Conference Chair
Masud Mansuripur
University of Arizona

Dr. Jordi Ribas
Director Technical Strategy Windows Digital Media Division
Microsoft

Charlie Mitsuhashi
Sony

Bert Hesselink, Ph.D
Stanford University

Yawara Kaneko, Ph.D.
President & CEO
TechnoConsulting, Inc.

Jim Taylor
Senior VP & General Manager
Advanced Technology Group
Sonic Solutions

Mark Knox
HD DVD Promotion Group

Tom Coughlin
President
Coughlin Associates

Maciek Brzeski
VP Marketing
Toshiba Storage Device Division

Gordon Hughes
Center for Magnetic Recording Research
University of California, San Diego

Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates has been working for over 25 years in the data storage industry at companies such as Ampex, Polaroid, Seagate, Maxtor, Micropolis, Syquest, and 3M. He has over 60 publications and six patents to his credit. Tom is active with IDEMA, the IEEE Magnetics Society, IEEE CE Group, and other professional organizations. Tom is Vice-Chairman of the 2006 Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section and Chairman of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE Consumer Electronics Society. He is the founder and organizer of the Annual Storage Visions Conference, a partner to the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Coughlin Associates provides market and technology analysis as well as Data Storage Technical Consulting services. 

For more information go to www.tomcoughlin.com

Eiji Ohno
Manager
Media Process Development Team
Panasonic/Matsushita Electric

Andy Parsons
Senior Vice President
Pioneer

Lisa Dhar
Founder & VP Media Development
InPhase Technology

Dr. Brian Lawrence
Manager
Integrated Polymer Systems
GE Global Research

Yuzuru Takashima
Stanford University

Wolfgang Schlichting
Research Director Removable Storage
IDC

Dominick DallaVerde
Senior Director Preproduction
Cinram International, Inc.

Bob Freedman
CTO Optical Media
Crest National

Roland Lacher
MEDIA-TECH Association