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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


Technology Workshops

Times and dates are subject to change!

Day 1: Tuesday, October 10

Room 202 A


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


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

Room 202B


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





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