Thursday, March 17, 2010 – 9:00am - 6:30pm
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9:00am Welcome Remarks
Linda Livingstone, Dean and Professor of Management, Pepperdine University
Jeff Mirich, Hollywood IT Summit Conference Co-Chairman
9:15 – 9:45am Opening Keynote Conversation:
Transformation of Businesses Utilizing IT Resources
Moderator: David S. Cohen, Associate Features Editor, Variety
Speaker: David Bishop, Chief Executive Officer, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
9:45 – 10:00am Leveraging Shared Solutions Developed by Studios: Deployment of 3rd Party SaaS and BPO Services
Speaker: Jeff Mirich, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, The Walt Disney Studios
10:00 – 10:45am Studio CIO Panel: The Strategic Challenges for Growth and Profitability of the Entertainment Industry
10:45 – 11:15am Networking Break
11:15am – 12:00pm Universal Media ID: The Rosetta Stone of Ubiquitous Trading
12:00 – 12:30pm Digital Data Reporting: Chaos to Calm
Speaker: David Cortese, Senior Vice President, Digital Studio Services, Rentrak Corp.
12:30 – 1:30pm Networking Luncheon sponsored by TERADATA
1:30 – 1:55pm Navigating the Outsourcing Maze
Speaker: Marcela Bailey, Vice President, Divisional Chief Information Officer, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
1:55 – 2:20pm New Frontiers in SOA Applications
Speaker: Michael Bacharach, Vice President, Worldwide Home Entertainment Information Technology, Twentieth Century Fox
2:20 – 2:45pm IT's Strategic Contribution to Content Protection
Speaker: Richard Atkinson, Chief Piracy Specialist & Consultant, Anti-Piracy Worldwide
2:45 – 3:15pm EA's Rules of the Game: Engaging the Digital Consumer
Speaker: Raoul Schuhmacher, Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture, Electronic Arts
3:15 – 3:45pm Networking Break
3:45 – 4:45pm HITS: Interactive Technology Showcase (3 Tracks – 2 Sessions)
Session 1: 3:45 – 4:15pm Session 2: 4:15 – 4:45pm
4:45 – 5:30pm Closing Keynote: Why CIOs Are Last Among Equals? Lessons from an Information Technology Leadership Lab
Keynote Speaker: Peter S. DeLisi, Academic Dean, Information Technology Council, Santa Clara University
5:30pm Closing Remarks: Where we go from here!
Devendra Mishra, Hollywood IT Summit Conference Co-Chair and Chief Strategist, MESA; and Mark Chun, Director of the Center for Applied Research, Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business Management
5:30 – 6:30pm Closing Reception Sponsored By EIDR