The Future of Home Entertainment

Date: Thursday, Nov 5th, 2009 Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm Location: Orrick Mesa Verde Cafe 1000 Marsh Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Cost: $20 members, $35 non-members, $50 At the door

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Join executives from the technology community in Silicon Valley as well as the premium content community in Hollywood to learn more about the future of entertainment technology in our homes - and pick up some tips for what to buy for the Holidays!

Specific topics to be discussed will include:

• How will video entertainment be consumed in the home of the future?
• Is the premium video content industry headed in the same direction as audio, which is rapidly moving towards MP3 and iTunes downloads as its primary delivery vehicle - and away from CD / retail delivery?
• Will the DVD's successor, the high-definition Blue-ray disc, be widely adopted by consumers or is it headed the way of the 8-track tape?
• Will an Internet-connected unifying media server emerge, recording and downloading all the entertainment content needs for a home's residents?

Panelists:

• Jeff Klugman, SVP/GM at TiVo
• Jim Taylor, SVP & Chief Technologist at Sonic Solutions
• Roland Vlaicu, Director of Technical Marketing, Dolby
• Todd Collart, SVP New Media at Deluxe Digital Studios
• Michael McGuire, VP Research at Gartner

Moderator: Steffen Bartschat, SVP Engineering, Sonic Solutions & Co-chair, Software IG

Agenda:

6:00 - 7:00 pm Registration Networking 7:00 - 7:30 pm Program: Introduction and Overview 7:30 - 8:30 pm Program: Panel Discussion 8:30 - 9:00 pm Networking

Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.