Conference Program Update

Like Digital Media, the Digital World Conference is a uniquely cross-industry event. It is the one common meeting ground that really explores the shape of the future, by bringing together the key people that are leading the way today.

OPENING SESSION

Leaders from a cross-section of key industries share their plans and visions. You can be assured that most of them will not agree — which is one of the things that makes this event so interesting and so stimulating. All of them should challenge and intrigue you:

Speakers: John Sculley, CEO & Chairman, Apple Computer; Mitch Kapor, Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Bob Carberry, President, Fireworks Partners; Craig McCaw, Chairman and CEO, McCaw Cellular Communications; Brian Roberts, President, Comcast; Richard Brown, Vice Chairman, Ameritech

Moderator: Jonathan Seybold

PDAS: WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?

Will these be the latest toys for the gadget-happy? Are they really just notebook computers shrunk small? Or, are we, indeed, talking about a new class of indispensable tools?

Speakers: Bill Warner, President, Wildfire Communications; Rob Mechaley, VP-Technology Development, McCaw Cellular; Others to be announced

Moderator: David Baron

EVENING EVENT: DIRECTORS ON TECHNOLOGY

In cooperation with the Advanced Technology Council of the American Film Institute, a panel of distinguished film directors will discuss the ways in which digital technology is changing the existing film medium.

Speakers: James Cameron, Cochairman, AFI Advanced Technology Council (Terminator I & II, The Abyss, Aliens II); John Badham (Point of No Return, Bird on a Wire, Stakeout); Martha Coolidge (Lost in Yonkers, Ramblin’ Rose)

Moderator: Jonathan Seybold

PROJECTS AND PROTOTYPES

This session will feature the first open public discussion of several of the most important/most interesting projects.

Speakers: Ed Horowitz, Senior VP, Viacom, interactive digital cable system, Castro Valley, CA; Bruce Sidran, Exec. Director, MCC/First Cities, Interactive communications alliance; additional speaker and project to be announced

Moderator: Denise Caruso

MEDIA COMPANY STRATEGIES

From computer to telephone companies, everyone would like to be a content “publisher” of some sort. A panel from some of the most important and most active media companies will share its ideas.

Speakers: Michele DiLorenzo, Senior VP, Viacom; Keith Schaefer, President of Technology Group, Paramount; John Papanek, Director of New Media, Time.

Moderator: David Baron

EVENING EVENT—NEAT NEW STUFF

Join us for an evening of product premieres and first public demonstrations of important new technologies and products.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY

We are now setting out to build a new digital communications infrastructure. This will open up a wealth of new products and services. But our public policy remains confused and divided. How do we insure equal access, privacy and interconnectability?

Speakers: Mitch Kapor, Chariman, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Ken Thomson, Telecommunications Consultant; Matt Miller, VP-Technology, General Instrument; Others to be announced

Moderator: Jonathan Seybold

LEVERAGING A DEAL: CONTENT, RIGHTS AND THE LAW

How do you choose between licensing your product as software and selling it like a book or other finished goods? How can you leverage a deal to ensure your success?

Speakers: Jessee J. Allread, VP-Sales/Marketing, EBook; Richard D. Thompson, Managing Partner, Silverberg, Katz, Thompson & Braun; Others to be announced

Moderators: David Baron, Joanna Tamer

INNOVATION, CONTENT AND CREATION

Content, not technology, will determine whether the new Digital World is successful. We will devote the entire day to an exploration of new interactive content. Authors and artists will demonstrate new work (most never seen before) and tell us what it means to create in this new medium.

OTHERS SESSIONS

Others sessions include: Interactive TV; Technology and Education; Security, Privacy and Data Protection; Virtual Reality and Location-Based Entertainment

CLOSING SESSION

Where do we go from here? The closing session will focus on the next steps we must take and the next challenges we must overcome to realize the promise of our digital future.

Speakers: Richard Green, President & CEO, CableLabs; Nat Goldhaber, President & CEO, Kaleida Labs; Al Sikes, President, New Media Technology Group, Heart Corp.

Moderator: Jonathan Seybold

DEMOCENTER

The DemoCenter at Digital World continues its tradition of offering a first look at innovations never seen before. Presented in an intimate, hands-on environment, the DemoCenter showcases the very latest digital technology for your review, including several major product launches.

Beverly Hilton Hotel, June 23–26, 1993

DIGITAL WORLD ‘93
June 23-26, Beverly Hills, CA
Seybold Seminars
(800) 433-5200 or (310) 457-8500, fax (310) 457-8599

Digital World is the event that defined the digital revolution in 1990 and has been on the forefront ever since — if we do say so ourselves. It was the first, and continues to be the most progressive forum for strategic thinkers and high-level executives involved in communicating information and expressing creative thought.

This event provides an atmosphere of community where creatives, professionals, technologists and executives share information and discuss and debate the developments of this rapidly evolving industry.

This year’s opening session will feature leaders from a cross-section of key industries, including Mitch Kapor, chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; John Sculley, chairman and CEO of Apple Computer; Craig McCaw, chairman and CEO of McCaw Cellular; Richard Brown, vice chairman of Ameritech; and Brian Roberts, president of Comcast. The closing session will include Richard Green, president and CEO of CableLabs; former FCC chairman Al Sikes, president of Hearst New Media and Technology Group; and Nat Goldhaber, president and CEO Kaleida Labs.

There will be discussions focusing on important issues that arise from the shift to digital technology — questions of privacy and security; licensing and rights; and the relationship between technology and education. Telecommunications will also be addressed.

But the critical issue of the digital world is content: There will be a session about how the big media companies, like Viacom, Time Warner and Paramount are dealing with new media and its creators.

We will also devote an entire day to the exploration of new interactive content. This day will feature Allee Willis, interactive movie producer David Riordan of POV, and interactive music maven Ty Roberts of Ion (see p. 8), among many others.

An evening session will feature film directors Jim Cameron, Martha Coolidge and John Badham.

The DemoCenter will feature exhibitors such as 3DO, Apple, C-Cube, Hyperbole, McCaw Cellular, Philips, Radius, RasterOps and SuperMac, and many others. (See p. 31 for information on Digital World sessions.)