Speakers



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 
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Technology Workshops

Times and dates are subject to change!
Day 1: Tuesday, October 10
Room 202 A
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| 3:00 - 3:25 pm | The Future Direction of Optical Data Storage Dr. Richard G. Zech, The ADVENT Group | 3:25 - 3:50 pm | Cost Effective DVD Production from Master to Finished Disc Martin Brown, M2 | 3:50 - 4:15 pm | Getting Closer to Blu-Ray Cover Layer Dr. Volker Wuestenhagen, Oerlikon Balzers Coating | 4:15 - 4:40 pm | Stamper Creation for Next Generation Media Bob Olson, Record Products of America !CANCELLED! | 4:40 - 5:05 pm | Thermal Cyclic Moulding Stefan Olin, TCTech
| 5:05 - 5:30 pm | New Licensing Tools Chuck Hausman, Philips | 5:30 - 5:55 pm | DVDs are a feast for the eyes! Why Offset Printing? Marcus Goerlitz, KBA Metronic | Room 202B
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| 3:00 - 3:25 pm | The Technology and Economics of Digital Printing Jon Harper-Smith, Fujifilm Sericol | 3:25 - 3:50 pm | Mechatronic Design of a Universal 3rd Generation Mastering Industrial Solution Dr. Jelm Franse, SINGULUS MASTERING BV | 3:50 - 4:15 pm | Process Control for Blue Formats Dr. Wlodek Mischke, DaTARIUS Group | 4:15 - 4:40 pm | High Resolution Dye-Polymer Mastering for HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc Formats John H. Rilum, Ph.D, ODC Nimbus | 4:40 - 5:05 pm | BD Inline Production with BLU-LINE Stephan Hotz, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
| 5:05 - 5:30 pm | Printed RFID: New Applications for the MEDIA-TECH Industry Wolfgang Mildner, PolyIC | 5:30 - 5:55 pm | Tying It All Together Fred Perez, DCA Inc. |

Day 2: Wednesday, October 11 Room 202A |
| 3:00 - 3:25 pm | Tools for Production Control of Blue Laser Media Marianne Sernevi, AudioDev | 3:25 - 3:50 pm | Defects and their Relation to Playability for the New High Density Formats Jochen Koenig, Dr. Schenk | 3:50 - 4:15 pm | The Industry's Most Integrated and Powerful Single Chip "All Format DVD" Device Enabling DVD Manufacturers to Develop Smaller, More Innovative Systems to Support Emerging Consumer Trends Max Bathaee, Atmel
| 4:15 - 4:40 pm | Clouding: Clearing up the issues Leslie Derrig, Digital Matrix
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| 3:00 - 3:25 pm | Production of 3rd Generation Recordable Discs, especially HD-DVD/R and an Industrial Solution for that Ulrich Speer, STEAG HamaTech AG | 3:25 - 3:50 pm | Computer-to-Screen Technology Wolfgang Pfirmann, Kissel+Wolf | 3.50 - 4:15 pm | New Materials and Technologies for Next Generation Media Gordon van Dyke, GE Plastics
| 4:15 - 4:40 pm | Multilayer Optical Memory Based on Organic Light-sensitive Recording Media Dr. Valery Alexander Barachevsky, Akiram Trading Limited
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Speakers



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 


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