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

Wednesday, October 11, 3:50 - 4:15 pm

New Materials and Technologies for Next Generation Media
Gordon van Dyke, GE Plastics

Biography
Employed by General Electric in the position of Global Technical Manager for Data Storage and functional Manager of the Optical Media Development Center at GE Plastics, headquartered in Pittsfield, MA, USA. Gordon is responsible for application technology development of new materials and processes in “Data Storage”.
Gordon spent 8 years in various Technical Management roles within the replication/duplication parts of the business before joining GE in 2000.
He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Instrumentation from Cumbernauld College near Glasgow, Scotland.
Gordon lives and works out of his home office in Atlanta, GA where he lives with his wife and two sons.

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