Aiming to educate and inform the Media Manufacturing industry about what the future holds for media storage, the MEDIA-TECH Association will again organize seminar programs and associated events for both exhibitors and visitors at the MEDIA-TECH Expo.

 Click here to register for the Partner Events

Creative Storage Conference
May 15, 10 am – 2.00 pm // Presentation Theater, Expo Floor - free to first 200 registered attendees
Produced by The Entertainment Storage Alliance and Coughlin Associates, this one-day Creative Storage Conference focuses on the latest trends and requirements for magnetic storage to serve creative minds. Click here for information.

Keynote Speech Benn Carr (Disney) “The Future of Entertainment”
May 15, 2.30 – 3.00 pm // Presentation Theater, Expo Floor - free to registered attendees
Benn Carr, VP of New Technology, Walt Disney Studios, will take a look at what the future will hold for digital entertainment.

DEG Technical Panel
May 15, 3.00 – 4.00 pm // Presentation Theater, Expo Floor – free to registered attendees
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group will organize a panel discussion focussing on technical aspects of high definition packaged media. Participants will address the challenges and opportunities for content providers as they prepare content for the next generation.

Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc Update
May 15, 4.00 – 5.00 pm // Presentation Theater, Expo Floor – free to registered attendees
Sony DADC, Oerlikon Balzers Coatings and Singulus Technologies will update attendees about the recent developments within their production alliance for Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc.

 Download presentation by Sony (PDF)
 Download presentation by Singulus Technologies (PDF)
 Download presentation by Oerlikon (PDF)

HD Update Microsoft
May 15, 5.00 – 6.00 pm // Presentation Theater, Expo Floor – free to registered attendees
Presented by Microsoft, this session will look at the high-def capabilities of the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Vista.


High-Definition Forum
May 16, 11.45 am - 2.00 pm // Presentation Theater, Expo Floor - free to registered attendees
Representatives from the Blu-ray Disc Association, HD DVD PRG and New Medium Enterprises have been invited to give updates on high-definition optical formats.

 Download presentation by Sandra Benedetto, BDA (PDF)
 Download presentation by Richard Doherty, HD DVD PRG (PDF)
 Download presentation by Dr. Eugene Levich, HD VMD (PDF)


MediaPack Summit
May 16, 2.00 – 6.00 pm // Presentation Theater, Expo Floor – free to registered attendees
CMP presents the first "MediaPack Summit” examining and debating the role of packaging in securing the future of packaged media. Click here for more information.

International Disc Duplicating Association (IDDA)
May 15-16 // Meeting Room
The MEDIA-TECH Association’s partner organization IDDA will hold their annual member meeting and conference in Long Beach.

AIMMA Spring Meetings
May 16-17 // Meeting Room
The American Independent Media Manufacturers Association (AIMMA) will hold their Spring Meeting on May 16-17. Restricted to members!