iHollywood Forum Announces Mobile Entertainment Summit; Summit to Focus on Taking Advantage of Mobile Entertainment Trends and Technologies

Business Wire,  August 5, 2002  

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Business/Entertainment Editors & High-Tech Writers

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2002

iHollywood Forum Inc. today announced the launch of the first Mobile Entertainment Summit (www.mobiletechforum.com). Produced in association with CTIA Wireless I.T. & INTERNET 2002 (www.wirelessIT.com), the executive summit and showcase will highlight the ever-increasing impact of mobile entertainment on businesses and their consumer marketing strategies in the United States and abroad. The summit will take place October 16, 2002 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Casonova Meeting Rooms 503-505.

The summit will bring together more than 200 senior executives from a variety of leading entertainment and wireless companies for high-level networking, roundtables and panel discussions. Keynotes and panels will explore the challenges and opportunities of mobile and wireless entertainment and debate how to best take advantage of this new phenomenon through branded content, advertising, partnering and licensing strategies. Case studies showing how content applications are being monetized will receive special attention.

"With the growing popularity of wireless games, downloadable ring tones and streaming media, wireless and mobile technology is literally changing the face of entertainment," said Michael Stroud, Founder of iHollywood Forum Inc. and Chair of the Summit. "And those who come out on top will be the companies that can learn to quickly adapt to the high-speed changes that these technologies are bringing to the marketplace. We are also delighted to announce that Intel is our platinum sponsor and will host our lunch program, and we will be featuring other sponsors and exhibitors demonstrating the hottest new technologies, devices and content for mobile entertainment."

Featured speakers and panelists from leading entertainment companies, wireless carriers and operators, game publishers and developers, handset manufacturers and software developers include:

 1.  Dave Bell, CEO, Chasma, Inc.
 2.  Matthew Bellows, Publisher, Wireless Gaming Review
 3.  Rio Caraeff, VP Wireless Services, Sony Pictures Digital
      Entertainment
 4.  Ted Cohen, VP New Media, EMI Recorded Music
 5.  Anders Evju, General Manager North America, Digital Bridges
 6.  Juan Montes, VP Technology, (Europe, Middle East and Africa),
      Motorola
 7.  Shawn Conahan, President, Moviso, A Division of Vivendi Universal
 8.  Dale Crowley, CEO, Nuvo Studios
 9.  Griffith David, Co-founder and VP Business Development, Adversoft
10.  Doug Dyer, General Manager, THQ Wireless
11.  Anders Ejvu, General Manager North America, Digital Bridges
12.  Gonzague de Vallois, VP Publishing,Gameloft
13.  Alex Green, Sr. VP Business Development, nGame
14.  Fabrice Grinda, Founder & CEO, Zingy, Inc.
15.  Mark Handler, Executive Vice President and Managing Director,
      International Walt Disney Internet Group
16.  Bob Hills, Director of Technology Marketing, Intel Emerging
      Platforms Lab
17.  Robert Huntley, CEO, Dwango
18.  Toshi Iwata, VP International Business Development, Cybird
19.  Bittal Kini, Director of Concept Platforms, Intel Emerging
      Platforms Lab
20.  Eric Klein, Sr. Product Manager, Palm
21.  Mitch Lasky, CEO, Jamdat Mobile
22.  Seamus McAteer, Senior Analyst, Zelos Group
23.  Paul Palmieri, Director of Wireless Internet Data Services,
      Verizon
24.  Patrice Peyret, CEO, Mobileway
25.  Chip Novick,  VP Consumer Strategic Business Unit, Sprint PCS
26.  Andy Nulman, CEO, Airborne Entertainment
27.  Tom Nyberg,  Director, Media and Entertainment, Nokia
28.  Andy Rubin, CEO,  Danger
29.  Russell Shanks, Senior VP, CTO, Sony Entertainment Corp
30.  Rob Tercek, Principal, Machines that Go Ping (formerly President,
      Packet Video)
31.  Matt Thomas, Sr. Director of Market Strategy, Emblaze
32.  Tom Trinneer, VP Business Development, Wildseed
33.  Larry Shapiro, Executive VP of Business Development and
      Operations, Walt Disney Internet Group
34.  John Smedley, Chief Operating Officer, Sony Entertainment Corp.
35.  Dr. Rann Smorodinsky, VP Application Developer Community, Cash-U,
      and Chairman, Mobile Entertainment Forum
36.  Philip Vanhoutte, Corporate VP Marketing, Sony Ericsson Mobile
      Communications
37.  Jennifer Walters, Director of Marketing, Sega.com
38.  David Werezak, VP Business Development, Research in Motion
39.  Tripp Wood, Director of Business Development, Disney Interactive
40.  Mike Yuen, Sr. Product Manager, BREW-Developer Relations, Games,
      QUALCOMM
41.  Konny Zsigo, President, WirelessDeveloper.com

About iHollywood Forum:

iHollywood Forum Inc.(TM), based in Los Angeles, CA, produces roundtables and conferences for Hollywood, entrepreneurs and mobile technology professionals. Founded two years ago by business journalist Michael Stroud, the company produces the popular monthly iHollywood Forum seminars on digital entertainment; MobileTech Forum for mobile professionals in San Diego, Los Angeles and Palo Alto; the iWireless World Summit on wireless content and applications; and Digital Media Summit, a conference about digital media delivery and commerce. More information is available at www.ihollywoodforum.com, www.digitalmediasummit.com and www.iwirelessworld.com.