com

ABOUT NIKI SHADOW
Niki Shadrow began her career after migrating from the beaches of Malibu to the nightlife of Los Angeles.  Niki graduated with a degree in Merchandise Marketing from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, where she is now an active member of the FIDM Alumni chapter and frequently speaks on panels. Niki’s styling career began while she was still in college.  To date, Niki has styled celebrities such as: Jillian Barbarie Reynolds, Paris Hilton, Carmen Electra, Kimberly Caldwell, Jenny Garth, Jason Priestly, Simon Rex, Amanda Bynes,, Ali Landry, Daisy Fuentes, Karina Smirnoff, Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge, Heidi Montag, Janice Dickinson and The Pussycat Dolls to name a few.  Niki later transitioned to the world of print, by becoming a Life & Style Editor, Fashion Editor, booking celebrity covers and writing syndicated columns for several entertainment, lifestyle and fashion magazines.  Niki's experience over the last decade has included: event production, sponsorship coordinating, lifestyle consulting, celebrity styling, magazine contribution, fashion show production, photo shoot production, as well as coordinating and hosting red carpet events. Niki has also been featured onOxygen, Fox, E!, VH1 and Bravo. 
www.nikishadrow.com

ABOUT MICHELLE SHAPROW
This singer/songwriter/producer graduated from Yale University with a degree in psychology and philosophy and an emphasis on music cognition. While in school she released music with Warner Brothers Records, Om Records and King Britt’s label, FiveSix. She’s worked with R&B artist Van Hunt, Hip-Hop artists Apl from the Black Eyed Peas, Mr. Lif, Rich Medina and Now On, and house and deep soul music legends Vikter Duplaix, King Britt, Jay Denes, and Jay J. Most recently Michelle has been working on her forthcoming debut full-length, Sevenly, with producers Alex Elena (producer and co-writer on Alice Smith’s recent Grammy-nominated album on Sony) and Joshua Valleau. Just like Michelle, her sound is wide-ranging and multi-faceted, with influences across the spectrum – she defines the inspired style as “trans-genre.” The end result is, quite simply, a breath of fresh air. 

www.michelleshaprow.com

ABOUT YOTAM SOLOMON
Yotam Solomon is LA’s youngest designer on the rise. His last collection was featured on the cover of LA Weekly when he showed last season. Yotam’s designs have been acknowledged by: LA Times, British Vogue, Glamour, WWD & Apparel News. Yotam’s clothing was also recently featured on the premier of Americas Next Top Model on the CW as well as the premier of Dancing With The Stars on ABC. Yotam’s collections are eco friendly and effortlessly chic. All eyes are on this talented designer to see what is next.
http://www.yotamsolomon.com/

For media inquiries, DJ or live music booking requests, and interview requests, please contact Jenn Laskey @ jenn@redlightpromotions.com or Kim Koury @ kim@spinprgroup.com.

OCT 22: AMELIA Sneak Preview & Benefit Reception for IFFLA

OCT 19-22: DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD & Co-Located Events at the Loews, Santa Monica (Featured Tech Event of the Week)

Posted by Don Rose

One of The LA Report's Top Ten annual Tech events in LA, Digital Hollywood is our Featured Tech Event this week -- the conference where everything you do, everything you say and everything you see means business. Be an Industry Momentum Leader and Join in at Digital Hollywood! Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, October 19-22 2009. You can register onsite.

MORE INFO: http://www.digitalhollywood.com/LAFall09Agenda.html

QUESTIONS? Contact Victor Harwood, President, Digital Hollywood, 212-352-9720

The Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit, Monday, October 19th - 

Power, Leadership, Global Strategy! 

The event that will set the agenda for the industry. 

See http://www.digitalhollywood.com/VarietySummit.html

The Power Players
Steven Gaydos, Executive Editor, Features, Variety
Neil Stiles, President, Variety
Orly Adelsen, President, Dick Clark Productions
Irwin Gotlieb, CEO,Group M Global
Ty Montague, Chief Creative Officer and Co-President of JWT
Chris Silbermann, President, ICM
Michael Kassan, Chairman & CEO, Media Link LLC
Peter Bart, Vice President and Editorial Director, Variety
Peter Guber, Chairman and CEO, Mandalay Entertainment
Dana Walden, Chairman, Twentieth Century Fox Television
Marc Graboff, Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios
John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX Networks
Mark Koops, Managing Director, Co-Head of Domestic Television, Reveille
Stuart Levine, Assistant Managing Editor, Features- Variety
David Molner, Screen Capital
Jeff Sagansky, Chairman, RHIE
Sandy Climan, President, Entertainment Media Ventures
David G. Sanderson, Partner and Director, Bain & Company
Clark Hallren, Managing Director, Clear Scope Partners
Derek Baine, Senior Analyst, SNL Kagan
David Zucker, Director-Producer, Scary Movie, Naked Gun
Peter Debruge, Associate Editor, Features, Variety

Co-Located Events: Digital Hollywood is Host to a number of co-located Events:

I. The Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit - Monday, October 19th 

II. The Hollywood Content Summit - Monday, October 19th - Wednesday, October 21st
Affiliated Organizations
• Writers Guild of America
• PGA Producers Guild of America
• AFI Digital Content Lab
• Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• International Documentary Association
• International Academy of Web Television
• ASIFA Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
• KCET, a PBS Affiliate
Affiliated Companies:
• Adobe
• IndieGoGo
• Writers Boot Camp
• IndieWire
• SnagFilms
Summit Produced by:
Gerber Rigler Producing and Executive Consulting for Digital Hollywood for "Content Summit "

III. Digital Hollywood Upfronts - The Screenings: Cross-Platform Advertising-Commerce Presentations, Seminars

IV. EPPS: P.R. Twenty4Seven - Wednesday, October 21st - One Day Conference (open to All DH Attendees)
Public Relations in the Era of Nonstop Communication
Including Wednesday, Oct. 21st
Noon Keynote:
Marc Graboff, Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios

V. Entertainment Law Program at Digital Hollywood - California MCLE Accredited - in association with Goldring, Hertz and Lichtenstein

VI. CodeSpace Hollywood: A Place for Developers, Code Artists, Hackers and Content Programmers: Sponsors - Adobe, Sun Startup Essentials, YouTube, Ervi, Amazon Web Services, ChinaCache, Apigee, Semantic Seed

VII. Digital Hollywood Finance Dinner, VC, Private Equity Corporate Investment - by invitation
Monday, October 19th
Hosted by SNL-Kagan and Digital Hollywood

VIII. Special Event:
Monday, October 19th Venice Room
IBM Business Intelligence and Advertising Analytics
Executive Round Table and Cocktail Event
To join this invitation-only event contact Louisa Shipnuck - louisa.a.shipnuck@us.ibm.com

IX. Special Event - Open to All Attendees
Tuesday, October 20th - 5 PM
End-of-Day Poolside Reception
Hosted by mSpot

X. P2P Games Summit, Thursday, October 22nd

XI. Special Event
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
VIP Breakfast Briefing - 7:30 AM - Venice Room
SeamlessTV Telescopic Video Patent Licensing Program
Hosted by: MONKEYmedia, Inc. and SeamlessTV
To RSVP – vip@monkey.com. 512.650.1080, x183

XII. Wednesday, October 21st
VIP Content Rights Dinner
Hosted by Digimarc

XIII. Wednesday, October 21st
Korea-US Vision Council - 6:30 PM

The Complete Agenda
October 19-22, 2009

The Complete Agenda
Digital Hollywood Fall
October 19-22, 2009
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Pre-Day Events
The Strategic Sessions
Monday, October 19th

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Track I: The Advertising Platform
Consumer Privacy, Tracking & Targeting: Consumer Rights and Enhanced Technology and Commerce Services
Dan Palmer, VP, Atigeo
Bant Breen, President, Initiative
Dave Morgan, CEO, Simulmedia
Michael Dougherty, CEO, Jelli
Shai Samet, CEO, Samet Privacy LLC
Jason Cieslak, Managing Director, Siegel & Gale
John P. Kottcamp, Partner, Chief Marketing Strategist
Mark J. Kapczynski, Chief Operating Officer, Kontrol Media, Moderator

Track II Money, Media, Entertainment & Technology
Media & Entertainment Valuation Symposium
Hosted by: Media Valuation Partners
Moderator and Host:
Larry Gerbrandt, Principal, Media Valuation Partners
Speakers:
Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media LLC
Richard Yen, Director, Saban Ventures
James Dix, Senior Equity Research Analyst, Wedbush Morgan Securities
James C. Roberts III, Managing Partner, Global Capital Law Group PC
Brian J. Marler, Senior Vice President, Financial Advisory Services, Houlihan Lokey

"A Hollywood Content Summit Event"
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
International Academy of Web Television - 1st Annual Member Meeting

1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Track I: Hollywood 2.0 – Disruption and Transformation
The New Hollywood Equation – Content Owners, New Platforms, Agents & Commerce
Mike McCurry, Co-Chair, Arts+Labs, former Press Secretary, President Bill Clinton
Dave Martin, VP, Digital, Ignited Agency
Carlson Choi, Director Interactive Marketing, Activision
Mike Hurt, SVP, Comscore
Howard Owens, Managing Partner, Reveille
Baris Karadogan, Partner, Fuse Capital
Howard Stein, SVP, Digital Development, FremantleMedia North America
Mark J. Kapczynski, Chief Operating Officer, Kontrol Media, Moderator

Track II: The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Hypertargeting: Ad Networks, Ad Serving and Ad Targeting
Bruce Falck, Head of Google Content Network, Google
James Colborn, Director, Microsoft Advertising
Heather Hopkins, SVP and General Manager, MTVN Tribes
Imran Khan, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
Richard Jalichandra, CEO, Technorati
Mark Walsh, CEO and Chairman, Genius Rocket
Steven L. Canepa, General Manager, Global Media & Entertainment Industry, IBM Media & Entertainment Industry, Moderator

Track III: The Smartphone, Session I
The Mobile Platform: Establishing the Personalized Video, Music, and Communications Experience
Laurent Sanchez, Director, Alliances, ACCESS
Jamie Wells, Director, Microsoft Mobile Advertising
Nash Parker, Director, Emerging Technology & Media, Alcatel-Lucent
Mark Hyland, VP Marketing, QuickPlay Media
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic llc, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced

"A Hollywood Content Summit Event"
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Master Class Workshop – Tastemakers: Movies, TV, Webisodes & Talent and how to connect with your Community
How to develop, cast and market programming that delivers vertical potential for brands and platforms. Cross-Platform Strategy Workshop presentation
Sarah Szalavitz, Founder and storyteller, 7 Robot, Veoh
Micki Krimmel, Principal, Founder Sugar Packet Inc, Mickipedia.com
Jamison Tilsner, Founder, International Academy of Web Television
John Heinsen, Principal, Bunnygraph Entertainment
Dan Zappin, Founder, The Station
Kevin Winston, Founder, Digital LA
Presented by the International Academy of Web Television

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Track I - Hollywood 2.0 – Disruption and Transformation
The Entertainment and Technology Transformation: Reimagining the TV, Mobile and Broadband Video Experience
Richard Kang, Sr. VP of Strategy, MTV Networks
Bob O'Donnel, VP of Client Services, IDC
Dave Brown, Sr. Manager for Cisco Video Solutions Marketing, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Benjamin Ling, Director of Platform and Product Marketing, YouTube
Kelly Day, EVP and COO, Digital Media and Commerce, Discovery Communications
Shashi Seth, Chief Revenue Officer, Cooliris, Moderator

Track II - The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Advertising NEXT: Social Networks, TV & Video, Broadband, Mobile and Games
Keith Blanchard, North American Executive Creative Director, Story Worldwide
Jesse Redniss, Vice President, Digital, USA Network
Kalpana Sehwani, Category Director, Entertainment - Platform-A, AOL
Christian Crosier, Regional Online Sales Manager, Western US, Comcast Spotlight
Michael Lazeow, CEO, Buddy Media
Scott Ferris, GM, Microsoft Advertising
Thomas F. Tafuto, SVP, Creative, D I G I T A S
Edward K. Moran, Director of Product Innovation, Deloitte Services LP, Moderator

Track III - The Smartphone, Session II
Platform Strategies: Video, Apps, Social Experience, Web, Location-Based, Interactivity
Brandon Starkoff, Senior Vice President/Director, Starcom Worldwide
Eric Anderson, SVP/GM , Handango
Patrick Collins, President, 5th Finger
Nancy Allan, Managing Director, the Americas, Mobiclip, Inc.
George Linardos, Vice President, Products, Media & Games, Nokia
Greg Fawcett, co-founder, MobiAd Sales
Mitch Feinman, Business Development Consultant, SayNow, Moderator

"A Hollywood Content Summit Event"
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Master Class Workshop – Comedy: Superstars and Hidden Gems
Success & Failure: Why and how comedy works online - Writing, producing, developing for the Superbad / Funny or Die - Generation. Cross-Platform Strategy Workshop presentation
John Hamburg, Writer / Director, I love you Man
Andrew Steele, Creative Director, Funny or Die
Mike Polk, Senior Creative, Break.com
Darrin McAfee, SVP Digital Media, E-Comic Branding / Levity Entertainment Group
Larry Amoros, Writer, How’d You Get So Rich, ESPY Awards, The Nanny
Glasgow Phillips, Writer / producer, Comedy Central, NBC, MTV, G4, Moderator

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Track I - Hollywood 2.0 – Disruption and Transformation
Cable, TV and Broadband - New Content - New Networks - Streams, Platforms, Devices
Steve Stanford, Digital Entrepreneur, former head, digital media group, ICM
Stephan Shelanski, Executive Vice President, Programming, Starz Entertainment, LLC
Michael Kernan, Chief Executive Officer, NuMedia Studios (former executive ICM)
Larry Tanz, President/COO, Agility Studios
Lance Ware, Senior Vice President of Technology, Technicolor
Paul Colichman, co-founder and CEO, Here Media, Inc.
Mark J. Kapczynski, Chief Operating Officer, Kontrol Media, Moderator

Track II - The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Advertising Accountability: Metrics and Analytics around Video, Social Media, P2P and User Generated Media
Steve Banfield, CEO Mixercast
Bill Stephenson, VP Advertiser Solutions, Nielsen Online
Ali Rana, Vice President, Digital Strategy, Dynamic Logic
Chance Parker, Vice President and General Manager, J.D. Power and Associates
Mark Yesayian, Managing Director, Digital West, MEC Interaction
Mark Ghuneim, CEO, Wiredset, Moderator

Track III - The Smartphone, Session III
Platform Strategies II: Apps - Entertainment, News, Music, Games, Location-Based, Communication and Community
Benjamin Chen, chairman and ceo, Mochila
Maria Kermath, Director, Product Strategy, AT&T Interactive
Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix
David Scacco, CEO, TwitVid.com
David Maher Roberts, CEO, Filter
Anthony Bontrager, President, 1Cast
Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners, Moderator

"A Hollywood Content Summit Event"
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
DH Pitch Camp – Pitching your favorite brand, agency, TV and broadband network. The content summit in cooperation with Digital Hollywood Upfronts.
Executives standing by to take your pitch. During the first 30 minutes a panel of experts evaluate 3-5 public pitches and provide feedback. After that it’s free for all: Executives from networks, portals, agencies, studios and brands are standing by to take your pitch.
Mark Vega, Of Counsel, Luce Forward & Co-founder Omelet
Alex Barkaloff, EP new Media, Lionsgate
Juan Devis, Director of Production KCET New Media
Moises Velez, Head of Development and Current Programming, NBC Uni
Danae Ringelmann, IndieGoGo, Moderators
Presented by Indie GoGo

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
End-of-Day Poolside Reception

Monday, October 19th
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
IBM Business Intelligence and Advertising Analytics
To join this invitation-only event contact Louisa Shipnuck - louisa.a.shipnuck@us.ibm.com

Monday, October 19th
6:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Digital Hollywood Finance Dinner, VCs, Private Equity, Corporate Investment - by invitation
Co-hosted by SNL Kagan - by invitation

Special Content Summit Dinner Event
Invitation only
Presenting the Inaugural
Digital Hollywood Excellence Award
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Dedicated to master storytellers and business visionaries in the film, television and new media space - Presented by tbd

Tuesday, October 20th
Exhibits Open 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
"Content Summit Event" The Writers Track
8:30 AM – 9.15 AM
Writers Boot Camp – Mini Camp
Jeffrey Gordon, founder, Writers Boot Camp
Presented by Writers Boot Camp

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
VIP Breakfast Briefing - 7:30 AM - Venice Room
SeamlessTV Telescopic Video Patent Licensing Program
Hosted by: MONKEYmedia, Inc. and SeamlessTV
To RSVP – vip@monkey.com. 512.650.1080, x183

Tuesday, October 20th
SuperSessions
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track I: The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Contextual Media & Advertising: Transforming and Redefining the Relationship Between the Consumer, Advertising and Media Platforms
Tim Hanlon, Executive Vice President/Managing Director, VivaKi Ventures
John Lisko, Executive Communications Director, Saatchi & Saatchi LA
Scott L Brown, SVP Strategy & Digital Platforms, The Nielsen Company
Brent Poer, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, MediaVest Los Angeles
Gustavo Alvarado, Group Media Director, MEC Interaction
Randy Wooton, General Manager, Microsoft Advertising
Doug Scott, President, OgilvyEntertainment, Moderator

Track II: Broadband & The Smartphone, Session IV
Social Apps and Mini-Apps as the Next Platform: Advertising and Commerce in Mobile, Social Media & Broadband
Manish Jha, President and CEO, envIO networks
Jared Fliesler, Director, Business Development, Slide Inc.
Shaukat Shamim, CEO & Co-Founder, Permuto
David A. Yovanno, Chief Executive Officer, Gigya
Tom Kenney, President, Verve
Jennifer Cooper, Founder and Principle, Rocketfuel Media
Larry Vincent, Group Director, Strategy, Siegel+Gale
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Nightwood Capital, Moderator

Track III: The Broadband Track
Ubiquitous Video to the Consumer: The Technology & Content Enablers - Broadband, IPTV, Mobile & TV
Mitch Berman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, ZillionTV
Darcy Lorincz, CEO, Origin Digital
Amy Friedlander Hoffman, President, Priority Digital Media
Nicholas Butterworth, CEO, HD Cloud
Anthony Simon, Vice President, Marketing, Zoran Corporation
Perry Wu, CEO & Founder, BitGravity
Mary Francia, Managing Director Media and Technology, Serowires, Moderator

Track IV
Innovation in Games, Game Networks and Social Gaming - Massive User Communities and Commerce
Don L. Daglow, President and CEO, Stormfront Studios
Faisel Hussein, Vice President, Investment Banking, RBC
Craig Alexander, VP, Product Development, Turbine, Inc.
Mark Kroese, General Manager, Microsoft Gaming and Advertising
Allen DeBevoise, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Machinima.com
Tim Walsh, EVP North America, IGA Worldwide
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors, Moderator

"Content Summit Event" The Writers Track
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
WGA-W: Mini-Summit: Workshops and Panels for Writers
Transmedia Storytelling: Writing and producing for the multi-platform Universe
Helen Ross, writer, Mad Men on Twitter
Flint Dille, writer and interactive storyteller, Dragonstrike, Dead to Rights
Jay Bushman, Story Architect
Matt Corman & Chris Ord, writers, Covert Affairs (USA Networks), Deck the Halls
Adam Armus, Executive Producer “Heroes”
Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media, Moderator
Presented by: Writers Guild of America-West

10:45 AM - Noon
Track I:
Digital Hollywood Upfronts - The Screenings: Revenue, Deals, Cross Platform Advertising - Agency, Networks, Content Partners, Brands

Track II: Hollywood 2.0 – Disruption and Transformation
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience
Kevin Yen, Director of Strategic Partnerships, YouTube
Jared Tobman, Executive Vice President of Digital and Production, Reveille LLC
Greg Clayman, EVP, Digital Distribution & Business Development, MTV Networks
Patrick Barry, VP Connected TV, Yahoo!
Jessica Schell, SVP, Digital Strategy and Business Development, NBC Universal
John Penney, President, Foresee Entertainment, Moderator

Track III: The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Video Advertising: How New Consumer Habits Are Driving the Advertising Community to Innovate, and the Challenges with Scale
Anthony Di Biase, Executive Creative Director, Wunderman Southern California
Jason Witt, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Digital Fusion, MTV Networks
David Shulman, Chief Digital Officer, Enfatico
Marc Ruxin, Chief Innovation Officer, McCann Worldgroup San Francisco
Mark Marvel, Sr. Director, Video Monetization, msnbc.com
Tod M. Sacerdoti, CEO & Founder, BrightRoll, Inc.
Louisa Shipnuck, Global Business Development Executive, Media and Entertainment industry, IBM, Moderator

Track IV: The Smartphone, Session V
Personalized Mobile Experience – Social Networking: Breakthroughs in Search, Messaging, Entertainment, Video Capabilities & Advertising
Jim Hollingsworth, SVP Marketing and Sales, Gracenote
Wendy Feldman, Executive Director, Mobile Marketing & Digital Promotions, Sony Pictures
Erick Soderstrom, Vice President, Global Brand Marketing, Mobile Devices business, Motorola, Inc.:
Braxton Woodham, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Zannel
Gary Baker, founder and CEO, ClipBlast!
Lucy Hood, Executive Director, Institute for Communications, Technology Management, USC Marshall School of Business, Moderator

10:45 AM - Noon - Special Workshops
Workshop A:
The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television
Greg Foster, President, Filmed Entertainment, IMAX
Neal Weinstock, Chairman/CEO, Kerner New York
James Dix, Analyst, Wedbush Morgan Securities
Steve Shannon, Executive Vice President, RealD Home
Andrew Fear, Senior Product Manager, Consumer 3D Products, NVIDIA Corporation
Angela Wilson Gyetvan, VP, Marketing and Sales, 3ality Digital
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Moderator

Workshop B:
Games, Animation, Brands, Advertising and Commerce: Establishing the Cross Platform Business Strategy
David Getson, ceo, g-NET
Ed Zobrist, President, ASAP Games
Peter Marx, VP Production and Technology, Mattel
Chris Cross, founder, Tarver Games
Nique Fajors, EVP, Vector Entertainment
Aaron Lassila, National Sales Manager, Massive, Microsoft
Cindy Cook, former Chief Marketing Officer Vivendi Games, Moderator

Special "Hollywood Content Summit" Session:
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Writers Track - Writers Guild of America-West
Mini-Summit: Workshops and Panels for Writers
Storyteller + Producer = Creator
Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft, Writers, Lie To Me / Dollhouse / The Shield
Patricia Handschiegel, commentator Huffington Post / The New Power Girls
Presented by: Writers Guild of America-West

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Special Presentation:
Demos at Digital Hollywood – Breakthroughs in Entertainment and Technology
Hosted by: Art Chang, founder and CEO, Tipping Point
Presentations by:
Jay Batson Co-founder, Acquia
James Segil, co-founder & President, EdgeCast Networks
Eric Gould Bear, Inventor of Telescopic Video & CEO, MONKEYmedia, Inc.
Stacy Cook, CEO, Qtv, Inc.

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Track I:
Digital Hollywood Upfronts - The Screenings: Revenue, Deals, Cross Platform Advertising - Agency, Networks, Content Partners, Brands
Presentations by:
Interpublic Emerging Media Lab and Partnering Companies
John Ross, President, Interpublic Emerging Media Lab, Retail 3.0 Practice
Chris O'Neill, West Coast Director, Retail, Google
Additional speakers to be announced

Track II: Hollywood 2.0 – Disruption and Transformation
Hollywood and Media Reinvented - Traditional Media Transformed! Internet Video, Mobile & Games: Broadband as Next Generation Mass Media Programming and Big Business
Eric Berger, Senior Vice President, Digital Networks, Sony Pictures Television
Neal Tiles, CEO G4 Cable channnel
Sab Kanaujia, Vice President, Digital Product Strategy & Development, NBC Universal
Albie Hecht, CEO, Worldwide Biggies
Andrew B. Lipsher, Partner, Greycroft, LLC
Greg Goodfried, co-founder, president and COO, EQAL
Shawn Gold, CEO, Cocodot, former CMO, MySpace, Moderator

Track III: The Broadband Track
The Broadband Economy: Video, Communications, Personalization, Social Media, Content, Lifestyle and Advertising Ecosystem
Jon Ferro, EVP TV Distribution & Digital Sales, LIONSGATE
Josette Bonte, Chief Digital Media Strategist, Cisco IBSG
Eric Fitzgerald Reed, Vice President - Market Issues and Policy, Verizon Communications
Ashley Still, Group Product Manager, Flash Media Distribution, Adobe Systems
Randy Shaffer, Business Development Manager, Advertising Business Group, Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft Corp
Alex Ben Block, Contributing Editor, The Hollywood Reporter, Moderator

Track IV: The Smartphone, Session VI
Mobile Commerce and Content - The Mobile Web, Texting, Search and Advertising Options
David Gill, Director, Mobile Media and Advertising, The Nielsen Company
Scott Kelliher, Category Director, Entertainment, AOL Advertising
Michael Weaver, Vice President, Business Development, Mobile Discipline Lead, MRM Seattle
João Gonzaga, CTO, COO & Co-Founder, conVISUAL
Brian Johnson, Senior Vice President, Americas and Asia Pacific, mBlox
Bruce Stewart, CEO, Digital and Mobile Services, kgb, Moderator

"Hollywood Content Summit" Session:
Lunch Content Presentations:
Documentary Track
12:30 PM – 12:55 PM
Part I: Online Distribution for Docs
Rick Allen, CEO, SnagFilms, Les Guthman, documentary filmmaker and Anne Thompson, IndieWire discuss the state of the indie union" from the perspectives of distribution, journalism, production financing.
Lunch and presentation courtesy of SnagFilms

1:00 PM – 1:20 PM
Part II: Indie Funding Workshop
Danae Ringelmann and Slava Rubin, CEOs, IndieGoGo, demo hands-on tools to fundraise and budget your next picture, doc or web series
Presented by: IndieGoGo

Special "Hollywood Content Summit" Session:
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
The Digital Documentarian – DIY all the way from Shoot, to Post Production into Distribution
Are the choices for today’s documentary filmmaker helping to create better films and better outreach to their own audience?
AJ Schnack, CineEye Awards
Sacha Gervasi, Director, Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Marina Zenovich, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Chris Paine, Who Killed the Electric Car
Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Director, The Garden
Eddie Schmidt, President IDA, Moderator
Presented by: International Documentary Association

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Track I:
Digital Hollywood Upfronts - The Screenings: Revenue, Deals, Cross Platform Advertising - Agency, Networks, Content Partners, Brands
Presentations by:
Lionsgate and Partnering Companies

Track II: Hollywood 2.0 – Disruption and Transformation
Hollywood 2.0 - Content & Commerce: New Rules for the Film, TV, Broadband & Mobile Video Industry - Deals, Advertising and Commerce
Vince Messina, Regional Sales Director, Western U.S., Microsoft Advertising
Ryan O’Hara, President of TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com
Sandy Grushow, President, Filmaka, former, Chairman of Fox Television Entertainment Group
Jason Klarman, General Manager, Oxygen Media
Aubrey Freeborn, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Product Management, Worldwide PPV, VOD & EST, Twentieth Century Fox
Sharon Waxman, Editor in Chief, TheWrap, Moderator

Track III: Hollywood 2.0 – Disruption and Transformation
Celebrity Media and Reality Shows Transform Broadband, Mobile, Social Media and TV
Joerg Bachmaier, SVP, Digital Media & Business Development, Endemol USA
Noah Oppenheim, Head of Unscripted Development, Reveille
Roy Bank, President, Television, Merv Griffin Entertainment
Tyler Goldman, CEO, BUZZMEDIA
Rebecca Baldwin, General Manager, Zap2it.com
Peter Kafka, Senior Editor, All Things Digital, Moderator

Track IV: The Smartphone, Session VII
Video on the Smartphone - Entertainment & Information Programming Jumpstarts the Revolution
Soren Schafft, General Manager, North America, Fox Mobile Distribution a unit of Fox Mobile Group (FMG)
Dave Ulmer, Senior Director, Entertainment Products, Motorola
Daren Tsui, CEO, mSpot
L.M. Kit Carson, Filmmaker/Journalist, AFRICA DIARY
Jonathan Barzilay, Senior Vice President, Programming & Advertising, FLO USA
Daniel Tibbets, EVP and Studio Chief, GoTV Networks
Madeline Herdrich, Vice President of Mobile, North America, Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment Group
Frank Chindamo, President & Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies, Moderator

Special Workshops
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Workshop A:
DRM 101 – The Content Rights - Digital Rights Primer: Rights Management – Rights Holder Issues – The Content vs. Technology Collision
James M. Burger, Attorney at Law, Dow Lohnes, Moderator
Jack Lacy, Senior Vice President, Standards and Community Initiative, Intertrust
Alan Bell, former CTO, Paramount
Rajan Samtani, Director, Business Development, Digimarc Corporation

Workshop B:
Virtual Worlds, Virtual Economies, Virtual Goods and Services and Virtual Gaming
Valerie Williamson, VP of Marketing and Business Development, The Electric Sheep Company
Lee Clancy, Jr., Vice President of Product Management and General Manager, IMVU
Daniel O’Connell Offner, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online
Steve Hoffman, CEO, RocketOn, Inc.
Rob Goldberg, founder and Chief Executive Officer, GMG Entertainment
Rob Uhrich, Senior Director, Digital Markets, PaymentOne
Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP, Marketing, Ad Sales and Business Development, Sulake Corporation
David Traub, VP Business Development, DigitalSportsMedia, Moderator

"A Hollywood Content Summit Event"
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Moguls, Indies, YouTube Stars—Re-mastering the Studio Model for the Digital Golden Age
David Gale, EVP MTV New Media
Aaron Ryder, President Production, FilmNation Entertainment
Ted Skillman, Founder, Snackaholic, Bollywood Hero
Richard Wright, EVP / Head of Production, Lakeshore Entertainment
Bill Duke, Actor / Director, Deep Cover,Sister Act 2, Level 26
Daniel Tibbets, SVP, GoTV Studios, Moderator
Presented by the Producers Guild of America

3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Track I: The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
The Future of Enhanced Advertising: Addressing Brands, Message, Technology, Media and Entertainment
Adam Stewart, Industry Director of Media & Entertainment, Google
Peter Daboll, CEO, Bunchball
Chris Allen, Vice President/Director of Video Innovation, Starcom USA
David L. Kang, J.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President and General Manager, Rodale.com
Chris Monaco, Vice President, Octagon Music+Entertainment
Barbara Bacci Mirque, Executive Vice President, Communications and Best Practices, ANA
Ro Choy, Chief Revenue Officer, RockYou
Xavier Kochhar, Managing Partner, Media Link, LLC, Moderator

Track II: Television Platform: Content, Interactivity & Commerce
The Flat Panel-Television Platform: HD, Downloads, Interactivity, Widgets – New Relationships, New Technology
Ryan Pirozzi, Director, Digital Video, Best Buy
Sean Besser, VP of Business Development, Rovi Corporation
Brendan Traw, Intel Fellow & Chief Technology Officer, Digital Home Group
Jeff Allen, Founder and CEO, RallyPoint
Nick Fishwick, Vice President, OpenTV Labs
Jeffrey Binder, General Partner, Genovation Capital, Moderator

Track III: The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Advertising Strategy, Expenditure and Analysis: Broadcast and Cable vs. the New Platforms: Broadband, Social Networks, Mobile, VOD & PVR
Brandon G Berger, Vice President, Digital Innovation, MDC Partners
Davang Shah, Head of Marketing - Automotive, Finance, Entertainment, and Travel, Google
Jason R. Krebs, co-founder and President, Sales & Marketing, ShortTail Media
Warren Schlichting, SVP, Corporate Development Canoe Ventures
Dawn Wager, Group Communications Director, Saatchi & Saatchi LA
Ken Papagan, President & Chief Strategy Officer, Rentrak
Terry S. Bienstock, CEO, Mobilactive Media, LLC., former EVP & General Counsel, Comcast Cable, Moderator

3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Workshop A: The Broadband Platform – PC, Mobile, TV and Advertising
Delivering Video Programming - Streaming and Live Broadband and Mobile: The Next Consumer Entertainment and Information Experience
John Watson, Executive Director of Business Development, AT&T
Justin Kan, founder and President, Justin.tv
Mariana Danilovic, Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio, LLC
Matthew Feldman, President and CEO, Versaly Entertainment
Jed Horovitz, President and CEO, Internet Video Archive (IVA)
Dina Kaplan, co-founder, blip.tv
Alma Derricks, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Moderator

Workshop B: Hollywood 2.0 – Disruption and Transformation
The Hollywood Producer - The Real Deal: Reinventing the Strategy, the Platforms and the Revenue Streams
George H. Ruiz, Head of New Media and Senior Vice-President of Business Affairs for International Creative Management
Justine Bateman, founding partner, www.fm78.tv and former SAG board member
Paul Kontonis, CEO, For Your Imagination
Kim Evey, Producer, THE GUILD
Frank H. Nein, co-founder, SVP of Business Development & Marketing Communications, Lexicon Digital Communications
David Freeman, Managing Director, Matter, an Edelman Entertainment Company
Drew Massey, Founder & Chief Maniac, maniaTV
David Tochterman, President, Versatility Media, Moderator

"A Hollywood Content Summit Event"
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM
Animated Force – pushing the limits with Flash, Pen, Brush and Machinima
John Andrews, SVP, Klasky Csupo, ka-chew!
Dave Vamos, Founder Six Point Harness Studios
Uri Shinar, CEO, Aniboom
Presented by: ASIFA Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Special Event - Open to All Attendees
Tuesday, October 20th
End-of-Day Poolside Reception
Hosted by mSpot

Digital Hollywood - Day Two
Wednesday, October 21st
Exhibits Open 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Note: The EPPS Conference is Open to All Digital Hollyood conference Attendees
EPPS: P.R. Twenty4Seven
One Day Conference
Public Relations in the Era of Nonstop Communication
8:45 AM Welcome Address
Henri Bollinger, President, EPPS

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track I: The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Video Advertising: How New Consumer Habits Are Driving the Advertising Community to Innovate, and the Challenges with Scale
Derek Leedy, Vice President, Account Direct, Mediasmith
Brad Davis, Senior Vice President, West Coast Multimedia Leader, Disney Online
Julie Diffenbach, Associate Director, Interactive, Media Storm
Jamie Elden, Vice President, Digital Alloy Media + Marketing
Diaz Nesamoney, CEO, Jivox
Jason Lopatecki, Chief Strategy Officer, TubeMogul
Levy Cohen, CEO and co-founder, Collarity
Daniel Harris, Chairman & CEO, MediaPass, Moderator

Track II: Television Platform: Content, Interactivity & Commerce
The NexGen Entertainment Home Experience - From the Smart & Connected TV to the PVR, Set-Top & PC Experience
John Gildred, President, SyncTV
Vic Odryna, Co-Founder and CEO, ZeeVee
Mike Noonen, Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, NXP
Greg Gudorf, CEO, Digeo
Nick Fishwick, Vice President, OpenTV Labs
Andrew Kippen, Vice President, Marketing, Boxee
Paul Moroney, PhD, Fellow, Advanced Technology, Home and Networks Mobility, Motorola, Inc.
Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator

Track III: Content Rights - Digital Rights & Entertainment Law Program
Digital Choice and Access to Digital Content - Balancing Consumer Rights with Technology, Regulation and Legal Principles
Kerry Langstaff, Vice President of Marketing, Quova
Anil Kolloth, Partner, Kris & Kolloth
Rafael Solis, VP, Marketing, ImageSpan
Stuart Rosove, Vice President, Media & Entertainment, Digimarc Corporation
Neil W. Netanel, Professor of Law, UCLA
Laurin H. Mills, Managing Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
James M. Burger, Attorney at Law, Dow Lohnes, Moderator

Track IV: The Advertising Platform, The DH Upfronts
Breakthroughs in Advertising, Technology and Content - Innovation in The Visual and Contextual Experience - Web, Video and Mobile
Michael Scherotter, Media Experience Evangelist, Media and Communications, Microsoft Corporation
Yahav Isak, Director of Interactive Production, JWT
Mark Pascarella, President & CEO, Gotuit Media Corp
Maurício Mota, Chief Storytelling Officer, Founding Alchemist, The Alchemists
Jay Seideman, Vice President, Vibrant Media
Bismarck Lepe, co-founder and the President of Product Strategy, Ooyala
Lauren Cole, President, Cole Media, Moderator

9:15 AM: 10:15 AM
EPPS: Entertainment Publicists Professional Society
Session A:
Hollywood 3.0—Where Web 2.0 has taken us and what is next in the way that entertainment is sold, promoted and branded
Moderator: Peter Kafka, Senior Editor, All Things Digital
Panelists to include:
Chuck D, Public enemy
Kate Neligan, Director, On Demand & Digital Marketing, Lionsgate
Caroline Owen, Head of Corporate Communications, Orange-FT
Tyler Goldman, CEO, BUZZMEDIA
Ross Levinsohn, Partner, Fuse Capital
Julie Supan, VP of Marketing, Ning

EPPS: Session B
9:15 AM
Making a career: how to create, break and sustain the working’ personalities in Hollywood
Panelists to include:
Stan Rosenfield , President, Stan Rosenfield & Associates
Deena Katz, Dancing With The Stars
Elizabeth Leonard, Bureau Chief, People magazine
Angelica Cob-Baehler, SVP, Communications and Creative, EMI Music North America
Edna Gundersen, Pop Music Critic, USA Today

EPPS: Workshop
9:30 AM
Metrics & informational analytics – Does it count and how to count it (ROI in a digital world)
Moderator, Jonathan Heit, SVP, Digital Media and Technology, Allison and Partners Public Relations
David Reis, President and CEO, DEI Worldwide
Mark Ghuneim, Chief Executive Office, Wiredset
Amy Martin, President, Digital Royalty
Blake Cahill, SVP of Marketing, Visible Technologies
Richard Knafelc, Account Manager, PR Newswire
Matthew R. Policastro, Regional Manager, Business Wire, Los Angeles

10:45 AM -12:30 PM
Special Research Presentation
Hosted by Parks Associates
“Cloud Media & Connected TVs: The New Face of Digital Entertainment.”

10:45 AM - Noon
Track I: Television Platform: Content, Interactivity & Commerce
Inventing TV 2.0 - Broadband Enriches Channelized Content - Defining the Set Top Box, Streaming Media Adapter, Downloadable Consumer Experience
Seth Haberman, Founder and CEO, Visible World
Jim Funk, VP of Business Development, Roku
Braxton Jarratt, CEO, Clearleap
Stuart McKechnie, Director Strategic Marketing, Zoran
Alex Limberis, Chief Operating Officer, Syabas Technology
Steve Tranter, VP, Interactive and Broadband, NDS Americas
Jaspal Bhasin, Chief Operating Officer, itaas, Inc.
Ben Mendelson, co-founder and president, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator

Track II: Television Platform: Content, Interactivity & Commerce
Television and Video as an Interactive Content Experience – As High Definition, Broadband, PVR and ITV Evolve
Jeff Meyer, Senior Vice President, Scripps Networks
Bhavesh Patel, Vice President, Interactive Media, Fox Sports International
Eric Gould Bear, Inventor of Telescopic Video & CEO, MONKEYmedia, Inc.
Edgar Villalpando, SVP Marketing, ActiveVideo Networks
Chip Meehan, VP, Advanced Advertising Sales, Comcast Spotlight
Adam Powers, Chair of Ecosystem Committee, DLNA and Director of Standards and Emerging Technology, Rovi Corporation
Thomas Hughes, Vice President, Worldwide Digital Media, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Arlene Zeichner, Principal, Selavy Associates, Moderator

Track III: Content Rights - Digital Rights & Entertainment Law Program
Drafting the Next New Media Contract - Outlines and Contours - Content Creators - Guilds - The Entertainment Industry
Virginie L. Parant, partner, Artist Law Group
Susan Cleary, Esq., Vice President, General Counsel, Independent Film and Television Alliance®
Erika A. Zucker, Attorney/Consultant, Legal Counsel, Writers Guild of America-West
E. Barry Haldeman, Of Counsel, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP
Daniel H. Black, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Steve Bradbury, VP, Content Strategy & Business Affairs, GoTV Networks, Moderator

Track IV: Music 2.0 - Invention of an Industry
Music Power Shift: Artist, Label, Technology, Management
Christopher Allen, COO, Napster
Michael Spiegelman, Head of Music, Yahoo!
Mike Tunnicliffe, Partner, Filament Entertainment Group
Phil Sandhaus, MemBrain LLC
Jeremy Welt, SVP New Media, Warner Bros Records
Sam Wick, SVP of Monetization and Strategy, MySpace Music
James Lamberti, Vice President, Marketing & Artist Services, Topspin
Kelli Richards, President, The All Access Group, Moderator

10:45 AM: Noon
EPPS: Entertainment Publicists Professional Society
Session A
Media Transformers: The Metamorphosis of Journalism and Media
Moderator: Jerry Swerling, Professor and Director of PR Studies; Director, Strategic Communication and PR Center, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
Panelists to include:
Sharon Waxman, Founder and Editor-In-Chief, The Wrap
Drex Heikes, Editor, LA Weekly
Sallie Hoffmeister, Assistant Managing Editor (Arts & Entertainment), LA Times
Steve Loeper, Administrative News Editor, Associated Press
Alan Frutkin, Senior Editor, Media Week
Neil Stiles, President, The Variety Group

EPPS - Session B
Mastering the New Distribution Tools: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Blogs, Search, SMS, and Mobile
Moderator: Karen DeMarco, Strategic Communications & Social Media Marketing Consultant
Panel:
Melinda Newman, music journalist/blogger, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, HitFix and others
Candice Yusim, Vice President of Publicity and Program Marketing, Tribal Brands
Clay Dollarhide, Senior Manager, Digital Marketing and Public Relations, sPRead Solutions
Krista Thomas, Vice President, Marketing-Communications, Thomson Reuters Calais
Rebecca Detken, Managing Editor, Yahoo OMG!

EPPS Workshop
10:45 AM
Small Stories, Big Picture: PR Writing at the Moment
Simon Glickman and Julia Rubiner, partners, Editorial Emergency (PR/Marketing Communications, Copywriting)

"A Hollywood Content Summit Event"
TV Track - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Mini-Summit: Next TV and Beyond
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Content is King – The Interactive Emmys 2009: Nominees and Winners
Lisa Hsia, Senior Vice President, Bravo Digital Media (Top Chef)
Nathan Mayfield, Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder, Hoodlum (The Dharma Initiative / LOST)
Alison Moore, VP Brand Strategy and Digital Platforms, HBO
Victoria Chew, Executive Director of Marketing, ABC
Geoff Katz, Co-Governor Interactive Peer Group Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Moderator
Presented by: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Track I: Video & Next Wave AdvertisingTrack
Branded Media Marketing - Across Platforms - TV, Film, Broadband, Mobile, Virtual Worlds, Music and Games – Reinventing the Commerce & Media Model
Scott Francis, Chief Technical Officer, PRN
Avi Savar, Chief Executive Officer, Big Fuel
Simon Kelly, Chief Operating Officer, Story Worldwide
Stephen Baer, Managing Partner, The Game Agency
Brian Murphy, Executive Vice President of Branded Entertainment, TBA Global
Mike Siegenthaler, Director, Branded Entertainment, Microsoft Advertising
James Heck